2005 Candidates (as received from Elections B.C.):
- Iain Black, BC Liberal Party
- Arthur Crossman, Independent
- James Filippelli, Your Party
- Kathy Heisler, Green Party of BC
- Karen Rockwell, New Democratic Party of B.C.
Districts Profile:
This riding is bordered on the south by the Coquitlam city limits, on the east by the Coquitlam River and on the west by the North Vancouver district line. On the north the riding bisects Buntzen Lake. Population centres include Port Moody, Belcarra Village and Anmore village. Port Moody is primarily a heavy manufacturing centre for petroleum and wood products, with a bulk loading terminal for sea vessels. It also functions as a service centre for Coquitlam. Retail and health and social services are the top employers here, and average family incomes are a generous $73,156 – well above the B.C. norm. Unemployment, meanwhile, is just 6.2 per cent. Immigrants account for 39 per cent of residents; visible minorities, 36 per cent. Among the latter, 30.4 per cent are of Chinese origin, while another 7.5 per cent are Korean. At 61,637, this riding is the province's second most populous.
Political History:
The incumbent in Port Moody-Westwood is Liberal Christy Clark. In 2001 she polled nearly 75 per cent of the total vote, winning almost four times more ballots than the runner-up, Brian Revel of the NDP. During the 1990s, most of the voters here were divided between the old ridings of Port Coquitlam and Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain. It was in the latter that Clark was first elected, defeating New Democrat Jamie Ross by 468 votes in 1996. Clark was preceded by the NDP's Barbara Copping, who in 1991 beat Liberal Andrew Forrest by 1,730 votes. In Port Coquitlam, meanwhile, the NDP's Mike Farnworth was elected in both 1991 and '96, both times over Liberals, and both times by margins of about 1,500 votes. In the '80s this area was an NDP stronghold, with MLAs Stu Legatt (1972-83) and Mark Rose (1986-91)
In 2001, the voter turnout in Port Moody-Westwood was 71.8 per cent – just above the provincial average.
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