The Political Record · Federal electoral districts

Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam

Federal riding · BC · No. 59008 · 2023 representation order
Fig. 1 — Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, 2023 boundaries.
Member
Ron McKinnon Liberal
2025 result
Liberal hold by 2,520 votes
Turnout
69.4% of 83,272 electors
Population
114,565 2021 census
Area
637 km²
Figures as of
2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Decided before election day: On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 34327
    Decided before election day
    On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 343
  • Closeness of the race: Won by 2,520 votes (4.4 pts) · 54th of 343 in Canada54th
    Closeness of the race
    Won by 2,520 votes (4.4 pts) · 54th of 343 in Canada
  • Population, largest first: 114,565 people, 2021 census · 142nd of 343 in Canada142nd
    Population, largest first
    114,565 people, 2021 census · 142nd of 343 in Canada
In brief
  1. Ron McKinnon held the seat for the Liberals by 2,520 votes (+4.4 points).
  2. The riding shrank in 2023: it keeps 97% of the old Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam.
  3. On election day alone, the Conservatives led; advance and special ballots decided it.
  4. Share who are immigrants is the 47th highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Ron McKinnon
Liberal · first elected 2015-10-19 · 4 terms
  • Member: Library of Parliament
  • Member: Public Accounts
  • Member: Scrutiny of Regulations
47 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation Act.

IDid this riding change?

Yes — it shrank. All of today's Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam comes from the old Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, but it is only 97% of that riding. The rest went elsewhere.

Share of today's areaFormer riding
99.9%Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam 97% of it kept
0.1%Port Moody—Coquitlam 1% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Liberal hold
Elected
Ron McKinnon
Liberal
27,250
47.4% of valid votes
Margin
2,520
votes · +4.4 pts
Runner-up
Iain Black
Conservative
24,730
43.0% of valid votes
Liberal 47.4% · Conservative 43.0% · New Democratic 7.4% · Other 1.4%
Turnout69.4% of 83,272 electors
CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Ron McKinnonLiberal27,25047.4%37.7%+9.7
Iain BlackConservative24,73043.0%29.9%+13.1
Laura DupontNew Democratic4,2537.4%27.4%−20.0
Lewis Clarke DahlbyOther7851.4%—+1.4
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
Michael Peter GlenisterGreen5040.9%
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Swing needed to flip
2.2 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
4,253 votes
New Democratic took more than the 2,520-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
109 of 176
4 polls ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (63) · ■ won by another party (109) · ▨ tied (4).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 1,261 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 2.2% of the 57,522 valid votes, 2.2 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Liberal27,250
Conservative24,730
Still Liberal by 2,520 votes. Actual margin: 2,520.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 48.2% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots. On election day alone, the Conservatives led here — the seat was decided by ballots cast before the day.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative46.4%39.8%−6.6
Liberal42.7%51.7%+9.0
New Democratic8.3%6.6%−1.7
Other1.7%1.1%−0.6
Green1.0%0.8%−0.2
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhat kind of place this is

2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.

VIWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam and its 6 neighbouring ridings.

The card

No. 59008BC · 2025
Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
Ron McKinnon
Result
Liberal hold by 2,520
Turnout
69.4%
Population
114,565
Area
637 km²
Decided before election day: On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 34327Decided before election dayCloseness of the race: Won by 2,520 votes (4.4 pts) · 54th of 343 in Canada54thCloseness of the racePopulation, largest first: 114,565 people, 2021 census · 142nd of 343 in Canada142ndPopulation, largest first
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