Mission—Port Moody

Mission—Port Moody
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1976
District abolished 1987
First contested 1979
Last contested 1984

Mission—Port Moody was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988.

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley West ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Mission—Coquitlam and Port Moody—Coquitlam ridings.

It consisted of:

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley West
31st  1979–1980     Mark Rose New Democratic
32nd  1980–1983
 1983–1984     Gerry St. Germain Progressive Conservative
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Mission—Coquitlam and Port Moody—Coquitlam

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeGerry St. Germain 30,678 47.53 -3.13
New DemocraticTom Beardsley 25,925 40.17 -2.80
LiberalMae Cabott 7,071 10.96 +5.78
GreenRichard Hennick 540 0.84 –
Social CreditPeggy Brown 327 0.51 –
Total valid votes 64,541100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.16
Canadian federal by-election, 29 August 1983
On the resignation of Mark Rose, 21 April 1983
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeGerry St. Germain 21,590 50.66 +14.66
New DemocraticSophie Weremchuk 18,314 42.97 -4.22
LiberalLouis Duprat 2,207 5.18 -10.59
Not affiliatedBetty Nickerson 508 1.19 –
Total valid votes 42,619100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +9.44
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
New DemocraticMark Rose 23,224 47.19 +3.36
Progressive ConservativeBill Otway 17,715 36.00 -2.87
LiberalTom Spraggs 7,762 15.77 -1.21
Social CreditMichael Sulyma 358 0.73 –
CommunistJames Wm. Beynon 150 0.30 -0.02
Total valid votes 49,209100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing +3.12
Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticMark Rose 20,847 43.83
Progressive ConservativeJack Campbell 18,486 38.87
LiberalTom Spraggs 8,078 16.98
CommunistJames Wm. Beynon 152 0.32
Total valid votes 47,563100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley West, both of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election.

See also

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