Mission—Port Moody

Federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
Mission—Port Moody
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1976
District abolished1987
First contested1979
Last contested1984

Mission—Port Moody was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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:

  • the Dewdney-Alouette Regional District;
  • the northwestern part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District.

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

1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gerry St. Germain 30,678 47.53 -3.13
New Democratic Tom Beardsley 25,925 40.17 -2.80
Liberal Mae Cabott 7,071 10.96 +5.78
Green Richard Hennick 540 0.84
Social Credit Peggy Brown 327 0.51
Total valid votes 64,541 100.0  
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 Conservative Gerry St. Germain 21,590 50.66 +14.66
New Democratic Sophie Weremchuk 18,314 42.97 -4.22
Liberal Louis Duprat 2,207 5.18 -10.59
Not affiliated Betty Nickerson 508 1.19
Total valid votes 42,619 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +9.44
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Mark Rose 23,224 47.19 +3.36
Progressive Conservative Bill Otway 17,715 36.00 -2.87
Liberal Tom Spraggs 7,762 15.77 -1.21
Social Credit Michael Sulyma 358 0.73
Communist James Wm. Beynon 150 0.30 -0.02
Total valid votes 49,209 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing +3.12
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Mark Rose 20,847 43.83
Progressive Conservative Jack Campbell 18,486 38.87
Liberal Tom Spraggs 8,078 16.98
Communist James Wm. Beynon 152 0.32
Total valid votes 47,563 100.0  
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.

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