Four candidates are seeking election in Port Moody–Burquitlam

B.C. NDP MLA Rick Glumac is seeking re-election in Port Moody–Burquitlam. His opponents are Conservative Party candidate John McEwen, B.C. Green Party candidate Wei Chou and CentreBC candidate Freddy Rawji. Glumac, who serves as Minister of State for AI and New Technologies, pointed to his record on health care, including helping establish Port Moody’s Urgent and Primary Care Centre.

McEwen previously served as Anmore’s mayor and as vice-chair at Metro Vancouver. A campaign announcement said he is running to bring his municipal, regional and business experience to Victoria. Rawji, who founded recruitment firm Torus Talent, said he wants to make B.C. a better place to do business. He argued that small businesses are the best place to create high-paying jobs.

The B.C. Green Party’s platform calls for building 26,000 units of non-market housing, making transit free and stopping new fossil fuel development.

Glumac won consecutive elections in 2020 and 2024, taking more than 50 per cent of the vote each time. Before 2017, the riding tended to swing Liberal; Linda Reimer and Iain Black both won there. Christy Clark, who later became premier, also won the riding in 2001, when it was called Port Moody-Westwood.

Port Moody–Burquitlam includes Anmore and Belcarra, as well as the part of Coquitlam north of Austin Avenue between North Road and Blue Mountain Street. The riding borders Burnaby to the southwest. On the northeast, its boundary bisects David Avenue on its way south, taking in Hemlock Place, Mountain Meadows Elementary and Eagle Ridge Hospital before reaching Brookmount Drive and heading west around Port Moody.