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Citizenship

See our Brochure for New Canadians which covers British Columbia and Coquitlam history, population, government and useful Internet sites.  See Leaders of our communities below.

Leaders

Federal Government

Head of State:
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General:
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston

Prime Minister:
Stephen Harper

Political party in power:
Conservative Party

Leader of the Opposition:
Thomas Mulcair

Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition:
NDP (New Democratic Party)

Other opposition parties and leaders:
Bloc Québécois: Daniel Paillé
Green Party: Elizabeth May
Liberal Party: Bob Rae

Members of Parliament:
New Westminster-Coquitlam MP: Fin Donnelly (NDP)
Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam MP: James Moore (Conservative)

Federal Electoral District:
See the maps on the following pages or use the website at http://www2.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Compilations/HouseOfCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx to find out by using your postal code.

Provincial Government

Lieutenant Governor:
The Honourable Stephen Point

Premier:
The Honourable Christy Clark

Provincial party in power:
BC Liberals

Provincial opposition parties and leaders:
BC NDP: Adrian Dix
Green Party of BC: Jane Sterk

Provincial representative, or MLA:
Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA: Diane Thorne (BC NDP)
Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA: vacant
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain MLA: Douglas Horne (BC Liberal)

You can use the website http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm to find out who your MLA is by postal code. 
 
Territorial Government
Do not worry about the Territorial Government section. We do not have one; ours is a provincial government because we live in a province, not a territory.

Municpal Government
 
Municipality:
Coquitlam

Mayor:
Richard Stewart

Library Locations
Poirier Branch
575 Poirier Street
Coquitlam, BC
V3J 6A9
604-937-4141
    City Centre Branch
3001 Burlington Drive
Coquitlam, BC
V3B 6X1
604-927-3562


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