Douglas Horne

Douglas Horne

Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
In office May 12, 2009 – August 11, 2015
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Jodie Wickens
Personal details
Born	1966 (age 49–50)
Political party	Liberal (Provincial), Conservative (Federal)

Douglas Horne is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain.^[1] He was the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He previously served as the Premier's Parliamentary Secretary, as well as Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole (Chair of the Committee of Supply). In addition, he has served as the Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services (2012–13), Deputy Chair of the Select Standing Committee for Public Accounts (2009–13) and a Member of the Select Standing Committee for Children and Youth (2009–13) for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He also served on the Provincial Treasury Board, the Legislative Review Committee, and the Local Government Elections Task Force during his first term of office.

Prior to being elected he was a corporate executive specializing in corporate finance and business development.

Horne resigned from the legislature on August 14, 2015^[2] to run as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam in the 2015 election. Horne lost to Ron McKinnon of the Liberal Party.^[3]

Electoral record

Federal

Canadian federal election, 2015: Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ron McKinnon	19,938	35.28	+27.02	–
	Conservative	Douglas Horne	18,083	32.00	-23.53	–
	New Democratic	Sara Norman	15,400	27.25	-3.72	–
	Green	Brad Nickason	2,076	3.67	-0.66	–
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	1,014	1.79	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,511	100.00		$219,233.41
Total rejected ballots			287	0.51	–
Turnout			56,798	67.52	–
Eligible voters			84,120
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+25.27
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

Provincial

British Columbia general election, 2013: Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Douglas Horne	9,766	49.90	-6.93	$97,947
	New Democratic	Chris Wilson	7,315	37.37	+1.91	$55,655
	Green	Ron Peters	1,144	5.84	-0.12	$0
	Conservative	Shane Kennedy	1,071	5.47	–	$1,491
	Libertarian	Paul Geddes	277	1.42	-0.33	$4,753
Total valid votes			19,573	100.00
Total rejected ballots			152	0.77	-0.10
Turnout			19,725	53.23	+4.37
Eligible voters			37,056
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.42

British Columbia general election, 2009: Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Douglas Horne	8,644	56.83	+2.3	$87,288
	New Democratic	Heather McRitchie	5,393	35.46	-1.9	$23,778
	Green	Jared Evans	907	5.96	–	$300
	Libertarian	Paul Geddes	266	1.75	–	$250
Total valid votes			15,210	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133	0.87	–
Turnout			15,343	48.86	–
Eligible voters			31,397
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+2.10

References

External links

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