Zoe Royer
Zoe Royer | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Port Moody—Coquitlam | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Bonita Zarrillo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1965-1966 |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Other political affiliations | New Democratic Party (former) |
| Website | zoeroyer |
Zoe Royer MP (born 1965 or 1966)[1] is a Canadian politician from the Liberal Party of Canada. She was elected Member of Parliament for Port Moody—Coquitlam in the 2025 Canadian federal election.[2] She served as a Port Moody city councillor for 11 years, and is a Trustee for SD43.
She ran as the NDP candidate in Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam at the 2008 Canadian federal election.[3]
Early life and career
Royer was born in Scotland, and moved to Canada as a baby. Her mother was a Physician, specializing in obstetrics and gynaecology, and her father was a geophysicist.[4]
Royer is a former health care administrator.[5] She founded, and was CEO of her own dentistry solutions company.[3] In 2020, Royer founded a subscription company along with her two daughters, for monthly youth-oriented stories and recipes.[6][7] The company appears to have become inactive in 2022.[8] Royer is currently Strategic Growth Officer for Massive Canada Building Systems.[9]
She is married to Gaëtan Royer,[10] and has 2 daughters, Charlotte and Carola.[7]
Political career
Royer first ran for election in Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam in the 2008 federal election, as a member of the New Democratic Party. She came in second, receiving 22.3% of the vote, losing to incumbent Conservative candidate James Moore. She also ran against Liberal candidate Ron McKinnon, both of whom now hold a seat in the House of Commons as of the 2025 federal election.
Royer was elected to the Port Moody city council in 2011. She served three terms, choosing not to run for re-election in 2022.[11] Instead she announced a dual run for Coquitlam City Council and School District 43 (Coquitlam) board of education. She was successfully elected as an SD43 trustee, but lost her bid for city council.[12][13]
In the 2025 Canadian federal election, Royer ran as the Liberal Party candidate in Port Moody—Coquitlam. She won, receiving 43.6% of the votes and unseating incumbent New Democratic Party candidate Bonita Zarrillo, who came in third.
During the campaign, Royer filed a complaint with the elections commissioner, alleging that Zarrillo’s campaign had spread polling misinformation and attempted to discredit SmartVoting.ca, a registered third party with Elections Canada.[14]
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Port Moody—Coquitlam | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | 27,123 | 43.57 | +14.09 | |||||
| Conservative | Paul Lambert | 25,127 | 40.37 | +8.41 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bonita Zarrillo | 9,360 | 15.04 | –20.00 | ||||
| Green | Nash Milani | 519 | 0.83 | N/A | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Roland Verrier | 117 | 0.19 | +0.08 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 62,246 | 70.40 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 88,418 | |||||||
| Liberal notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | +2.84 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15][16] | ||||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | James Moore | 25,535 | 54.61% | +13.49% | $76,521.14 | |||
| New Democratic | 10,418 | 22.28% | -0.78% | $14,957.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Ron McKinnon | 6,918 | 14.79% | -12.26% | $32,213.85 | |||
| Green | Rod Brindamour | 3,568 | 7.63% | +4.29% | $2,240.25 | |||
| Libertarian | Lewis Dahlby | 321 | 0.69% | +0.06% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 46,760 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 168 | |||||||
| Turnout | 46,928 | 59.72% | -3.47% | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +7.14 | ||||||
References
- ^ "TC Votes 2022: Meet Zoe Royer, Coquitlam city council candidate". Tri-City News. 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ Team, Torstar Open Data (April 29, 2025). "Port Moody—Coquitlam live federal election results". Toronto Star.
- ^ a b "Familiar name running for federal Liberals in Port Moody–Coquitlam". Tri-City News. March 31, 2025.
- ^ "Board Members: Port Moody". School District No. 43 (Coquitlam). Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "Familiar name running for federal Liberals in Port Moody–Coquitlam". Tri-City News. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "Assets, liabilities disclosed for Tri-City politicians". Tri-City News. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ a b "Kids, baking & kindness are the core of Port Moody councillor's story collection". Tri-City News. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "Learn, Bake & Play! | Sweetheart Bakery Press". Sweetheart Bakery. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "Canada Votes: Zoe Royer, Liberal Party, Port Moody–Coquitlam". Tri-City News. 2025-04-08. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "Board Members: Port Moody". School District No. 43 (Coquitlam). Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "TC Votes 2022: Meet Zoe Royer, Coquitlam city council candidate". Tri-City News. 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "All incumbents — plus two newcomers — voted back to SD43 board of education". Tri-City News. 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "Voters bring all six incumbent candidates back to Coquitlam city council". Tri-City News. 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ Craford, Tiffany. "Liberal candidate files complaint with elections commissioner against NDP in Port Moody-Coquitlam". Vancouver Sun.
- ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.