New Westminster (electoral districts)

New Westminster (electoral districts)

New Westminster was the name, or part of the name, of several Canadian federal and provincial electoral districts. All provincial and federal ridings in the area of the Lower Mainland were part of the original New Westminster ridings. "Off-spring" ridings are indicated accordingly.

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Federal

Historical

Current

Provincial

Historical

The New Westminster riding originally included all of the Lower Mainland outside of the City of New Westminster, such that all Fraser Valley and Vancouver ridings are derivatives of the New Westminster riding, which became a three-member renamed Westminster for the 1890 election before being partitioned into four ridings. The following table attempts to trace the lineage of the Lower Mainland ridings (other than those in Vancouver or the North Shore, which can be found on Vancouver (electoral districts):

And all Vancouver, North Vancouver and West Vancouver ridings are "descendants" of the original New Westminster riding.

Current

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