Westminster (electoral district)

Westminster (electoral district)

Westminster was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It appeared in the 1890 election only. In 1894 it was succeeded by Westminster-Chilliwhack, Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Dewdney, and Westminster-Richmond, which were in the 1898 election succeeded by ridings named similarly, but without the "Westminster".

NB This provincial riding is not to be confused with the federal Westminster District riding which appeared only in the 1917 election (it was succeeded by the Fraser Valley riding.

Demographics

Political Geography and History

In the early 1880s the Lower Fraser Valley south and east of the city of New Westminster was largely unpopulated, with voters there voting in one of the two New Westminster ridings (New Westminster or New Westminster City). With the opening of the Canadian Pacific Railway settlement of the lush Fraser Valley lands was rapid, and a new more rural riding - Westminster - was created spanning the entire lower Fraser from Richmond to Chilliwack. Increasing growth led to the riding's further subdivision for the 1894 election into four sub-ridings, Westminster-Chilliwhack, Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Dewdney and Westminster-Richmond. The successor ridings dropped the Westminster-prefix for the 1903 election.

The name Westminster in the riding's name derives not so much from these areas being dependent on the city of New Westminster, but because it and all its successor ridings are all in the New Westminster Land District (beyond Chilliwack is the Yale Land District).

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

"Note: winners in each election in" bold.
Government
John Calvin Henderson
align="right"|349
align="right"|12.18%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Arthur Herring
align="right"|81
align="right"|2.83%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
John A. Kirkland
align="right"|420
align="right"|14.65%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
Thomas Edwin Kitchen
align="right"|503
align="right"|17.55%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
James Punch
align="right"|484
align="right"|16.89%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Government
John Robson1
align="right"|506
align="right"|17.66%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Opposition
Marshall Sinclair
align="right"|62
align="right"|2.16%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Independent
Colin Buchanan Sword
align="right"|461
align="right"|16.08%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,866!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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1 Incumbent Premier of BC


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