Westminster-Chilliwhack

Westminster-Chilliwhack

Westminster-Chilliwhack was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. It and its sister ridings Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Dewdney and Westminster-Richmond were successors to the old four-member Westminster riding, which appeared in 1890 only and was a subdivision of the older New Westminster (provincial electoral district) riding. Westminster-Chilliwhack was succeeded by the Chilliwhack riding in the election of 1903.

Demographics

Political Geography and History

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

"Note: winners in each election in" bold.
Government
Charles William Munro
align="right"|303
align="right"|48.25%
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align="right"|unknown
Opposition
Thomas Edwin Kitchen
align="right"|325
align="right"|51.75%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|628!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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Opposition
Charles William Munro
align="right"|301
align="right"|55.03
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align="right"|unknown
Government
John Herbert Turner
align="right"|246
align="right"|44.97%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|547!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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Conservative
George Randall Ashwell
align="right"|251
align="right"|48.46%
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Progressive
Charles William Munro
align="right"|267
align="right"|51.54
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|518!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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