Westminster-Delta

Westminster-Delta

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

Demographics

Political Geography and History

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

"Note: winners in each election in" bold.
Opposition
Thomas William Forster
align="right"|545
align="right"|63.23%
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align="right"|unknown
Government
James Punch
align="right"|317
align="right"|36.77%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|862!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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Government
|Henry Dean Benson
align="right"|221
align="right"|40.04%
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align="right"|unknown
Opposition
John Herbert Turner
align="right"|331
align="right"|59.96%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|552!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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Conservative
John Walter Berry
align="right"|215
align="right"|30.20%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
Progressive
Thomas William Forster
align="right"|173
align="right"|24.30%
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
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Government
John Oliver
align="right"|324
align="right"|45.51
align="right"
align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|712!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"
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