Westminster-Dewdney

Westminster-Dewdney

Westminster-Dewdney was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. It and its sister ridings Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Chilliwhack 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 riding. Westminster-Dewdney was succeeded by the Dewdney riding in the election of 1903. This area is currently part of the Maple Ridge-Mission riding, with its former eastern portions now in Chilliwack-Kent (Dewdney had included Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs in its first incarnation).

Demographics

Political Geography and History

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

Government
John Matthew Lefevre
align="right"|224
align="right"|40.65%
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Opposition
Colin Buchanan Sword
align="right"|327
align="right"|59.35%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|551!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
Richard McBride 1
align="right"|239
align="right"|52.23%
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align="right"|unknown
Opposition
Charles Whetham
align="right"|216
align="right"|47.47%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|455!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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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|1 16th Premier of British Columbia

Conservative
Richard McBride
align="right"|338
align="right"|54.25%
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align="right"|unknown
Government
Charles Whetham
align="right"|285
align="right"|45.75%
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align="right"|unknown
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|623!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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In the large redistribution in advance of the 1903 election, which provided the basis for the modern system of ridings until the 1990s, the Westminster-Dewdney riding was adjusted slightly and renamed Dewdney, which lasted until the general election of 1986.

[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC historical returns]


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