- New Westminster (provincial electoral district)
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New Westminster is the only electoral district in British Columbia to have existed for every general election.
Electoral history 1871-present
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
1st British Columbia general election, 1871 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent William James Armstrong 128 39.63% unknown Independent Josiah Charles Hughes 148 45.82% unknown Independent Hugh McRoberts 47 14.55% unknown Total valid votes 323 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % British Columbia Byelection: New Westminster January 11, 18731 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent William James Armstrong Acclaimed -.- % unknown Total valid votes n/a -.- % Total rejected ballots Turnout % 1 The byelection was called due to Armstrong's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on December 23, 1872. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer. 2nd British Columbia election, 1875 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Government William James Armstrong 153 25.98% unknown Independent-Government Ebenezer Brown 154 26.15% unknown Government William M. Campbell 54 9.17% unknown Reform caucus Donald McGillivray 117 19.86% unknown Reform caucus Jeremiah Rogers 2 111 18.84% unknown Total valid votes 589 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout 2 Noted lumberman on False Creek/English Bay 3rd British Columbia election, 1878 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Government Wellington John Harris 171 24.43% unknown Independent James Kennedy (Canadian politician) 44 6.28% unknown Government Donald McGillivray 202 28.86% unknown Opposition Henry Mathers 130 18.57% unknown Opposition James Orr 153 21.86% unknown Total valid votes 700 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout 4th British Columbia election, 1882 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Opposition Henry Dawson 60 8.47% unknown Government William Isaac 15 2.12% unknown Opposition Herbert John Kirkland 127 17.94% unknown Government William Henry Ladner 76 10.73% unknown Opposition James Orr 168 23.73% unknown Opposition John Robson 262 37.01% unknown Total valid votes 708 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % British Columbia Byelection: New Westminster March 13, 1883 3 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Opposition John Robson Acclaimed -.-% unknown Total valid votes n/a -.- % Total rejected ballots Turnout % 3 Reason for byelection was resignation of John Robson upon his appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) January 29, 1883. 5th British Columbia general election, 1886 4 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent Lewis Arthur Agassiz 142 6.31% unknown Independent Henry Dawson 11 0.49% unknown Independent William Isaac 17 0.76% unknown Independent James Kennedy (Canadian politician) 7 0.31% unknown Government Herbert John Kirkland 348 15.47% unknown Opposition Wiliam Henry Ladner 365 16.23% unknown Opposition Donald McGillivray 331 14.72% unknown Opposition James Orr 358 15.92% unknown Government John Robson 331 14.72% unknown Government Allen Casey Wells 358 15.92% unknown Total valid votes 2,249 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 4 Seat increased to three members from two. In 1890 changes in population and boundaries led to the riding's renaming as Westminster, with the following year that riding being subdivided into Westminster-Chilliwhack, Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Dewdney and Westminster-Richmond, which were to become a few elections later the Chilliwhack (later Chilliwack) Delta, and Richmond ridings. The core of the New Westminster urban area (then still separate from Vancouver's) continued to be represented by New Westminster City until 1916, when that riding was redistrubuted as a one-member seat from its maximum of three, and in the process it was given the old rural riding's name, "New Westminster".
14th British Columbia election, 1916 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Thomas Gifford 1,186 46.42% unknown Liberal David Whiteside 1,369 53.59% unknown Total valid votes 2,555 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 15th British Columbia election, 1920 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Thomas Gifford 1,006 21.88% unknown Soldier-Labour William James Sloan 5 1,611 35.04% unknown Liberal David Whiteside 1,980 43.07% unknown Total valid votes 4,597 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 5/sup> Also referred to as an Independent. Nominated by delegates representing the Great War Veterans Association, the GAUV, the B.C. Fisherman's Protective Association, the Army and Navy Veterans, and organized labour. 16th British Columbia election, 1924 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Provincial George Livingstone Cassady 591 14.21% unknown Canadian Labour Party Richard Carter Higgins 693 16.67% unknown Liberal Edwin James Rothwell 1,564 37.61% unknown Conservative Albert Morris Sanford 1,310 31.51% unknown Total valid votes 4,158 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 17th British Columbia election, 1928 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Arthur Wellesley Gray 6 3.262 56.16% unknown Conservative Albert Morris Sanford 2,546 43.84% unknown Total valid votes 5,808 100.00% Total rejected ballots 205 Turnout % 6 "Wells Gray", namesake and instigator of the provincial park of that name in the Cariboo Mountains. 18th British Columbia election, 1933 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party Douglas Thomas 125 2.18% unknown Liberal Arthur Wellesley Gray 7 2,694 46.98% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Daniel McGrath 1,476 25.74% unknown Independent David Whiteside 5 1,439 25.10% unknown Total valid votes 5,734 100.00% Total rejected ballots 67 Turnout % 7 Endorsed by the Independent CCF. 19th British Columbia election, 1937 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Communist Edwin Henry Baker 567 7.27% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Stanley Blake 1,321 16.95% unknown Liberal Arthur Wellesley Gray 4,055 52.02% unknown Labour (Party) Edward Charles Mills 86 1.10% unknown Conservative Thomas Robert Selkirk 1,766 22.66% unknown Total valid votes 7,795 100.00% Total rejected ballots 116 Turnout % 20th British Columbia election, 1941 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Stanley Blake 2,387 26.97% unknown Liberal Arthur Wellesley Gray 3,694 41.74% unknown Conservative Mary Dorothea McBride 1,923 21.73% unknown Labour (Party) Edward Charles Mills 845 9.55% unknown Total valid votes 8,849 100.00% Total rejected ballots 178 Turnout % 21st British Columbia election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Clifford Augustine Greer 2,967 35.06% unknown Coalition Byron Ingemar Johnson 8 >b?4,900 57.91% unknown Labour Progressive Charles Stewart 3,432 45.62% unknown Total valid votes 8,462 100.00% Total rejected ballots 94 Turnout % 8 23rd Premier of British Columbia 22nd British Columbia election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Coalition Byron Ingemar Johnson >b>7,969 61.57% unknown Social Credit Party Clifford Augustine Greer 2,967 35.06% unknown People's Party of British Columbia Edward Charles Mills 137 1.06% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Henry Mitchell 4,509 34.84% unknown Total valid votes 12,943 100.00% Total rejected ballots 125 Turnout % 23rd British Columbia election, 1952 9 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Rae Eddie 4,262 29.68% 6,475 52.89 % unknown Liberal Byron Ingemar Johnson 4,317 30.07% 5,768 47.11 unknown BC Social Credit League Wilbur Watson Lyle 3,616 25.18% - -% unknown Progressive Conservative Elizabeth C. Wood 2,163 15.06% -- --.--% unknown Total valid votes 14,358 100.00% 12,243 % Total rejected ballots 437 Turnout 77.94% 9(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only) 24th British Columbia election, 1953 10 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% Labour Progressive Party Alfred Dewhurst 157 1.19% - -.-% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Rae Eddie 4,903 37.02% 5,970 51.34% unknown Liberal Fred H. Jackson 4,309 32.53% 5,658 48.66% unknown Christian Democrat Mervin Casper 89 0.67% -- --.--% unknown BC Social Credit League Malvin A. Olsen 3,787 28.59 % - - % unknown Total valid votes 13,245 100.00% 11,628 % Total rejected ballots 486 Turnout 77.94% 10Preferential ballot: 1st and 4th counts of four shown only) 25th British Columbia election, 1956 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Stewart Alsbury 2,220 19.29% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Rae Eddie 4,469 38.83% unknown Social Credit Stanley Desmond Kermeen 4,176 36.28% unknown Independent-SC J. Lewis Sangster 645 5.60% unknown Total valid votes 11,510 100.00% Total rejected ballots 82 Turnout % 26th British Columbia election, 1960 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Samuel Thomas Dare 2,519 16.00% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Rae Eddie 6,496 41.25% unknown Social Credit Stanley Desmond Kermeen 5,041 32.01% unknown Progressive Conservative Frederick Craig Munroe 1,691 10.74% unknown Total valid votes 15,747 100.00% Total rejected ballots 127 Turnout % 27th British Columbia election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal George Herbert Barrett 2,335 17.42% unknown Social Credit Edith Maud Corrigan 4,717 35.19% unknown New Democrat Rae Eddie 5,035 37.57% unknown Progressive Conservative G. Basil Raikes 1,316 9.82% unknown Total valid votes 13,403 100.00% Total rejected ballots 98 Turnout % 28th British Columbia election, 1966 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Robert James Cooper 1,577 12.24% unknown Social Credit Edith Maud Corrigan 5,552 43.11% unknown New Democrat Rae Eddie 5,751 44.65% unknown Total valid votes 12,880 100.00% Total rejected ballots 160 Turnout % 29th British Columbia election, 1969 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Dennis Geoffrey Cocke 7,280 40.75% unknown Communist Harry Harris 57 0.32% unknown Social Credit John Earl Edmondson 7,161 40.08% unknown Liberal Dennis Douglas George Milne 3,368 18.85% unknown Total valid votes 17,866 100.00% Total rejected ballots 221 Turnout % 30th British Columbia election, 1972 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Dennis Geoffrey Cocke 10,357 55.63% unknown Social Credit John Earl Edmondson 5,306 28.50% unknown Liberal Carl L. Miller 2,953 15.86% unknown Total valid votes 18,616 100.00% Total rejected ballots 287 Turnout % 31st British Columbia election, 1975 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Dennis Geoffrey Cocke 10,357 55.63% unknown Communist Roderick Doran 60 0.31% unknown Liberal Karl Franke 923 4.83% unknown Social Credit Alexander John Seigo 8,473 44.35% unknown Total valid votes 19,106 100.00% Total rejected ballots 166 Turnout % 32nd British Columbia election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Dennis Geoffrey Cocke 11,343 59.30% unknown Social Credit Malvern James Hughes 7,786 40.70% unknown Total valid votes 19,129 100.00% Total rejected ballots 292 Turnout % 33rd British Columbia election, 1983 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit Barry David Butler 8,224 40.57% unknown New Democrat Dennis Geoffrey Cocke 11,455 56.52% unknown Liberal John Ian Paterson 590 2.91% unknown Total valid votes 20,269 100.00% Total rejected ballots 233 Turnout % 34th British Columbia election, 1986 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Timothy E. Courtney 1,200 5.90% unknown Social Credit Dwight Maxwell Ross 8,949 43.99% unknown New Democrat Anita Hagen 13,562 43.82% unknown Communist Roderick Doran 73 0.36% unknown Total valid votes 20,342 100.00% Total rejected ballots 245 Turnout % 35th British Columbia election, 1991 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures NDP Anita Hagen 10,384 49.89% $24,062 BC Liberal Lori MacDonald 7,117 34.20% $2,534 Social Credit Tom Baker 3,311 15.91% $26,509 Total Valid Votes 20,812 100.00% Total Rejected Ballots 395 1.86% Turnout 21,207 72.32% 36th British Columbia election, 1996 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures NDP Graeme Bowbrick 10,418 46.69% $29,591 BC Liberal Helen Sparkes 8,591 38.50% $34,673 BC Reform Brian Stromgren 1,446 6.48% PDA Craig Sahlin 1,121 5.02% Green Michael G. Horn 488 2.19% $145 Independent Arthur Crossman 142 0.64% Natural Law George Bauch 107 0.48% $224 Total Valid Votes 22,313 100.00% Total Rejected Ballots 133 0.59% Turnout 22,446 70.41% 37th British Columbia election, 2001 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures BC Liberal Joyce Murray 11,059 49.20% $47,701 NDP Graeme Bowbrick 6,971 31.02% $26,704 Green Robert Broughton 2,982 13.27% $3,401 Marijuana Marlene P. Campbell 859 3.82% $394 Unity Howard Vernon Irving 604 2.69% Total Valid Votes 22,475 100.00% Total Rejected Ballots 113 0.50% Turnout 22,588 71.07% 38th British Columbia election, 2005 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures NDP Chuck Puchmayr 13,226 51.32% BC Liberal Joyce Murray 9,645 37.42% Green Robert Broughton 2,416 9.37% Marijuana Christina Racki 293 1.14% DRBC John Robinson Warren 152 0.59% Platinum Greg Calcutta 42 0.16% Total 25,774 100.00% B.C. General Election 2009 New Westminster Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Dawn Black 11,817 56.12 +4.80 BC Liberal Carole Millar 7,340 34.86 -2.56 Green Matthew Laird 1,899 9.02 -0.35 Total valid votes 21,056 North / Central Southern Interior Fraser Valley / South LM Abbotsford-Clayburn • Abbotsford-Mount Lehman • Chilliwack-Kent • Chilliwack-Sumas • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Mission • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Panorama Ridge • Surrey-Tynehead • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White RockVancouver / North LM Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Burquitlam • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain • Port Moody-Westwood • Vancouver-Burrard • Vancouver-Fairview • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-GaribaldiVancouver Island / South Coast See also: 1999 electoral redistribution • 2001 general election • 2005 general election • 2008 electoral redistribution • Defunct districtsNorth / Central Southern Interior Columbia River-Revelstoke • Kamloops • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kootenay • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan-Boundary • Okanagan East • Okanagan-Penticton • Okanagan-Vernon • Okanagan West • Shuswap • Rossland-Trail • Yale-LillooetFraser Valley / South LM Abbotsford • Chilliwack • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Matsqui • Mission-Kent • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White RockVancouver / North LM Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam • Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain • Vancouver-Burrard • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Little Mountain • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-GaribaldiVancouver Island / South Coast See also: List of British Columbia general elections • 1991 general election • 1996 general election • Defunct districtsCategories:- British Columbia provincial electoral districts
- New Westminster
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