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New Westminster City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

from 1871 to 1912. For other electoral districts in New Westminster, please see New Westminster (electoral districts)

New Westminster (electoral districts)

New Westminster was the name, or part of the name, of several Canadian federal and provincial electoral districts. All provincial and federal ridings in the area of the Lower Mainland were part of the original New Westminster ridings...

Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

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|Independent
|Henry Holbrook
Henry Holbrook
Henry Holbrook was an English-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1875....

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|Independent
|Alexander Rocke Robinson
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!align="right" colspan=7|¹ The byelection was called due to Holbrook's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on November 14, 1871. 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.
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|Independent-Government
|Robert Dickinson
Robert Dickinson (British Columbia politician)
Robert Dickinson was an English-born businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1875 to 1878....

|align="right"|59
|align="right"|60.82%
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|Opposition
|Henry Holbrook
Henry Holbrook
Henry Holbrook was an English-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1871 to 1875....

|align="right"|38
|align="right"|39.18%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|265
!align="right"|100.00%
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|Opposition
|William James Armstrong
|align="right"|64
|align="right"|43.84%
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|Government
|Ebenezer Brown
Ebenezer Brown
Ebenezer Brown was an English-born wholesale merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster from 1875 to 1878 and New Westminster City from 1878 to 1881 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was educated in England and came to British Columbia in...

|align="right"|82
|align="right"|56.16%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|146
!align="right"|100.00%
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|Independent
|William James Armstrong
William James Armstrong
William James Armstrong was a merchant, miller and politician in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster District from 1871 to 1878 and New Westminster City from 1881 to 1884 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Peterborough, Ontario, the son of William...

|align="right"|Acclaimed
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!align="right"|n/a
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!align="right" colspan=7|² The byelection was called due to the esignation of Ebenezer Brown
Ebenezer Brown
Ebenezer Brown was an English-born wholesale merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster from 1875 to 1878 and New Westminster City from 1878 to 1881 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was educated in England and came to British Columbia in...

on November 1881 because of ill health.
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|Independent
|William James Armstrong
William James Armstrong
William James Armstrong was a merchant, miller and politician in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster District from 1871 to 1878 and New Westminster City from 1881 to 1884 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Peterborough, Ontario, the son of William...

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|Government
|William James Armstrong
William James Armstrong
William James Armstrong was a merchant, miller and politician in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster District from 1871 to 1878 and New Westminster City from 1881 to 1884 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Peterborough, Ontario, the son of William...

|align="right"|104
|align="right"|67.76%
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|Opposition
|William Douglas Ferris
|align="right"|49
|align="right"|32.24%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|153
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=7|² The byelection was called due to W. J. Armstrong's resignation upon his appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) August 23, 1882.
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|Opposition
|William Norman Bole
|align="right"|55
|align="right"|32.74%
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|Government
|James Cunningham
James Cunningham (British Columbia politician)
James Cunningham was a Canadian merchant and Liberal politician, who represented New Westminster in the Canadian House of Commons during the 3rd Parliament from 1874 to 1878....

|align="right"|79
|align="right"|47.02%
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|Independent
|Henry Valentine Edmonds
|align="right"|34
|align="right"|20.24%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|168
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=7|² The byelection was called due to W. J. Armstrong's resignation upon his appointment as Sheriff April 5, 1884.
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|Opposition
|William Norman Bole
William Norman Bole
William Norman Bole was an Irish-born lawyer, judge and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1886 to 1889....

|align="right"|212
|align="right"|85.14%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Government
|William Douglas Ferris
|align="right"|37
|align="right"|14.86%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|249
!align="right"|100.00%
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|Independent
|John Cunningham Brown
John Cunningham Brown
John Cunningham Brown was an Irish-born newspaper owner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1890 to 1894 and from 1900 to 1901....

|align="right"|530
|align="right"|52.28%
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|Government
|Thomas Cunningham
|align="right"|321
|align="right"|37.72%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|851
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|Government
|David Samuel Curtis
|align="right"|574
|align="right"|49.14%
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|Opposition
|James Buckham Kennedy
James Buckham Kennedy
James Buckham Kennedy was a Canadian lumberman and Liberal politician. Kennedy was the MLA for New Westminster from 1894 to 1898 and Member of Parliament for New Westminster for one term from 1904 to 1908. He also sat on New Westminster's city council.-References:...

|align="right"|594
|align="right"|50.86%
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|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,168
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|Opposition
|John Cunningham Brown
John Cunningham Brown
John Cunningham Brown was an Irish-born newspaper owner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1890 to 1894 and from 1900 to 1901....

|align="right"|534
|align="right"|49.04%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Government
|Alexander Henderson
Alexander Henderson (politician)
Alexander Henderson was a lawyer, judge and political figure in British Columbia and Yukon. He represented New Westminster City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1898 to 1900...

|align="right"|555
|align="right"|50.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,089
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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|Government
|John Cunningham Brown
John Cunningham Brown
John Cunningham Brown was an Irish-born newspaper owner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1890 to 1894 and from 1900 to 1901....

|align="right"|628
|align="right"|53.77%
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|align="right"|unknown

|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Robie Lewis Reid
Robie Lewis Reid
Robie Lewis Reid , often referred to as Robie Reid, was a noted historian and jurist in British Columbia, Canada. Reid wrote many books and essays on the history of British Columbia, but his special interest was the study of the works of Rudyard Kipling Another special field of interest was thet...

|align="right"|540
|align="right"|46.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,168
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Thomas Gifford
Thomas Gifford (politician)
Thomas Gifford was a politician in British Columbia, Canada.Born in Lockerbie, Scotland, the son of William Gifford and Margaret Stewart, he was educated there and apprenticed as a jeweller. He opened his own store in Lockerbie around 1876. In 1877, he married Annie Stoddart. Thomas and his wife,...

²
|align="right"|772
|align="right"|57.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|William H. Keary
|align="right"|575
|align="right"|42.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,347
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|² The Vancouver Province results were 854 and 657.
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|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Thomas Gifford
Thomas Gifford (politician)
Thomas Gifford was a politician in British Columbia, Canada.Born in Lockerbie, Scotland, the son of William Gifford and Margaret Stewart, he was educated there and apprenticed as a jeweller. He opened his own store in Lockerbie around 1876. In 1877, he married Annie Stoddart. Thomas and his wife,...

¹
|align="right"|675
|align="right"|49.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|Frederick William Howay
|align="right"|547
|align="right"|39.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Canadian Labour Party
|James Samuel Rainey
|align="right"|147
|align="right"|10.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,369
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|Canadian Labour Party
|Walter Dodd
|align="right"|165
|align="right"|9.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Thomas Gifford
Thomas Gifford (politician)
Thomas Gifford was a politician in British Columbia, Canada.Born in Lockerbie, Scotland, the son of William Gifford and Margaret Stewart, he was educated there and apprenticed as a jeweller. He opened his own store in Lockerbie around 1876. In 1877, he married Annie Stoddart. Thomas and his wife,...

|align="right"|881
|align="right"|52.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|John Joseph Johnson
|align="right"|6,17
|align="right"|37.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,663
!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"|
!align="right"|
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|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

|Thomas Gifford
Thomas Gifford (politician)
Thomas Gifford was a politician in British Columbia, Canada.Born in Lockerbie, Scotland, the son of William Gifford and Margaret Stewart, he was educated there and apprenticed as a jeweller. He opened his own store in Lockerbie around 1876. In 1877, he married Annie Stoddart. Thomas and his wife,...

|align="right"|1,004
|align="right"|72.28%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|George Kennedy
|align="right"|385
|align="right"|27.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,389
!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"|%
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