New Westminster is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was the final electoral district from the first British Columbia election of 1871 to continually exist until its abolition at the call of the 2024 election.
The riding is notable in a variety of ways. It never voted for a Social Credit candidate during the Socred's era of dominance between 1952 and 1991. It was also represented by Byron Ingemar Johnson, the 24th premier of British Columbia.
During the 1990s, the riding was represented by Anita Hagen, who served as deputy premier of British Columbia and minister of Education from 1991 to 1993 during the premiership of Mike Harcourt. Hagen was replaced by Graeme Bowbrick in 1996, who served as minister of Advanced Education in 2000, and attorney general from 2000 to 2001.
Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution the riding was dissolved into Burnaby-New Westminster and New Westminster-Coquitlam.
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Dual-member district (1871–1886) AssemblyYearsSeat 1Seat 2Member PartyMember Party 1st 1871–1875 William James Armstrong Josiah Charles Hughes 2nd 1875–1878 Ebenezer Brown Independent-Government 3rd 1878–1882 Wellington John Harris Donald McGillivray 4th 1882–1886 John Robson James Orr
Triple-member district (1886–1890) AssemblyYearsSeat 1Seat 2Seat 3Member PartyMember PartyMember Party 5th 1886–1890 John Robson William Henry Ladner James Orr Riding replaced by Westminster
Single-member district (1916–2024)
Election results
2020
2018 electoral reform referendum 2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum: Question 1Choice Votes %Proportional representation9,59650.96First Past the Post9,23649.04Total valid votes18,832100.0Total rejected ballots1911.00Source: Elections BC 2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum: Question 2SystemBallot 1Ballot 2 Votes % Votes % Mixed-Member Proportional 6,113 45.21 8,399 64.67 Dual-Member Proportional 3,925 29.03 4,589 35.33% Rural–Urban Proportional 3,484 25.77EliminatedSource: Elections BC
2017
2013
2009
2005
2001
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|22,475 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|113 !align="right"|0.50% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|22,588 !align="right"|71.07% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1996
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|22,313 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|133 !align="right"|0.59% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|22,446 !align="right"|70.41% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1991
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|20,812 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|395 !align="right"|1.86% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|21,207 !align="right"|72.32% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1986
1983
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|20,269 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|233 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1979
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,129 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|292 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1975
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,106 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|166 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1972
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|18,616 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|287 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1969
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|17,866 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|221 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1966
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|12,880 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|160 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1963
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|13,403 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|98 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1960
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|15,747 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|127 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1956
1953
1952
1949
1945
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|8,462 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|94 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|8 23rd Premier of British Columbia
1941
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|8,849 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|178 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1937
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|7,795 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|116 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
1933
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"| 5,734 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|67 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|1 Endorsed by the Independent CCF.
1928
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|5,808 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|205 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|6 "Wells Gray", namesake and instigator of the provincial park of that name in the Cariboo Mountains.
1924
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,158 !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"|
1920
1916
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|2,555 !align="right"|100.00% |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"|
1886
1883 by-election
1882
1878
1875
1871
See also List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References