New_Westminster_(provincial_electoral_district)

New Westminster
British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Jennifer Whiteside; New Democratic
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First contested	1871
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	New Westminster

New Westminster (provincial electoral district)

Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada

New Westminster is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It is the only electoral district in British Columbia to have existed for every general election.

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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.

Election results

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"2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved December 20, 2020.

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"Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

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"2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved May 11, 2017.

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"Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.

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"Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

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Assembly	Years		Party
14th	1916–1920	David Whiteside	Liberal
15th	1920–1924	David Whiteside	Liberal
16th	1924–1928	Edwin James Rothwell	Liberal
17th	1928–1933	Arthur Wellesley Gray	Liberal
18th	1933–1937
19th	1937–1941
20th	1941–1945
21st	1945–1949	Byron Ingemar Johnson	Coalition (Liberal)
22nd	1949–1952		Coalition (Liberal)
22nd	1952		Liberal
23rd	1952–1953	Rae Eddie	CCF
24th	1953–1956
25th	1956–1960
26th	1960–1963
27th	1963–1966		New Democratic
28th	1966–1969		New Democratic
29th	1969–1972	Dennis Cocke	New Democratic
30th	1972–1975
31st	1975–1979
32nd	1979–1983
33rd	1983–1986
34th	1986–1991	Anita Hagen	New Democratic
35th	1991–1996	Anita Hagen	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001	Graeme Bowbrick	New Democratic
37th	2001–2005	Joyce Murray	Liberal
38th	2005–2009	Chuck Puchmayr	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013	Dawn Black
40th	2013–2017	Judy Darcy
41st	2017–2020	Judy Darcy
42nd	2020–present	Jennifer Whiteside

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jennifer Whiteside	15,903	60.25	+8.32	$31,579.21
	Green	Cyrus Sy	5,020	19.02	−6.05	$18,803.70
	Liberal	Lorraine Brett	4,291	16.26	−4.94	$9,107.81
	Conservative	Benny Ogden	912	3.46	–	$0.00
	Libertarian	Donald Wilson	269	1.02	+0.30	$0.00
Total valid votes			26,395	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC^[1]^[2]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Judy Darcy	14,377	51.93	+3.09	$64,541
	Green	Jonina Campbell	6,939	25.07	+16.72	$31,266
	Liberal	Lorraine Brett	5,870	21.20	−12.17	$24,848
	Social Credit	James Crosty	298	1.08	–	$3,877
	Libertarian	Rex Brocki	199	0.72	+0.02	$0
Total valid votes			27,683	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			108	0.39	−0.10
Turnout			27,791	63.61	+5.80
Registered voters			43,690
Source: Elections BC^[3]^[4]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Judy Darcy	13,170	48.84	−7.52	$126,704
	Liberal	Hector Bremner	8,997	33.37	−1.24	$56,036
	Green	Terry Teather	2,252	8.35	−0.68	$1,417
	Conservative	Paul Forseth	1,318	4.89	−	$1,450
	Independent	James Crosty	1,038	3.85	−	#3,530
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	190	0.70	−	$250
Total valid votes			26,965	100.00
Total rejected ballots			132	0.49
Turnout			27,097	57.81
Source: Elections BC^[5]

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dawn Black	13,418	56.36	+5.04	$80,256
	Liberal	Carole Millar	8,240	34.61	−2.81	$24,880
	Green	Matthew Laird	2,151	9.03	−0.34	$5,214
Total valid votes			23,809	100
Total rejected ballots			137	0.57
Turnout			23,946	55.99

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joyce Murray	11,059	49.20%	$47,701
	New Democratic	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%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Graeme Bowbrick	10,418	46.69%	$29,591
	Liberal	Helen Sparkes	8,591	38.50%	$34,673
	Reform	Brian Stromgren	1,446	6.48%
	Progressive Democrat	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%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Anita Hagen	10,384	49.89%	$24,062
	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%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dennis Geoffrey Cocke	11,455	56.52%	unknown
	Social Credit	Barry David Butler	8,224	40.57%	unknown
	Liberal	John Ian Paterson	590	2.91%	unknown
Total valid votes			20,269	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			233
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	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			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dennis Geoffrey Cocke	10,357	55.63%	unknown
	Social Credit	Alexander John Seigo	8,473	44.35%	unknown
	Liberal	Karl Franke	923	4.83%	unknown
	Communist	Roderick Doran	60	0.31%	unknown
Total valid votes			19,106	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			166
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dennis Geoffrey Cocke	7,280	40.75%	unknown
	Social Credit	John Earl Edmondson	7,161	40.08%	unknown
	Liberal	Dennis Douglas George Milne	3,368	18.85%	unknown
	Communist	Harry Harris	57	0.32%	unknown
Total valid votes			17,866	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			221
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rae Eddie	5,751	44.65%	unknown
	Social Credit	Edith Maud Corrigan	5,552	43.11%	unknown
	Liberal	Robert James Cooper	1,577	12.24%	unknown
Total valid votes			12,880	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			160
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rae Eddie	5,035	37.57%	unknown
	Social Credit	Edith Maud Corrigan	4,717	35.19%	unknown
	Liberal	George Herbert Barrett	2,335	17.42%	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	G. Basil Raikes	1,316	9.82%	unknown
Total valid votes			13,403	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			98
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Rae Eddie	6,496	41.25%	unknown
	Social Credit	Stanley Desmond Kermeen	5,041	32.01%
	Liberal	Samuel Thomas Dare	2,519	16.00%	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Frederick Craig Munroe	1,691	10.74%	unknown
Total valid votes			15,747	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			127
Turnout			%

v t e 1953 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Rae Eddie	4,903	37.02	5,970	51.34
	Liberal	Fred H. Jackson	4,309	32.53	5,658	48.66
	Social Credit League	Malvin A. Olsen	3,787	28.59
	Labor–Progressive	Alfred Dewhurst	157	1.19
	Christian Democratic	Mervin Casper	89	0.67
Total valid votes			13,245	100.00	11,628	100.00
Total rejected ballots			486
Turnout			77.94
Note: Preferential ballot: 1st and 4th counts of four shown only

v t e 1952 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Rae Eddie	4,262	29.68	6,475	52.89
	Liberal	Byron Ingemar Johnson	4,317	30.07	5,768	47.11
	Social Credit League	Wilbur Watson Lyle	3,616	25.18
	Progressive Conservative	Elizabeth C. Wood	2,163	15.06
Total valid votes			14,358	100.00	12,243	100.00
Total rejected ballots			437
Turnout			77.94
Note: Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only

v t e 1920 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	David Whiteside	1,980	43.07
	Soldier–Labour	William James Sloan ⁵	1,611	35.04
	Conservative	Thomas Gifford	1,006	21.88
Total valid votes			4,597	100.00
⁵ 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.

1875 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Independent Government	Ebenezer Brown	154	26.15	Y
	Government	William James Armstrong	153	25.98	Y
	Reform caucus	Donald McGillivray	117	19.86
	Reform caucus	Jeremiah Rogers ²	111	18.84
	Government	William M. Campbell	54	9.17
Total valid votes			589	100.00
² Noted lumberman on False Creek/English Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Coalition	Byron Ingemar Johnson ⁸	4,900	57.91%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Clifford Augustine Greer	2,967	35.06%	unknown
	Labour Progressive	Charles Stewart	595	7.03%	unknown
Total valid votes			8,462	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			94
Turnout			%
⁸ 23rd Premier of British Columbia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arthur Wellesley Gray	3,694	41.74%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Stanley Blake	2,387	26.97%	unknown
	Conservative (historical)	Mary Dorothea McBride	1,923	21.73%	unknown
	Labour	Edward Charles Mills	845	9.55%	unknown
Total valid votes			8,849	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			178
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arthur Wellesley Gray	4,055	52.02%	unknown
	Conservative (historical)	Thomas Robert Selkirk	1,766	22.66%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Stanley Blake	1,321	16.95%	unknown
	Communist	Edwin Henry Baker	567	7.27%	unknown
	Labour	Edward Charles Mills	86	1.10%	unknown
Total valid votes			7,795	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			116
Turnout			%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arthur Wellesley Gray	2,694	46.98%	unknown
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Daniel McGrath	1,476	25.74%	unknown
	Independent	David Whiteside ¹	1,439	25.10%	unknown
	United Front (Workers and Farmers)	Douglas Thomas	125	2.18%	unknown
Total valid votes			5,734	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			67
Turnout			%
¹ Endorsed by the Independent CCF.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arthur Wellesley Gray ⁶	3.262	56.16%	unknown
	Conservative (historical)	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.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Edwin James Rothwell	1,564	37.61%	unknown
	Conservative (historical)	Albert Morris Sanford	1,310	31.51%	unknown
	Labour	Richard Carter Higgins	693	16.67%	unknown
	Provincial	George Livingstone Cassady	591	14.21%	unknown
Total valid votes			4,158	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%