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

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

Electoral history

6th British Columbia election, 1894
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
GovernmentJohn Matthew Lefevre 224 40.65% – unknown
OppositionColin Buchanan Sword 327 59.35% –
Total valid votes 551 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
7th British Columbia election, 1898
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
GovernmentRichard McBride 1 239 52.23% – unknown
OppositionCharles Whetham 216 47.47% – unknown
Total valid votes 455 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1 16th Premier of British Columbia
8th British Columbia election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
ConservativeRichard McBride 338 54.25% unknown
GovernmentCharles Whetham 285 45.75% – unknown
Total valid votes 623 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %

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.

References

Elections BC historical returns


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