New Westminster (provincial electoral district)

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.

New Westminster
British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 
 
Jennifer Whiteside
New Democratic
First contested1871
Last contested2020
Demographics
Census division(s)Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)New Westminster

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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Its MLA is Jennifer Whiteside. She was first elected in 2020. She is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Assembly Years Member Party
14th 1916–1920 David Whiteside Liberal
15th 1920–1924
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
22nd 1949–1952
23rd 1952–1953 Rae Eddie CCF
24th 1953–1956
25th 1956–1960
26th 1960–1963
27th 1963–1966 New Democratic
28th 1966–1969
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
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
42nd 2020–present Jennifer Whiteside

Election results

2020

2020 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticJennifer Whiteside15,90360.25+8.32$31,579.21
GreenCyrus Sy5,02019.02−6.05$18,803.70
LiberalLorraine Brett4,29116.26−4.94$9,107.81
ConservativeBenny Ogden9123.46$0.00
LibertarianDonald Wilson2691.02+0.30$0.00
Total valid votes 26,395100.00
Total rejected ballots   
Turnout   
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[1][2]

2017

2017 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticJudy Darcy14,37751.93+3.09$64,541
GreenJonina Campbell6,93925.07+16.72$31,266
LiberalLorraine Brett5,87021.20−12.17$24,848
Social CreditJames Crosty2981.08$3,877
LibertarianRex Brocki1990.72+0.02$0
Total valid votes 27,683100.00
Total rejected ballots 1080.39−0.10
Turnout 27,79163.61+5.80
Registered voters 43,690
Source: Elections BC[3][4]

2013

2013 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticJudy Darcy13,17048.84−7.52$126,704
LiberalHector Bremner8,99733.37−1.24$56,036
GreenTerry Teather2,2528.35−0.68$1,417
ConservativePaul Forseth1,3184.89$1,450
IndependentJames Crosty1,0383.85#3,530
LibertarianLewis Dahlby1900.70$250
Total valid votes 26,965100.00
Total rejected ballots 1320.49
Turnout 27,09757.81
Source: Elections BC[5]

2009

2009 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticDawn Black13,41856.36+5.04$80,256
LiberalCarole Millar8,24034.61−2.81$24,880
GreenMatthew Laird2,1519.03−0.34$5,214
Total valid votes 23,809 100
Total rejected ballots 137 0.57
Turnout 23,946 55.99

2005

2005 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticChuck Puchmayr13,22651.32+20.30$61,892
LiberalJoyce Murray9,64537.42−11.78$135,015
GreenRobert Broughton2,4169.37−3.90$1,417
MarijuanaChristina Racki2931.14−2.68$100
Democratic ReformJohn Robinson Warren1520.59$410
PlatinumGreg Calcutta420.16$100
Total valid votes 25,774 100.00
Total rejected ballots 166 0.64+0.14
Turnout 25,940 63.91−6.5
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +16.04

2001

37th British Columbia election, 2001
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
LiberalJoyce Murray11,05949.20%$47,701
New DemocraticGraeme Bowbrick6,97131.02%$26,704
GreenRobert Broughton2,98213.27%$3,401
MarijuanaMarlene P. Campbell8593.82%$394
UnityHoward Vernon Irving6042.69%
Total Valid Votes 22,475 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 113 0.50%
Turnout 22,588 71.07%

1996

36th British Columbia election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticGraeme Bowbrick10,41846.69%$29,591
LiberalHelen Sparkes8,59138.50%$34,673
ReformBrian Stromgren1,4466.48%
Progressive DemocratCraig Sahlin1,1215.02%
GreenMichael G. Horn4882.19%$145
IndependentArthur Crossman1420.64%
Natural LawGeorge Bauch1070.48%$224
Total Valid Votes 22,313 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 133 0.59%
Turnout 22,446 70.41%

1991

35th British Columbia election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticAnita Hagen10,38449.89%$24,062
LiberalLori MacDonald7,11734.20%$2,534
Social CreditTom Baker3,31115.91%$26,509
Total Valid Votes 20,812 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 395 1.86%
Turnout 21,207 72.32%

1986

1986 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticAnita Hagen10,12049.75
Social CreditDwight Maxwell Ross8,94943.99
LiberalTimothy E. Courtney1,2005.90
CommunistRoderick Doran730.36
Total valid votes 20,342 100.00
Total rejected ballots 245

1983

33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticDennis Geoffrey Cocke11,45556.52%unknown
Social CreditBarry David Butler8,22440.57%unknown
LiberalJohn Ian Paterson5902.91%unknown
Total valid votes 20,269 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 233
Turnout %

1979

32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticDennis Geoffrey Cocke11,34359.30%unknown
Social CreditMalvern James Hughes7,78640.70%unknown
Total valid votes 19,129 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 292
Turnout %

1975

31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticDennis Geoffrey Cocke10,35755.63%unknown
Social CreditAlexander John Seigo8,47344.35%unknown
LiberalKarl Franke9234.83%unknown
CommunistRoderick Doran600.31%unknown
Total valid votes 19,106 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 166
Turnout %

1972

30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticDennis Geoffrey Cocke10,35755.63%unknown
Social CreditJohn Earl Edmondson5,30628.50%unknown
LiberalCarl L. Miller2,95315.86%unknown
Total valid votes 18,616 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 287
Turnout %

1969

29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticDennis Geoffrey Cocke7,28040.75%unknown
Social CreditJohn Earl Edmondson7,16140.08%unknown
LiberalDennis Douglas George Milne3,36818.85%unknown
CommunistHarry Harris570.32%unknown
Total valid votes 17,866 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 221
Turnout %

1966

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticRae Eddie5,75144.65%unknown
Social CreditEdith Maud Corrigan5,55243.11%unknown
LiberalRobert James Cooper1,57712.24%unknown
Total valid votes 12,880 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 160
Turnout %

1963

27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticRae Eddie5,03537.57%unknown
Social CreditEdith Maud Corrigan4,71735.19%unknown
LiberalGeorge Herbert Barrett2,33517.42%unknown
Progressive ConservativeG. Basil Raikes1,3169.82%unknown
Total valid votes 13,403 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 98
Turnout %

1960

26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
Co-operative CommonwealthRae Eddie6,49641.25%unknown
Social CreditStanley Desmond Kermeen5,04132.01%
LiberalSamuel Thomas Dare2,51916.00%unknown
Progressive ConservativeFrederick Craig Munroe1,69110.74%unknown
Total valid votes 15,747 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 127
Turnout %

1956

1956 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Co-operative CommonwealthRae Eddie4,46938.83
Social CreditStanley Desmond Kermeen4,17636.28
LiberalStewart Alsbury2,22019.29
Independent Social CreditJ. Lewis Sangster6455.60
Total valid votes 11,510 100.00
Total rejected ballots 82

1953

1953 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
%Votes
final count
%
Co-operative CommonwealthRae Eddie4,90337.025,97051.34
LiberalFred H. Jackson4,30932.535,65848.66
Social Credit LeagueMalvin A. Olsen3,78728.59
Labor–ProgressiveAlfred Dewhurst1571.19
Christian DemocraticMervin Casper890.67
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

1952

1952 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
%Votes
final count
%
Co-operative CommonwealthRae Eddie4,26229.686,47552.89
LiberalByron Ingemar Johnson4,31730.075,76847.11
Social Credit LeagueWilbur Watson Lyle3,61625.18
Progressive ConservativeElizabeth C. Wood2,16315.06
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

1949

1949 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%
CoalitionByron Ingemar Johnson7,96961.57
Co-operative CommonwealthGeorge Henry Mitchell4,50934.84
Social CreditWilbur Watson Lyle3282.53
People'sEdward Charles Mills1371.06
Total valid votes 12,943 100.00
Total rejected ballots 125

1945

21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
CoalitionByron Ingemar Johnson 84,90057.91%unknown
Co-operative CommonwealthClifford Augustine Greer2,96735.06%unknown
Labour ProgressiveCharles Stewart5957.03%unknown
Total valid votes 8,462 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 94
Turnout %
8 23rd Premier of British Columbia

1941

20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
LiberalArthur Wellesley Gray3,69441.74%unknown
Co-operative CommonwealthStanley Blake2,38726.97%unknown
Conservative (historical)Mary Dorothea McBride1,92321.73%unknown
LabourEdward Charles Mills8459.55%unknown
Total valid votes 8,849 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 178
Turnout %

1937

19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
LiberalArthur Wellesley Gray4,05552.02%unknown
Conservative (historical)Thomas Robert Selkirk1,76622.66%unknown
Co-operative CommonwealthStanley Blake1,32116.95%unknown
CommunistEdwin Henry Baker5677.27%unknown
LabourEdward Charles Mills861.10%unknown
Total valid votes 7,795 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 116
Turnout %

1933

18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
LiberalArthur Wellesley Gray2,69446.98%unknown
Co-operative CommonwealthDaniel McGrath1,47625.74%unknown
IndependentDavid Whiteside 11,43925.10%unknown
United Front (Workers and Farmers)Douglas Thomas1252.18%unknown
Total valid votes 5,734 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 67
Turnout %
1 Endorsed by the Independent CCF.

1928

17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
LiberalArthur Wellesley Gray 63.26256.16%unknown
Conservative (historical)Albert Morris Sanford2,54643.84%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.

1924

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes  % ± Expenditures
LiberalEdwin James Rothwell1,56437.61%unknown
Conservative (historical)Albert Morris Sanford1,31031.51%unknown
LabourRichard Carter Higgins69316.67%unknown
ProvincialGeorge Livingstone Cassady59114.21%unknown
Total valid votes 4,158 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %

1920

1920 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalDavid Whiteside1,98043.07
Soldier–LabourWilliam James Sloan 51,61135.04
ConservativeThomas Gifford1,00621.88
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.

1916

1916 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalDavid Whiteside1,36953.59%
ConservativeThomas Gifford1,18646.42%
Total valid votes 2,555 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %

1875

1875 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
Independent GovernmentEbenezer Brown15426.15Green tickY
GovernmentWilliam James Armstrong15325.98Green tickY
Reform caucusDonald McGillivray11719.86
Reform caucusJeremiah Rogers 211118.84
GovernmentWilliam M. Campbell549.17
Total valid votes 589 100.00
2 Noted lumberman on False Creek/English Bay

References

  1. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  2. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  3. "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  4. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  5. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
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