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
	Government	John Matthew Lefevre	224	40.65%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Colin Buchanan Sword	327	59.35%	–
Total valid votes			551	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

7th British Columbia election, 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	Richard McBride ^1	239	52.23%	–	unknown
	Opposition	Charles 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
	Conservative	Richard McBride	338	54.25%		unknown
	Government	Charles 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