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.

The riding is notable for a couple of reasons. 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 Judy Darcy. She was first elected in 2013. She is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Parliament 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     NDP
28th 1966-1969
29th 1969-1972     Dennis Geoffrey Cocke NDP
30th 1972-1975
31st 1975-1979
32nd 1979-1983
33rd 1983-1986
34th 1986-1991     Anita Hagen NDP
35th 1991–1996
36th 1996–2001     Graeme Bowbrick NDP
37th 2001–2005     Joyce Murray Liberal
38th 2005–2009     Chuck Puchmayr NDP
39th 2009–2013     Dawn Black NDP
40th 2013–present     Judy Darcy NDP
14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Conservative Thomas Gifford 1,186 46.42% unknown
LiberalDavid Whiteside 1,369 53.59% unknown
Total valid votes 2,555 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
British Columbia general election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalDavid Whiteside 1,980 43.07%
Soldier–LabourWilliam James Sloan 5 1,611 35.04%
ConservativeThomas 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.
16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
ProvincialGeorge Livingstone Cassady 591 14.21% unknown
     Canadian Labour Party Richard Carter Higgins 693 16.67% unknown
     Liberal Edwin James Rothwell 1,564 37.61% unknown
     Conservative Albert Morris Sanford 1,310 31.51% unknown
Total valid votes 4,158 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Liberal Arthur Wellesley Gray 6 3.262 56.16% unknown
     Conservative 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.
18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
United Front (Workers and Farmers)Douglas Thomas 125 2.18% unknown
     Liberal Arthur Wellesley Gray 7 2,694 46.98% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Daniel McGrath 1,476 25.74% unknown
     Independent David Whiteside 5 1,439 25.10% unknown
Total valid votes 5,734 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 67
Turnout %
7 Endorsed by the Independent CCF.
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
CommunistEdwin Henry Baker 567 7.27% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Stanley Blake 1,321 16.95% unknown
     Liberal Arthur Wellesley Gray 4,055 52.02% unknown
     Labour (Party) Edward Charles Mills 86 1.10% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Robert Selkirk 1,766 22.66% unknown
Total valid votes 7,795 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 116
Turnout %
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Stanley Blake 2,387 26.97% unknown
     Liberal Arthur Wellesley Gray 3,694 41.74% unknown
     Conservative Mary Dorothea McBride 1,923 21.73% unknown
     Labour (Party) Edward Charles Mills 845 9.55% unknown
Total valid votes 8,849 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 178
Turnout %
21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Clifford Augustine Greer 2,967 35.06% unknown
CoalitionByron Ingemar Johnson 8 >b?4,900 57.91% unknown
Labour ProgressiveCharles Stewart 3,432 45.62% unknown
Total valid votes 8,462 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 94
Turnout %
8 23rd Premier of British Columbia
British Columbia general election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes%
CoalitionByron Ingemar Johnson 7,969 51.14%
Social CreditClifford Augustine Greer 2,967 19.04%
People'sEdward Charles Mills 137 .008%
Co-operative CommonwealthGeorge Henry Mitchell 4,509 28.93%
Total valid votes 15,582 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 125
British Columbia general election, 1952
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
%Votes
final count
%
Co-operative CommonwealthRae Eddie 4,262 29.68% 6,475 52.89%
LiberalByron Ingemar Johnson 4,317 30.07% 5,768 47.11
Social Credit LeagueWilbur Watson Lyle 3,616 25.18%
Progressive ConservativeElizabeth 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
British Columbia general election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
%Votes
final count
%
Co-operative CommonwealthRae Eddie 4,903 37.02% 5,970 51.34%
LiberalFred H. Jackson 4,309 32.53% 5,658 48.66%
Social Credit LeagueMalvin A. Olsen 3,787 28.59%
Labor–ProgressiveAlfred Dewhurst 157 1.19%
Christian DemocraticMervin 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
British Columbia general election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes%
Co-operative CommonwealthRae Eddie 4,469 38.83%
Social CreditStanley Desmond Kermeen 4,176 36.28%
LiberalStewart Alsbury 2,220 19.29%
Independent Social CreditJ. Lewis Sangster 645 5.60%
Total valid votes 11,510 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 82
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Liberal Samuel Thomas Dare 2,519 16.00% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Rae Eddie 6,496 41.25% unknown
Social CreditStanley Desmond Kermeen 5,041 32.01%
     Progressive Conservative Frederick Craig Munroe 1,691 10.74% unknown
Total valid votes 15,747 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 127
Turnout %
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Liberal George Herbert Barrett 2,335 17.42% unknown
Social CreditEdith Maud Corrigan 4,717 35.19% unknown
     New Democrat Rae Eddie 5,035 37.57% unknown
     Progressive Conservative G. Basil Raikes 1,316 9.82% unknown
Total valid votes 13,403 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 98
Turnout %
28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     Liberal Robert James Cooper 1,577 12.24% unknown
Social CreditEdith Maud Corrigan 5,552 43.11% unknown
     New Democrat Rae Eddie 5,751 44.65% unknown
Total valid votes 12,880 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 160
Turnout %
29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     New Democrat Dennis Geoffrey Cocke 7,280 40.75% unknown
CommunistHarry Harris 57 0.32% unknown
Social CreditJohn Earl Edmondson 7,161 40.08% unknown
     Liberal Dennis Douglas George Milne 3,368 18.85% unknown
Total valid votes 17,866 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 221
Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     New Democrat Dennis Geoffrey Cocke 10,357 55.63% unknown
Social CreditJohn Earl Edmondson 5,306 28.50% unknown
     Liberal Carl L. Miller 2,953 15.86% unknown
Total valid votes 18,616 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 287
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     New Democrat Dennis Geoffrey Cocke 10,357 55.63% unknown
CommunistRoderick Doran 60 0.31% unknown
     Liberal Karl Franke 923 4.83% unknown
Social CreditAlexander John Seigo 8,473 44.35% unknown
Total valid votes 19,106 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 166
Turnout %
32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     New Democrat Dennis Geoffrey Cocke 11,343 59.30% unknown
Social CreditMalvern James Hughes 7,786 40.70% unknown
Total valid votes 19,129 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 292
Turnout %
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social CreditBarry David Butler 8,224 40.57% unknown
     New Democrat Dennis Geoffrey Cocke 11,455 56.52% unknown
     Liberal John Ian Paterson 590 2.91% unknown
Total valid votes 20,269 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 233
Turnout %
British Columbia general election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticAnita Hagen 13,562 66.67%
Social CreditDwight Maxwell Ross 8,949 43.99%
LiberalTimothy E. Courtney 1,200 5.90%
CommunistRoderick Doran 73 0.36%
Total valid votes 20,342 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 245
35th British Columbia election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     NDP Anita Hagen 10,384 49.89% $24,062
LiberalLori MacDonald 7,117 34.20% $2,534
Social CreditTom 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%
36th British Columbia election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
     NDP Graeme Bowbrick 10,418 46.69% $29,591
LiberalHelen Sparkes 8,591 38.50% $34,673
ReformBrian Stromgren 1,446 6.48%
Progressive DemocratCraig Sahlin 1,121 5.02%
GreenMichael 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%
37th British Columbia election, 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
LiberalJoyce Murray 11,059 49.20% $47,701
     NDP Graeme Bowbrick 6,971 31.02% $26,704
GreenRobert Broughton 2,982 13.27% $3,401
MarijuanaMarlene P. Campbell 859 3.82% $394
UnityHoward Vernon Irving 604 2.69%
Total Valid Votes 22,475 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 113 0.50%
Turnout 22,588 71.07%
British Columbia general election, 2005
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticChuck Puchmayr 13,226 51.32 +20.30 $61,892
LiberalJoyce Murray 9,645 37.42 -11.78 $135,015
GreenRobert Broughton 2,416 9.37 -3.90 $1,417
MarijuanaChristina Racki 293 1.14 -2.68 $100
Democratic ReformJohn Robinson Warren 152 0.59 $410
PlatinumGreg Calcutta 42 0.16 $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
British Columbia general election, 2009
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticDawn Black 13,418 56.36 +5.04 $80,256
LiberalCarole Millar 8,240 34.61 −2.81 $24,880
GreenMatthew 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%
37th British Columbia election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
New DemocraticJudy Darcy 13,170 48.84% $126,704
LiberalHector Bremner 8,997 33.37% $56,036
GreenTerry Teather 2,252 8.35% $1,417
ConservativePaul Forseth 1,318 4.89% $1,450
IndependentJames Crosty 1,038 3.85% #3,530
LibertarianLewis Dahlby 190 0.70% $250
Total Valid Votes 26,965 100%
Total Rejected Ballots 132 0.49%
Turnout 27,097 57.81%
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