New Westminster City

This article is about the now defunct provincial electoral district. For the municipality of New Westminster, see New Westminster.

New Westminster City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1871 to 1912. For other electoral districts in New Westminster, please see New Westminster (electoral districts).

Demographics

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

List of MLAs

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
New Westminster City
1st	1871–1875		Henry Holbrook	Independent
2nd	1875–1878		Robert Dickinson	Government
3rd	1878–1881		Ebenezer Brown
	1881–1882		William James Armstrong	Independent
4th	1882–1884			Government
	1884–1886		James Cunningham
5th	1886–1890		William Norman Bole	Opposition
6th	1890–1894		John Cunningham Brown	Government
7th	1894–1898		James Buckham Kennedy	Opposition
8th	1898–1900		Alexander Henderson	Government
9th	1900–1903		John Cunningham Brown
11th	1903–1907		Thomas Gifford	Conservative
12th	1907–1909
12th	1909–1912
Riding dissolved into New Westminster

Electoral history

v t e 1871 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Independent	Henry Holbrook	acclaimed	Y
Source: Elections BC [1]

v t e British Columbia provincial by-election, November 1871 Resignation of Henry Holbrook upon appointment to Executive Council
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Independent	Henry Holbrook	acclaimed	Y
Source: Elections BC [2]

v t e 1875 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Independent-Government	Robert Dickinson	59	60.82	Y
	Opposition	Henry Holbrook	38	39.18
Source: Elections BC [3]

3rd British Columbia election, 1878

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	William James Armstrong	64	43.84%		unknown
	Government	Ebenezer Brown	82	56.16%		unknown
Total valid votes			146	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

British Columbia byelection: New Westminster City, December 20, 1881 ²

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent	William James Armstrong	Acclaimed	-.- %		unknown
Total valid votes			n/a	-.- %
2The byelection was called due to the resignation of Ebenezer Brown in November 1881 because of ill health.

4th British Columbia election, 1882

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent	William James Armstrong	Accl.

British Columbia byelection: New Westminster City, September 4, 1882 ²

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	William James Armstrong	104	67.76%	–	unknown
	Opposition	William Douglas Ferris	49	32.24%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			153	100.00%
2The byelection was called due to W. J. Armstrong's resignation upon his appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) August 23, 1882.

British Columbia byelection: New Westminster City, April 21, 1884 ²

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	William Norman Bole	55	32.74%	–	unknown
	Government	James Cunningham	79	47.02%	–	unknown
	Independent	Henry Valentine Edmonds	34	20.24%		unknown
Total valid votes			168	100.00%
2The byelection was called due to W. J. Armstrong's resignation upon his appointment as Sheriff April 5, 1884.

5th British Columbia election, 1886

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	William Norman Bole	212	85.14%		unknown
	Government	William Douglas Ferris	37	14.86%		unknown
Total valid votes			249	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

6th British Columbia election, 1890

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent	John Cunningham Brown	530	52.28%		unknown
	Government	Thomas Cunningham	321	37.72%		unknown
Total valid votes			851	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

7th British Columbia election, 1894

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	David Samuel Curtis	574	49.14%		unknown
	Opposition	James Buckham Kennedy	594	50.86%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,168	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

8th British Columbia election, 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	John Cunningham Brown	534	49.04%		unknown
	Government	Alexander Henderson	555	50.96%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,089	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

9th British Columbia election, 1900

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	John Cunningham Brown	628	53.77%		unknown
	Conservative	Robie Lewis Reid	540	46.23%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,168	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

10th British Columbia election, 1903

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Thomas Gifford 2	772	57.31%		unknown
	Liberal	William H. Keary	575	42.69%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,347	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
2 The Vancouver Province results were 854 and 657.

11th British Columbia election, 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Thomas Gifford 1	675	49.31%		unknown
	Liberal	Frederick William Howay	547	39.96%		unknown
	Canadian Labour Party	James Samuel Rainey	147	10.74%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,369	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

12th British Columbia election, 1909

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Canadian Labour Party	Walter Dodd	165	9.92%		unknown
	Conservative	Thomas Gifford	881	52.98%		unknown
	Liberal	John Joseph Johnson	6,17	37.10%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,663	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

13th British Columbia election, 1912

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Thomas Gifford	1,004	72.28%		unknown
	Liberal	George Kennedy	385	27.72%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,389	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

See also

New Westminster (electoral districts) - other New Westminster-area ridings

1. "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. 1988. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
2. "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. 1988. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
3. "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. 1988. Retrieved January 9, 2025.