| New Westminster | |
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Prov-Status: | defunct |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1871 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2020 |
| Demo-Cd: | Metro Vancouver |
| Demo-Csd: | New Westminster |
New Westminster is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was the final electoral district from the first British Columbia election of 1871 to continually exist until its abolition at the call of the 2024 election.
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.
Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution the riding was dissolved into Burnaby-New Westminster and New Westminster-Coquitlam.[1]
Its MLA is Jennifer Whiteside. She was first elected in 2020. She is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
| 2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | ||
| Proportional representation | 9,596 | 50.96 | ||
| First Past the Post | 9,236 | 49.04 | ||
| Total valid votes | 18,832 | 100.0 | ||
| Total rejected ballots | 191 | 1.00 | ||
| Source: Elections BC[2] | ||||
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|22,475!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|113!align="right"|0.50%!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|22,588!align="right"|71.07%!align="right"|!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|22,313!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|133!align="right"|0.59%!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|22,446!align="right"|70.41%!align="right"|!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|20,812 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|395 !align="right"|1.86% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|21,207 !align="right"|72.32% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|20,269 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|233!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|19,129!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|292!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|19,106 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|166!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|18,616 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|287!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|17,866!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|221!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|12,880 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|160!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|13,403!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|98!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|15,747!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|127!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,462 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|94!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|8 23rd Premier of British Columbia
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|8,849 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|178!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|7,795 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|116!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"| 5,734 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|67!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|1 Endorsed by the Independent CCF.
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|5,808!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|205!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=7|6 "Wells Gray", namesake and instigator of the provincial park of that name in the Cariboo Mountains.
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|4,158 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"|!align="right"||-
|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|2,555!align="right"|100.00%|- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|!align="right"||- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|%!align="right"||-