New Westminster is a provincial electoral district for the

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, 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

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candidate during the Socred's era of dominance between 1952 and

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. It was also represented by

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, the 24th

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. During the 1990s, the riding was represented by Anita Hagen, who served as

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and Minister of Education from 1991 to 1993 during the premiership of

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. Hagen was replaced by Graeme Bowbrick in

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, 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

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. She was first elected in

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. She is a member of the

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Election results

2020

2017

2013

2009

2005

2001

, - 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",

1996

, - 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",

1991

, - 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",

1986

1983

, - 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",

1979

, - 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",

1975

, - 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",

1972

, - 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",

1969

, - 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",

1966

, - 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",

1963

, - 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",

1960

, - 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",

1956

1953

1952

1949

1945

, - 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

1941

, - 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",

1937

, - 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",

1933

, - 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.

1928

, - 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

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1924

, - 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", , -

1920

1916

, - 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", , -

1875

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:New Westminster (Provincial Electoral District) British Columbia provincial electoral districts New Westminster Provincial electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley