New Westminster City was a provincial electoral district in the
Canadian province
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of
British Columbia
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from 1871 to 1912. For other electoral districts in New Westminster, please see
New Westminster (electoral districts).
Demographics
Political geography
Notable elections
Notable MLAs
Electoral history
''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold.
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, Independent
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Henry Holbrook
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, Independent
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Alexander Rocke Robinson
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1 The byelection was called due to Holbrook's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on November 14, 1871. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer.
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, Independent-Government
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Robert Dickinson
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, align="right", 60.82%
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, Opposition
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Henry Holbrook
, align="right", 38
, align="right", 39.18%
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, Opposition
, William James Armstrong
, align="right", 64
, align="right", 43.84%
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!align="right", 146
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, Independent
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William James Armstrong
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2 The byelection was called due to the resignation of Ebenezer Brown
Ebenezer Brown ( – June 5, 1883) was an English-born wholesale merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster from 1875 to 1878 and New Westminster City New Westminster City was a provincial electoral dist ...
on November 1881 because of ill health.
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, Independent
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William James Armstrong
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2 The byelection was called due to W. J. Armstrong's resignation upon his appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) August 23, 1882.
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, Independent
, Henry Valentine Edmonds
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, align="right", 20.24%
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2 The byelection was called due to W. J. Armstrong's resignation upon his appointment as Sheriff April 5, 1884.
, Government
, William Douglas Ferris
, align="right", 37
, align="right", 14.86%
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!align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes
!align="right", 249
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, Independent
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John Cunningham Brown
, align="right", 530
, align="right", 52.28%
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, Government
, Thomas Cunningham
, align="right", 321
, align="right", 37.72%
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!align="right", 851
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, Government
, David Samuel Curtis
, align="right", 574
, align="right", 49.14%
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!align="right", 1,168
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, Government
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Alexander Henderson
, align="right", 555
, align="right", 50.96%
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!align="right", 1,089
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, Government
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John Cunningham Brown
, align="right", 628
, align="right", 53.77%
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!align="right", 1,168
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Liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
, William H. Keary
, align="right", 575
, align="right", 42.69%
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!align="right", 1,347
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2 The ''
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'' results were 854 and 657.
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Liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
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Frederick William Howay
, align="right", 547
, align="right", 39.96%
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, Canadian Labour Party
, James Samuel Rainey
, align="right", 147
, align="right", 10.74%
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!align="right", 1,369
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, Canadian Labour Party
, Walter Dodd
, align="right", 165
, align="right", 9.92%
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Liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
, John Joseph Johnson
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, align="right", 37.10%
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!align="right", 1,663
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Liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
, George Kennedy
, align="right", 385
, align="right", 27.72%
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!align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes
!align="right", 1,389
!align="right", 100.00%
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See also
New Westminster (electoral districts) - other New Westminster-area ridings
{{coord missing, British Columbia
Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia
New Westminster