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
	Liberal	David 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	%
	Liberal	David Whiteside	1,980	43.07%
	Soldier–Labour	William James Sloan 5	1,611	35.04%
	Conservative	Thomas 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
	Provincial	George 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
	Communist	Edwin 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
	Coalition	Byron Ingemar Johnson 8	>b?4,900	57.91%	–	unknown
	Labour Progressive	Charles 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	%
	Coalition	Byron Ingemar Johnson	7,969	61.57%
	Social Credit	Clifford Augustine Greer	2,967	35.06%
	People's	Edward Charles Mills	137	1.06%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Henry Mitchell	4,509	34.84%
Total valid votes			12,943	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			125

British Columbia general election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Rae Eddie	4,262	29.68%	6,475	52.89%
	Liberal	Byron Ingemar Johnson	4,317	30.07%	5,768	47.11
	Social Credit League	Wilbur Watson Lyle	3,616	25.18%
	Progressive Conservative	Elizabeth 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 Commonwealth	Rae Eddie	4,903	37.02%	5,970	51.34%
	Liberal	Fred H. Jackson	4,309	32.53%	5,658	48.66%
	Social Credit League	Malvin A. Olsen	3,787	28.59%
	Labor–Progressive	Alfred Dewhurst	157	1.19%
	Christian Democratic	Mervin 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 Commonwealth	Rae Eddie	4,469	38.83%
	Social Credit	Stanley Desmond Kermeen	4,176	36.28%
	Liberal	Stewart Alsbury	2,220	19.29%
	Independent Social Credit	J. 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 Credit	Stanley 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 Credit	Edith 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 Credit	Edith 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
	Communist	Harry Harris	57	0.32%		unknown
	Social Credit	John 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 Credit	John 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
	Communist	Roderick Doran	60	0.31%		unknown
	Liberal	Karl Franke	923	4.83%		unknown
	Social Credit	Alexander 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 Credit	Malvern 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 Credit	Barry 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 Democratic	Anita Hagen	13,562	66.67%
	Social Credit	Dwight Maxwell Ross	8,949	43.99%
	Liberal	Timothy E. Courtney	1,200	5.90%
	Communist	Roderick 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
	Liberal	Lori MacDonald	7,117	34.20%		$2,534
	Social Credit	Tom 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
	Liberal	Helen Sparkes	8,591	38.50%		$34,673
	Reform	Brian Stromgren	1,446	6.48%
	Progressive Democrat	Craig Sahlin	1,121	5.02%	–
	Green	Michael 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
	Liberal	Joyce Murray	11,059	49.20%		$47,701
	NDP	Graeme Bowbrick	6,971	31.02%		$26,704
	Green	Robert Broughton	2,982	13.27%	–	$3,401
	Marijuana	Marlene P. Campbell	859	3.82%		$394
	Unity	Howard 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 Democratic	Chuck Puchmayr	13,226	51.32	+20.30	$61,892
	Liberal	Joyce Murray	9,645	37.42	-11.78	$135,015
	Green	Robert Broughton	2,416	9.37	-3.90	$1,417
	Marijuana	Christina Racki	293	1.14	-2.68	$100
	Democratic Reform	John Robinson Warren	152	0.59	–	$410
	Platinum	Greg 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 Democratic	Dawn Black	13,418	56.36	+5.04	$80,256
	Liberal	Carole Millar	8,240	34.61	−2.81	$24,880
	Green	Matthew 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%