New Westminster City

New Westminster City
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
District created	1871
District abolished	1912
First contested	1871
Last contested	1909

New Westminster City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1871 to 1912.

District created1871

District abolished1912

First contested1871

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Assembly	Years		Party
New Westminster City
1st	1871–1875	Henry Holbrook	Independent
2nd	1875–1878	Robert Dickinson	Government
3rd	1878–1881	Ebenezer Brown	Government
3rd	1881–1882	William James Armstrong	Independent
4th	1882–1884	William James Armstrong	Government
4th	1884–1886	James Cunningham	Government
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	Government
11th	1903–1907	Thomas Gifford	Conservative
12th	1907–1909
12th	1909–1912
Riding dissolved into New Westminster

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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

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%
² The byelection was called due to W. J. Armstrong's resignation upon his appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) August 23, 1882.

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%
² The byelection was called due to W. J. Armstrong's resignation upon his appointment as Sheriff April 5, 1884.

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.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Thomas Gifford¹	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			%

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			%