New Westminster (electoral district)
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New Westminster was a federal electoral district
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in the province
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 of British Columbia
British Columbia
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, Canada
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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
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 from 1871 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1871 as New Westminster District
New Westminster District
New Westminster District was a Canadian federal electoral district created when the province of British Columbia joined Confederation in 1871. Like other ridings established in that year, a byelection was called to fill the seat until the general election of 1872...

 when British Columbia joined Confederation
Canadian Confederation
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 and filled by special byelection. It was renamed "New Westminster" in 1872. The riding was abolished in 1976, when it was redistributed into the ridings of New Westminster—Coquitlam
New Westminster—Coquitlam
New Westminster—Coquitlam is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988, and since 2004.-Demographics:...

 and Burnaby
Burnaby (electoral district)
Burnaby was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988.This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Burnaby—Richmond—Delta, Burnaby—Seymour and New Westminster ridings...

.

History of boundaries

Originally, this riding covered the entirety of the Lower Mainland, there being no other riding in the area (Vancouver
Vancouver (electoral district)
Vancouver was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1904...

 riding was Vancouver Island, not the present city of Vancouver). Once the City of Vancouver and its suburbs the municipalities of Point Grey and South Vancouver were chartered, those areas were excluded from the New Westminster riding (1903) but the riding continued to include Richmond, Delta and all the Fraser Valley communities up the river to one mile beyond Yale
Yale, British Columbia
Yale is an unincorporated town in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was founded in 1848 by the Hudson's Bay Company as Fort Yale by Ovid Allard, the appointed manager of the new post, who named it after his superior, James Murray Yale, then Chief Factor of the Columbia District...

. In 1914, the riding consisted or New Westminster, Richmond and Delta - the Surrey-Langley area had become part of the Fraser Valley
Fraser Valley
The Fraser Valley is the section of the Fraser River basin in southwestern British Columbia downstream of the Fraser Canyon. The term is sometimes used to refer to the Fraser Canyon and stretches upstream from there, but in general British Columbian usage of the term refers to the stretch of the...

 riding. In a further redistribution in 1924, the riding was shrunk to all areas south of the Fraser River west of and including the Township of Langley, plus the city of New Westminster and the City of Burnaby. As population in the Lower Mainland
Lower Mainland
The Lower Mainland is a name commonly applied to the region surrounding and including Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As of 2007, 2,524,113 people live in the region; sixteen of the province's thirty most populous municipalities are located there.While the term Lower Mainland has been...

 continued to grow, the 1933 redistribution limited the riding to New Westminster and Burnaby, except those parts of Burnaby in extensions of the City of Vancouver ridings. In 1947, Burnaby was split off and New Westminster riding had Surrey, Delta and Langley back in (but not Richmond).

The 1966 redistribution, which combined northern Burnaby into North Vancouver-Seymour
North Vancouver-Seymour
North Vancouver-Seymour is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.For other current and historical North Shore and City of Vancouver ridings, please see Vancouver - Demographics :-MLAs:...

, Ndw Westminster riding extended as far into Burnaby as Granview Highway and Edmonds Avenue, including Burnaby Mountain and the areas of Coquitlam west of Laurentian Avenue. At the time this included the then-municiapility of Fraser Mills adjoining the francophone community at Maillardville. Langley, Surrey and Delta were excluded from the riding.

The riding was abolished in 1976. Successor ridings were Burnaby
Burnaby (electoral district)
Burnaby was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988.This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Burnaby—Richmond—Delta, Burnaby—Seymour and New Westminster ridings...

 and New Westminster—Coquitlam
New Westminster—Coquitlam
New Westminster—Coquitlam is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988, and since 2004.-Demographics:...

.

Demographics

Population, 2001 104,561
Electors 85,340
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Election results 1872-1976

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

|-

|Liberal-Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|Hugh Nelson
Hugh Nelson (Canadian politician)
Hugh Nelson was a Canadian parliamentarian and the fourth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.Born in his father's residence, Shire Cottage in Inagheramore, Larne, County Antrim, Ireland, the son of Robert Nelson, Esq. and Frances Quinn, he emigrated to California in 1854...


|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"| -.- %
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|- bgcolor="white"
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!align="right"|n/a
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!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=7|1 4th Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, 1887-1892.



|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|James Cunningham
James Cunningham (British Columbia politician)
James Cunningham was a Canadian merchant and Liberal politician, who represented New Westminster in the Canadian House of Commons during the 3rd Parliament from 1874 to 1878....


|align="right"|162
|align="right"|53.29%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal-Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|J.A.R. Homer
Joshua Homer
Joshua Attwood Reynolds Homer was a Canadian Member of Parliament from British Columbia.The son of Joseph Homer, he was born in Barrington, Nova Scotia and educated there, but later moved to the British Columbia Colony, settling in New Westminster in 1958. Homer eventually became a merchant and...


|align="right"|142
|align="right"|46.71%
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|304
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|Independent
|Thomas Robert McInnes
Thomas Robert McInnes
Thomas Robert McInnes or Tòmas Raibeart Mac Aonghais was a Canadian physician, Member of the House of Commons, Senator, and the sixth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia....

 3
|align="right"|Accl.
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|n/a
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=7|2 By-Election: On Mr. Cunningham's resignation, January 22, 1878.
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!align="left" colspan=7|3 Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, 1897-1900



|-

|Independent
|Thomas Robert McInnes
Thomas Robert McInnes
Thomas Robert McInnes or Tòmas Raibeart Mac Aonghais was a Canadian physician, Member of the House of Commons, Senator, and the sixth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia....

 4
|align="right"|388
|align="right"|56.48%
|align="right"|
|-

|Unknown
|J. Robinson
|align="right"|299
|align="right"|43.52%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|687
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=7|4 Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, 1897-1900
|-

|Liberal-Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|J.A.R. Homer
Joshua Homer
Joshua Attwood Reynolds Homer was a Canadian Member of Parliament from British Columbia.The son of Joseph Homer, he was born in Barrington, Nova Scotia and educated there, but later moved to the British Columbia Colony, settling in New Westminster in 1958. Homer eventually became a merchant and...


|align="right"|Accl.
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|n/a
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=7|5 By-Election: On Mr. McInnes's resignation, December 12, 1881.
|-

|Liberal-Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|J.A.R. Homer
Joshua Homer
Joshua Attwood Reynolds Homer was a Canadian Member of Parliament from British Columbia.The son of Joseph Homer, he was born in Barrington, Nova Scotia and educated there, but later moved to the British Columbia Colony, settling in New Westminster in 1958. Homer eventually became a merchant and...


|align="right"|Accl.
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|n/a
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-

|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|Donald Chisholm
Donald Chisholm
Donald Chisholm , also known as "Doc" Chisholm, was a Canadian Member of Parliament from British Columbia, representing the riding of New Westminster....


|align="right"|533
|align="right"|69.13%
|align="right"|
|-

|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|T.J. Trapp
|align="right"|238
|align="right"|30.87%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|771
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|Gordon Edward Corbould
Gordon Edward Corbould
Gordon Edward Corbould was a Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician. In an 1890 by-election triggered by the death of the incumbent MP Donald Chisholm, he was chosen to represent New Westminster in the Canadian House of Commons...


|align="right"|Accl.
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|n/a
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=7|6 By-Election: On Mr. Chisholm's death, April 5, 1890.



|-

|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|G.E. Corbould
Gordon Edward Corbould
Gordon Edward Corbould was a Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician. In an 1890 by-election triggered by the death of the incumbent MP Donald Chisholm, he was chosen to represent New Westminster in the Canadian House of Commons...


|align="right"|1,694
|align="right"|76.10%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|E.S. Scoullor
|align="right"|532
|align="right"|23.90%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,226
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Aulay MacAulay Morrison
Aulay MacAulay Morrison
Aulay MacAulay Morrison was a Canadian lawyer, judge and Liberal politician who represented New Westminster in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1904....


|align="right"|1,758
|align="right"|54.63%
|align="right"|
|-

|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|Richard McBride
Richard McBride
Sir Richard McBride, KCMG was a British Columbian politician and is often considered the founder of the British Columbia Conservative Party. McBride was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 1898 election, and served in the cabinet of James Dunsmuir from 1900 to 1901...

 7
|align="right"|1,460
|align="right"|45.37%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
|align="right"|3,218
%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=7|7 16th Premier of British Columbia
Premier of British Columbia
The Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s the title Prime Minister of British Columbia was often used...

, 1903-1915.

|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Aulay MacAulay Morrison
Aulay MacAulay Morrison
Aulay MacAulay Morrison was a Canadian lawyer, judge and Liberal politician who represented New Westminster in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1904....


|align="right"|1,772
|align="right"|52.13%
|align="right"|
|-

|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|Hon. Edgar Dewdney
Edgar Dewdney
Edgar Dewdney, PC was a Canadian politician born in Devonshire, England. He served as Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories and the fifth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.-Early life and career:...


|align="right"|1,627 8
|align="right"|47.87%
|align="right"|
|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|3,399
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=7|8 Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

 1881-1888, and Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia 1892-1897.

|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|James Buckham Kennedy
James Buckham Kennedy
James Buckham Kennedy was a Canadian lumberman and Liberal politician. Kennedy was the MLA for New Westminster from 1894 to 1898 and Member of Parliament for New Westminster for one term from 1904 to 1908. He also sat on New Westminster's city council.-References:...


|align="right"|1,866
|align="right"|51.43%
|align="right"|
|-

|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|James Davis Taylor
James Davis Taylor
James Davis Taylor was a Canadian publisher, journalist, soldier and Conservative politician. As a member of the Ottawa Sharpshooters, Taylor was involved in resisting the 1885 North-West Rebellion. As a Lieutenant Colonel during World War I he commanded the 131st Battalion overseas.Taylor was MP...


|align="right"|1,762
|align="right"|48.57%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
|align="right"|3,628
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|-

|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|James Davis Taylor
James Davis Taylor
James Davis Taylor was a Canadian publisher, journalist, soldier and Conservative politician. As a member of the Ottawa Sharpshooters, Taylor was involved in resisting the 1885 North-West Rebellion. As a Lieutenant Colonel during World War I he commanded the 131st Battalion overseas.Taylor was MP...


|align="right"|2,846
|align="right"|58.49%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Robert Jardine
|align="right"|2,020
|align="right"|41.51%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|4,866
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|James Davis Taylor
James Davis Taylor
James Davis Taylor was a Canadian publisher, journalist, soldier and Conservative politician. As a member of the Ottawa Sharpshooters, Taylor was involved in resisting the 1885 North-West Rebellion. As a Lieutenant Colonel during World War I he commanded the 131st Battalion overseas.Taylor was MP...


|align="right"|3,542
|align="right"|65.70%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|John Oliver
John Oliver (politician)
John Oliver was a politician and farmer in British Columbia, Canada.Oliver was involved in local politics when he won a seat in the provincial legislature in the 1900 election, and became leader of the opposition. He lost his seat in the 1909 election...

 9
|align="right"|1,849
|align="right"|34.30%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|5,391
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=7|9 19th Premier of British Columbia (1918–1927).
|National Government
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|William Garland McQuarrie
William Garland McQuarrie
William Garland McQuarrie was a Canadian lawyer and politician in the province of British Columbia.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Lachlan and Mary McQuarrie, McQuarrie was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba and New Westminster, British Columbia...


|align="right"|7,380
|align="right"|71.92%
|align="right"|
|-

|Opposition
|Duncan Alexander McRae
|align="right"|2,882
|align="right"|28.08%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|10,262
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|National Government
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|William Garland McQuarrie
William Garland McQuarrie
William Garland McQuarrie was a Canadian lawyer and politician in the province of British Columbia.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Lachlan and Mary McQuarrie, McQuarrie was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba and New Westminster, British Columbia...


|align="right"|5,520
|align="right"|43.46%
|align="right"|
|-

|Labour
Labour candidates and parties in Canada
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...


|Richard Parmater Pettipiece
|align="right"|3,699
|align="right"|29.12%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|John Reid
John Dowsley Reid
John Dowsley Reid, PC was a Canadian businessman, physician, and parliamentarian. A Conservative, he was a long-standing Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons for the Ontario Electoral district of Grenville South...


|align="right"|3,482
|align="right"|27.42%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|12,701
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|National Government
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|William Garland McQuarrie
William Garland McQuarrie
William Garland McQuarrie was a Canadian lawyer and politician in the province of British Columbia.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Lachlan and Mary McQuarrie, McQuarrie was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba and New Westminster, British Columbia...


|align="right"|7,714
|align="right"|42.78%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Arthur Wellesley Gray 10
|align="right"|7,013
|align="right"|38.89%
|align="right"|
|-

|Labour
Labour candidates and parties in Canada
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...


|Rose Mary Louise Henderson
|align="right"|3,305
|align="right"|18.33%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|18,032
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=7|10 "Wells Gray", namesake of the provincial park
Wells Gray Provincial Park
Wells Gray Provincial Park is a large wilderness park located in east-central British Columbia, Canada. The park protects most of the southern, and highest, regions of the Cariboo Mountains and covers 5,250 square kilometres...

 which bears his name and was created by his instigation.

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid (Canadian politician)
Thomas Reid was a Canadian businessman and politician in the province of British Columbia.Reid was born in Cambuslang, Scotland. In 1909, he moved to Canada and in 1911 married Mary Jeanie Masson, also from Scotland. Together they raised a family of two sons and two daughters...


|align="right"|13,293
|align="right"|55.86%
|align="right"|
|-

|National Government
|William Garland McQuarrie
William Garland McQuarrie
William Garland McQuarrie was a Canadian lawyer and politician in the province of British Columbia.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Lachlan and Mary McQuarrie, McQuarrie was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba and New Westminster, British Columbia...


|align="right"|10,502
|align="right"|44.14%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|23,795
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|


|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid (Canadian politician)
Thomas Reid was a Canadian businessman and politician in the province of British Columbia.Reid was born in Cambuslang, Scotland. In 1909, he moved to Canada and in 1911 married Mary Jeanie Masson, also from Scotland. Together they raised a family of two sons and two daughters...


|align="right"|9,977
|align="right"|36.85%
|align="right"|
|-

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...


|Edwin Henry Baker
|align="right"|9,716
|align="right"|35.89%
|align="right"|
|-

|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...


|John Hanna Nicholls Morgan
|align="right"|6,531
|align="right"|24.12%
|align="right"|
|-

|Reconstruction
Reconstruction Party of Canada
The Reconstruction Party was a Canadian political party founded by Henry Herbert Stevens, a long-time Conservative Member of Parliament . Stevens served as Minister of Trade in the Arthur Meighen government of 1921, and as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1930 to 1934 in the Depression-era...


|Charles Frederick Millar
|align="right"|850
|align="right"|3.14%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|27,074
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid (Canadian politician)
Thomas Reid was a Canadian businessman and politician in the province of British Columbia.Reid was born in Cambuslang, Scotland. In 1909, he moved to Canada and in 1911 married Mary Jeanie Masson, also from Scotland. Together they raised a family of two sons and two daughters...


|align="right"|15,287
|align="right"|44.32%
|align="right"|
|-

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...


|Albert Thomas Alsbury
|align="right"|9,837
|align="right"|28.52%
|align="right"|
|-

|National Government
|Thomas Robert Selkirk
|align="right"|9,372
|align="right"|27.17%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|34,496
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|


|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid (Canadian politician)
Thomas Reid was a Canadian businessman and politician in the province of British Columbia.Reid was born in Cambuslang, Scotland. In 1909, he moved to Canada and in 1911 married Mary Jeanie Masson, also from Scotland. Together they raised a family of two sons and two daughters...


|align="right"|14,158
|align="right"|33.80%
|align="right"|
|-

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...


|Albert Thomas Alsbury
|align="right"|12,229
|align="right"|29.20%
|align="right"|
|-

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|George Oswald Twiss
|align="right"|11,133
|align="right"|26.58%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal Progressive Party
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...


|Harold John Griffin
|align="right"|2,640
|align="right"|6.30%
|align="right"|
|-

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...


|George Anderson Pollock
|align="right"|1,403
|align="right"|3.35%
|align="right"|
|-

|Democrat
Democratic Party of Canada
The Democratic Party of Canada was a short-lived political party in Canada.Its leader was William Richard Nathaniel Smith.In the July 11, 1945 federal election, five candidates unsuccessfully sought election in ridings in Vancouver, British Columbia as Democratic Party candidates...


|Spencer Herbert Broatch
|align="right"|315
|align="right"|0.75%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|41,878
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid (Canadian politician)
Thomas Reid was a Canadian businessman and politician in the province of British Columbia.Reid was born in Cambuslang, Scotland. In 1909, he moved to Canada and in 1911 married Mary Jeanie Masson, also from Scotland. Together they raised a family of two sons and two daughters...


|align="right"|13,904
|align="right"|42.42%
|align="right"|
|-

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...


|Ronald William Irvine
|align="right"|9,326
|align="right"|28.45%
|align="right"|
|-

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|Leslie James Christmas
|align="right"|8,338
|align="right"|25.44%
|align="right"|
|-

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...


|William Cameron McCallum
|align="right"|1,207
|align="right"|3.68%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|32,775
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|William Malcolm Mott
William Mott (British Columbia politician)
William Malcolm Mott was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and became an electrician by career and president of Mott Electric Company....


|align="right"|8,727
|align="right"|35.21%
|align="right"|
|-

|Independent
|Elmore Philpott
Elmore Philpott
Elmore Philpott was a Canadian politician and journalist. Philpott joined the Canadian military during World War I and was badly wounded - he needed two canes to help him walk for the rest of his life....


|align="right"|6,583
|align="right"|26.56%
|align="right"|
|-

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...


|Ronald William Irvine
|align="right"|5,769
|align="right"|23.28%
|align="right"|
|-

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|Leslie James Christmas
|align="right"|3,068
|align="right"|12.38%
|align="right"|
|-

|Labour-Progressive
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...


|Maurice Rush
|align="right"|637
|align="right"|2.57%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|24,784
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=7|11 By-Election: On Mr. Reid being called to the Senate, September 7, 1949.
|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...


|Frederick George Hahn
|align="right"|10,770
|align="right"|31.00%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|William Malcolm Mott
William Mott (British Columbia politician)
William Malcolm Mott was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and became an electrician by career and president of Mott Electric Company....


|align="right"|10,735
|align="right"|30.90%
|align="right"|
|-

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...


|Ron Irvine
|align="right"|9,258
|align="right"|27.43%
|align="right"|
|-
|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|William McFerran Adrain
|align="right"|3,083
|align="right"|8.87%
|align="right"|
|-

|Labour Progressive Party
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...


|Leo Albert Brady
|align="right"|896
|align="right"|2.58%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|34,742
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|


|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...


|Frederick George Hahn
|align="right"|16,916
|align="right"|35.47%
|align="right"|
|-

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...


|W. Jack Jones
|align="right"|11,344
|align="right"|23.79%
|align="right"|
|-

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|Ted Kuhn
|align="right"|10,172
|align="right"|21.33%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Hugh McGivern
|align="right"|8,632
|align="right"|18.10%
|align="right"|
|-

|Canadian Democrat
Canadian Democrat
Canadian Democrat was a Canadian political party. It nominated only one candidate, Gerry Goeujon, a law student, who ran in the 1957 federal election in the riding of New Westminster in British Columbia, Canada. He collected 628 of the 47,692 votes cast .-Source:...


|Gerry Goeujon
|align="right"|628
|align="right"|1.32%
|align="right"|
|-

!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|47,692
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|


|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|William A. McLennan
|align="right"|21,202
|align="right"|41.72%
|align="right"|
|-

|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...


|Douglas Stout
|align="right"|13,220
|align="right"|26.01%
|align="right"|
|-

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...


|Frederick George Hahn
|align="right"|10,886
|align="right"|21.42%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Alex Stewart
|align="right"|4,559
|align="right"|8.97%
|align="right"|
|-

|Labour Progressive Party
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...


|Charles M. Stewart
|align="right"|958
|align="right"|1.88%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|40,825
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...


|Barry Mather
Barry Mather
Barry Mather was a Canadian journalist, columnist, and politician.Born in Condor, Alberta, he was a journalist for the Vancouver News Herald and a columnist with The Vancouver Sun before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 federal election for the British Columbia riding of...


|align="right"|23,827
|align="right"|39.18%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|F.H. Jackson
|align="right"|13,855
|align="right"|22.78%
|align="right"|
|-

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|William A. McLennan
|align="right"|13,311
|align="right"|21.89%
|align="right"|
|-

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...


|Myrtle Everett
|align="right"|9,822
|align="right"|16.15%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|60,815
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|


|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...


|Barry Mather
Barry Mather
Barry Mather was a Canadian journalist, columnist, and politician.Born in Condor, Alberta, he was a journalist for the Vancouver News Herald and a columnist with The Vancouver Sun before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 federal election for the British Columbia riding of...


|align="right"|23,609
|align="right"|46.87%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|F.H. Jackson
|align="right"|17,086
|align="right"|33.92%
|align="right"|
|-50,373

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|W.A. McLennan
|align="right"|13,908
|align="right"|27.61%
|align="right"|
|-

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...


|Jack Burrows
|align="right"|9,280
|align="right"|18.42%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|60,815
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|


|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...


|Barry Mather
Barry Mather
Barry Mather was a Canadian journalist, columnist, and politician.Born in Condor, Alberta, he was a journalist for the Vancouver News Herald and a columnist with The Vancouver Sun before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 federal election for the British Columbia riding of...


|align="right"|27,574
|align="right"|43.57%
|align="right"|
|-63,287

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Chris Brown
|align="right"|15,330
|align="right"|24.22%
|align="right"|
|-

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...


|Joe Unwin
|align="right"|10,458
|align="right"|16.52%
|align="right"|
|-

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|Walter C. MacDonald
|align="right"|9,925
|align="right"|15.68%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|63,287
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Douglas Hogarth
Douglas Hogarth
Douglas Aird Hogarth, QC, LL.B was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and became a barrister and solicitor by career....


|align="right"|18,083
|align="right"|44.52%
|align="right"|
|-

|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...


|Clive B. Lytle
|align="right"|16,144
|align="right"|39.74%
|align="right"|
|-

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|Frederick Young Craig
|align="right"|4,761
|align="right"|11.72%
|align="right"|
|-

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...


|Grayden B. McRae
|align="right"|1,382
|align="right"|3.40%
|align="right"|
|-

|Communist
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...


|Robet C. McLaren
|align="right"|251
|align="right"|0.62%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|40,621
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...


|Stuart Leggatt
Stuart Leggatt
Stuart Malcolm Leggatt was a Canadian politician and judge.Born in New Westminster, British Columbia, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia and a law degree in 1954. He practiced law in Port Coquitlam and Vancouver. In 1969, he was elected as an alderman in...


|align="right"|19,181
|align="right"|41.60%
|align="right"|
|-

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|Maurice Mulligan
|align="right"|14,739
|align="right"|31.96%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Greg Basham
|align="right"|10,992
|align="right"|25.49%
|align="right"|
|-

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...


|Ted Adlem
|align="right"|971
|align="right"|2.11%
|align="right"|
|-

|Unknown
|Rod Doran
|align="right"|192
|align="right"|00.42%
|align="right"|
|-

|Unknown
|Victor Reid
|align="right"|36
|align="right"|0.08%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|46,111
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...


|Stuart Leggatt
Stuart Leggatt
Stuart Malcolm Leggatt was a Canadian politician and judge.Born in New Westminster, British Columbia, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia and a law degree in 1954. He practiced law in Port Coquitlam and Vancouver. In 1969, he was elected as an alderman in...


|align="right"|15,397
|align="right"|32.85%
|align="right"|
|-

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|Marg Gregory
|align="right"|15,193
|align="right"|32.42%
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Carl Miller
|align="right"|14,997
|align="right"|32.00%
|align="right"|
|-

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...


|Ted Adlem
|align="right"|926
|align="right"|1.98%
|align="right"|
|-

|Communist
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...


|Rod Doran
|align="right"|190
|align="right"|00.41%
|align="right"|
|-

|Independent
|Selmer E. Bean
|align="right"|96
|align="right"|0.20%
|align="right"|
|-

|Marxist-Leninist
Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)
The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada...


|Leanne Averbach
|align="right"|68
|align="right"|0.15%
|align="right"|
|-
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|46,867
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|}

The riding was abolished in 1976. Successor ridings were:
  • Burnaby
    Burnaby (electoral district)
    Burnaby was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988.This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Burnaby—Richmond—Delta, Burnaby—Seymour and New Westminster ridings...

  • New Westminster—Coquitlam
    New Westminster—Coquitlam
    New Westminster—Coquitlam is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988, and since 2004.-Demographics:...


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