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. The riding constituted all of the New Westminster Land District as well as the whole of the mainland Coast and adjoining islands, all the way to the Yukon border excepting the Coast and the Alaska Panhandle .
4-416: The 1871 names were all temporary pending ratification of the riding system by the provincial legislature. When they became mandated the riding names were simplified, New Westminster District's becoming simply New Westminster , and the same pattern was followed by the other temporary names, Victoria District, Cariboo Distridct, and Yale District, which became the ridings of Victoria , Cariboo , and Yale for
8-636: The New Westminster riding, which became a three-member renamed Westminster for the 1890 election before being partitioned into four ridings. The following table attempts to trace the lineage of the Lower Mainland ridings (other than those in Vancouver or the North Shore, which can be found on Vancouver (electoral districts) : And all Vancouver, North Vancouver and West Vancouver ridings are "descendants" of
12-450: The general election the following year. Riding of Vancouver Island became the riding of Vancouver . Note the historical British Columbia provincial riding, Westminster , which appeared in the 1890 provincial election only. By the 1872 election the riding boundaries had been properly legislated and renamed. New Westminster District became the riding of New Westminster . New Westminster (electoral districts) New Westminster
16-558: Was the name, or part of the name, of several Canadian federal and provincial electoral districts. All provincial and federal ridings in the area of the Lower Mainland were part of the original New Westminster ridings. "Offspring" ridings are indicated accordingly. The New Westminster riding originally included all of the Lower Mainland outside of the City of New Westminster, such that all Fraser Valley and Vancouver ridings are derivatives of
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