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Westminster-Dewdney was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. It and its sister ridings Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Chilliwhack and Westminster-Richmond were successors to the old four-member Westminster riding, which appeared in 1890 only and was a subdivision of the older New Westminster riding. Westminster-Dewdney was succeeded by the Dewdney riding in the election of 1903. This area is currently part of the Maple Ridge-Mission riding, with its former eastern portions now in Chilliwack-Kent (Dewdney had included Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs in its first incarnation).
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[edit] Political Geography and History
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| 6th British Columbia election, 1894 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
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Government |
John Matthew Lefevre |
224 |
40.65% |
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unknown |
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Opposition |
Colin Buchanan Sword |
327 |
59.35% |
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| Total valid votes |
551 |
100.00% |
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| 7th British Columbia election, 1898 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
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Government |
Richard McBride 1 |
239 |
52.23% |
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unknown |
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Opposition |
Charles Whetham |
216 |
47.47% |
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unknown |
| Total valid votes |
455 |
100.00% |
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| 1 16th Premier of British Columbia |
In the large redistribution in advance of the 1903 election, which provided the basis for the modern system of ridings until the 1990s, the Westminster-Dewdney riding was adjusted slightly and renamed Dewdney, which lasted until the general election of 1986.
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