- Dewdney (electoral district)
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Dewdney was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its predecessor was the riding of Westminster-Dewdney, which was created for the 1894 election from a partition of the Westminster riding, which was a rural-area successor to the original New Westminster riding, which was one of the province's first twelve.
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Demographics
Population, 1901 Population change, 1901–1986 Area (km²) Population density (people per km²) Political geography
This riding was composed of the municipalities of Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge and Mission, plus all the rural areas to the east of Mission as far as the Harrison River.
Notable elections
First Nations
Notable MLAs
- Richard McBride, 16th Premier of British Columbia
- John Oliver, 19th Premier of British Columbia
- Dave Barrett, 26th Premier of British Columbia
- George Mussallem
- Lyle Wicks
- Peter Carson Rolston
Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
10th British Columbia general election, 1903 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Richard McBride 1 427 66.10% unknown Liberal William Waugh Forrester 219 33.90% unknown Total valid votes 646 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 1 16th Premier of British Columbia. 11th British Columbia election, 1907 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Robert Jardine 241 38.56% unknown Conservative Richard McBride 2 384 61.44% unknown Total valid votes 625 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 2 Simultaneously MLA for Victoria City 12th British Columbia election, 1909 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative William J. Manson 625 67.42% unknown Liberal Alister Thompson 302 32.58% unknown Total valid votes 927 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 13th British Columbia election, 1912 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent Conservative John Higginson McNeice 194 19.46% unknown Conservative William J. Manson 803 80.54% unknown Total valid votes 997 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 14th British Columbia election, 1916 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative William J. Manson 787 45.92% unknown Liberal John Oliver 3 927 54.08% unknown Total valid votes 1,714 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 3 19th Premier of British Columbia as of 1918. 15th British Columbia election, 1920 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative John Alexander Catherwood 1,535 45.45% unknown Federated Labour Party William Jamieson Curry 473 14.01% unknown Liberal Donald Bruce Martyn 1,369 40.54% unknown Total valid votes 3,377 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 16th British Columbia election, 1924 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative John Alexander Catherwood 4 1,259 36.60% unknown Provincial Harold Reginald Smith 935 27.18% unknown Liberal William Maxwell Smith 1,246 36.22% unknown Total valid votes 3,440 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 4 A judicial recount on 29 July 1924 gave Maxwell Smith four extra votes, reducing Catherwood's majority to nine (34 British Columbia Reports 246). A further recount appears to have taken place as a Supreme Court decision of 9 February 1925 which voided the election refers to Catherwood's majority as five. Catherwood was unseated but reinstated 8 June 1925. 17th British Columbia election, 1928 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Nelson Seymour Lougheed 2,751 58.57% unknown Liberal David Whiteside 1,946 41.43% unknown Total valid votes 4,697 100.00% Total rejected ballots 159 Turnout % 18th British Columbia election, 1933 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent Charles George Evans 85 2.09% unknown United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party Charles James McKendrick 127 3.12% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Albert Miller 967 23.75% unknown Non-Partisan Independent Group David Garnet Morse 1,069 26.26% unknown Independent Solomon Mussallem 588 14.44% unknown Liberal David William Strachan 1,235 30.34% unknown Total valid votes 4,071 100.00% Total rejected ballots 43 Turnout % 19th British Columbia election, 1937 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. James Miller Cameron 1,274 26.75% unknown Conservative Frank Porter Patterson 1,870 39.27% unknown Liberal David William Strachan 1,618 33.98% unknown Total valid votes 4,762 100.00% Total rejected ballots 84 Turnout % 20th British Columbia election, 1941 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Roderick Charles MacDonald 2,995 37.13% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Thomas Greer MacKenzie 2,539 31.48% unknown Liberal David William Strachan 2,532 31.39% unknown Total valid votes 8,066 100.00% Total rejected ballots 117 Turnout % 21st British Columbia election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Leonard Hartley 3,953 46.29% unknown Coalition Roderick Charles MacDonald 4,586 53.71% unknown Total valid votes 8,539 100.00% Total rejected ballots 96 Turnout % 22nd British Columbia election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures BC Social Credit League (Mrs.) Lyle Campbell 829 5.01% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Leonard Hartley 7,604 45.92% unknown Coalition Roderick Charles MacDonald 8,127 49.08% unknown Total valid votes 16,560 100.00% Total rejected ballots 343 Turnout % 23rd British Columbia election, 1952 5 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Harry Dean Ainlay 6,024 30.91% 7,248 42.48% unknown Liberal Reginald Clarence Cox 3,631 18.63% - - % unknown Progressive Conservative Roderick Charles MacDonald 2,233 11.46% - -% unknown BC Social Credit League Lyle Wicks 7,600 39.00% 9,813 57.52% unknown Total valid votes 19,488 100.00% 17,061 % Total rejected ballots 800 Turnout % 5(Preferential ballot: 1st and 3rd counts of three shown only) 24th British Columbia election, 1953 6 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% Liberal Arthur Albyn Emery 3,715 19.65% - - % unknown Labour Progressive Party Amy Frances Gilstead 250 1.32% - - % unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Kenneth William Pattern 7,003 37.04% 8,310 47.82% unknown Christian Democrat George Frampton Pedlar 72 0.38% - -% unknown Progressive Conservative Murray Lorne Watkins 559 2.96% - -% unknown BC Social Credit League Lyle Wicks 7,307 38.65% 9,066 52.18% unknown Total valid votes 18,906 100.00% 17,376 % Total rejected ballots 953 Turnout % 6(Preferential ballot: 1st and 5th counts of five shown only) 25th British Columbia election, 1956 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Michale Joseph Butler 4,141 19.15% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Naranjan Singh Grewall 7,211 33.35% unknown Social Credit Lyle Wicks 10,267 47.49% unknown Total valid votes 21,619 100.00% Total rejected ballots 293 Turnout % 26th British Columbia election, 1960 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Dave Barrett 7 12,637 43.73% unknown Progressive Conservative James Ross Gulloch 803 2.78% unknown Communist Carl Christian Hilland 233 0.81% unknown Liberal Walter Raymond Thompson 4,512 15.61% unknown Social Credit Lyle Wicks 10,713 37.07% unknown Total valid votes 28,898 100.00% Total rejected ballots 406 Turnout % 7 26th Premier of British Columbia 1972-1975. 27th British Columbia election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Dave Barrett 11,625 41.95% unknown Liberal Wilfred Robert Jack 4,051 14.62% unknown Social Credit Richard Egerton Lester 10,506 37.91% unknown Progressive Conservative Lyn Morrow 1,532 5.53% unknown Total valid votes 27,714 100.00% Total rejected ballots 251 Turnout % 28th British Columbia election, 1966 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Thomas H. Davison 1,146 9.41% unknown New Democrat William R. Franklin 4,528 37.17% unknown Social Credit George Mussallem 6,507 53.42% unknown Total valid votes 12,181 100.00% Total rejected ballots 88 Turnout % 29th British Columbia election, 1969 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Stuart Malcolm Leggatt 5,980 36.89% unknown Liberal Peter Macaulay McDonald 1,987 12.26% unknown Social Credit George Mussallem 8,243 50.85% unknown Total valid votes 16,210 100.00% Total rejected ballots 158 Turnout % 30th British Columbia election, 1972 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit George Mussallem 7,548 38.30% unknown New Democrat Peter Carson Rolston 9,228 46.83% unknown Progressive Conservative Edward Arthur Watson 1,717 8.71% unknown Liberal Theodore John Worthington 1,214 6.16% unknown Total valid votes 19,707 100.00% Total rejected ballots 164 Turnout % 31st British Columbia election, 1975 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Progressive Conservative John Willison Green 1,249 5.19% unknown Independents Douglas Wilbur Maddin 188 0.78% unknown Social Credit George Mussallem 13,024 54.10% unknown New Democrat Peter Carson Rolston 9,613 39.93% unknown Total valid votes 24,074 100.00% Total rejected ballots 247 Turnout % 32nd British Columbia election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit George Mussallem 12,643 51.31% unknown New Democrat Joan Mary Norris 11,998 48.69% unknown Total valid votes 24,641 100.00% Total rejected ballots 467 Turnout % 33rd British Columbia election, 1983 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Western Canada Concept Wally Altwasser 566 1.76% unknown Liberal Robert L. Moore 410 1.28% unknown Social Credit Forbes Charles Austin Pelton 15,820 49.34% unknown New Democrat Sophie Weremchuk 15,269 47.62% unknown Total valid votes 32,065 100.00% Total rejected ballots 366 Turnout % 44th British Columbia election, 1986 7 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Bruce Bingham 2,203 3.48% unknown New Democrat William James (Bill) Hartley 14,923 23.56% unknown Social Credit Johann Alvin Norman Jacobsen 15,328 24.19% unknown Social Credit Forbes Charles Austin Pelton 15,614 24.65% unknown New Democrat Sophie Weremchuk 15,279 24.12% unknown Total valid votes 63,347 100.00% Total rejected ballots 766 Turnout % 7 Seat increased to two members from one. Source
Elections BC historical returns
North / Central Atlin • Cariboo ‡ • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince George North • Prince George South • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace RiverSouthern Interior Fraser Valley / South LM Vancouver / North LM Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Coquitlam-Moody • Maillardville-Coquitlam • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Capilano • North Vancouver-Seymour • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (2) • Vancouver South (2) • West Vancouver-Howe SoundVancouver Island / South Coast Notes ‡ - from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency
† - from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies: Surrey-Guildford-Whalley • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-White Rock-CloverdaleSee also: List of British Columbia general elections • 1979 general election • 1983 general election • 1986 general election • Defunct districtsNorth / Central Atlin • Cariboo • Fort George • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace RiverSouthern Interior Lower Mainland Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Chilliwack • Coquitlam • Delta • Dewdney • Langley • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Capilano • North Vancouver-Seymour • Richmond • Surrey • Vancouver-Burrard (2) • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (2) • Vancouver South (2) • West Vancouver-Howe SoundVancouver Island / South Coast See also: List of British Columbia general elections • 1966 general election • 1969 general election • 1972 general election • 1975 general election • Defunct districtsNorth / Central Atlin • Cariboo • Fort George • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace RiverSouthern Interior Columbia • Cranbrook • Fernie • Grand Forks-Greenwood • Kamloops • Kaslo-Slocan • Lillooet • Nelson-Creston • North Okanagan • Revelstoke • Rossland-Trail • Shuswap • Similkameen • South Okanagan • YaleLower Mainland Burnaby (2) • Chilliwack • Delta (2) • Dewdney • New Westminster • North Vancouver (2) • Vancouver-Burrard (2) • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (3)Vancouver Island / South Coast See also: List of British Columbia general elections • 1956 general election • 1960 general election • 1963 general election • Defunct districtsNorth / Central Southern Interior Columbia • Cranbrook • Fernie • Grand Forks-Greenwood • Kamloops • Kaslo-Slocan • Lillooet • Nelson-Creston • North Okanagan • Revelstoke • Rossland-Trail • Shuswap • Similkameen • South Okanagan • YaleLower Mainland Burnaby • Chilliwack • Delta • Dewdney • New Westminster • North Vancouver • Vancouver-Burrard (2) • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (3)Vancouver Island / South Coast See also: Categories:- Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts
- Pitt Meadows
- Maple Ridge, British Columbia
- Mission, British Columbia
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