New Westminster 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. "Off-spring" ridings are indicated accordingly.
New Westminster District, 1871-1872New Westminster (electoral district), 1872-1976Westminster District, 1914-1919Fraser Valley, 1919-1966Fraser Valley East, 1966-1996Fraser Valley, 1996-2003Abbotsford, 2003-Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon. 2003-Fraser Valley West, 1966-1996Langley—Matsqui, 1996,1997 (never used; named changed to:)Langley—Abbotsford, 1997-2003Abbotsford, 2003-Langley, 2003-New Westminster—Coquitlam, 1976-1987Burnaby, 1976-1987New Westminster—Burnaby, 1987-1996New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby, 1996-2003Burnaby—New Westminster, 2003-New Westminster—Coquitlam, 2003-New Westminster, 1871-New Westminster City, 1871-1912The 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 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):
Westminster 1890 onlyWestminster-Chilliwhack 1894-1900ChilliwhackChilliwackWestminster-Delta 1894-1900Langley 1903-1975Central Fraser Valley (1979-1986)Fort Langley-AldergroveAbbotsford-ClayburnAbbotsford-Mount LehmanDelta 1903-1986Surrey (1966-1975)Surrey-Newton (1979-present)Surrey-Guildford-Whalley (1986 only)Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale (1986 only)Westminster-Dewdney1894-1900Dewdney 1903-1986Maple Ridge-Mission (1991-present)Coquitlam (1966-1975)Coquitlam-Moody (1979-1986)Coquitlam-Maillardville (1991-present)Burnaby (provincial electoral district) (1903-1966)Burnaby-Willingdon (1979-present)Burnaby-Edmonds (1979-present)Burnaby North (1979-present)Westminster-Richmond 1894-1900Richmond 1903-1920Richmond-Point Grey 1924-1928And all Vancouver, North Vancouver and West Vancouver ridings are "descendants" of the original New Westminster riding.
New Westminster, 1871- 