# Dewdney (electoral district)

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.

## 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 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 Rolston

## Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
10th 1903 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Richard McBride $^1$ | 427 | 66.10% | unknown |
| | Liberal | William Waugh Forrester | 219 | 33.90% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 646 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
| $^1$ 16th Premier of British Columbia. |||||||
11th British Columbia election, 1907 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Robert Jardine | 241 | 38.56% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Richard McBride $^2$ | 384 | 61.44% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 625 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
| $^2$ Simultaneously MLA for Victoria City |||||||
12th British Columbia election, 1909 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | William J. Manson | 625 | 67.42% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Alister Thompson | 302 | 32.58% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 927 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
13th British Columbia election, 1912 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Independent Conservative | John Higginson McNeice | 194 | 19.46% |
| | Conservative | William J. Manson | 803 | 80.54% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 997 | 100.00% |
14th British Columbia election, 1916 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | William J. Manson | 787 | 45.92% | unknown |
| | Liberal | John Oliver $^3$ | 927 | 54.08% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,714 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
| $^3$ 19th Premier of British Columbia as of 1918. |||||||
15th British Columbia election, 1920 :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,377 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
16th British Columbia election, 1924 :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,440 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Nelson Seymour Lougheed | 2,751 | 58.57% | unknown |
| | Liberal | David Whiteside | 1,946 | 41.43% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,697 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 159 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
18th British Columbia election, 1933 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Independent | Charles George Evans | 85 | 2.09% | | unknown |
| | United Front (Workers and Farmers) | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,071 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 43 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
19th British Columbia election, 1937 :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,762 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 84 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
20th British Columbia election, 1941 :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,066 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 117 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
21st British Columbia election, 1945 :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,539 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 96 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,560 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 343 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 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 |
| | Social Credit League | Lyle Wicks | 7,600 | 39.00% | 9,813 | 57.52% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,488 | 100.00% | 17,061 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 800 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 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 |
| | Labor-Progressive | Amy Frances Gilstead | 250 | 1.32% | - | – % |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Kenneth William Pattern | 7,003 | 37.04% | 8,310 | 47.82% | unknown |
| | Christian Democrat | George Frampton Pedlar | 72 | 0.38% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Murray Lorne Watkins | 559 | 2.96% | - | -% | unknown |
| | Social Credit League | Lyle Wicks | 7,307 | 38.65% | 9,066 | 52.18% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 18,906 | 100.00% | 17,376 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 953 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^6$(Preferential ballot: 1st and 5th counts of five shown only) |||||||
25th British Columbia election, 1956 :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,619 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 293 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
26th British Columbia election, 1960 :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,898 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 406 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^7$ 26th Premier of British Columbia 1972–1975. |||||||
27th British Columbia election, 1963 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,714 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 251 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
28th British Columbia election, 1966 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Thomas H. Davison | 1,146 | 9.41% | | unknown |
| | New Democratic | William R. Franklin | 4,528 | 37.17% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | George Mussallem | 6,507 | 53.42% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 12,181 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 88 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
29th British Columbia election, 1969 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,210 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 158 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
30th British Columbia election, 1972 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | George Mussallem | 7,548 | 38.30% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Peter 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,707 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 164 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
31st British Columbia election, 1975 :
| Party | 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 Democratic | Peter Rolston | 9,613 | 39.93% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,074 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 247 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | George Mussallem | 12,643 | 51.31% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Joan Mary Norris | 11,998 | 48.69% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,641 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 467 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
33rd British Columbia election, 1983 :
| Party | 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 Democratic | Sophie Weremchuk | 15,269 | 47.62% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,065 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 366 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
44th British Columbia election, 1986 $^7$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Bruce Bingham | 2,203 | 3.48% | | unknown |
| | New Democratic | 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 Democratic | Sophie Weremchuk | 15,279 | 24.12% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 63,347 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 766 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^7$ Seat increased to two members from one. |||||||

## Sources

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia :
| Preceded byVictoria City Alberni | Constituency represented by the Premier of British Columbia 1903–1909 1918–1920 | Succeeded byVictoria City Victoria City |
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