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New Westminster City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1871 to 1912. For other electoral districts in New Westminster, please see New Westminster (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

1st British Columbia election, 1871
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent	Henry Holbrook	Accl.	--%		unknown
Total valid votes			--	--.--%

British Columbia byelection: New Westminster City, November 27, 1871 ¹
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Independent	Alexander Rocke Robinson	Acclaimed	-.- %	unknown
Total valid votes			n/a	-.- %
¹ The byelection was called due to Holbrook's resignation upon appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) on November 14, 1871. This byelection was one of a series held to confirm appointments to the Executive Council, which was the old parliamentary convention. As this byelection writ was filled by acclamation, no polling day was required and the seat was filled within two weeks. The stated date is the date the return of writs was received by the Chief Electoral Officer.

2nd British Columbia election, 1875
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Independent-Government	Robert Dickinson	59	60.82%	unknown
	Opposition	Henry Holbrook	38	39.18%	unknown
Total valid votes			265	100.00%

British Columbia byelection: New Westminster City, December 20, 1881 ²
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Independent	William James Armstrong	Acclaimed	-.- %	unknown
Total valid votes			n/a	-.- %
² The byelection was called due to the resignation of Ebenezer Brown in November 1881 because of ill health.

4th British Columbia election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Independent	William James Armstrong	Accl.

British Columbia byelection: New Westminster City, September 4, 1882 ²
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Government	William James Armstrong	104	67.76%	–	unknown
	Opposition	William Douglas Ferris	49	32.24%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			153	100.00%
² The byelection was called due to W. J. Armstrong's resignation upon his appointment to the Executive Council (cabinet) August 23, 1882.

British Columbia byelection: New Westminster City, April 21, 1884 ²
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Opposition	William Norman Bole	55	32.74%	–	unknown
	Government	James Cunningham	79	47.02%	–	unknown
	Independent	Henry Valentine Edmonds	34	20.24%		unknown
Total valid votes			168	100.00%
² The byelection was called due to W. J. Armstrong's resignation upon his appointment as Sheriff April 5, 1884.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Thomas Gifford ²	772	57.31%	unknown
	Liberal	William H. Keary	575	42.69%	unknown
Total valid votes			1,347	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
² The Vancouver Province results were 854 and 657.

11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Thomas Gifford¹	675	49.31%	unknown
	Liberal	Frederick William Howay	547	39.96%	unknown
	Canadian Labour Party	James Samuel Rainey	147	10.74%	unknown
Total valid votes			1,369	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Canadian Labour Party	Walter Dodd	165	9.92%	unknown
	Conservative	Thomas Gifford	881	52.98%	unknown
	Liberal	John Joseph Johnson	6,17	37.10%	unknown
Total valid votes			1,663	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%