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NB This provincial riding is not to be confused with the federal Westminster District riding which appeared only in the 1917 Election (it was succeeded by the Fraser Valley riding. DEMOGRAPHICS POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY In the early 1880s the Lower Fraser Valley south and east of the city of New Westminster was largely unpopulated, with voters there voting in one of the two New Westminter ridings ( New Wesminster or New Westminster City ). With the opening of the Canadian Pacific Railway settlement of the lush Fraser Valley lands was rapid, and a new more rural riding - Westminster - was created spanning the entire Lower Fraser from Richmond to Chilliwack . Increasing growth led to the riding's further subdivision for the 1894 election into four sub-ridings, Westminster-Chilliwhack , Westminster-Delta , Westminster-Dewdney and Westminster-Richmond . The successor ridings dropped the Westminster-prefix for the 1903 election. The name Westminster in the riding's name derives not so much from these areas being dependent on the city of New Westminster, but because it and all its successor ridings are all in the New Westminster Land District (beyond Chilliwack is the Yale Land District ). NOTABLE ELECTIONS NOTABLE MLAS ELECTORAL HISTORY ''Note: winners in each election in'' bold.
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