 British Columbia electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1871 |
| District abolished | 1979 |
| First contested | 1872 |
| Last contested | 1974 |
New Westminster was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1871 to 1979.
This riding was created in 1871 as New Westminster District when British Columbia joined Confederation and returned six members of parliament by special byelections in five electoral districts (with Victoria District returning two members). It was renamed New Westminster in 1872 when the word "district" was dropped from the name of all five electoral districts. The riding was abolished in 1976, when it was redistributed into the ridings of New Westminster—Coquitlam and Burnaby.