What is "dewdney"

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.

Dewdney may refer to:

• Dewdney, British Columbia, an unincorporated community, formerly a district municipality, in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia
• Dewdney (electoral district), a former electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
• Dewdney-Alouette Regional District, a former regional district in British Columbia, Canada
• Regina Dewdney, a federal electoral district in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
• The Dewdney Trail, an important colonial-era route across southern British Columbia from Hope in the Fraser Valley to Wild Horse Creek in the East Kootenay.
• The Dewdney Trunk Road, one of the earliest main roads in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and today a series of arterial routes between Port Moody and Mission

People with the surname Dewdney:

• Alexander Dewdney (born 1941), Canadian mathematician, computer scientist and philosopher
• Christopher Dewdney (born 1951), Canadian poet
• Edgar Dewdney (1835–1916), Canadian surveyor, engineer, politician, and provincial Lieutenant-Governor
• Selwyn Dewdney (1909–1979), Canadian author, illustrator and artist, father of Alexander and Christopher
• Tom Dewdney (born 1933), West Indian cricketer