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1966 British Columbia Election
Overview
The 1966 British Columbia Election was held on September 12th, 1966.
Result
Social Credit won the most seats in the election
Held on September 12th, 1966
Writ day August 5th, 1966
Number of Electoral Districts 48
Fixed Date No
References : Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Prepared by Elections British Columbia and the Legislative Library (ISBN 0-7718-8677-2).
Results Districts Charts Legislature
Result
Total Electors Valid Ballots Valid Votes Invalid Votes Turnout Rate 873,927 606,029 751,876 4,722 69.35%
Party Candidates Seats Won % of Seats Won % of Vote Social Credit 55 33 60.00% 45.59% New Democratic Party 55 16 29.09% 33.62% British Columbia Liberal Party 53 6 10.91% 20.24% Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia 3 0 0% 0.19% Independent 6 0 0% 0.23% Communist Party of Canada 6 0 0% 0.15%
Additional information for Social Credit
Citation : http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/social-credit/
Additional information for Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia
Note : The BC Conservative party took this name in 1951 after the collapse of the Coalition government it had formed with the Liberal Party in 1945 and 1949. The party changed its name back to the British Columbia Conservative Party in 1991.
Vote Share by Political Parties
Seats Won by Political Parties
Seats Share by Political Parties
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 10871 95 10871 95 14860
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 958 10 958 10 1460
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 11810 87 11810 87 16170
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 14046 200 14046 200 21116
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 11801 106 11801 106 17426
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 13835 124 13835 124 19843
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 7079 74 7079 74 11638
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 12195 164 12195 164 18448
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 2674 21 2674 21 4292
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 11033 104 11033 104 16950
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 17240 155 17240 155 24322
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 10841 81 10841 81 14773
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 16721 153 16721 153 22212
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 12181 88 12181 88 16976
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 11387 285 11387 285 17401
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 10397 101 10397 101 16320
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 10990 63 10990 63 16304
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 8798 54 8798 54 12050
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 12365 153 12365 153 17644
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 9386 90 9386 90 14160
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 11721 114 11721 114 15105
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 7899 91 7899 91 11540
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 12880 160 12880 160 19465
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 7905 63 7905 63 10750
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 3714 35 3714 35 5790
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 12479 96 12479 96 19003
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 13382 171 13382 171 19912
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 14902 184 14902 184 19636
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 3331 172 3331 172 5614
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 5004 34 5004 34 8343
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 4831 32 4831 32 6496
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 15051 83 15051 83 20815
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 10013 49 10013 49 14140
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 14459 152 14459 152 20107
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
No
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 7389 72 7389 72 10264
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 5499 56 5499 56 7953
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 11957 135 11957 135 16829
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 4324 77 4324 77 7175
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 53784 23660 432 40390
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
DMP
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 14604 119 14604 119 20358
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
No
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 38570 23213 519 35625
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
DMP
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 45521 26129 338 37916
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
DMP
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 40386 322 19434 690 36000
Election Result Notes
Note :
There is inconsistency in reporting for this riding. Pg 537 describes total valid votes as 38,570, while pg 298 reports 40,386. Moreover, valid ballots is given by the former as 690 while the latter writes total invalid votes as 322.
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
No
Electorial Formula
DMP
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 50040 28340 345 38720
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
DMP
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 57472 31877 258 42260
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
DMP
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 45315 32588 497 35598
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
DMP
District Magnitude
2
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 15820 171 15820 171 23462
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1
Valid Vote Invalid Votes Valid Ballots Invalid Ballots Electors 7016 126 7016 126 10296
Attributes
Acclamation
No
Incomplete Data
Yes
Electorial Formula
SMP
District Magnitude
1