Sources : Elections British Columbia and the Legislative Library [of British Columbia], An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986, Victoria, BC: n.d. ISBN 0771886772.
Results
Districts
Charts
Legislature
Result
Total Electors
Valid Ballots
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Turnout Rate
39,296
60,120
60,120
Unavailable
152.99%
Party
Candidates
Seats Won
% of Seats Won
% of Vote
British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945
41
22
52.38%
46.43%
British Columbia Liberal Party
39
17
40.48%
37.78%
Socialist Party of British Columbia (SPBC)
10
2
4.76%
7.96%
Labour Party
5
1
2.38%
7.35%
Socialist Labour Party
1
0
0%
0.47%
Additional information for British Columbia Conservative Party pre 1945
Note : Conservative candidates ran under this party name until the 1941 election, except in 1933 when hen the party chose to field no candidates, despite being in government. Local association were free to choose candidates who ran as Independents or Independent Conservatives.
Candidates for the Liberal and Conservative parties of BC shared the 'Coalition' label in the 1945 and 1949 provincial elections.
After the coalition dissolved, the party reformed as the British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party (reflecting the name change of the national Conservative party in 1942), contesting elections from 1951 to 1986. It reverted back to the British Columbia Conservative Party for the 1991 election.
Party Founding : Founded in 1900 but contested its first election in 1903. It was preceded by Conservative-BC in the 1900 election.
Additional information for Socialist Party of British Columbia (SPBC)
Note : Formed in 1901, the Socialist Party of British Columbia (SPBC) (later Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia)) was a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada, that merged in 1905 into a national political party, the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC). Two years earlier, the SPBC won seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia to oppose the provincial government. The SPC was not successful in winning seats in the Canadian House of Commons.
The Socialist Party of Canada in British Columbia joined the BC Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1933.
