British Columbia general election, 1966

The British Columbia general election of 1966 was the 28th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on August 5 1966, and held on September 12 1966. The new legislature met for the first time on January 24 1967.

The conservative Social Credit Party was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a sixth term in government. It increased its share of the popular vote by close to five percentage points to over 45%, and winning the same number of seats (33) as in the previous election.

The opposition New Democratic Party also increased its share of the popular vote by over five percentage points, but won only two additional seats.

The Liberal Party won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of six.

The Progressive Conservative Party was virtually wiped out: it nominated only three candidates (down from 44 in the previous election), and its share of the popular vote fell from over 11% to a negligible amount.

Results

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Results by riding

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align="center"|William Andrew Cecil Bennett¹
align="center" |South Okanagan
Social Credit
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align="center"|Donald McGray Phillips

align="center" |South Peace River
Social Credit
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align="center"|Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin

align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver-Burrard
Social Credit
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align="center"|Bert Price

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align="center"|Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver Centre
Social Credit
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align="center"|Evan Maurice Wolfe
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align="center"|Grace Mary McCarthy
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver-Little Mountain
Social Credit
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align="center"|Leslie Raymond Peterson
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align="center"|Thomas Audley Bate
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver South
Social Credit
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align="center"|Ralph Raymond Loffmark
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align="center"|William Neelands Chant
align="center" rowspan=2 |Victoria
Social Credit
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align="center"|Waldo McTavish Skillings
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align="center"|¹ Premier-Elect
align="center"|² Leader of the Opposition
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align="center" colspan="10"|Source: [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC]
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ee also

*List of British Columbia political parties

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