List of British Columbia general elections

List of British Columbia general elections

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Number of seats won by major parties at each election This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of British Columbia's unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The number of seats has increased over time, from 25 for the first election in 1871, to the current 79. Until the 1903 election, British Columbia politics were officially non-partisan - political parties were not part of the process. This began to change in the 1898 and 1900 elections with the appearance of party-designated candidates.

The chart on the right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows the popularity of the Liberal party (red) and Conservative party (blue) in the first half of the 20th century; the arrival of the Social Credit party (green), which won eleven of the twelve elections from 1952 to 1986; and the domination of provincial politics since 1986 by the Liberal party and the New Democratic Party (orange).

ummary of results

The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. The winning party's total is shown in bold. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.

Year Conservatives ref label|PC|A|A Liberal NDP ref label|NDP|B|BSocialist Social Credit Labour ref label|Lab|C|CIndependent Other Parties
Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives height=6>Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP>Canadian_politics/party_colours/Socialist>Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit>Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour>Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents>Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other colspan=2>
2005Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal width=3> 46 33
2001Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 77 2
1996Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP> 33 39 3 Reform (2) Progressive Democrats (1)
1991Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP> 17 51 7
1986Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit> 22 47
1983Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit> 22 35
1979Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit> 26 31
1975Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit> 1 1 18 35
1972Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP> 2 5 38 10
1969Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit> 5 12 38
1966Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit> 6 16 33
1963Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit> 5 14 33
1960Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit> 4 16 32
1956Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit> 2 10 39 1
1953Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit> 1 4 14 28 1
1952Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit> 4 6 18 19 1
1949Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other> 39 ref label|Coal|D|D7 1 1
1945Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other> 37 ref label|Coal|D|D 10 1
1941Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 12 21 14 1
1937Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 8 31 7 1 1
1933Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 34 7 1 2 3 Non Partisan Independent Group (2), Unionist (1)
1928Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives> 35 12 1
1924Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 17 23 8 Provincial (3); Canadian Labour (3); Ind. Liberal (2)
1920Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 15 25 3 4 Federated Labour (3); People's (1)
1916Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal> 9 36 1 1 Independent Socialist
1912Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives> 39 1 2 Independent Conservative; Social Democrat
1909Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives> 38 2 2
1907Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives> 26 13 3
1903Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives> 22 17 2 1

Elections prior to provincial political parties

Until the 1903 election, political parties in BC had no official recognition. However, some candidates declared their support for the administration of the time as "Government" candidates, those not in support as "Non-Government" or Independent; such alignments often did not bear out once the House was seate. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.

Year Seats GovernmentNon-Government
190038632
1898381820
1894332013
1890331716
188627198
188225520
187825817
187525817
187125"No information available"

Notes

: note label|PC|A|A Includes results for the Progressive Conservatives from 1945: note label|NDP|B|B Includes results for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation up until 1956: note label|Lab|C|C Includes results for the Independent Labour candidates from 1928, 1933 and 1941.: note label|Coal|D|D Coalition between Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties.

ee also

* Lists of general elections in Canada
* List of political parties in British Columbia
* Future elections: British Columbia general election, 2009
* List of British Columbia by-elections

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