- 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 theLegislative Assembly of British Columbia . The election was called onAugust 5 1966 , and held onSeptember 12 1966 . The new legislature met for the first time onJanuary 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
"Note: Winners of each election are in" bold.
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Howard Richmond McDiarmid
align="center" |Alberni
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" |Atlin
New Democrat
align="center"|Frank Arthur Calder
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Francis Xavier Richter
align="center" |Boundary-Similkameen
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" |Burnaby-Edmonds
New Democrat
align="center"|Gordon Hudson Dowding
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|William Collins Speare
align="center" |Cariboo
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" |Burnaby North
New Democrat
align="center"|Eileen Elizabeth Dailly
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|William Kenneth Kiernan
align="center" |Chilliwack
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" |Burnaby-Willingdon
New Democrat
align="center"|Frederick Justin Vulliamy
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|James Roland Chabot
align="center" |Columbia
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" |Coquitlam
New Democrat
align="center"|David Barrett
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Daniel Robert John Campbell
align="center" |Comox
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" |Cowichan-Malahat
New Democrat
align="center"|Robert Martin Strachan 2
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Robert Lloyd Wenman
align="center" |Delta
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" |Kootenay
New Democrat
align="center"|Leo Thomas Nimsick
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|George Mussallem
align="center" |Dewdney
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" |Nanaimo
New Democrat
align="center"|David Daniel Stupich
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Herbert Joseph Bruch
align="center" |Esquimalt
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" |New Westminster
New Democrat
align="center"|John McRae (Rae) Eddie
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Ray Gillis Williston
align="center" |Fort George
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" |Revelstoke-Slocan
New Democrat
align="center"|Randolph Harding
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Philip Arthur Gaglardi
align="center" |Kamloops
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" |Surrey
New Democrat
align="center"|Ernest Hall
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Hunter Bertram Vogel
align="center" |Langley
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver-Burrard
New Democrat
align="center"|Thomas Rodney Berger
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Isabel Pearl Dawson
align="center" |Mackenzie
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center"|Raymond Parkinson
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Wesley Drewett Black
align="center" |Nelson-Creston
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver East
New Democrat
align="center"|Alexander Barrett MacDonald
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Patricia Jane Jordan
align="center" |North Okanagan
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center"|Arthur James Turner
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Dean Edward Smith
align="center" |North Peace River
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
align="center" |Yale-Lillooet
New Democrat
align="center"|William Leonard Hartley
Canadian politics/party colours/NDP|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Cyril Morley Shelford
align="center" |Omineca
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |North Vancouver-Capilano
Liberal
align="center"|Raymond Joseph Perrault
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|William Harvey Murray
align="center" |Prince Rupert
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |North Vancouver-Seymour
Liberal
align="center"|Barrie Aird Clark
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Ernest A. LeCours
align="center" |Richmond
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Oak Bay
Liberal
align="center"|Alan Brock MacFarlane
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Donald Leslie Brothers
align="center" |Rossland-Trail
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver-Point Grey
Liberal
align="center"|Garde Basil Gardom
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle
align="center" |Saanich and the Islands
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center"|Patrick Lucey McGeer
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Willis Franklin Jefcoat
align="center" |Shuswap
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |West Vancouver-Howe Sound
Liberal
align="center"|Louis Allan Williams
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Dudley George Little
align="center" |Skeena
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|-
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|William Andrew Cecil Bennett 1
align="center" |South Okanagan
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|-
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Donald McGray Phillips
align="center" |South Peace River
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|-
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver-Burrard
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|-
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Bert Price
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|-
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver Centre
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Evan Maurice Wolfe
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|-
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Grace Mary McCarthy
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver-Little Mountain
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Leslie Raymond Peterson
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|-
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Thomas Audley Bate
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver South
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
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Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Ralph Raymond Loffmark
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|-
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|William Neelands Chant
align="center" rowspan=2 |Victoria
Social Credit
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|-
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|
align="center"|Waldo McTavish Skillings
Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit|-|
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]
-ee also
*List of British Columbia political parties
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