- British Columbia general election, 1933
The British Columbia general election of 1933 was the eighteenth 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 onSeptember 13 1933 , and held onNovember 2 1933 . The new legislature met for the first time onFebruary 20 1934 .The Liberal Party won a
majority government .The
official opposition was formed by the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, which was contesting its first election.Because of internal discord, the provincial executive of the Conservative Party decided not to contest the election officially each local association was to act on its own. Some candidates ran as Independents, some as Independent Conservatives. Those supporting the premier,
Simon Fraser Tolmie , ran as Unionist Party of British Columbia, and those grouped aroundWilliam John Bowser , a former premier, ran as the Non-Partisan Independent Group. When Bowser died and the elections in Vancouver Centre and Victoria City were postponed, 4 Non-partisan and 2 Unionist candidates withdrew.Other notable races include the election of "Bridge River-Lillooet News" publisher
George Matheson Murray in Lillooet over ConservativeErnest Crawford Carson . Carson's brotherRobert Henry Carson ran as a Liberal, winning Kamloops. Carson and his brother both served as cabinet ministers in later regimes, and were the sons of Robert Carson, an American who had survived theDonner Pass en route to the California Gold Rush who founded the first ranch at Pavilion and whose holdings became part of theDiamond S Ranch . [{http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=11265 BCGNIS listing "Mount Carson"] ]Results
Notes:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.1 Includes Conservatives who ran as Independents.
2 Results compared to those of Conservative Party in previous election.
3 One United Front candidate, C.J. McKendrick, ran in two ridings (Dewdney and Vancouver Centre) and is counted as two candidates.
Results by Riding
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |George Sharratt Pearson
align="center" |Alberni-Nanaimo
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
align="center" |Burnaby
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
align="center" |Ernest Edward Winch
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |William James Asseltine
align="center" |Atlin
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
align="center" |Delta
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
align="center" |Robert Blatchford Swailes
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Donald Morrison MacKay
align="center" |Cariboo
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
align="center" |Mackenzie
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
align="center" |Ernest Bakewell
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Edward Dodsley Barrow
align="center" |Chilliwack
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
align="center" |North Vancouver
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
align="center" |Harley Christian Erskine Anderson
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |William Henry Sutherland
align="center" |Columbia-Revelstoke
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver East
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
align="center" |John Price
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Laurence Arnold Hanna
align="center" |Comox
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
align="center" |Harold Edward Winch
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Frank Mitchell MacPherson
align="center" |Cranbrook
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
align="center" |Victoria City
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
align="center" |Robert Connell 2
Canadian politics/party colours/CCF|
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |David William Strachan
align="center" |Dewdney
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/Labour|
align="center" |Fernie
Independent Labour Party
align="center" |Thomas Aubert Uphill
Canadian politics/party colours/Labour|
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Henry George Thomas Perry
align="center" |Fort George
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/NPIG|
align="center" |Peace River
Non-Partisan Independent Group
align="center" |Clive Montgomery Francis Planta
Canadian politics/party colours/NPIG|
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Dougald MacPherson
align="center" |Grand Forks-Greenwood
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/NPIG|
align="center" |Salmon Arm
Non-Partisan Independent Group
align="center" |Rolf Wallgren Bruhn
Canadian politics/party colours/NPIG|
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Alexander McDonald
align="center" |The Islands
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/OGM|
align="center" |Cowichan-Newcastle
Oxford Group Movement
align="center" |Hugh George Egioke Savage
Canadian politics/party colours/OGM|
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Robert Henry Carson
align="center" |Kamloops
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/Unionist|
align="center" |Esquimalt
Unionist
align="center" |Robert Henry Pooley
Canadian politics/party colours/Unionist|
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Charles Sidney Leary
align="center" |Kaslo-Slocan
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|
align="center" |Victoria City
Independent
align="center" |Herbert Anscomb
Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|
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Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |George Matheson Murray
align="center" |Lillooet
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Frank Putnam
align="center" |Nelson-Creston
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Arthur Wellesley Gray
align="center" |New Westminster
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Kenneth Cattanch MacDonald
align="center" |North Okanagan
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Alexander Malcolm Manson
align="center" |Omineca
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 1
align="center" |Prince Rupert
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Richard Ronald Burns
align="center" |Rossland-Trail
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Norman William Whittaker
align="center" |Saanich
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Charles Herbert Percy Tupper
align="center" |Similkameen
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Edward Tourtellotte Kennedy
align="center" |Skeena
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Joseph Allen Harris
align="center" |South Okanagan
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Gerald Grattan McGeer
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver-Burrard
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Helen Douglas Smith
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Gordon McGregor Sloan
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver Centre
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Gordon Sylvester Wismer
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |George Moir Weir
align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver-Point Grey
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |Robert Wilkinson
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|-
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
align="center" |John Joseph Alban Gillis
align="center" |Yale
Liberal
Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|
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align="center"|1 Premier-Elect||||
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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
References
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