British Columbia general election, 1924

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The British Columbia general election of 1924 was the sixteenth 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 May 10, 1924, and held on June 20, 1924. The new legislature met for the first time on November 3, 1924.

The Liberal Party was re-elected to its third term in government, falling just short of a majority in the legislature even though it won less than a third of the popular vote. Two Independent Liberals were also elected. Premier John Oliver lost his own seat in Victoria City, but remained Premier until 1927.

The Conservative Party formed the official opposition, while two new parties, the Provincial Party and the Canadian Labour Party won three seats each, and a total of 35% of the vote.

1 Results
2 Results by Riding
3 See also
4 Further reading & references

[edit] Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1920	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal		46	25	23	-8.0%	108,323	31.34%	-6.55%
	Conservative		47	15	17	+13.3%	101,765	29.45%	-1.75%
	Provincial		45	*	3	*	83,517	24.16%	*
	Canadian Labour¹		15	*	3	*	39,044	11.30%	*
	Independent Liberal		5	-	2	-	3,549	1.03%	+0.06%
	Socialist²		2	-	-	-	4,364	1.26%	-2.24%
	Independent		3	3	-	-100.0%	2,520	0.73%	-9.64%
	Independent Conservative		?	-	-	-	2,046	0.59%	+0.14%
	Farmer-Labour		1	*	-	*	478	0.14%	*
Total			168	47	48	+2.1%	345,608	100%
Source: Elections BC

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

¹ Not the same as the Canadian Labour Party of B.C. which contested the 1906 and 1909 general elections. Organized in British Columbia in 1924.

² Includes joint Socialist Party of Canada - Workers' Party of Canada candidate.

[edit] Results by Riding

Results of British Columbia general election, 1924
Government			Opposition
	Member	Riding & party	Riding & party		Member
	Herbert Frederick Kergin	Atlin Liberal		Cowichan-Newcastle Conservative	Cyril Francis Davie
	Edward Dodsley Barrow	Chilliwack Liberal		Cranbrook Conservative	Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger
	John Andrew Buckham	Columbia Liberal		Creston Conservative	Fred W. Lister
	Alexander McDonald Paterson	Delta Liberal		Dewdney Conservative	John Alexander Catherwood
	James Reginald Colley	Kamloops Liberal		Esquimalt Conservative	Robert Henry Pooley
	Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George Liberal		Grand Forks-Greenwood Conservative	John McKie
	Charles Sidney Lister	Kaslo-Slocan Liberal		The Islands Conservative	Cyrus Wesley Peck
	Albert Edward Munn	Lillooet Liberal		Mackenzie Conservative	Michael Manson
	William Sloan	Nanaimo		Rossland-Trail Conservative	James Hargraves Schofield
	Kenneth Campbell	Nelson		Saanich Conservative	Thomas George Coventry
	Edwin James Rothwell	New Westminster		Salmon Arm Conservative	Wolf Wallgren Bruhn
	John Melvin Bryan Sr.	North Vancouver Liberal		Similkameen Conservative	William Alexander McKenzie
	Alexander Malcolm Manson	Omineca Liberal		South Okanagan Conservative	James William Jones
	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert Liberal		Victoria City Conservative	Reginald Hayward
	William Henry Sutherland	Revelstoke Liberal			Joshua Hinchcliffe
	Horace Cooper Wrinch	Skeena Liberal			Robert Allan Gus Lyons
	Ian Alistair MacKenzie	Vancouver City Liberal			Harold Despard Twigg
	Christopher McRae			Cariboo Provincial	David Alexander Stoddart
	Victor Wentworth Odlum			Richmond-Point Grey Provincial	George Alexander Walkem
	Mary Ellen Smith			Vancouver City Provincial	Andrew McCreight Creery
	Charles Woodward			Alberni Independent Liberal	Richard John Burde
	John Duncan MacLean	Yale Liberal		Comox Independent Liberal	Paul Philips Harrison
				Burnaby Canadian Labour Party	Francis Aubrey Browne
				Fernie Canadian Labour Party	Thomas Aubert Uphill
				South Vancouver Canadian Labour Party	Robert Henry Neelands

Source: Elections BC

[edit] See also

List of British Columbia political parties

[edit] Further reading & references

In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC.