British Columbia general election, 1986

The British Columbia general election of 1986 was the 34th 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 September 24, 1986. The election was held on October 22, 1986, and the new legislature met for the first time on March 9, 1987.

The governing British Columbia Social Credit Party of Bill Vander Zalm was re-elected with a majority government, and won almost half of the popular vote. 12 new seats in had been created in the legislature for this election. Social Credit coincidentally won 12 additional seats, while the social democratic New Democratic Party, led by Bob Skelly, won the same number it had in the previous election.

No other parties won seats.

[edit] Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1983	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Social Credit	Bill Vander Zalm	69	35	47	+34.3%	954,516	49.32%	-0.44%
	New Democrats	Bob Skelly	69	22	22	-	824,544	42.60%	-2.34%
	Liberal	Art Lee	55	-	-	-	130,505	6.74%	+4.05%
	Progressive Conservative		12	-	-	-	14,074	0.73 %	-0.43%
	Green		9	-	-	-	4,660	0.24%	0.05%
	Independent		6	-	-	-	2,470	0.13%	-0.19%
	Libertas		1	*	-	*	1,552	0.08%	*
	People's Front		8	*	-	*	1,502	0.08%	*
	Communist		3	-	-	-	722	0.03%	-0.02%
	Libertarian		3	*	-	*	341	0.02%	*
	Western Canada Concept	Doug Christie	1	-	-	-	322	0.02%	-0.84%
	New Republic		1	*	-	*	245	0.01%	*
Total			237	57	69	+21.1%	1,935,453	100%
Source: Elections BC