List of British Columbia general elections
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Number of seats won by major parties at each election
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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).
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[edit] Summary of results
The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major poltical 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 [A] | Liberal | NDP [B] | Socialist | Social Credit | Labour [C] | Independent | Other Parties | ||
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| 2005 | 46 | 33 | ||||||||
| 2001 | 77 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1996 | 33 | 39 | 3 | Reform (2) Progressive Democrats (1) |
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| 1991 | 17 | 51 | 7 | |||||||
| 1986 | 22 | 47 | ||||||||
| 1983 | 22 | 35 | ||||||||
| 1979 | 26 | 31 | ||||||||
| 1975 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 35 | ||||||
| 1972 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 10 | ||||||
| 1969 | 5 | 12 | 38 | |||||||
| 1966 | 6 | 16 | 33 | |||||||
| 1963 | 5 | 14 | 33 | |||||||
| 1960 | 4 | 16 | 32 | |||||||
| 1956 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 1 | ||||||
| 1953 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 1 | |||||
| 1952 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 1 | |||||
| 1949 | 39 [D] | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1945 | 37 [D] | 10 | 1 | |||||||
| 1941 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 1 | ||||||
| 1937 | 8 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1933 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Non Partisan Independent Group (2), Unionist (1) |
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| 1928 | 35 | 12 | 1 | |||||||
| 1924 | 17 | 23 | 8 | Provincial (3); Canadian Labour (3); Ind. Liberal (2) |
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| 1920 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 4 | Federated Labour (3); People's (1) |
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| 1916 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 1 | Independent Socialist | |||||
| 1912 | 39 | 1 | 2 | Independent Conservative; Social Democrat |
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| 1909 | 38 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 1907 | 26 | 13 | 3 | |||||||
| 1903 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
[edit] 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. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.
| Year | Seats | Government | Non-Government |
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| 1900 | 38 | 6 | 32 |
| 1898 | 38 | 18 | 20 |
| 1894 | 33 | 20 | 13 |
| 1890 | 33 | 17 | 16 |
| 1886 | 27 | 19 | 8 |
| 1882 | 25 | 5 | 20 |
| 1878 | 25 | 8 | 17 |
| 1875 | 25 | 8 | 17 |
| 1871 | 25 | No information available | |
[edit] Notes
- A Includes results for the Progressive Conservatives from 1945
- B Includes results for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation up until 1956
- C Includes results for the Independent Labour candidates from 1928, 1933 and 1941.
- D Coalition between Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties.
[edit] See also
- Lists of general elections in Canada
- List of poltical parties in British Columbia
- Future elections: British Columbia general election, 2009
[edit] References
- Government of British Columbia. 1871-1986 (HTML). Electoral History of British Columbia. Elections BC. Retrieved on December 2, 2006.
- Government of British Columbia (2002). 1987-2001 Supplement (PDF). Electoral History of British Columbia. Elections BC. Retrieved on December 2, 2006.
- Government of British Columbia. Important Dates in BC Election History (HTML). Electoral History of British Columbia. Elections BC. Retrieved on December 2, 2006.
- Government of British Columbia (May 17, 2005). Statement of Votes (PDF). 38th Provincial General Election. Elections BC. Retrieved on December 2, 2006.
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