List of British Columbia general elections

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Number of seats won by major parties at each election Conservative Liberal Social Credit NDP Socialist Labour Other Independent

Number of seats won by major parties at each election

Conservative Liberal Social Credit NDP
Socialist Labour Other Independent

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 political 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
2005 46 33
2001 77 2
1996 33 39 3 Reform (2)
Progressive Democrats (1)
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)
1928 35 12 1
1924 17 23 8 Provincial (3); Canadian
Labour (3); Ind. Liberal (2)
1920 15 25 3 4 Federated Labour (3);
People's (1)
1916 9 36 1 1 Independent Socialist
1912 39 1 2 Independent Conservative;
Social Democrat
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
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.

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