British Columbia general election, 1960

British Columbia general election, 1960

September 12, 1960

52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 27 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader W. A. C. Bennett Robert Strachan Party Social Credit New Democratic Leader since 1952 1956 Leader's seat South Okanagan Cowichan-Newcastle Last election 39 10 Seats won 32 16 Seat change -7 +6 Popular vote 386,886 326,094 Percentage 38.83 32.73 Swing -7.01 +4.41   Third party Fourth party   Leader Ray Perrault Deane Finlayson Party Liberal Conservative Leader since 1959 1952 Leader's seat North Vancouver Ran in North Vancouver (lost) Last election 2 0 Seats won 4 0 Seat change +2 0 Popular vote 208,249 66,943 Percentage 20.90 6.72 Swing -0.87 +3.61

Premier before election W. A. C. Bennett Social Credit Premier-designate W. A. C. Bennett Social Credit

The British Columbia general election of 1960 was the 26th 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 August 3, 1960, and held on September 12, 1960. The new legislature met for the first time on January 26, 1961.

The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fourth term in government despite losing seven percentage points of the popular vote and seven of its seats in the legislature.

The opposition Co-operative Commonwealth Federation increased both its share of the popular vote and its number of seats.

The British Columbia Liberal Party lost a small part of its popular vote, but managed to double its caucus from two to four members.

The Progressive Conservative Party doubled its share of the popular vote to almost 7%, but won no seats in the legislature.

Results

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Results by riding

See also

• List of British Columbia political parties

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