British Columbia general election, 1986

British Columbia general election, 1986
British Columbia
October 22, 1986
69 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
35 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 65.8%[1] Decrease 4.7 pp

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bill Vander Zalm Bob Skelly Art Lee
Party Social Credit New Democratic Liberal
Leader since 1986 1984 1984
Leader's seat Richmond Alberni Ran in Vancouver-Little Mountain (lost)
Last election 35 22 0
Seats won 47 22 0
Seat change Increase12 Steady0 Steady0
Popular vote 954,516 824,544 130,505
Percentage 49.32 42.60 6.74
Swing Decrease0.44 Decrease2.34 Increase4.05
Premier before election

Bill Vander Zalm
Social Credit

 Premier-designate

Bill Vander Zalm
Social Credit

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 (Socreds) had seen a leadership change just months before the election, with Bill Bennett standing down in favour of Bill Vander Zalm. Promising a fresh start after the Bennett years, Vander Zalm led the Socreds to a fourth consecutive majority government, and won almost half of the popular vote. 12 new seats 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.

Results

Party Party leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular vote
1983 Elected % Change # % % Change
Social Credit Bill Vander Zalm 69 35 47 +34.3% 954,516 49.32% -0.44%
New Democratic Bob Skelly 69 22 22 - 824,544 42.60% -2.34%
Liberal Art Lee 55 - - - 130,505 6.74% +4.05%
Progressive Conservative Vacant[2] 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

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "B.C. Voter Participation: 1983 to 2013" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ Party leader Peter Pollen quit shortly before the election was called
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