List of British Columbia general elections
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This articles 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.
Summary of results by party
- Results for the Progresisve Conservatives from 1945 have been listed in the "Conservatives" column
- Results for the CCF up until 1956 have been listed in the "New Democrats" column
- Results for the Independent Labour candidates from 1928, 1933 and 1941 have been included in the "Labour" column
- 1945 and 1949 saw a coalaition between Progressive Conservatives and the BC Liberals
- Full results can be found by clicking the year of the election.
# | Year | Conservatives | Liberal | New Democrats | Socialist | Social Credit | Labour | Independent | Other Parties | ||
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38 | 2005 | 46 | 33 | ||||||||
37 | 2001 | 77 | 2 | ||||||||
36 | 1996 | 33 | 39 | 3 | Reform (2) Progressive Democrats (1) | ||||||
35 | 1991 | 17 | 51 | 7 | |||||||
34 | 1986 | 22 | 47 | ||||||||
33 | 1983 | 22 | 35 | ||||||||
32 | 1979 | 26 | 31 | ||||||||
31 | 1975 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 35 | ||||||
30 | 1972 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 10 | ||||||
29 | 1969 | 5 | 12 | 38 | |||||||
28 | 1966 | 6 | 16 | 33 | |||||||
27 | 1963 | 5 | 14 | 33 | |||||||
26 | 1960 | 4 | 16 | 32 | |||||||
25 | 1956 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 1 | ||||||
24 | 1953 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 1 | |||||
23 | 1952 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 1 | |||||
22 | 1949 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
21 | 1945 | 37 | 10 | 1 | |||||||
20 | 1941 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 1 | ||||||
19 | 1937 | 8 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||||
18 | 1933 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Non Partisan Independent Group (2), Unionist (1) | ||||
17 | 1928 | 35 | 12 | 1 | |||||||
16 | 1924 | 17 | 23 | 8 | Provinicial (3); Canadian Labour (3); Ind. Libral (2) | ||||||
15 | 1920 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 4 | Federated Labour (3); People's (1) | |||||
14 | 1916 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 1 | Independent Socialist | |||||
13 | 1912 | 39 | 1 | 2 | Independent Conservative; Social Democrat | ||||||
12 | 1909 | 38 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
11 | 1907 | 26 | 13 | 3 | |||||||
10 | 1903 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
There were no political parties in BC prior to 1903. For links to articles with full results, see the section below. |
Elections prior to 1903
- British Columbia general election, 1900
- British Columbia general election, 1898
- British Columbia general election, 1894
- British Columbia general election, 1890
- British Columbia general election, 1886
- British Columbia general election, 1882
- British Columbia general election, 1878
- British Columbia general election, 1875
- British Columbia general election, 1871
See also
- Lists of general elections in Canada
- Future elections: British Columbia general election, 2009
External links
- Source: BC Elections