British Columbia general election, 1916

The British Columbia general election of 1916 was the fourteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

. The election was called on July 5, 1916, and held on September 14, 1916. The new legislature met for the first time on March 1, 1917.

The Liberal Party defeated the governing Conservative Party

British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...

, winning 50% of the vote, almost double its share from the previous election

British Columbia general election, 1912

The British Columbia general election of 1912 was the thirteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on February 27, 1912, and held on March 28, 1912...

. The Liberals won 36 of the 47 seats in the legislature.

The Conservatives' popular vote fell from almost 60% to just over 40%, and took nine seats, forming the Official Opposition.

Two other seats were won by independents.

Results

Party	Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
Party	Party leader	# of candidates	1912	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Liberal ¹	Harlan Carey Brewster Harlan Carey Brewster Harlan Carey Brewster was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. Brewster arrived in British Columbia in 1893, and had various careers working on a ship and then in a cannery. He eventually became owner of his own canning company...	45	-	36	89,892	50.00%	+24.63%	Conservative British Columbia Conservative Party The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933... ²	William John Bowser William John Bowser William John Bowser was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served as Premier of British Columbia from 1915 to 1916....	46	39	9	-76.9%	72,842	40.52%	-19.13%	Independent	7	-	1	-	4,926	2.74%	+0.95%	Independent Socialist	3	*	1	*	1,321	0.74%	*	Independent Conservative	4	1	-	-100%	3,014	1.68%	+0.31%	Independent Labour	2	*	-	*	2,985	1.66%	*	Socialist Socialist Party of Canada There have been two different but related political parties in Canada that called themselves the Socialist Party of Canada . The current Socialist Party is an electorally inactive and unregistered federal political party in Canada...	4	1	-	-100%	2,106	1.17%	-9.91%	Independent Liberal	1	*	-	*	1,518	0.84%	*	Social Democratic Social Democratic Party of Canada The Social Democratic Party was a social democratic political party in Canada founded in 1911 by members of the right wing of the Socialist Party of Canada. these members were dissatisfied with what they saw as that party's rigid, doctrinaire approach...	3	1	-	-100%	1,012	0.56%	-0.18%	Independent Progressive	1	*	-	*	158	0.09%	*
Total		116	42	47	+11.9%	179,774	100%
Sources: Elections BC

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

¹ One candidate, H.C. Brewster (Liberal) who contested and was elected in both Alberni and Victoria City, is counted twice.

² Also included as a candidate is R. McBride (Conservative, Richmond) who withdrew before the 14 September polling day but received some overseas votes.

Results by riding

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Harlan Carey Brewster

Harlan Carey Brewster was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. Brewster arrived in British Columbia in 1893, and had various careers working on a ship and then in a cannery. He eventually became owner of his own canning company...

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Alberni (electoral district)

Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It originally appeared in the British Columbia general election, 1890 and then, after being merged into Cowichan-Alberni for the 1894 election, was renamed Alberni riding in the election of 1898. The riding...

Results

Results by riding

See also

Further reading & references