British Columbia general election, 1960

The British Columbia general election of 1960 was the 26th general election in 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 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

British Columbia Social Credit Party

The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

of Premier W.A.C. Bennett

W.A.C. Bennett

William Andrew Cecil Bennett, PC, OC was the 25th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia. With just over 20 years in office, Bennett was and remains the longest-serving premier in British Columbia history. He was usually referred to as W.A.C...

was re-elected with a majority

Majority government

A majority government is when the governing party has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament in a parliamentary system. This is as opposed to a minority government, where even the largest party wins only a plurality of seats and thus must constantly bargain for support from...

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

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

increased both its share of the popular vote and its number of seats.

The British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

lost a small part of its popular vote, but managed to double its caucus from two to four members.

The Progressive 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...

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

Results

Party	Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
Party	Party leader	# of candidates	1956 British Columbia general election, 1956 The British Columbia general election of 1956 was the 25th 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 13, 1956, and held on September 19, 1956. The new legislature met...	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Social Credit British Columbia Social Credit Party The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...	W.A.C. Bennett W.A.C. Bennett William Andrew Cecil Bennett, PC, OC was the 25th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia. With just over 20 years in office, Bennett was and remains the longest-serving premier in British Columbia history. He was usually referred to as W.A.C...	52	39	32	-17.9%	386,886	38.83%	-7.01%	CCF New Democratic Party of British Columbia The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...	Bob Strachan	52	10	16	+60.0%	326,094	32.73%	+4.41%	Liberal British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...	Ray Perrault Ray Perrault Raymond Joseph Perrault, PC was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and of the Canadian Senate....	50	2	4	+100%	208,249	20.90%	-0.87%	Progressive 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...	Deane Finlayson Deane Finlayson Douglas Deane Finlayson was a British Columbia politician and land developer.Though he was unable to win a seat in the 1952 provincial election, he became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia following the resignation of Herbert Anscomb and led the party through the...	52	-	-	-	66,943	6.72%	+3.61%	Communist Communist Party of British Columbia The Communist Party of British Columbia is the British Columbia branch of the Communist Party of Canada. Its leader is Sam Hammond.From the 1945 British Columbia election to the 1956 election, it was known as the Labour Progressive Party....	19	-	-	-	5,675	0.57%	+0.16%	Independent	5	-	-	-	2,557	0.25%	-0.12%
Total		230	52	52	-	996,404	100%
Sources: Elections BC

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Results by riding

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|align="center"|William Collins Speare

|align="center" |Cariboo
Cariboo (electoral district)
Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1892.This riding was first created as Cariboo District following British Columbia's admission into the Canadian Confederation in 1871...

Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

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|align="center" |Alberni

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...

CCF
|align="center"|Stanley John Squire

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|align="center"|William Kenneth Kiernan

|align="center" |Chilliwack
Chilliwack (electoral district)
Chilliwack was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1916. It was the successor riding to the Chilliwhack riding, which used the older spelling of the name and had slightly different boundaries...

Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

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|align="center" |Atlin

Atlin (electoral district)

Atlin was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the 10th provincial general election in 1903 and last appeared in the 34th provincial general election in 1986, after which it was merged with the Skeena riding.-...

CCF
|align="center"|Frank Arthur Calder

Frank Arthur Calder

Frank Arthur Calder, was a Nisga'a politician in Canada, the first Status Indian to be elected to any legislature in Canada....

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|align="center"|Richard Orr Newton

|align="center" |Columbia
Columbia (electoral district)
Columbia was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. It lasted until the 1928 election, after which the revised riding was renamed Columbia River...

Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

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|align="center" rowspan=2 |Burnaby

Burnaby (provincial electoral district)

Burnaby was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia that first appeared on the hustings in the 1924 election...

CCF
|align="center"|Cedric Cox
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|align="center"|Daniel Robert John Campbell
|align="center" |Comox

Comox (electoral district)

Comox was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining Confederation, and was a one-member constituency...

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center"|Gordon Hudson Dowding

Gordon Hudson Dowding

Gordon Hudson Dowding was a lawyer and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Burnaby and then Burnaby-Edmonds in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1956 to 1975 as a CCF/NDP member....

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|align="center"|Herbert Joseph Bruch
|align="center" |Esquimalt

Esquimalt (electoral district)

Esquimalt was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of the province's first twelve ridings upon its entry into Confederation. It was originally a two-member riding...

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center" |Cowichan-Newcastle
Cowichan-Newcastle
Cowichan-Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It appeared in two separate eras, the later in the British Columbia elections of 1960 and 1963 elections.- Demographics :- Electoral history :...

CCF
|align="center"|Robert Martin Strachan²
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|align="center"|Ray Gillis Williston
|align="center" |Fort George

Fort George (electoral district)

Fort George was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1916 to 1975. Its successor ridings were Prince George South and Prince George North.- Demographics :- Electoral history :...

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center" |Cranbrook
Cranbrook (electoral district)
Cranbrook was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Cranbrook in the southern Rockies and including nearby Kimberley and other towns in the southern end of the Rocky Mountain Trench....

CCF
|align="center"|Leo Thomas Nimsick
Leo Thomas Nimsick
Leo Thomas Nimsick was a miner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cranbrook from 1949 to 1966 and Kootenay from 1966 to 1975 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then New Democratic Party member.He was born in Rossland,...

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|align="center"|Philip Arthur Gaglardi

|align="center" |Kamloops

Kamloops (provincial electoral district)

Kamloops was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1903 to 2009. The provincial constituency should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Kamloops, which encompassed a much larger area.For other ridings named Kamloops...

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center" rowspan=2 |Delta
Delta (provincial electoral district)
Delta was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia based on the municipality of Delta at the mouth of the Fraser River between the city of Vancouver and the US border...

CCF
|align="center"|Camille Mildred Mather

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|align="center"|Donald Frederick Robinson
|align="center" |Lillooet

Lillooet (electoral district)

The Lillooet electoral district was a riding in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries...

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center"|James Henry Rhodes
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|align="center"|Earle Cathers Westwood
|align="center" |Nanaimo and the Islands
Nanaimo and the Islands
Nanaimo and the Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1941 to 1963. It was formed of parts of the former ridings of Nanaimo and The Islands. In the 1966 election the Nanaimo riding name was restored and the southern part of the riding became...

Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

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|align="center" |Dewdney

Dewdney (electoral district)

Dewdney was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its predecessor was the riding of Westminster-Dewdney, which was created for the 1894 election from a partition of the Westminster riding, which was a rural-area successor to the original New Westminster...

CCF
|align="center"|Dave Barrett

Dave Barrett

David Barrett, OC , commonly known as Dave Barrett, is a retired politician and social worker in British Columbia, Canada...

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|align="center"|Wesley Drewett Black
|align="center" |Nelson-Creston
Nelson-Creston
Nelson-Creston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933 following a redistribution of the earlier Nelson riding....

Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

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|align="center" |Grand Forks-Greenwood

Grand Forks-Greenwood

Grand Forks-Greenwood was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Grand Forks, in the Boundary Country between the Okanagan and Kootenay Countries. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a merger of...

CCF
|align="center"|Lois Haggen

Lois Haggen

Lois Mabel Haggen, née Hill was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Grand Forks-Greenwood in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1956 to 1966...

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|align="center"|Lorne Hugh Shantz

Lorne Hugh Shantz

Lorne Hugh Shantz is a former politician in British Columbia, Canada. He represented North Okanagan in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1952 to 1963 as a Social Credit member....

|align="center" |North Okanagan
North Okanagan
North Okanagan was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1916. Following the 1975 election boundary revisions accompanied the riding's renaming to Okanagan North...

Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

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|align="center" |Kaslo-Slocan

Kaslo-Slocan

Kaslo-Slocan was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Kaslo on Kootenay Lake as well as the mining towns of the "Silvery Slocan"...

CCF
|align="center"|Randolph Harding

Randolph Harding

Randolph Harding was a Canadian politician.Born in Silverton, British Columbia, he was a teacher and a member of the Silverton municipal council...

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|align="center"|Jacob Francis Huhn
|align="center" |North Peace River
Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

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|align="center" |Mackenzie

Mackenzie (provincial electoral district)

|-|Social Credit|Isabel Pearl Dawson|align="right"|4945|align="right"|52.7%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|New Democrat|Anthony Gargrave|align="right"|3586|align="right"|38.2%|align="right"||align="right"|unknown|Liberal|Benner...

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|align="center"|Anthony John Gargrave
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|align="center"|Cyril Morley Shelford
|align="center" |Omineca
Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

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|align="center" |New Westminster
CCF
|align="center"|Rae Eddie

Rae Eddie

John McRae Eddie was a Canadian politician, who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1952 to 1969, representing the riding of New Westminster. He was a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, which became the New Democratic Party.-References:...

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|align="center"|William Harvey Murray

William Harvey Murray

William Harvey Murray is a former political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Prince Rupert in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1956 to 1975 as a Social Credit member....

|align="center" |Prince Rupert
Prince Rupert (electoral district)
Prince Rupert was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1916 and its last in the 1986 election...

Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

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|align="center" |Revelstoke

Revelstoke (electoral district)

Revelstoke was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903 and lasted until the 1928 election, after which the revised riding was merged with the Slocan riding to form Revelstoke-Slocan...

CCF
|align="center"|George Hobbs
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|align="center"|Donald Leslie Brothers
|align="center" |Rossland-Trail
Rossland-Trail
Rossland-Trail was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the towns of Rossland and Trail, in the West Kootenay. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a redistribution of the former ridings of Greenwood and...

Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

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|align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver East

Vancouver East (electoral district)

Vancouver East was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver-Point Grey and Vancouver Centre, were...

CCF
|align="center"|Alexander Barrett MacDonald
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|align="center"|John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle
|align="center" |Saanich

Saanich (electoral district)

Saanich was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1963 after which it was combined with parts of the former Nanaimo and the Islands riding to form Saanich and the...

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center"|Arthur James Turner

Arthur James Turner (politician)

Arthur James Turner was an English-born body repair shop owner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver East in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1941 to 1966 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then New Democratic Party member.He was born in...

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|align="center"|Willis Franklin Jefcoat
|align="center" |Salmon Arm

Salmon Arm (electoral district)

Salmon Arm was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia including on the town of Salmon Arm on Shuswap Lake. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election...

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center" |Fernie
Fernie (electoral district)
Fernie was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Fernie in the southern Rockies. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903...

Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|align="center"|Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay
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|align="center"|Frank Richter, Jr.

|align="center" |Similkameen

Similkameen (electoral district)

Similkameen was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia formed around the historic mining district of the same name. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903...

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center" rowspan=2 |North Vancouver
North Vancouver (provincial electoral district)
North Vancouver was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in 1916 and at the time of its creation included West Vancouver as well as North Vancouver...

Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|align="center"|James Gordon Gibson
Gordon Gibson, Sr.
Gordon Gibson Sr. was a prominent business leader and politician in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1953 to 1956 as a Liberal....

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|align="center"|Dudley George Little
|align="center" |Skeena

Skeena (provincial electoral district)

Skeena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared in the provincial election or 1924. It should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Skeena, which encompassed a larger area.- Demographics :- Member of...

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center"|Raymond Joseph Perrault
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|align="center"|William Andrew Cecil Bennett¹
|align="center" |South Okanagan
South Okanagan
South Okanagan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1916. Following the 1975 election boundary revisions accompanied the riding's renaming to Okanagan South...

Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

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|align="center" |Oak Bay

Oak Bay (electoral district)

Oak Bay was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared in the general election of 1941 and last appeared in the 1975 election. Its successor is the Oak Bay-Gordon Head riding. For other ridings in the area of Victoria, B.C...

Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|align="center"|Alan Brock MacFarlane
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|align="center"|Stanley Carnell

|align="center" |South Peace River
South Peace River
South Peace River was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1956...

Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

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|align="center"|Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin

|align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver-Burrard

Vancouver-Burrard

Vancouver-Burrard was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1933 general election....

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center"|Herbert Price

Herbert Price

Herbert Price was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1678. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War...

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|align="center"|Alexander Small Matthew
|align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver Centre
Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center"|Leslie Raymond Peterson
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|align="center"|Thomas Audley Bate
|align="center" rowspan=3 |Vancouver-Point Grey

Vancouver-Point Grey

Vancouver-Point Grey is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East, were...

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center"|Robert William Bonner
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|align="center"|Buda Hosmer Brown
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|align="center"|William Neelands Chant
|align="center" rowspan=3 |Victoria City

Victoria City (provincial electoral district)

Victoria City was one of the first twelve provincial electoral districts in the province of British Columbia, Canada, upon its entry into Confederation that year. It was originally a four-member riding, and elected to the Legislature several prominent Members of the Legislative Assembly and...

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center"|Waldo McTavish Skillings
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|align="center"|John Donald Smith
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|align="center"|Irvine Finlay Corbett

|align="center" |Yale

Yale (provincial electoral district)

Yale was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from the province's joining Confederation in 1871. It was a 3-member constituency and retained the name Yale until the 1894 election, at which time it was split into three ridings, Yale-East, Yale-North and...

Social Credit

British Columbia Social Credit Party

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|align="center"|¹ Premier-Elect
|align="center"|² Leader of the Opposition
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Results

Results by riding

See also