ELECTION RESULTS, from 1903 when party politics was formally introduced to the provincial legislature, are shown in the table below.
PARTY | VOTES | PERCENTAGE | SEATS |
1903 (Oct 3) |
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Conservatives | 27,913 | 46.4 | 22 |
Liberals | 22,715 | 37.8 | 17 |
Socialist Party BC | 4,787 | 7.9 | 2 |
Labour Party | 4,421 | 7.4 | 1 |
Others | 284 | 0.5 | 0 |
Totals | 60,120 | 42 | |
1907 (Feb 2) |
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Conservatives | 30,871 | 48.7 | 26 |
Liberals | 23,481 | 37.1 | 13 |
Socialist Party of Canada | 5,603 | 8.9 | 3 |
Others | 3,340 | 5.3 | 0 |
Totals | 63,295 | 42 | |
1909 (Nov 25) |
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Conservatives | 53,074 | 52.3 | 38 |
Liberals | 33,675 | 33.2 | 2 |
Socialist Party of Canada | 11,665 | 11.5 | 2 |
Others | 3,001 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 101,415 | 42 | |
1912 (Mar 28) |
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Conservatives | 50,423 | 59.6 | 39 |
Liberals | 21,443 | 25.4 | 1 |
Socialist Party of Canada | 9,366 | 11.1 | 1 |
Others | 3,297 | 3.9 | 1 |
Totals | 84,529 | 42 | |
1916 (Sept 14) |
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Conservatives | 72,842 | 40.5 | 9 |
Liberals | 89,892 | 50 | 36 |
Socialist Party of Canada | 2,106 | 1.2 | 0 |
Others | 14,304 | 8.3 | 2 |
Totals | 179,144 | 47 | |
1920 (Dec 1) |
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Conservatives | 110,475 | 31.2 | 15 |
Liberals | 134,167 | 37.9 | 25 |
Federated Labour | 32,230 | 9.1 | 3 |
Socialist Party of Canada | 12,386 | 3.5 | 0 |
Soldier Farmer/Labour | 10,780 | 3 | 0 |
Others | 54,050 | 15.3 | 4 |
Totals | 354,088 | 47 | |
1924 (June 20) |
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Conservatives | 101,765 | 29.5 | 17 |
Liberals | 108,323 | 31.3 | 23 |
Provincial Party | 83,517 | 24.2 | 3 |
Canadian Labour Party | 39,044 | 11.3 | 3 |
Socialist Party of Canada | 4,364 | 1.3 | 0 |
Others | 8,593 | 2.4 | 2 |
Totals | 345,606 | 48 | |
1928 (July 18) |
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Conservatives | 192,867 | 53.3 | 35 |
Liberals | 144,872 | 40 | 12 |
Independent Labour | 17,908 | 5 | 1 |
Others | 6,167 | 1.7 | 0 |
Totals | 361,814 | 48 | |
1933 (Nov 2) |
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Liberals | 159,131 | 41.7 | 34 |
CCF | 120,185 | 31.5 | 7 |
Non-Partisans | 38,836 | 10.2 | 2 |
Unionists | 15,445 | 4.1 | 1 |
Independent Conservative | 7,114 | 1.9 | 0 |
Independent | 29,506 | 7.7 | 2 |
Others | 11,006 | 2.9 | 1 |
Totals | 381,223 | 47 | |
1937 (June 1) |
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Conservatives | 119,521 | 28.6 | 8 |
Liberals | 156,074 | 37.3 | 31 |
CCF | 119,400 | 28.6 | 7 |
Independent | 7,341 | 1.8 | 1 |
Social Credit League | 4,812 | 1.2 | 0 |
Others | 10,781 | 2.5 | 1 |
Totals | 417,929 | 48 | |
1941 (Oct 21) |
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Conservatives | 140,282 | 30.9 | 12 |
Liberals | 149,525 | 32.9 | 21 |
CCF | 151,440 | 33.4 | 14 |
Independent | 1,638 | 0.4 | 0 |
Others | 11,008 | 2.4 | 1 |
Totals | 453,893 | 48 | |
1945 (Oct 25) |
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Coalition | 261,147 | 55.8 | 37 |
CCF | 175,960 | 37.6 | 10 |
Labour Progressives | 16,479 | 3.5 | 0 |
Social Credit | 6,627 | 1.4 | 0 |
Independent | 1,532 | 0.3 | 0 |
Others | 5,896 | 1.3 | 1 |
Totals | 467,641 | 48 | |
1949 (June 15) |
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Coalition | 428,773 | 61.4 | 39 |
CCF | 245,284 | 35.1 | 7 |
Social Credit Party | 8,464 | 1.2 | 0 |
Social Credit League | 3,072 | 0.4 | 0 |
Independent | 5,163 | 0.7 | 1 |
Others | 8,067 | 1.2 | 1 |
Totals | 698,823 | 48 | |
1952 (June 12) |
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Conservatives | 65,285 | 9.6 | 4 |
Liberals | 170,674 | 25.3 | 6 |
CCF | 231,756 | 34.3 | 18 |
Social Credit Party | 203,932 | 30.2 | 19 |
Others | 4,007 | 0.6 | 1 |
Totals | 675,654 | 48 | |
1953 (June 9) |
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Conservatives | 7,362 | 1.1 | 1 |
Liberals | 154,090 | 23.4 | 4 |
CCF | 194,414 | 29.5 | 14 |
Social Credit Party | 300,372 | 45.5 | 28 |
Others | 3,361 | 0.5 | 1 |
Totals | 659,563 | 48 | |
1956 (Sept 19) |
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Conservatives | 25,373 | 3.1 | 0 |
Liberals | 177,922 | 21.8 | 2 |
CCF | 231,511 | 28.3 | 10 |
Social Credit Party | 374,711 | 45.8 | 39 |
Others | 7,880 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 817,397 | 52 | |
1960 (Sept 12) |
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Conservatives | 66,943 | 6.7 | 0 |
Liberals | 208,249 | 20.9 | 4 |
CCF | 326,094 | 32.7 | 16 |
Social Credit Party | 386,886 | 38.8 | 32 |
Communist Party | 5,675 | 0.6 | 0 |
Independents | 2,557 | 0.3 | 0 |
Totals | 996,404 | 52 | |
1963 (Sept 30) |
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Conservatives | 109,090 | 11.3 | 0 |
Liberals | 193,363 | 20 | 5 |
NDP | 269,004 | 27.8 | 14 |
Social Credit | 395,079 | 40.8 | 33 |
Others | 1,139 | 0.1 | 0 |
Totals | 967,675 | 52 | |
1966 (Sept 12) |
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Conservatives | 1,409 | 0.2 | 0 |
Liberals | 152,155 | 20.2 | 6 |
NDP | 252,753 | 33.6 | 16 |
Social Credit | 342,751 | 45.6 | 33 |
Others | 2,808 | 0.4 | 0 |
Totals | 751,876 | 55 | |
1969 (Aug 27) |
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Conservatives | 1,087 | 0.1 | 0 |
Liberals | 186,235 | 19 | 5 |
NDP | 331,813 | 33.9 | 12 |
Social Credit | 457,777 | 46.8 | 38 |
Others | 1,444 | 0.2 | 0 |
Totals | 978,356 | 55 | |
1972 (Aug 30) |
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Conservatives | 143,450 | 12.7 | 2 |
Liberals | 185,640 | 16.4 | 5 |
NDP | 448,260 | 39.6 | 38 |
Social Credit | 352,776 | 31.1 | 10 |
Others | 2,046 | 0.2 | 0 |
Totals | 1,132,172 | 55 | |
1975 (Dec 11) |
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Conservatives | 49,796 | 3.9 | 1 |
Liberals | 93,379 | 7.2 | 1 |
NDP | 505,396 | 39.2 | 18 |
Social Credit | 635,482 | 49.3 | 35 |
Others | 6,398 | 0.5 | 0 |
Totals | 1,290,451 | 55 | |
1979 (May 10) |
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Conservatives | 71,078 | 5.1 | 0 |
Liberals | 6,662 | 0.5 | 0 |
NDP | 646,188 | 46 | 26 |
Social Credit | 677,607 | 48.2 | 31 |
Others | 3,542 | 0.3 | 0 |
Totals | 1,405,077 | 57 | |
1983 (May 5) |
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Conservatives | 19,131 | 1.1 | 0 |
Liberals | 44,442 | 2.7 | 0 |
NDP | 741,354 | 44.9 | 22 |
Social Credit | 820,807 | 49.8 | 35 |
Western Canada Concept | 14,185 | 0.9 | 0 |
Others | 9,614 | 0.6 | 0 |
Totals | 1,649,533 | 57 | |
1986 (Oct 22) |
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Conservatives | 14,074 | 0.7 | 0 |
Liberals | 130,505 | 6.7 | 0 |
NDP | 824,544 | 42.6 | 22 |
Social Credit | 954,516 | 49.3 | 47 |
Others | 11,814 | 0.7 | 0 |
Totals | 1,935,453 | 69 | |
1991 (Oct 17) |
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BC Reform | 2,673 | 0.2 | 0 |
Liberals | 486,208 | 33.2 | 17 |
NDP | 595,391 | 40.7 | 51 |
Social Credit | 351,660 | 24 | 7 |
Others | 26,535 | 1.9 | 0 |
Totals | 1,462,467 | 75 | |
1996 (May 28) |
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BC Reform | 146,734 | 9.27 | 2 |
Liberals | 661,929 | 41.8 | 33 |
NDP | 624,395 | 39.5 | 39 |
Progressive Democratic Alliance | 90,797 | 5.7 | 1 |
Others | 58,849 | 3.7 | 0 |
Totals | 1,582,704 | 75 | |
2001 (May 16) |
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Green | n/a | 12.4 | 0 |
Liberals | n/a | 57.5 | 77 |
NDP | n/a | 21.6 | 2 |
Unity BC | n/a | 3.3 | 0 |
Other | n/a | 5.2 | 0 |
Totals | n/a | 79 | |
2005 (May 6) |
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Green | n/a | 9.1 | 0 |
Liberals | n/a | 46 | 46 |
NDP | n/a | 41.3 | 33 |
Others | n/a | 3.6 | 0 |
Totals | n/a | 79 | |
2009 (May 12) |
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Green | 134,570 | 8 | 0 |
Liberals | 751,792 | 46 | 49 |
NDP | 691,342 | 42 | 36 |
Conservatives | 34,465 | 2 | 0 |
Other | 28,284 | 1.7 | 0 |
Totals | 1,651,413 | 85 | |
2013 (May 14) |
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Green | 146,685 | 8.14 | 1 |
Liberal | 795,274 | 44.13 | 49 |
NDP | 715,855 | 39.72 | 34 |
Independent | 42,559 | 2.36 | 1 |
Conservative | 85,637 | 4.75 | 0 |
Other | 16,139 | 0.9 | 0 |
Totals | 1,802,149 | 85 | |
2017 (May 9) |
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Conservative | 10,421 | 0.53 | 0 |
Green | 332,331 | 16.83 | 3 |
Liberals | 797,194 | 40.37 | 43 |
NDP | 795,527 | 40.29 | 41 |
Other | 39,239 | 1.98 | 0 |
Totals | 1,974,712 | 87 | |
2020 (Oct 24) |
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Liberal | 636,726 | 33.77 | 28 |
NDP | 899,365 | 47.7 | 57 |
Green | 284,312 | 15.08 | 2 |
Other | 64,952 | 3.45 | 0 |
Totals | 1,885,355 | 87 |