1903 British Columbia general election

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1903 British Columbia general election
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  1900 October 3, 1903 (1903-10-03) 1907  

42 seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Richard McBride.jpg Joseph Martin.png
Leader Richard McBride Joseph Martin
Party Conservative Liberal
Leader sinceJune 1, 1903October 3, 1903
Leader's seat Dewdney Vancouver City (lost seat)
Seats won2217
Popular vote27,91322,715
Percentage46.43%37.78%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Leaderunknownvacant
Party Socialist Labour
Leader sinceunknownvacant
Seats won21
Popular vote4,7874,421
Percentage7.96%7.36%

Premier before election

Richard McBride
Conservative

Premier after election

Richard McBride
Conservative

The 1903 British Columbia general election was the tenth general election for the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLAs). The election was called on September 5, 1903, and held on October 3, 1903. The new legislature met for the first time on November 26, 1903.

Contents

This was the first election in British Columbia that was fought by political parties. [1] Prior to this election, British Columbia politics were non-partisan.

The first election was dominated by the BC Conservative and Liberal parties, which were affiliated with existing parties at the federal level. [lower-alpha 1]

The Conservative Party won over 46% of the popular vote and a slim majority of the seats in the legislature.

An act was passed in 1902 to provide for an Assembly of 42 members, [2] of which 31 were elected in single-member districts. [3] Of the multi-member districts, Cariboo returned two MLAs, Victoria City four, and Vancouver City five. [2] Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the multi-member districts.

Results

[4]

Elections to the Legislative Assembly (1903)
Political partyParty leaderMLAsVotes
Candidates [lower-alpha 2] 1903#%
Conservative Richard McBride 412227,91346.43%
Liberal [lower-alpha 3] Joseph Martin 391722,71537.78%
Socialist 1024,7877.96%
Labour [lower-alpha 4] 514,4217.36%
Socialist Labour 12840.47%
Total954260,120100.00%
Acclamations [5]   Conservative 1
  Liberal 1
Seats and popular vote by party
PartySeatsVotes
  Conservative
22 / 42
46.43%
  Liberal
17 / 42
37.78%
  Socialist
2 / 42
7.96%
  Labour
1 / 42
7.36%
  Socialist Labour
0 / 42
0.47%

Results by riding

The following MLAs were elected: [6]

See also

Notes

  1. See Conservative Party of Canada and Liberal Party of Canada.
  2. First election with candidates nominated by organized political parties
  3. Three candidates campaigned under the Liberal–Labour banner
  4. Organized only at the riding level
  5. Election declared void at the end of the first session of the new Legislature. [7] McDonald would win the subsequent byelection.

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