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The 1920 British Columbia general election was the fifteenth 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 October 23, 1920, and held on December 1, 1920. The new legislature met for the first time on February 8, 1921.
Although it lost eleven seats in the legislature, and fell from 50% of the popular vote to under 38%, the governing Liberal Party was able to hold on to a slim majority in the legislature for its second consecutive term in government.
The Conservative Party also lost a significant share of its popular vote, but won six additional seats for a total of fifteen, and formed the Official Opposition.
Almost a third of the vote and seven seats were won by independents and by a wide variety of fringe parties.
This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office. [1]
Political party | Party leader | MLAs | Votes | |||||||
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Candidates | 1916 | 1920 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | |||
Liberal | John Oliver [a 1] | 45 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 134,167 | 44,275 | 37.89 | 12.11 | |
Conservative | William Bowser | 42 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 110,475 | 37,633 | 31.20 | 9.32 | |
Independent [a 2] | 18 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 36,736 | 31,810 | 10.37 | 7.63 | ||
Federated Labour [a 3] | 14 | – | 3 | 3 | 32,230 | 32,230 | 9.10 | New | ||
People's Party | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1,354 | 1,354 | 0.38 | New | ||
Independent Socialist | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 419 | 902 | 0.12 | 0.62 | ||
Socialist [a 4] | 7 | – | – | 12,386 | 10,280 | 3.50 | 2.33 | |||
Soldier [a 5] | 11 | – | – | – | 10,780 | 10,780 | 3.04 | New | ||
Grand Army of United Veterans [a 6] | 2 | – | – | – | 5,441 | 5,441 | 1,54 | New | ||
Independent Liberal | 3 | – | – | 3,433 | 1,915 | 0.97 | 0.13 | |||
United Farmers | 2 | – | – | – | 3,178 | 3,178 | 0.90 | New | ||
Independent Conservative | 2 | – | – | 1,602 | 1,412 | 0.45 | 1.23 | |||
Independent Soldier | 2 | – | – | – | 907 | 907 | 0.26 | New | ||
Independent Farmer | 3 | – | – | – | 526 | 526 | 0.15 | New | ||
Liberal–Conservative | 1 | – | – | – | 424 | 424 | 0.12 | New | ||
Independent Labour | 1 | – | – | 30 | 2,955 | 0.01 | 1.65 | |||
Total | 155 | 47 | 47 | 354,088 | 100.00% |
Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
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█ Liberal | 26 / 42 | 37.89% | -12.11 | ||
█ Conservative | 14 / 42 | 31.20% | -9.32 | ||
█ Federated Labour | 3 / 42 | 9.10% | 9.10 | ||
█ Independent | 3 / 42 | 10.37% | 7.63 | ||
█ Soldier/GUAV | 0 / 42 | 4.58% | 4.58 | ||
█ Socialist | 0 / 42 | 3.50% | 2.33 | ||
█ Other | 2 / 42 | 3.36% | -2.21 |
Riding | Winning party | Votes | ||||||||||||||||||
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Name | 1916 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | Lib | Con | FLP | PP | Soc | Sol [a 1] | UF | I-Lib | I-Con | Ind | Oth | Total | ||
Alberni | Lib | Ind | 841 | 43.94% | 166 | 8.67% | 398 | – | – | – | – | 675 | – | – | – | 841 | – | 1,914 | ||
Atlin | Lib | Lib | 390 | 36.69% | 90 | 8.47% | 390 | 229 | 300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 114 | 30 | 1,063 | ||
Cariboo | Lib | Lib | 561 | 61.65% | 212 | 28.30% | 561 | 349 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 910 | ||
Chilliwhack | Lib | Lib | 1,911 | 53.16% | 227 | 6.32% | 1,911 | 1,684 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,595 | ||
Columbia | Lib | Lib | 584 | 60.58% | 204 | 21.16% | 584 | 380 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 964 | ||
Comox | Lib | PP | 1,354 | 32.83% | 121 | 2.93% | 806 | 1,233 | – | 1,354 | – | – | – | 731 | – | – | – | 4,124 | ||
Cowichan | Ind | Ind | 1,145 | 52.60% | 113 | 5.20% | – | 1,032 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,145 | – | 2,177 | ||
Cranbrook | Lib | Lib | 941 | 50.98% | 36 | 1.96% | 941 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 905 | – | – | 1,846 | ||
Delta | Con | Lib | 1,334 | 37.50% | 218 | 6.13% | 1,334 | 1,116 | – | – | – | 1,107 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,557 | ||
Dewdney | Lib | Con | 1,535 | 45.45% | 166 | 4.91% | 1,369 | 1,535 | 473 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,377 | ||
Esquimalt | Con | Con | 1,158 | 49.87% | 473 | 20.37% | 685 | 1,158 | – | – | – | 479 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,322 | ||
Fernie | Lib | FLP | 932 | 38.37% | 158 | 6.51% | 723 | 774 | 932 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,429 | ||
Fort George | Con | Lib | 1,140 | 55.18% | 353 | 17.09% | 1,140 | 787 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 139 | 2,066 | ||
Grand Forks | Lib | Lib | 390 | 50.39% | 6 | 0.78% | 390 | 384 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 774 | ||
Greenwood | Lib | Lib | 392 | 49.06% | 100 | 12.51% | 392 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 115 | 799 | ||
The Islands | Lib | Lib | 581 | 40.86% | 100 | 7.03% | 581 | 481 | – | – | – | 360 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,422 | ||
Kamloops | Lib | Lib | 1,617 | 37.43% | 209 | 4.84% | 1,617 | 1,295 | – | – | – | – | 1,408 | – | – | – | – | 4,320 | ||
Kaslo | Lib | Con | 760 | 50.53% | 16 | 1.06% | 744 | 760 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,504 | ||
Lillooet | Con | Con | 339 | 47.48% | 126 | 17.65% | 213 | 339 | – | – | – | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | 714 | ||
Nanaimo | Lib | Lib | 1,370 | 41.19% | 199 | 5.98% | 1,370 | 785 | 1,171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,326 | ||
Nelson | Con | Con | 1,232 | 61.75% | 469 | 23.50% | 763 | 1,232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,995 | ||
Newcastle | I-Soc | FLP | 704 | 42.00% | 280 | 16.7% | – | – | 704 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 972 [a 2] | 1,676 | ||
New Westminster | Lib | Lib | 1,980 | 43.07% | 369 | 8.03% | 1,980 | 1,006 | – | – | – | 1,611 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,597 | ||
North Okanagan | Lib | Lib | 2,037 | 53.51% | 267 | 7.02% | 2,037 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,770 | – | – | – | – | 3,807 | ||
North Vancouver | Lib | Ind | 2,681 | 54.68% | 1,501 | 30.61% | 913 | 1,180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,810 [a 3] | – | 4,903 | ||
Omineca | Lib | Lib | 630 | 60.87% | 357 | 34.49% | 630 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 132 | – | 1,035 | ||
Prince Rupert | Lib | Lib | 1,501 | 43.70% | 804 | 23.41% | 1,501 | 561 | – | – | 676 | – | – | – | 697 | – | – | 3,435 | ||
Revelstoke | Lib | Lib | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||||
Richmond | Lib | Con | 2,863 | 37.89% | 151 | 2.00% | 2,712 | 2,863 | 1,499 | – | – | 272 | – | – | – | 210 | – | 7,556 | ||
Rossland | Lib | Con | 257 | 38.02% | 18 | 2.66% | 180 | 257 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 676 | ||
Saanich | Lib | Lib | 1,858 | 39.78% | 102 | 2.19% | 1,858 | 1,756 | – | – | – | 1,057 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,671 | ||
Similkameen | Con | Con | 1,354 | 51.72% | 90 | 3.44% | 1,264 | 1,354 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,618 | ||
Slocan | Lib | Con | 568 | 41.55% | 97 | 7.09% | 471 | 568 | 328 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,367 | ||
South Okanagan | Con | Con | 1,882 | 56.77% | 449 | 13.54% | 1,433 | 1,882 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,315 | ||
South Vancouver | Lib | FLP | 3,255 | 37.75% | 811 | 9.41% | 1,969 | 2,444 | 3,255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 955 | – | 8,623 | ||
Trail | Con | Con | 1,315 | 60.80% | 467 | 21.60% | 848 | 1,315 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,163 | ||
Yale | Lib | Con | 913 | 39.58% | 176 | 7.63% | 737 | 913 | – | – | – | – | – | 657 | – | – | – | 2,307 |
Party | Vancouver City | Victoria City | |||||
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Votes | Share | Change | Votes | Share | Change | ||
Liberal | 78,789 | 38.96% | -10.42% | 19,933 | 36.96% | -14.33% | |
Conservative | 60,570 | 29.95% | -10.85% | 17,688 | 32.79% | -4.11% | |
Federated Labour | 22,117 | 10.97% | New | 1,212 | 2.25% | New | |
Independent | 16,121 | 7.97% | 5.02% | 4,485 | 8.32% | 4.46% | |
Socialist | 11,710 | 5.79% | 4.35% | – | – | -4.13% | |
Grand Army of United Veterans | 5,441 | 2.69% | New | – | – | – | |
Women's Freedom League | 4,166 | 2.06% | New | – | – | – | |
Vancouver Ratepayers Association | 3,291 | 1.63% | New | – | – | – | |
Soldier–Labour | – | – | – | 5,329 | 9.88% | New | |
Liberty League of BC | – | – | – | 2,466 | 4.57% | New | |
Independent Liberal | – | – | – | 2,045 | 3.79% | -1.14% | |
Independent Soldier | – | – | – | 778 | 1.44% | New | |
Independent Conservative | – | – | -2.82% | – | – | – | |
Independent Labour | – | – | -2.60% | – | – | – | |
Social Democratic | – | – | – | – | – | -3.02% | |
Total | 202,205 | 100.00% | 53,936 | 100.00% | |||
Seats won | 5 1 | 3 1 | |||||
Incumbents returned | 3 1 | 1 |
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