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The 1953 British Columbia general election was the 24th 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 April 10, 1953, and held on June 9, 1953. The new legislature met for the first time on September 15, 1953.
The minority government formed in 1952 by the conservative Social Credit party of Premier W.A.C. Bennett lasted only nine months before new elections were called. Social Credit was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a second term in government with almost 38% of the popular vote.
The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation formed the official opposition with the only significant opposition caucus (14 seats).
The British Columbia Liberal Party had a net loss of two of its six seats despite maintaining its 23% share of the popular vote. They lost five of the six seats they had won in 1952, but picked up three new seats.
The Progressive Conservative Party lost three of its four seats in the legislature, as its share of the popular vote fell from almost 17% to under 6%.
One seat was won by a Labour candidate.
Party | Leader | Candidates | First Preference Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Votes | ± | % FPv | ± | 1952 | 1953 | ± | ||||
Social Credit League | W. A. C. Bennett | 48 | 274,771 | 65,722 | 37.75 | 10.55 | 19 | 28 / 48 | 9 | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | Arnold Webster | 47 | 224,513 | 12,049 | 30.85 | 0.07 | 18 | 14 / 48 | 4 | |
Liberal | Arthur Laing | 48 | 171,761 | 8,528 | 23.59 | 0.13 | 6 | 4 / 48 | 2 | |
Progressive Conservative | Deane Finlayson | 39 | 40,780 | 88,659 | 5.60 | 11.24 | 4 | 1 / 48 | 3 | |
Labour | Tom Uphill | 1 | 1,601 | 311 | 0.22 | 0.06 | 1 | 1 / 48 | ||
Labour Progressive | 25 | 7,496 | 4,982 | 1.03 | 0.70 | |||||
Christian Democratic | 14 | 5,036 | 2,140 | 0.69 | 0.24 | |||||
Independent [a 1] | 7 | 1,971 | 659 | 0.27 | 0.10 | |||||
Total | 229 | 727,839 | 100.00 | |||||||
Rejected ballots [2] | 43,766 | 1,883 | ||||||||
Actual voters who voted [2] | 522,052 | 21,404 | 70.55% | 2.02 | ||||||
Registered voters [2] | 740,006 | 53,067 |
Riding | First preference votes | Final counts | Winning party | |||||||||||||||||
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Name | SC | CCF | Lib | PC | Lab | LPP | CDP | Ind | Total | # | SC | CCF | Lib | PC | Lab | CDP | 1952 | 1953 | ||
Alberni | 1,637 | 3,116 | 2,022 | 320 | – | 139 | – | – | 7,234 | 4th | – | 3,715 | 2,811 | – | – | – | CCF | CCF | ||
Atlin | 108 | 553 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | 936 | Elected on 1st count | CCF | CCF | ||||||||
Burnaby | 8,151 | 12,689 | 3,351 | 641 | – | 367 | 396 | – | 25,595 | 2nd | 8,161 | 12,947 | 3,364 | 646 | – | 401 | CCF | CCF | ||
Cariboo | 2,733 | 992 | 1,050 | 509 | – | – | – | – | 5,284 | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||||
Chilliwack | 8,776 | 2,456 | 2,631 | 589 | – | – | – | – | 14,452 | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||||
Columbia | 924 [a 1] | 481 | 676 | 80 | – | – | – | – | 2,161 | 3rd | 1,038 | – | 787 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Comox | 4,420 | 5,462 | 2,944 | 378 | – | 357 | – | – | 13,561 | 4th | 5,762 | 6,717 | – | – | – | – | CCF | CCF | ||
Cowichan-Newcastle | 2,686 | 4,517 | 2,330 | 510 | – | 168 | – | 118 | 10,329 | 5th | 3,878 | 5,345 | – | – | – | – | CCF | CCF | ||
Cranbrook | 2,219 | 2,955 | 1,615 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,789 | 2nd | 2,756 | 3,460 | – | – | – | – | CCF | CCF | ||
Delta | 13,079 | 11,095 | 5,500 | 591 | – | 390 | 315 | 20 | 30,990 | 6th | 15,417 | 13,108 | – | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Dewdney | 7,307 | 7,003 | 3,715 | 559 | – | 250 | 72 | – | 18,906 | 5th | 9,066 | 8,310 | – | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Esquimalt | 3,264 | 3,089 | 1,998 | 480 | – | – | – | – | 8,831 | 3rd | 4,147 | 3,848 | – | – | – | – | CCF | SC | ||
Fernie | 702 | – | 1,229 | – | 1,601 | – | – | – | 3,532 | 2nd | – | – | 1,402 | – | 1,793 | – | Lab | Lab | ||
Fort George | 3,160 | 1,677 | 1,802 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,639 | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||||
Grand Forks-Greenwood | 583 | 995 | 324 | 177 | – | – | – | – | 2,079 | 2nd | 618 | 1,016 | 393 | – | – | – | CCF | CCF | ||
Kamloops | 4,037 | 1,368 | 2,272 | 427 | – | 80 | – | – | 8,184 | 3rd | 4,171 | 1,434 | 2,503 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Kaslo-Slocan | 867 | 1,481 | 792 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,140 | 2nd | 1,165 | 1,692 | – | – | – | – | CCF | CCF | ||
Lillooet | 1,065 | 1,372 | 1,103 | 452 | – | – | – | – | 3,992 | 3rd | – | 1,694 | 1,830 | – | – | – | PC | Lib | ||
Mackenzie | 2,687 | 4,468 | 3,397 | 230 | – | – | – | – | 10,782 | 3rd | – | 5,191 | 4,497 | – | – | – | CCF | CCF | ||
Nanaimo and the Islands | 2,626 | 3,631 | 1,375 | 2,046 | – | 115 | – | 32 | 9,825 | 5th | – | 4,358 | – | 4,376 | – | – | PC | PC | ||
Nelson-Creston | 3,450 | 2,636 | 1,803 | 772 | – | 99 | – | – | 8,760 | 4th | 4,199 | 3,404 | – | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
New Westminster | 3,787 | 4,903 | 4,309 | – | – | 157 | 89 | – | 13,245 | 4th | – | 5,970 | 5,658 | – | – | – | CCF | CCF | ||
North Okanagan | 4,398 | 1,749 | 2,071 | 700 | – | 90 | – | – | 9,008 | 3rd | 4,578 | 1,868 | 2,407 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
North Vancouver | 7,728 | 5,820 | 6,377 | 1,338 | – | 217 | 182 | – | 21,662 | 5th | 9,291 | – | 9,134 | – | – | – | Lib | SC | ||
Oak Bay | 3,280 | 508 | 3,182 | 1,220 | – | – | – | – | 8,190 | 3rd | 3,681 | – | 4,110 | – | – | – | Lib | Lib | ||
Omineca | 1,390 | 952 | 1,145 | 172 | – | – | – | – | 3,659 | 3rd | 1,612 | – | 1,379 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Peace River | 2,481 | 1,921 | 1,378 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,780 | 2nd | 3,022 | 2,216 | – | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Prince Rupert | 1,731 | 2,074 | 1,864 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,669 | 2nd | – | 2,578 | 2,611 | – | – | – | CCF | Lib | ||
Revelstoke | 639 | 1,009 | 551 | – | – | – | – | 522 | 2,721 | 3rd | – | 1,284 | 1,012 | – | – | – | CCF | CCF | ||
Rossland-Trail | 4,182 | 3,470 | 2,899 | 621 | – | – | – | – | 11,172 | 3rd | 5,778 | 4,549 | – | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Saanich | 6,681 | 5,037 | 4,256 | 990 | – | – | – | – | 16,964 | 3rd | 8,876 | 6,466 | – | – | – | – | CCF | SC | ||
Salmon Arm | 1,627 | 1,341 | 623 | 600 | – | 101 | – | – | 4,292 | 4th | 2,013 | 1,806 | – | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Similkameen | 4,465 | 3,419 | 2,109 | 323 | – | – | – | – | 10,316 | 3rd | 5,418 | 4,105 | – | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Skeena | 1,372 | 1,768 | 1,413 | 220 | – | – | – | – | 4,773 | 3rd | – | 2,110 | 2,097 | – | – | – | Lib | CCF | ||
South Okanagan | 6,756 | 2,427 | 1,961 | 403 | – | – | – | – | 11,547 | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||||
Yale | 1,177 | 835 | 834 | 107 | – | – | – | – | 2,953 | 3rd | 1,354 | – | 1,137 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Vancouver-Burrard (A) | 11,527 | 9,216 | 5,936 | 1,259 | – | 360 | 658 | – | 28,956 | 5th | 14,924 | 11,360 | – | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Vancouver-Burrard (B) | 11,273 | 9,323 | 5,858 | 1,276 | – | 367 | 643 | – | 28,740 | 5th | 14,674 | 11,446 | – | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Vancouver Centre (A) | 7,066 | 6,238 | 4,079 | 971 | – | 572 | 505 | – | 19,431 | 5th | 9,016 | 7,757 | – | – | – | – | CCF | SC | ||
Vancouver Centre (B) | 6,782 | 6,283 | 3,985 | 1,007 | – | 580 | 480 | – | 19,117 | 5th | 8,679 | 7,707 | – | – | – | – | CCF | SC | ||
Vancouver East (A) | 13,225 | 19,475 | 5,272 | 747 | – | 842 | 743 | – | 40,304 | 4th | 13,872 | 19,942 | 5,796 | – | – | – | CCF | CCF | ||
Vancouver East (B) | 12,910 | 20,583 | 4,727 | 803 | – | 816 | 351 | – | 40,190 | Elected on 1st count | CCF | CCF | ||||||||
Vancouver-Point Grey (A) | 19,768 | 10,058 | 14,612 | 4,533 | – | 348 | 194 | 193 | 49,706 | 5th | 22,503 | – | 20,567 | – | – | – | PC | SC | ||
Vancouver-Point Grey (B) | 20,205 | 9,556 | 12,022 | 7,373 | – | 337 | 212 | 64 | 49,769 | 6th | 24,144 | – | 18,928 | – | – | – | PC | SC | ||
Vancouver-Point Grey (C) | 19,061 | 9,441 | 17,412 | 3,607 | – | 338 | 196 | – | 50,055 | 5th | 21,354 | – | 22,730 | – | – | – | SC | Lib | ||
Victoria City (A) | 8,616 | 4,881 | 6,915 | 1,227 | – | 126 | – | 1,022 | 22,787 | 5th | 9,999 | – | 8,869 | – | – | – | Lib | SC | ||
Victoria City (B) | 9,131 [a 2] | 5,267 | 6,484 | 1,383 | – | 153 | – | – | 22,418 | 4th | 10,330 | – | 8,344 | – | – | – | Lib | SC | ||
Victoria City (C) | 9,032 | 4,923 | 7,193 | 1,139 | – | 127 | – | – | 22,414 | 4th | 10,084 | – | 8,907 | – | – | – | Lib | SC |
First preference | Final count | |||||||||
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Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
█ Social Credit | 30 | 10 | 8 | – | – | 28 | 10 | 1 | – | – |
█ Co-operative Commonwealth | 17 | 15 | 14 | 1 | – | 14 | 17 | 5 | – | – |
█ Liberal | – | 23 | 24 | 1 | – | 4 | 21 | 5 | – | – |
█ Progressive Conservative | – | – | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 1 |
█ Labour | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
█ Labour Progressive | – | – | – | 3 | 18 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
█ Christian Democratic | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
█ Independent | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | |||
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Socred | CCF | Liberal | |||
Social Credit | – | 15 | 15 | 30 | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | 10 | – | 7 | 17 | |
Labour | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 10 | 15 | 23 | 48 |
Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | |||
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Socred | CCF | Liberal | |||
Social Credit | – | 14 | 14 | 28 | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | 8 | – | 6 | 14 | |
Liberal | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | |
Progressive Conservative | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
Labour | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 10 | 17 | 21 | 1 |
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