1960 British Columbia general election

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1960 British Columbia general election
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52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
27 seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  WAC Bennett - 1942.jpg MLA Robert Strachan.jpg
Leader W. A. C. Bennett Robert Strachan
Party Social Credit Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since19521956
Leader's seat South Okanagan Cowichan-Newcastle
Last election39 seats, 45.84%10 seats, 28.32%
Seats won3216
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 6
Popular vote386,886326,094
Percentage38.83%32.73%
SwingDecrease2.svg 7.01ppIncrease2.svg 4.41pp
 Third partyFourth party
 
BCLP
PC
Leader Ray Perrault Deane Finlayson
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since19591952
Leader's seat North Vancouver Ran in North Vancouver (lost)
Last election2 seats, 21.77%0 seats, 3.11%
Seats won40
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg 0
Popular vote208,24966,943
Percentage20.90%6.72%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.87ppIncrease2.svg 3.61pp
Premier before election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

Premier after election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

The 1960 British Columbia general election was the 26th 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 3, 1960, and held on September 12, 1960. The new legislature met for the first time on January 26, 1961.

Contents

The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority 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 increased both its share of the popular vote and its number of seats.

The British Columbia Liberal Party lost a small part of its popular vote, but managed to double its caucus from two to four members.

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

Results

Elections to the 26th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1960) [1]
Political partyParty leaderMLAsVotes
Candidates 1956 1960±#±%± (pp)
Social Credit W.A.C. Bennett 5239327Decrease2.svg386,88612,175Increase2.svg38.837.01Decrease2.svg
Co-operative Commonwealth Bob Strachan 5210166Increase2.svg326,09494,583Increase2.svg32.734.41Increase2.svg
Liberal Ray Perrault 50242Increase2.svg208,24930,327Increase2.svg20.900.87Decrease2.svg
Progressive Conservative Deane Finlayson 52–––66,94341,570Increase2.svg6.723.61Increase2.svg
Labour Tom Uphill –1–1Decrease2.svgRetired
Communist [a 1] 19–––5,6752,294Increase2.svg0.570.16Increase2.svg
Independent 5–––2,557621Decrease2.svg0.250.14Decrease2.svg
Total2305252996,404100.00%
Rejected ballots [2] 9,8623,220Increase2.svg
Actual voters who voted [2] 628,031118,622Increase2.svg71.84%6.41Increase2.svg
Registered voters [2] 874,26795,680Increase2.svg
  1. ↑ Previously known as Labor-Progressive
Seats and popular vote by party [1]
PartySeatsVotesChange (pp)
█  Social Credit
32 / 52
38.83%
-7.01
 
█  Co-operative Commonwealth
16 / 52
32.73%
4.414.41
 
█  Liberal
4 / 52
20.90%
-0.87
 
█  Progressive Conservative
0 / 52
6.72%
3.613.61
 
█ Other
0 / 52
0.82%
-0.14
 


MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1960 British Columbia general election (single-member districts) [3]
RidingWinning partyVotes
Name 1956 PartyVotesShareMargin
#		Margin
%		SCCCFLibPCCommIndTotal
 
Alberni CCFCCF4,09345.05%1,12712.40%2,9664,0931,305514207–9,085
Atlin SCCCF44453.30%17721.25%267444–122––833
Cariboo SCSC3,09140.90%1,01813.47%3,0911,8422,073552––7,558
Chilliwack SCSC10,05154.30%5,92832.03%10,0514,1233,1631,173––18,510
Columbia SCSC1,11542.35%34012.92%1,115775593150––2,633
Comox SCSC6,10038.63%280.18%6,1006,0722,759653207–15,791
Cowichan-Newcastle CCFCCF6,26158.68%3,22830.25%3,0336,261–1,206170–10,670
Cranbrook CCFCCF2,78644.18%1,08617.22%1,7002,7861,475345––6,306
Dewdney SCCCF12,63743.73%1,9246.66%10,71312,6374,512803233–28,898
Esquimalt SCSC4,42940.38%1,0469.54%4,4293,3832,165991––10,968
Fernie LabLib1,12636.23%1996.40%9278641,126191––3,108
Fort George SCSC5,06655.28%2,73029.79%5,0662,3361,416346––9,164
Grand Forks-Greenwood CCFCCF1,11542.35%36313.79%7521,115564202––2,633
Kamloops SCSC4,77745.86%1,94918.71%4,7772,8281,4371,374––10,416
Kaslo-Slocan CCFCCF1,29850.35%56521.92%7331,298303244––2,578
Lillooet SCSC1,69539.56%3648.50%1,6951,331923336––4,285
Mackenzie CCFCCF4,95246.44%1,78516.74%3,1674,9522,058487––10,664
Nanaimo and the Islands SCSC4,59942.34%510.47%4,5994,5481,03660772–10,862
Nelson-Creston SCSC4,50149.37%1,83720.15%4,5012,6641,222730––9,117
New Westminster CCFCCF6,49641.25%1,4559.24%5,0416,4962,5191,691––15,747
North Okanagan SCSC4,55343.01%1,52514.41%4,5533,0281,8171,09891–10,587
North Peace River SCSC1,65146.21%69319.40%1,651769958114–813,573
Oak Bay LibLib4,55844.46%7787.59%3,7807014,5581,212––10,251
Omineca SCSC1,63345.88%51414.44%1,6331,119529278––3,559
Prince Rupert SCSC2,36740.87%2283.94%2,3672,1391,087199––5,792
Revelstoke SCCCF1,41744.12%47214.70%9451,417585265––3,212
Rossland-Trail SCSC5,56251.12%3,02627.81%5,5622,5362,034608141–10,881
Saanich SCSC10,16544.23%3,65315.90%10,1656,5124,4511,78273–22,983
Salmon Arm SCSC1,97941.75%3126.58%1,9791,667481613––4,740
Similkameen SCSC4,79746.84%1,64616.07%4,7973,1511,454840––10,242
Skeena SCSC2,37941.19%2424.19%2,3792,137848411––5,775
South Okanagan SCSC8,05859.89%5,15638.32%8,0582,9021,2381,256––13,454
South Peace River SCSC3,13359.39%1,79434.01%3,1331,339303500––5,275
Yale SCSC1,10331.24%291.82%1,1031,074964390––3,531
      = open seat
      = turnout is above provincial average
      = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
      = incumbent had switched allegiance
      = previously incumbent in another riding
      = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
      = incumbency arose from byelection gain
      = other incumbents renominated
      = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
      = multiple candidates
    Results by riding - 1956 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts) [3]
    RidingWinning partyVotesVoters
    who voted [4]
    NameMLAs 1956 1960SCCCFLibPCCommIndTotal
    Burnaby 2
      2
      2
    		13,46917,6597,6011,075409–79,30941,669
    13,39417,5227,1111,069––
    Delta 2
      2
      2
    		21,01121,8398,5292,2805052,010 [a 1] 106,32855,073
    17,29121,5598,5172,159408220
    North Vancouver 2
      2
      2
    		12,8046,74614,4083,260 [a 2] 242–72,33137,901
    12,2766,72013,287 [a 3] 2,397191–
    Vancouver-Burrard 2
      2
      2
    		10,6429,5055,7442,6113398756,38229,534
    10,2319,3335,7151,904271–
    Vancouver Centre 2
      2
      2
    		8,5166,5303,7261,421420–40,73321,312
    8,2276,3783,7241,411380–
    Vancouver East 2
      1
      1
      2
    		16,62225,6105,9061,08071815999,47951,781
    16,37925,5805,828999598–
    Vancouver-Point Grey 3
      3
      3
    		24,273 [a 4] 12,70217,4386,774––172,83259,871
    23,95012,15815,1076,453––
    23,58311,53814,8274,029––
    Victoria City 3
      2
      1
      3
    		9,8644,5987,2782,236––65,32922,387
    8,8554,5166,0831,959––
    8,6714,2625,4641,543––
    1. ↑ Gordon Lionel Gibson was elected as a Socred MLA in a 1957 byelection.
    2. ↑ Deane Finlayson, PC party leader
    3. ↑ Gordon Gibson, Sr. had previously been MLA for Lillooet from 1953 to 1955.
    4. ↑ Robert Bonner was previously an MLA for the district.
      = winning candidate

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    1. 1 2 Elections BC 1988, pp. 265, 275.
    2. 1 2 3 Elections BC 1988, pp. 2–3.
    3. 1 2 Elections BC 1988, pp. 267–271, 277–282.
    4. ↑ Elections BC 1988, p. 537.
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