2019 Canadian federal election in British Columbia

2019 Canadian federal election in British Columbia

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All 42 British Columbian seats in the House of Commons
Registered	3,641,258 [1]
Turnout	(66.6%)2,402,554 (66.0%) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Andrew Scheer Justin Trudeau Jagmeet Singh Party Conservative Liberal New Democratic Leader since May 27, 2017 April 14, 2013 October 1, 2017 Last election 10 seats, 30.0% 17 seats, 35.2% 14 seats, 25.9% Seats before 8 17 13 Seats won 17 11 11 Seat change 9 6 2 Popular vote 811,362 624,545 583,401 Percentage 34.0 26.2 24.4 Swing 4.0pp 9.0pp 1.5pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Elizabeth May Maxime Bernier Party Green People's Leader since August 27, 2006 September 14, 2018 Last election 1 seat, 8.2% new party Seats before 2 0 Seats won 2 0 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 297,835 39,496 Percentage 12.5 1.7 Swing 4.3pp new party
Prime Minister before election Justin Trudeau Liberal Elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Liberal

In the 2019 Canadian federal election, 42 members of parliament were elected to the House of Commons from the province of British Columbia (12.4% of all members). British Columbia had a voter turnout of 66.0% with 2,402,554 ballots cast, making up 13.1% of the total national voter turnout. ^[1]

Results

Summary

The Conservative Party won the most seats in British Columbia during the 2019 federal election, taking 17 ridings, a gain of 7 from the previous election, with 34.0% of the popular vote. The Liberal Party came in second in seat count, winning 11 ridings, a loss of 6, with 26.2% of the popular vote. The NDP had a small decline of support, winning 11 seats, a loss of 2, with 24.4% of the popular vote.

The Green Party won 2 seats, both on Vancouver Island, increasing their share of the popular vote to 12.5%. The People's Party did not win any seats, capturing 1.7% of the vote.

Independent Jody Wilson-Raybould successfully retained her seat in Vancouver Granville after leaving the Liberal Party. Smaller parties, including the Christian Heritage Party, the Communist Party, the Marxist-Leninist Party, the Libertarian Party, the Animal Protection Party, the Progressive Canadian Party, the Rhino Party, and the Veterans Coalition Party, ran candidates in BC but didn't win any seats. ^[2]

Party		Votes [3]	Vote % [4]	Vote +/-	Seats	Seat +/-
	Conservative	811,362	34.0%	4.0pp	17 / 42 (40%)	9
	Liberal	624,545	26.2%	9.0pp	11 / 42 (26%)	6
	New Democratic	583,401	24.4%	1.5pp	11 / 42 (26%)	2
	Green	297,835	12.5%	4.3pp	2 / 42 (5%)	0
	People's	39,496	1.7%	n/a	0 / 42 (0%)	n/a
	Independent	22,495	0.9%	0.2pp	1 / 42 (2%)	0
	Other	8,295	0.3%	no data	0 / 42 (0%)	0
Total		2,387,429	100%	–	42 / 42 (100%)	1 [a]
Seat apportionment diagram:

Comparison with national results

Results by party

Party		Popular vote % [4]			Seats in caucus
		BC	Natl. avg.	diff.
	Conservative	34.0	34.3	−0.3	17 / 121 (14%)
	Liberal	26.2	33.1	−6.9	11 / 157 (7%)
	New Democratic	24.4	16.0	+8.4	11 / 24 (46%)
	Green	12.5	6.5	+6.0	2 / 3 (67%)
	People's	1.7	1.6	+0.1	no caucus
	Independent	0.9	0.4	+0.5	no caucus

Synopsis by riding

Further information: Results of the 2019 Canadian federal election by riding § British Columbia

Results by riding in British Columbia - 2019 Canadian federal election [5]
Riding	2015		Winning party						Turnout [b]	Votes [c]
			Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		Lib	Con	NDP	Green	PPC	Ind	Other	Total
Abbotsford		Con		Con	25,162	51.4%	14,602	29.8%	65.9%	10,560	25,162	8,257	3,702	985	–	270	48,936
Burnaby North—Seymour		Lib		Lib	17,770	35.5%	1,585	3.2%	65.4%	17,770	9,734	16,185	4,801	1,079	271	219	50,059
Burnaby South		NDP		NDP	16,956	37.7%	3,042	6.8%	56.9%	10,706	13,914	16,956	2,477	645	–	308	45,006
Cariboo—Prince George		Con		Con	28,848	52.7%	17,916	32.7%	65.5%	10,932	28,848	8,440	4,998	1,206	350	–	54,774
Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola		Con		Con	31,135	47.9%	14,883	22.9%	69.2%	16,252	31,135	10,904	5,086	1,345	–	213	64,935
Chilliwack—Hope		Con		Con	26,672	49.6%	15,824	29.4%	65.7%	10,848	26,672	8,957	5,243	1,760	–	275	53,755
Cloverdale—Langley City		Lib		Con	20,936	37.7%	1,394	2.5%	65.0%	19,542	20,936	10,508	3,572	930	–	–	55,488
Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam		Lib		Lib	20,178	34.7%	390	0.7%	63.7%	20,178	19,788	13,383	4,025	703	–	98	58,175
Courtenay—Alberni		NDP		NDP	29,790	41.2%	5,854	8.1%	72.3%	8,620	23,936	29,790	9,762	–	–	172	72,280
Cowichan—Malahat—Langford		NDP		NDP	23,519	36.1%	6,560	10.1%	70.7%	10,301	16,959	23,519	13,181	1,066	–	202	65,228
Delta		Lib		Lib	22,257	41.2%	4,448	8.2%	70.7%	22,257	17,809	8,792	3,387	948	783	–	53,976
Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke		NDP		NDP	23,887	34.1%	5,381	7.7%	70.9%	12,554	13,409	23,887	18,506	1,089	282	398	70,125
Fleetwood—Port Kells		Lib		Lib	18,545	37.7%	1,899	3.9%	61.5%	18,401	16,518	10,533	2,360	1,093	–	–	48,905
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo		Con		Con	32,415	44.7%	12,699	17.5%	70.8%	19,716	32,415	9,936	8,789	1,132	–	465	72,453
Kelowna—Lake Country		Lib		Con	31,497	45.6%	8,870	12.8%	69.4%	22,627	31,497	8,381	5,171	1,225	219	–	69,120
Kootenay—Columbia		NDP		Con	30,168	44.8%	7,019	10.4%	73.8%	6,151	30,168	23,149	6,145	1,378	–	339	67,330
Langley—Aldergrove		Con [d]		Con	29,823	47.0%	13,569	21.4%	68.9%	16,254	29,823	10,690	4,881	1,305	–	499	63,452
Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon		Lib		Con	19,535	42.4%	7,236	15.7%	67.2%	12,299	19,535	8,089	5,019	1,055	–	69	46,066
Nanaimo—Ladysmith		NDP [e]		Grn	24,844	34.6%	6,210	8.6%	69.5%	9,735	18,634	16,985	24,844	1,049	306	311	71,864
New Westminster—Burnaby		NDP		NDP	23,437	44.2%	11,023	20.8%	62.3%	12,414	11,439	23,437	4,378	862	83	364	52,977
North Island—Powell River		NDP		NDP	23,834	37.9%	3,332	5.3%	70.6%	8,251	20,502	23,834	8,891	1,102	287	48	62,915
North Okanagan—Shuswap		Con		Con	36,154	48.8%	19,371	26.1%	70.0%	16,783	36,154	11,353	7,828	2,027	–	–	74,145
North Vancouver		Lib		Lib	26,979	42.9%	10,071	16.0%	71.7%	26,979	16,908	10,340	7,868	835	–	–	62,930
Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge		Lib		Con	19,650	36.2%	3,525	6.5%	68.2%	16,125	19,650	12,958	4,332	698	468	–	54,231
Port Moody—Coquitlam		NDP		Con	16,855	31.2%	153	0.3%	66.4%	15,695	16,855	16,702	3,873	821	–	57	54,003
Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies		Con		Con	38,473	69.8%	32,082	58.2%	69.8%	6,391	38,473	5,069	3,448	1,748	–	–	55,129
Richmond Centre		Con		Con	19,037	49.0%	7,985	20.6%	53.4%	11,052	19,037	5,617	2,376	538	197	–	38,817
Saanich—Gulf Islands		Grn		Grn	33,454	49.1%	19,670	28.9%	75.5%	11,326	13,784	8,657	33,454	929	–	–	68,150
Skeena—Bulkley Valley		NDP		NDP	16,944	40.9%	3,188	7.7%	62.7%	4,793	13,756	16,944	3,280	940	321	1,350	41,384
South Okanagan—West Kootenay		NDP		NDP	24,809	36.4%	796	1.2%	69.6%	11,705	24,013	24,809	5,672	1,638	359	–	68,196
South Surrey—White Rock		Con [f]		Con	24,310	41.9%	2,618	4.5%	69.6%	21,692	24,310	6,716	4,458	852	–	–	58,028
Steveston—Richmond East		Lib		Con	17,478	41.7%	2,747	6.5%	57.4%	14,731	17,478	6,321	2,972	–	449	–	41,951
Surrey Centre		Lib		Lib	15,453	37.4%	4,100	9.9%	54.9%	15,453	10,505	11,353	2,558	709	243	498	41,319
Surrey—Newton		Lib		Lib	18,960	45.0%	6,654	15.8%	63.4%	18,960	8,824	12,306	1,355	653	–	–	42,098
Vancouver Centre		Lib		Lib	23,599	42.2%	10,319	18.4%	61.5%	23,599	10,782	13,280	7,002	724	180	379	55,946
Vancouver East		NDP		NDP	29,236	52.6%	19,151	34.4%	61.1%	10,085	6,724	29,236	8,062	679	–	825	55,611
Vancouver Granville		Lib [g]		Ind	17,265	32.6%	3,177	6.0%	65.0%	14,088	11,605	6,960	2,683	431	17,265	–	53,032
Vancouver Kingsway		NDP		NDP	21,680	49.1%	11,486	26.0%	59.4%	10,194	8,804	21,680	2,675	427	–	91	44,163
Vancouver Quadra		Lib		Lib	22,093	43.5%	8,011	15.8%	68.0%	22,093	14,082	7,681	6,308	428	162	–	50,754
Vancouver South		Lib		Lib	17,808	41.2%	3,420	7.9%	58.9%	17,808	14,388	8,015	2,451	532	–	–	43,194
Victoria		NDP		NDP	23,765	33.2%	2,382	3.3%	73.5%	15,952	9,038	23,765	21,383	920	111	380	71,549
West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country		Lib		Lib	22,673	34.9%	5,314	8.2%	69.1%	22,673	17,359	9,027	14,579	1,010	159	173	64,980

See also

• Canadian federal election results in the British Columbia Interior
• Canadian federal election results in the Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland
• Canadian federal election results on Vancouver Island
• Canadian federal election results in Greater Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast

Notes

1. One seat was vacant when the 42nd Canadian Parliament was dissolved.
2. Including spoilt ballots
3. Minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the national popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately.
4. Vacant at dissolution
5. Held by the Greens at dissolution
6. Held by the Liberals at dissolution
7. Held by an independent MP at dissolution

References

1. "Number of ballots cast and voter turnout". Elections Canada . Retrieved January 1, 2025.
2. https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2019app/51/table8E.html
3. "Number of valid votes by political affiliation". Elections Canada . Retrieved December 27, 2024.
4. "Percentage of valid votes by political affiliation". Elections Canada . Retrieved December 27, 2024.
5. "October 21, 2019 Federal Election: Election Results by Electoral District". elections.ca. Retrieved November 4, 2019.