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
Turnout	(66.6%)2,402,554 (66.0%)
Prime Minister before election; Justin Trudeau ; Liberal	Elected Prime Minister; Justin Trudeau ; Liberal

Last updated January 18, 2025

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
Party		BC	Natl. avg.	diff.	Seats in caucus
	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

Results by riding in British Columbia - 2019 Canadian federal election^[5]
Riding	2015		Winning party						Turnout ^{[a 1]}	Votes^{[a 2]}
			Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		Lib	Con	NDP	Green	PPC	Ind	Other	Total
			Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %									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^{[a 3]}		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^{[a 4]}		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^{[a 5]}		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^{[a 6]}		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

↑ including spoilt ballots
↑ minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the national popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately
↑ Vacant at dissolution
↑ Held by the Greens at dissolution
↑ Held by the Liberals at dissolution
↑ Held by an Independent MP at dissolution

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References

↑ One seat was vacant when the 42nd Canadian Parliament was dissolved

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

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[11] Held by the Liberals at dissolution

[12] Held by an Independent MP at dissolution

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