1966 British Columbia general election

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1966 British Columbia general election
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55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
28 seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
NDP
BCLP
Leader W. A. C. Bennett Robert Strachan Ray Perrault
Party Social Credit New Democratic Liberal
Leader since195219561959
Leader's seat South Okanagan Cowichan-Malahat North Vancouver-Capilano
Last election33 seats, 40.83%14 seats, 27.80%5 seats, 19.98%
Seats won33166
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote342,751252,753152,155
Percentage45.59%33.62%20.24%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.76ppIncrease2.svg 5.82ppIncrease2.svg 0.26pp
Premier before election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

Premier after election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

The 1966 British Columbia general election was the 28th 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 5, 1966 and held on September 12, 1966. The new legislature met for the first time on January 24, 1967.

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The conservative Social Credit Party was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a sixth term in government. It increased its share of the popular vote by close to five percentage points to over 45%, and winning the same number of seats (33) as in the previous election.

The opposition New Democratic Party also increased its share of the popular vote by over five percentage points, but won only two additional seats.

The Liberal Party won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of six.

The Progressive Conservative Party was virtually wiped out: it nominated only three candidates (down from 44 in the previous election), and its share of the popular vote fell from over 11% to a negligible amount.

1966 redistribution of ridings

An Act was passed in 1966 providing for an increase of seats from 52 to 55, upon the next election. [1] The following changes were made:

Abolished ridingsNew ridings
Renaming of districts
Reduction of multi-member district
Merger of districts
Reorganization of districts
Division of districts

    Results

    Elections to the 28th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1966) [2]
    Political partyParty leaderMLAsVotes
    Candidates 1963 1966±#±%± (pp)
    Social Credit W.A.C. Bennett 553333Steady2.svg342,75152,328Decrease2.svg45.594.76Increase2.svg
    New Democratic Bob Strachan 5514162Increase2.svg252,75316,251Decrease2.svg33.625.82Increase2.svg
    Liberal Ray Perrault 53561Increase2.svg152,15541,208Decrease2.svg20.240.26Increase2.svg
    Progressive Conservative 3–––1,409107,681Decrease2.svg0.1811.09Decrease2.svg
    Communist 6–––1,097248Increase2.svg0.140.05Increase2.svg
    Independent 6–––1,7111,421Increase2.svg0.230.20Increase2.svg
    Total1785255751,876100.00%
    Rejected ballots [3] 7,056924Increase2.svg
    Actual voters who voted [3] 596,71611,956Decrease2.svg68.28%1.43Decrease2.svg
    Registered voters [3] 873,927787Increase2.svg
      Seats and popular vote by party [2]
      PartySeatsVotesChange (pp)
      █  Social Credit
      33 / 55
      45.59%
      		4.764.76
       
      █  New Democratic
      16 / 55
      33.62%
      		5.825.82
       
      █  Liberal
      6 / 55
      20.24%
      		0.260.26
       
      █  Progressive Conservative
      0 / 55
      0.18%
      		-11.09
       
      █ Other
      0 / 55
      0.37%
      		0.250.25
       

      MLAs elected

      Synopsis of results

      Results by riding - 1966 British Columbia general election (single-member districts) [4]
      RidingWinning partyVotes
      Name 1963 PartyVotesShareMargin
      #      		Margin
      %      		SCNDPLibPCCommIndTotal
       
      Alberni NDPSC6,03955.55%1,71815.80%6,0394,321511–––10,871
      Atlin NDPNDP57259.71%31132.47%261572125–––958
      Boundary-Similkameen NewSC6,54755.44%2,87824.37%6,5473,6691,594–––11,810
      Burnaby-Edmonds NewNDP5,74848.71%1,1189.48%4,6305,7481,423–––11,801
      Burnaby North NewNDP6,98449.72%1,87913.38%5,1056,9841,957–––14,046
      Burnaby-Willingdon NewNDP6,15344.47%5243.78%5,6296,1532,053–––13,835
      Cariboo SCSC3,83054.10%1,30018.36%3,8302,530719–––7,079
      Chilliwack SCSC7,70363.17%4,62237.91%7,7033,0811,411–––12,195
      Columbia River SCSC1,56358.45%92934.74%1,563477634–––2,674
      Comox SCSC5,44949.39%1,14010.34%5,4494,3091,276–––11,033
      Coquitlam NewNDP9,51755.20%3,45220.02%6,0659,5171,658–––17,240
      Cowichan-Malahat NewNDP5,64652.08%1,23411.38%4,4125,646783–––10,841
      Delta NewSC7,76846.46%1,69010.11%7,7686,0781,954921––16,721
      Dewdney NDPSC6,50753.42%1,97916.25%6,5074,5281,146–––12,181
      Esquimalt SCSC6,07553.35%2,63023.10%6,0753,4451,867–––11,387
      Fort George SCSC6,28260.42%3,48033.47%6,2822,8021,313–––10,397
      Kamloops SCSC5,75352.35%2,51622.90%5,7533,2372,000–––10,990
      Kootenay NewNDP3,60540.98%5356.09%3,0703,6052,123–––8,798
      Langley NewSC7,20658.28%3,30726.75%7,2063,8991,260–––12,365
      Mackenzie NDPSC4,94552.68%1,35914.47%4,9453,586855–––9,386
      Nanaimo NewNDP5,62547.99%450.38%5,5805,625516–––11,721
      Nelson-Creston SCSC4,68359.29%2,35929.87%4,6832,324892–––7,899
      New Westminster NDPNDP5,75144.65%1991.54%5,5525,7511,577–––12,880
      North Okanagan SCSC3,84148.59%1,43318.13%3,8411,5352,408––1217,905
      North Peace River SCSC1,79948.44%1,21632.74%1,799511565––839 [a 1] 3,714
      North Vancouver-Capilano NewLib6,42651.49%2,45019.63%3,9761,8166,426261––12,479
      North Vancouver-Seymour NewLib5,30139.61%6945.18%4,6073,1375,301227110–13,382
      Oak Bay LibLib8,11854.48%2,31015.51%5,8089768,118–––14,902
      Omineca SCSC2,33770.16%1,34340.32%2,337994––––3,331
      Prince Rupert SCSC2,64752.90%83416.67%2,6471,813544–––5,004
      Revelstoke-Slocan NewNDP2,15844.67%1382.86%2,0202,158548––1054,831
      Richmond NewSC6,52143.33%3722.48%6,5216,1492,381–––15,051
      Rossland-Trail SCSC5,60055.93%3,14731.43%5,6002,4531,960–––10,013
      Saanich and the Islands NewSC7,23750.05%3,41623.62%7,2373,8213,401–––14,459
      Shuswap SCSC3,99554.07%1,40018.95%3,9952,595760–39–7,389
      Skeena SCSC3,04655.39%1,30423.71%3,0461,742711–––5,499
      South Okanagan SCSC8,74773.15%6,81156.96%8,7471,9361,274–––11,957
      South Peace River SCSC2,58559.78%1,69739.24%2,585851888–––4,324
      Surrey NewNDP7,03948.20%7855.38%6,2547,0391,234–77–14,604
      West Vancouver-Howe Sound NewLib8,34652.76%2,84718.00%5,4991,9758,346–––15,820
      Yale-Lillooet NewNDP3,88555.37%75410.74%3,1313,885––––7,016
      1. ↑ Jacob Francis Huhn, previously elected as the Socred incumbent, received 583 votes.
        = 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
        = multiple candidates
      Results by riding - 1966 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts) [4]
      RidingWinning partyVotes
      NameMLAs 1963 1966SCNDPLibPCCommIndTotal
      Vancouver-Burrard 2
        2
        2
      		7,5849,8493,190–––40,386
      7,5849,4982,681–––
      Vancouver Centre 2
        2
        2
      		8,1577,2574,147–25314438,570
      7,9386,8713,803–––
      Vancouver East 2
        2
        2
      		8,64412,5021,637–377–45,521
      8,59312,1851,583–––
      Vancouver-Little Mountain 2New
        2
      		12,380 [a 1] 8,6204,681–––50,040
      11,5668,5234,270–––
      Vancouver-Point Grey 2
        2
        1
        2
      		11,4942,93417,400–––57,472
      9,2842,85313,507–––
      Vancouver South 2New
        2
      		12,259 [a 2] 9,0675,698––50253,784
      11,740 [a 3] 8,8435,675–––
      Victoria City 2
        3
        2
      		13,0685,3044,774–241–45,315
      12,1565,1754,597–––
        = winning candidate

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      References

      1. ↑ Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1966 , S.B.C. 1966, c. 11
      2. 1 2 Elections BC 1988, pp. 285, 293.
      3. 1 2 3 Elections BC 1988, pp. 2–3.
      4. 1 2 Elections BC 1988, pp. 287–292, 295–299.
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