1907 British Columbia general election

1907 British Columbia general election

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42 seats to the 11th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 22 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   BCLP SPBC Leader Sir Richard McBride James Alexander MacDonald No leader Party Conservative Liberal Socialist Leader's seat Dewdney Rossland City Last election 22 seats, 46.43% 17 seats, 37.78% 2 seats, 7.96% Seats won 26 13 3 Seat change 4 4 1 Popular vote 30,781 23,481 5,603 Percentage 48.70% 37.15% 8.87% Swing 2.27pp 0.63pp 0.91pp
Premier before election Sir Richard McBride Conservative Premier after election Sir Richard McBride Conservative

The 1907 British Columbia general election was the eleventh general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election called on December 24, 1906, and held on February 2, 1907. The new legislature met for the first time on March 7, 1907.

The governing Conservative party won a second term in government, with almost half the popular vote, and a majority of the seats in the legislature, increasing its number of seats by 4 to 26.

The Liberal Party lost 4 seats in the legislature, despite winning about the same share of the popular vote that it had in the 1903 election.

The Socialist Party won one additional seat to bring its total to three.

Results[]

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

¹ One Conservative candidate, R. McBride, who contested and was elected in both Dewdney and Victoria City, is counted twice.

² Organized in 1906. Not the same as the Canadian Labour Party of B.C. which contested the 1924 election. Sometimes referred to as "Independent Labour Party" by the newspapers which creates some confusion with the situation in Nanaimo City and Newcastle.

³ Although the candidates in Nanaimo City and Newcastle called themselves "Independent Labour" candidates, the Conservative press described them as "Liberal-Labour" candidates. They did have Liberal support in both cases and no Liberals were nominated for either District. They were also repudiated by the Victoria branch of the Canadian Labour Party of BC.

Results by riding[]

See also[]

• List of British Columbia political parties
• Richard McBride

Further reading and references[]

• In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC.
• Hopkins, J. Castell (1908). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1907. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.