1928 British Columbia general election
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The 1928 British Columbia general election was the seventeenth 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 June 7, 1928, and held on July 18, 1928. The new legislature met for the first time on January 22, 1929.
The Conservative Party defeated the governing Liberal Party, taking over half the popular vote, and 35 of the 48 seats in the legislature. The Liberals' popular vote also increased significantly, but because of the disappearance of the Provincial Party and the Canadian Labour Party, which had won over 35% of the vote together in the previous election, the Liberals were defeated. Notably, as of 2019, this remains the final election in British Columbia history where the Conservative Party would achieve power in its own right.
Results[]
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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1924 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
Conservative | Simon Fraser Tolmie | 48 | 17 | 35 | +105.9% | 192,867 | 53.30% | +23.85% | |
Liberal | John Duncan MacLean | 45 | 23 | 12 | -47.8% | 144,872 | 40.04% | +8.70% | |
Independent Labour Party | 9 | * | 1 | * | 17,908 | 4.95% | * | ||
Independent | 9 | - | - | - | 3,658 | 1.01% | +0.28% | ||
Independent Conservative | 2 | - | - | - | 1,064 | 0.29% | -0.30% | ||
Independent Liberal | 2 | 2 | - | -100% | 1,001 | 0.28% | -0.75% | ||
Independent Labour | 1 | * | - | * | 316 | 0.09% | * | ||
Independent Farmer | 1 | * | - | * | 128 | 0.04% | * | ||
Total | 117 | 48 | 48 | - | 361,814 | 100% | |||
Source: Elections BC |
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
Results by riding[]
Notes[]
- ^ Not the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won
See also[]
- List of British Columbia political parties
Further reading[]
- Lemieux, Rodolphe; Nichol, Walter C.; Colquhoun, A. H. U.; Carrel, Frank, eds. (1928). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1927–28. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.
- Elections in British Columbia
- 1928 elections in Canada
- 1928 in British Columbia
- July 1928 events