1969 British Columbia general election
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The 1969 British Columbia general election was the 29th 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 July 21, 1969, and held on August 27, 1969. The new legislature met for the first time on January 22, 1970.
The conservative Social Credit Party of British Columbia was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a seventh term in government. It won over 46% of the popular vote.
The opposition New Democratic Party of British Columbia won about one-third of the popular vote, roughly the same as in the previous election, but lost four of its 16 seats in the legislature.
The Liberal Party of British Columbia lost one of its six seats.
Results[]
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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1966 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
Social Credit | W.A.C. Bennett | 55 | 33 | 38 | +15.2% | 457,777 | 46.79% | +1.20% | |
New Democrats | Tom Berger | 55 | 16 | 12 | -25.0% | 331,813 | 33.92% | +0.30% | |
Liberal | Patrick Lucey McGeer | 55 | 6 | 5 | -16.7% | 186,235 | 19.03% | -1.21% | |
Progressive Conservative | John DeWolf | 1 | - | - | - | 1,087 | 0.11% | -0.07% | |
Independent | 6 | - | - | - | 831 | 0.08% | -0.15% | ||
Communist | 4 | - | - | - | 482 | 0.05% | -0.09% | ||
1 | * | - | * | 131 | 0.01% | * | |||
Total | 177 | 55 | 55 | - | 978,356 | 100% | |||
Source: Elections BC |
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
See also[]
- List of British Columbia political parties
Further reading[]
- Saywell, John, ed. (1970). Canadian Annual Review for 1969. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-1736-9.
- Elections in British Columbia
- 1969 elections in Canada
- 1969 in British Columbia
- August 1969 events in Canada