1960 British Columbia general election
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The 1960 British Columbia general election was the 26th 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 3, 1960, and held on September 12, 1960. The new legislature met for the first time on January 26, 1961.
The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fourth term in government despite losing seven percentage points of the popular vote and seven of its seats in the legislature.
The opposition Co-operative Commonwealth Federation increased both its share of the popular vote and its number of seats.
The British Columbia Liberal Party lost a small part of its popular vote, but managed to double its caucus from two to four members.
The Progressive Conservative Party doubled its share of the popular vote to almost 7%, but won no seats in the legislature.
Results
Political party | Party leader | MLAs | Votes | |||||||
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Candidates | 1956 | 1960 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | |||
Social Credit | W.A.C. Bennett | 52 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 386,886 | 12,175 | 38.83 | 7.01 | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | Bob Strachan | 52 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 326,094 | 94,583 | 32.73 | 4.41 | |
Liberal | Ray Perrault | 50 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 208,249 | 30,327 | 20.90 | 0.87 | |
Progressive Conservative | Deane Finlayson | 52 | – | – | – | 66,943 | 41,570 | 6.72 | 3.61 | |
Labour | Tom Uphill | – | 1 | – | 1 | Retired | ||||
Communist[a 1] | 19 | – | – | – | 5,675 | 2,294 | 0.57 | 0.16 | ||
Independent | 5 | – | – | – | 2,557 | 621 | 0.25 | 0.14 | ||
Total | 230 | 52 | 52 | 996,404 | 100.00% | |||||
Rejected ballots[2] | 9,862 | 3,220 | ||||||||
Actual voters who voted[2] | 628,031 | 118,622 | 71.84% | 6.41 | ||||||
Registered voters[2] | 874,267 | 95,680 |
- ^ Previously known as Labour-Progressive
Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
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█ Social Credit | 32 / 52 | 38.83% | -7.01 | ||
█ Co-operative Commonwealth | 16 / 52 | 32.73% | 4.41 | 4.41 | |
█ Liberal | 4 / 52 | 20.90% | -0.87 | ||
█ Progressive Conservative | 0 / 52 | 6.72% | 3.61 | 3.61 | |
█ Other | 0 / 52 | 0.82% | -0.14 |
MLAs elected
Alberni: Stanley John Squire Atlin: Frank Calder Cariboo: William C. Speare Chilliwack: William Kenneth Kiernan Columbia: Richard Orr Newton Comox: Daniel Campbell Cranbrook: Leo Nimsick Dewdney: Dave Barrett Esquimalt: Herbert Joseph Bruch Fernie: Harry McKay Fort George: Ray Williston Kamloops: Phil Gaglardi Lillooet: Don Robinson | Mackenzie: Anthony Gargrave New Westminster: Rae Eddie Oak Bay: Alan MacFarlane Omineca: Cyril Morley Shelford Prince Rupert: William Harvey Murray Revelstoke: George Hobbs Saanich: John Douglas Tisdalle Salmon Arm: Willis Franklin Jefcoat Similkameen: Frank Richter, Jr. Skeena: Dudley George Little Yale: Irvine Finlay Corbett |
Burnaby: Cedric Cox Burnaby: Gordon Dowding Delta: Camille Mather Delta: James Rhodes North Vancouver: Gordon Gibson, Sr. North Vancouver: Ray Perrault Vancouver-Burrard: Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin Vancouver-Burrard: Bert Price Vancouver Centre: Alexander Small Matthew Vancouver Centre: Leslie Peterson Vancouver East: Alexander Macdonald Vancouver East: Arthur James Turner Vancouver-Point Grey: Thomas Audley Bate Vancouver-Point Grey: Robert Bonner Vancouver-Point Grey: Buda Brown Victoria City: William Chant Victoria City: Waldo McTavish Skillings Victoria City: John Donald Smith
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Synopsis of results
Riding | Winning party | Votes | |||||||||||||
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Name | 1956 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | SC | CCF | Lib | PC | Comm | Ind | Total | ||
Alberni | CCF | CCF | 4,093 | 45.05% | 1,127 | 12.40% | 2,966 | 4,093 | 1,305 | 514 | 207 | – | 9,085 | ||
Atlin | SC | CCF | 444 | 53.30% | 177 | 21.25% | 267 | 444 | – | 122 | – | – | 833 | ||
Cariboo | SC | SC | 3,091 | 40.90% | 1,018 | 13.47% | 3,091 | 1,842 | 2,073 | 552 | – | – | 7,558 | ||
Chilliwack | SC | SC | 10,051 | 54.30% | 5,928 | 32.03% | 10,051 | 4,123 | 3,163 | 1,173 | – | – | 18,510 | ||
Columbia | SC | SC | 1,115 | 42.35% | 340 | 12.92% | 1,115 | 775 | 593 | 150 | – | – | 2,633 | ||
Comox | SC | SC | 6,100 | 38.63% | 28 | 0.18% | 6,100 | 6,072 | 2,759 | 653 | 207 | – | 15,791 | ||
Cowichan-Newcastle | CCF | CCF | 6,261 | 58.68% | 3,228 | 30.25% | 3,033 | 6,261 | – | 1,206 | 170 | – | 10,670 | ||
Cranbrook | CCF | CCF | 2,786 | 44.18% | 1,086 | 17.22% | 1,700 | 2,786 | 1,475 | 345 | – | – | 6,306 | ||
Dewdney | SC | CCF | 12,637 | 43.73% | 1,924 | 6.66% | 10,713 | 12,637 | 4,512 | 803 | 233 | – | 28,898 | ||
Esquimalt | SC | SC | 4,429 | 40.38% | 1,046 | 9.54% | 4,429 | 3,383 | 2,165 | 991 | – | – | 10,968 | ||
Fernie | Lab | Lib | 1,126 | 36.23% | 199 | 6.40% | 927 | 864 | 1,126 | 191 | – | – | 3,108 | ||
Fort George | SC | SC | 5,066 | 55.28% | 2,730 | 29.79% | 5,066 | 2,336 | 1,416 | 346 | – | – | 9,164 | ||
Grand Forks-Greenwood | CCF | CCF | 1,115 | 42.35% | 363 | 13.79% | 752 | 1,115 | 564 | 202 | – | – | 2,633 | ||
Kamloops | SC | SC | 4,777 | 45.86% | 1,949 | 18.71% | 4,777 | 2,828 | 1,437 | 1,374 | – | – | 10,416 | ||
Kaslo-Slocan | CCF | CCF | 1,298 | 50.35% | 565 | 21.92% | 733 | 1,298 | 303 | 244 | – | – | 2,578 | ||
Lillooet | SC | SC | 1,695 | 39.56% | 364 | 8.50% | 1,695 | 1,331 | 923 | 336 | – | – | 4,285 | ||
Mackenzie | CCF | CCF | 4,952 | 46.44% | 1,785 | 16.74% | 3,167 | 4,952 | 2,058 | 487 | – | – | 10,664 | ||
Nanaimo and the Islands | SC | SC | 4,599 | 42.34% | 51 | 0.47% | 4,599 | 4,548 | 1,036 | 607 | 72 | – | 10,862 | ||
Nelson-Creston | SC | SC | 4,501 | 49.37% | 1,837 | 20.15% | 4,501 | 2,664 | 1,222 | 730 | – | – | 9,117 | ||
New Westminster | CCF | CCF | 6,496 | 41.25% | 1,455 | 9.24% | 5,041 | 6,496 | 2,519 | 1,691 | – | – | 15,747 | ||
North Okanagan | SC | SC | 4,553 | 43.01% | 1,525 | 14.41% | 4,553 | 3,028 | 1,817 | 1,098 | 91 | – | 10,587 | ||
North Peace River | SC | SC | 1,651 | 46.21% | 693 | 19.40% | 1,651 | 769 | 958 | 114 | – | 81 | 3,573 | ||
Oak Bay | Lib | Lib | 4,558 | 44.46% | 778 | 7.59% | 3,780 | 701 | 4,558 | 1,212 | – | – | 10,251 | ||
Omineca | SC | SC | 1,633 | 45.88% | 514 | 14.44% | 1,633 | 1,119 | 529 | 278 | – | – | 3,559 | ||
Prince Rupert | SC | SC | 2,367 | 40.87% | 228 | 3.94% | 2,367 | 2,139 | 1,087 | 199 | – | – | 5,792 | ||
Revelstoke | SC | CCF | 1,417 | 44.12% | 472 | 14.70% | 945 | 1,417 | 585 | 265 | – | – | 3,212 | ||
Rossland-Trail | SC | SC | 5,562 | 51.12% | 3,026 | 27.81% | 5,562 | 2,536 | 2,034 | 608 | 141 | – | 10,881 | ||
Saanich | SC | SC | 10,165 | 44.23% | 3,653 | 15.90% | 10,165 | 6,512 | 4,451 | 1,782 | 73 | – | 22,983 | ||
Salmon Arm | SC | SC | 1,979 | 41.75% | 312 | 6.58% | 1,979 | 1,667 | 481 | 613 | – | – | 4,740 | ||
Similkameen | SC | SC | 4,797 | 46.84% | 1,646 | 16.07% | 4,797 | 3,151 | 1,454 | 840 | – | – | 10,242 | ||
Skeena | SC | SC | 2,379 | 41.19% | 242 | 4.19% | 2,379 | 2,137 | 848 | 411 | – | – | 5,775 | ||
South Okanagan | SC | SC | 8,058 | 59.89% | 5,156 | 38.32% | 8,058 | 2,902 | 1,238 | 1,256 | – | – | 13,454 | ||
South Peace River | SC | SC | 3,133 | 59.39% | 1,794 | 34.01% | 3,133 | 1,339 | 303 | 500 | – | – | 5,275 | ||
Yale | SC | SC | 1,103 | 31.24% | 29 | 1.82% | 1,103 | 1,074 | 964 | 390 | – | – | 3,531 |
- = 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
- = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
- = multiple candidates
Riding | Winning party | Votes | Voters who voted[4] | ||||||||
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Name | MLAs | 1956 | 1960 | SC | CCF | Lib | PC | Comm | Ind | Total | |
Burnaby | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13,469 | 17,659 | 7,601 | 1,075 | 409 | – | 79,309 | 41,669 |
13,394 | 17,522 | 7,111 | 1,069 | – | – | ||||||
Delta | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21,011 | 21,839 | 8,529 | 2,280 | 505 | 2,010[a 1] | 106,328 | 55,073 |
17,291 | 21,559 | 8,517 | 2,159 | 408 | 220 | ||||||
North Vancouver | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12,804 | 6,746 | 14,408 | 3,260[a 2] | 242 | – | 72,331 | 37,901 |
12,276 | 6,720 | 13,287[a 3] | 2,397 | 191 | – | ||||||
Vancouver-Burrard | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10,642 | 9,505 | 5,744 | 2,611 | 339 | 87 | 56,382 | 29,534 |
10,231 | 9,333 | 5,715 | 1,904 | 271 | – | ||||||
Vancouver Centre | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8,516 | 6,530 | 3,726 | 1,421 | 420 | – | 40,733 | 21,312 |
8,227 | 6,378 | 3,724 | 1,411 | 380 | – | ||||||
Vancouver East | 2 | 1 1 | 2 | 16,622 | 25,610 | 5,906 | 1,080 | 718 | 159 | 99,479 | 51,781 |
16,379 | 25,580 | 5,828 | 999 | 598 | – | ||||||
Vancouver-Point Grey | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24,273[a 4] | 12,702 | 17,438 | 6,774 | – | – | 172,832 | 59,871 |
23,950 | 12,158 | 15,107 | 6,453 | – | – | ||||||
23,583 | 11,538 | 14,827 | 4,029 | – | – | ||||||
Victoria City | 3 | 2 1 | 3 | 9,864 | 4,598 | 7,278 | 2,236 | – | – | 65,329 | 22,387 |
8,855 | 4,516 | 6,083 | 1,959 | – | – | ||||||
8,671 | 4,262 | 5,464 | 1,543 | – | – |
- ^ Gordon Lionel Gibson was elected as a Socred MLA in a 1957 byelection.
- ^ Deane Finlayson, PC party leader
- ^ Gordon Gibson, Sr. had previously been MLA for Lillooet from 1953 to 1955.
- ^ Robert Bonner was previously an MLA for the district.
- = winning candidate
See also
Further reading
- Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871–1986 (PDF). Elections BC. 1988. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.
- Saywell, John T., ed. (1961). Canadian Annual Review for 1960. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
References
- ^ a b Elections BC 1988, pp. 265, 275.
- ^ a b c Elections BC 1988, pp. 2–3.
- ^ a b Elections BC 1988, pp. 267–271, 277–282.
- ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 537.