1941 British Columbia general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 1941 British Columbia general election was the twentieth 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 September 9, 1941, and held on October 21, 1941.

No party took a majority of votes, and no party took a majority of seats. After the election, Conservative and Liberal members voted to form a Coalition government. Liberal Party leader Thomas Dufferin Pattullo objected, stepped down as leader and sat as a Liberal separate from the Coalition. This reduced the Coalition caucus to thirty two MLAs.

1938 redistribution of ridings

An Act was passed in 1938 providing for a rearrangement of certain seats in the Assembly, maintaining the total at 48, upon the next election.^[1] The following changes were made:

Abolished ridings	New ridings
Reorganization of districts
Alberni-Nanaimo The Islands	Alberni Nanaimo and the Islands
Division of district
Victoria City (4 MLAs)	Oak Bay Victoria City (3 MLAs)

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Results

Elections to the 20th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1941)Template:SfnScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Election table/category
Political party		Party leader	MLAs				Votes
Political party		Party leader	Candidates	1937	1941	±	#	±	%	± (pp)
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Template:Canadian party colour	John Hart Template:Efn	47	31	20	11Decrease	147,844	8,230Decrease	32.57	4.77Decrease
Template:Canadian party colour	Royal Maitland	43	8	12	4Increase	140,282	20,761Increase	30.91	2.31Increase
Coalition total				32	7Decrease	288,126	12,531Increase	63.48	2.46Decrease Template:Canadian party colour	Harold Winch	45	7	14	7Increase	151,440	32,040Increase	33.36	4.79Increase Template:Canadian party colour	1	–	1	1Increase	1,681	1,681Increase	0.37	Not part of Coalition Template:Canadian party colour (all factions)	6	1	1	Template:No change	7,141	5,354Increase	1.57	1.14Increase Template:Canadian party colour Template:Efn	1	–	–	–	2,161	2,161Increase	0.48	New Template:Canadian party colour	4	1	–	1Decrease	1,638	5,703Decrease	0.36	1.40Decrease Template:Canadian party colour	4	–	–	–	683	683Increase	0.15	New Template:Canadian party colour	1	–	–	–	388	388Increase	0.09	New Template:Canadian party colour	1	–	–	–	265	265Increase	0.06	New Template:Canadian party colour	1	–	–	–	209	209Increase	0.05	New Template:Canadian party colour	1	–	–	–	105	105Increase	0.02	New Template:Canadian party colour	1	–	–	–	56	56Increase	0.01	Returned
Total			156	48	48		453,893		100.00%
Rejected ballotsTemplate:Sfn							4,797	654Increase
Actual voters who votedTemplate:Sfn							303,901	38,455Increase	72.73%	1.53Increase
Registered votersTemplate:Sfn							417,839	45,058Increase

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MLAs elected

Alberni: James Mowat

Atlin: William James Asselstine

Burnaby: Ernest Winch

Cariboo: Louis LeBourdais

Chilliwack: Leslie Harvey Eyres

Columbia: Thomas King

Comox: Colin Cameron

Cowichan-Newcastle: Samuel Guthrie

Cranbrook: Frank William Green

Delta: Leonard Shepherd

Dewdney: Roderick Charles MacDonald

Esquimalt: Elmer Victor Finland

Fernie: Thomas Aubert Uphill (ILP)

Fort George: Henry George Thomas Perry

Grand Forks-Greenwood: Thomas Alfred Love

Kamloops: Robert Henry Carson

Kaslo-Slocan: Charles Sidney Leary

Lillooet: Ernest Crawford Carson

Mackenzie: Herbert Gargrave

Nanaimo and the Islands: George Sharratt Pearson

Nelson-Creston: Frank Putnam

New Westminster: Wells Gray

North Okanagan: Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald

North Vancouver: Dorothy Steeves

Oak Bay: Herbert Anscomb

Omineca: Mark Matthew Connelly

Peace River: Glen Everton Braden

Prince Rupert: Duff Pattullo

Revelstoke: Harry Johnston

Rossland-Trail: Herbert Wilfred Herridge

Saanich: Norman William Whittaker

Salmon Arm: Rolf Wallgren Bruhn

Similkameen: Bernard George Webber

Skeena: Edward Tourtellotte Kenney

South Okanagan: W. A. C. Bennett

Vancouver-Burrard: Grace MacInnis

Vancouver-Burrard: Charles Grant MacNeil

Vancouver Centre: Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson

Vancouver Centre: Wallis Walter LeFeaux

Vancouver East: James Lyle Telford

Vancouver East: Harold Winch

Vancouver-Point Grey: Royal Maitland

Vancouver-Point Grey: James Alexander Paton

Vancouver-Point Grey: Tilly Rolston

Victoria City: John Hart

Victoria City: Nancy Hodges

Victoria City: William Thomas Straith

Yale: John J. Gillis

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1941 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Template:Sfn
Riding	Winning party								Votes
Name	1937		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	Lib	Con	CCF	Ind	Oth	Total
Name	1937		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %						Total

Alberni	New			Lib	2,067	49.17%	164	3.90%	2,067	–	1,903	–	234	4,204
Atlin		Lib		Lib	454	54.83%	80	9.66%	454	–	–	–	374	828
Burnaby		CCF		CCF	6,444	49.50%	2,682	20.60%	3,762	2,707	6,444	–	105	13,018
Cariboo		Lib		Lib	1,429	50.16%	1,008	35.38%	1,429	421	338	661	–	2,849
Chilliwack		Con		Con	2,704	37.78%	60	0.84%	2,644	2,704	1,810	–	–	7,158
Columbia		Lib		Lib	648	42.66%	161	10.60%	648	384	487	–	–	1,519
Comox		CCF		CCF	3,126	45.31%	968	14.03%	2,158	1,615	3,126	–	–	6,899
Cowichan-Newcastle		CCF		CCF	2,757	47.22%	1,018	17.44%	1,739	1,343	2,757	–	–	5,839
Cranbrook		Lib		Con	1,615	35.35%	67	1.46%	1,405	1,615	1,548	–	–	4,568
Delta		CCF		CCF	5,153	42.29%	1,599	13.12%	3,554	3,478	5,153	–	–	12,185
Dewdney		Con		Con	2,995	37.13%	456	5.65%	2,532	2,995	2,539	–	–	8,066
Esquimalt		Con		Con	1,554	40.42%	206	5.36%	1,348	1,554	943	–	–	3,845
Fernie		ILP		ILP	1,719	53.39%	505	15.69%	1,214	–	287	–	1,719	3,220
Fort George		Lib		Lib	1,334	51.15%	406	15.57%	1,334	346	928	–	–	2,608
Grand Forks-Greenwood		Lib		Con	642	39.05%	5	0.30%	637	642	365	–	–	1,644
Kamloops		Lib		Lib	1,933	40.14%	221	4.59%	1,933	1,138	1,712	14	19	4,816
Kaslo-Slocan		Lib		Lib	941	42.18%	187	8.38%	941	754	536	–	–	2,231
Lillooet		Lib		Con	1,017	38.39%	176	6.64%	791	1,017	841	–	–	2,649
Mackenzie		Lib		CCF	2,909	45.75%	830	13.05%	2,079	1,370	2,909	–	–	6,358
Nanaimo and the Islands	New			Lib	2,175	43.52%	560	11.21%	2,175	1,208	1,615	–	–	4,998
Nelson-Creston		Lib		Lib	2,144	33.46%	4	0.25%	2,144	2,140	2,124	–	–	6,408
New Westminster		Lib		Lib	3,694	41.74%	1,307	14.77%	3,694	1,923	2,387	–	845	8,849
North Okanagan		Lib		Lib	2,508	42.52%	188	3.19%	2,508	2,320	1,071	–	–	5,899
North Vancouver		CCF		CCF	4,209	40.37%	1,264	12.13%	2,945^{[a 1]}	1,056^{[a 2]}	4,209	–	2,217^{[a 3]}	10,427
Oak Bay	New			Con	2,676	55.88%	1,156	24.14%	1,520	2,676	593	–	–	4,789
Omineca		Lib		Lib	839	49.50%	285	16.82%	839	302	554	–	–	1,695
Peace River		Lib		Lib	1,436	51.16%	453	16.14%	1,436	–	983	–	388	2,807
Prince Rupert		Lib		Lib	1,681	51.82%	118	3.64%	1,681	–	1,563	–	–	3,244
Revelstoke		Lib		Lib	1,065	49.08%	387	17.84%	1,065	427	678	–	–	2,170
Rossland-Trail		Lib		CCF	3,621	49.40%	1,738	23.71%	1,789	1,883	3,621	–	37	7,330
Saanich		Lib		Lib	3,017	36.17%	78	0.93%	3,017	2,939	2,385	–	–	8,341
Salmon Arm		Ind		Con	1,561	60.22%	998	38.50%	468	1,561	563	–	–	2,592
Similkameen		Lib		CCF	2,601	41.16%	636	10.06%	1,965	1,753	2,601	–	–	6,319
Skeena		Lib		Lib	877	61.89%	337	23.78%	877	540	–	–	–	1,417
South Okanagan		Lib		Con	2,009	37.69%	240	4.50%	1,769	2,009	1,552	–	–	5,330
Yale		Lib		Lib	1,148	65.08%	532	30.16%	1,148	616	–	–	–	1,764

↑ Francis Walker was previously an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
↑ Joshua Hinchcliffe had previously been an MLA for Victoria City
↑ A.H. Bayne, the Official Conservative candidate supported by the Conservative Party, received 2,161 votes

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Results by riding - 1941 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Template:Sfn
Riding		Winning party		Votes
Name	MLAs	1937	1941	Lib	Con	CCF	Ind	Oth	Total
Name	MLAs	1937	1941						Total
Vancouver-Burrard	2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	14,781	16,564	18,998	–	267	50,610
Vancouver Centre	2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	13,723	12,523	14,805	–	602	41,653
Vancouver East	2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	9,495	7,332	23,328	–	3,936	44,091
Vancouver-Point Grey	3	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 1	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3	29,046	42,400	23,448	–	265	95,159
Victoria City	3	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3	18,771	14,027	9,736	963	–	43,497

Notes

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References

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[2] Francis Walker was previously an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

[3] Joshua Hinchcliffe had previously been an MLA for Victoria City

[4] A.H. Bayne, the Official Conservative candidate supported by the Conservative Party, received 2,161 votes

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