1949 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 1949 British Columbia general election was the 22nd 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 April 16, 1949, and held on June 15, 1949. The new legislature met for the first time on February 14, 1950.

The centre-right coalition formed by the Liberal and Conservative parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1945 election increased its share of the vote and its majority in the legislature.

Three different social credit groupings nominated or endorsed candidates in the election: the Social Credit Party, the Social Credit League, and the Union of Electors.

Results

Elections to the 22nd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1949)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	1945	1949	±	#	±	%	± (pp) Template:Canadian party colour	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> Boss Johnson <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> Herbert Anscomb	48	37	39	2	428,773	167,626	61.35	5.52 Template:Canadian party colour	Harold Winch	48	10	7	3Decrease	245,284	69,324	35.10	2.52Decrease Template:Canadian party colour		1	1	1	Template:No change	1,483	88	0.21	0.09Decrease Template:Canadian party colour		7	–	1	1	5,163	3,631	0.74	0.41
rowspan="5" Template:Canadian party colour\|	Social Credit alliance split^{[a 1]}
Template:Canadian party colour		9	–	–	–	7,112		1.02
Template:Canadian party colour		7	–	–	–	4,424		0.63
Template:Canadian party colour		12	–	–	–	2,790		0.40
Social Credit total						14,326	7,699Increase	2.05	0.63Increase Template:Canadian party colour		2	–	–	–	1,660	14,819	0.24	3.28Decrease Template:Canadian party colour		1	–	–	–	1,241	1,241	0.18	New Template:Canadian party colour		1	–	–	–	470	2,316	0.07	0.53Decrease Template:Canadian party colour		1	–	–	–	286	1	0.04	0.02Decrease Template:Canadian party colour		1	–	–	–	137	137	0.02	New
Total			138	48	48		698,823		100.00%
Rejected ballotsTemplate:Sfn							9,891	5,992Increase
Actual voters who votedTemplate:Sfn							477,999	179,612Increase	73.64%	10.98Increase
Registered votersTemplate:Sfn							649,019	172,797Increase

↑ Elections BC summary table tabulation errors corrected for SCP and SCL

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MLAs elected

Alberni: James Mowat

Atlin: Frank Calder

Burnaby: Ernest Winch

Cariboo: Angus MacLean

Chilliwack: Leslie Harvey Eyres

Columbia: Thomas King

Comox: Herbert John Welch

Cowichan-Newcastle: Andrew Mowatt Whisker

Cranbrook: Leo Nimsick

Delta: Alexander Campbell Hope

Dewdney: Roderick Charles MacDonald

Esquimalt: Charles Taschereau Beard

Fernie: Thomas Aubert Uphill

Fort George: Henry Robson Bowman

Grand Forks-Greenwood: Rupert Haggen

Kamloops: Sidney John Smith

Kaslo-Slocan: Randolph Harding

Lillooet: Ernest Crawford Carson

Mackenzie: B. Milton MacIntyre

Nanaimo and the Islands: George Sharratt Pearson

Nelson-Creston: Walter Hendricks

New Westminster: Boss Johnson

North Okanagan: Charles William Morrow

North Vancouver: John Henry Cates

Oak Bay: Herbert Anscomb

Omineca: Robert Cecil Steele

Peace River: Glen Everton Braden

Prince Rupert: John Duncan McRae

Revelstoke: Arvid Lundell

Rossland-Trail: Alexander Douglas Turnbull

Saanich: Arthur James Richard Ash

Salmon Arm: Arthur Brown Ritchie

Similkameen: Maurice Finnerty

Skeena: Edward Tourtellotte Kenney

South Okanagan: W. A. C. Bennett

Vancouver-Burrard: Donald Cameron Brown

Vancouver-Burrard: John Groves Gould

Vancouver Centre: Allan James McDonell

Vancouver Centre: Gordon Sylvester Wismer

Vancouver East: Arthur James Turner

Vancouver East: Harold Winch

Vancouver-Point Grey: Albert Reginald MacDougall

Vancouver-Point Grey: Tilly Rolston

Vancouver-Point Grey: Leigh Stevenson

Victoria City: Nancy Hodges

Victoria City: Daniel John Proudfoot

Victoria City: William Thomas Straith

Yale: John J. Gillis

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1949 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Template:Sfn
Riding	Winning party								Votes
Name	1945		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	Coal	CCF	SCP	SCL	UoE	Ind	Oth	Total
Name	1945		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %								Total

Alberni		Coal		Ind	3,290	42.84%	1,161	15.12%	1,638	2,129	–	–	–	3,290	622	7,679
Atlin		Coal		CCF	376	50.40%	6	0.80%	370	376	–	–	–	–	–	746
Burnaby		CCF		CCF	11,025	50.90%	1,044	4.82%	9,981	11,025	–	655	–	–	–	21,661
Cariboo		Coal		Coal	2,653	66.88%	1,339	33.76%	2,653	1,314	–	–	–	–	–	3,967
Chilliwack		Coal		Coal	6,847	57.17%	4,135	34.52%	6,847	2,712	–	2,417	–	–	–	11,976
Columbia		Coal		Coal	1,288	68.91%	707	37.82%	1,288	581	–	–	–	–	–	1,869
Comox		Coal		Coal	7,596	59.19%	2,358	18.38%	7,596	5,238	–	–	–	–	–	12,834
Cowichan-Newcastle		CCF		Coal	5,505	56.19%	1,311	13.38%	5,505	4,194	–	–	38	60	–	9,797
Cranbrook		Coal		CCF	3,026	50.53%	63	1.06%	2,963	3,026	–	–	–	–	–	5,989
Delta		Coal		Coal	12,203	49.59%	1,093	4.44%	12,203	11,110	1,293	–	–	–	–	24,606
Dewdney		Coal		Coal	8,127	49.08%	523	3.16%	8,127	7,604	–	829	–	–	–	16,560
Esquimalt		Coal		Coal	4,219	51.26%	1,731	21.03%	4,219	2,488	–	–	92	191	1,241	8,231
Fernie		Lab		Lab	1,483	39.09%	9	0.24%	1,474	837	–	–	–	–	1,483	3,794
Fort George		CCF		Coal	3,232	59.86%	1,065	19.72%	3,232	2,167	–	–	–	–	–	5,399
Grand Forks-Greenwood		Coal		CCF	922	44.14%	49	2.35%	873	922	–	–	–	294	–	2,089
Kamloops		Coal		Coal	4,992	64.47%	2,241	28.94%	4,992	2,751	–	–	–	–	–	7,743
Kaslo-Slocan		CCF		CCF	1,633	53.19%	196	6.38%	1,437	1,633	–	–	–	–	–	3,070
Lillooet		Coal		Coal	2,339	62.83%	1,159	31.14%	2,339	1,180	–	–	–	204	–	3,723
Mackenzie		CCF		Coal	5,787	55.57%	1,161	11.14%	5,787	4,626	–	–	–	–	–	10,413
Nanaimo and the Islands		Coal		Coal	5,860	61.50%	2,296	24.09%	5,860	3,564	–	–	104	–	–	9,528
Nelson-Creston		Coal		Coal	4,783	60.04%	2,108	26.46%	4,783	2,675	–	508	–	–	–	7,966
New Westminster		Coal		Coal	7,969	61.57%	3,460	26.73%	7,969	4,509	328	–	–	–	137	12,943
North Okanagan		Coal		Coal	4,966	60.95%	2,309	28.34%	4,966	2,657	525	–	–	–	–	8,148
North Vancouver		Coal		Coal	12,586	69.57%	7,082	39.14%	12,586	5,504	–	–	–	–	–	18,090
Oak Bay		Coal		Coal	5,918	84.21%	5,028	71.55%	5,918	890	–	–	220	–	–	7,028
Omineca		CCF		Coal	1,885	61.60%	710	23.20%	1,885	1,175	–	–	–	–	–	3,060
Peace River		CCF		Coal	2,342	49.69%	441	9.35%	2,342	1,901	–	–	–	–	470	4,713
Prince Rupert		CCF		Coal	2,971	56.41%	675	12.82%	2,971	2,296	–	–	–	–	–	5,267
Revelstoke		Coal		Coal	1,311	50.95%	49	1.90%	1,311	1,262	–	–	–	–	–	2,573
Rossland-Trail		Coal		Coal	5,910	56.30%	1,322	12.60%	5,910	4,588	–	–	–	–	–	10,498
Saanich		Coal		Coal	9,998	66.14%	5,352	35.41%	9,998	4,646	–	–	473	–	–	15,117
Salmon Arm		Coal		Coal	2,529	60.07%	848	20.14%	2,529	1,681	–	–	–	–	–	4,210
Similkameen		Coal		Coal	5,744	58.78%	1,716	17.56%	5,744	4,028	–	–	–	–	–	9,772
Skeena		Coal		Coal	2,048	73.20%	1,298	46.40%	2,048	750	–	–	–	–	–	2,798
South Okanagan		Coal		Coal	6,555	58.40%	1,886	16.80%	6,555^{[a 1]}	4,669	–	–	–	–	–	11,224
Yale		Coal		Coal	1,407	46.90%	542	18.07%	1,407	865	–	–	–	728	–	3,000

↑ W. A. C. Bennett had resigned in 1948 to contest the federal byelection in Yale, which he lost. In the interim, Bob Browne-Clayton was elected for the Coalition in the provincial byelection, but Bennett returned for the general election.

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Results by riding - 1949 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Template:Sfn
Riding		Winning party		Votes
Name	MLAs	1945	1949	Coal	CCF	SCP	SCL	UoE	Ind	Oth	Total
Name	MLAs	1945	1949								Total
Vancouver-Burrard	2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	40,156	21,774	1,258	–	95	396	–	63,679
Vancouver Centre	2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	29,171	17,969	–	814	–	–	286	48,240
Vancouver East	2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 2	34,077	39,815	1,020	–	109	–	1,038	76,059
Vancouver-Point Grey	3	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3	109,782	35,134	–	1,889	280	–	–	147,085
Victoria City	3	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 3	47,281	17,019	–	–	1,379	–	–	65,679

References

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[1] Elections BC summary table tabulation errors corrected for SCP and SCL

[2] W. A. C. Bennett had resigned in 1948 to contest the federal byelection in Yale, which he lost. In the interim, Bob Browne-Clayton was elected for the Coalition in the provincial byelection, but Bennett returned for the general election.

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