1960 British Columbia general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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

Elections to the 26th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1960)Template:SfnTemplate:Election table/category

Political party		Party leader	MLAs				Votes
			Candidates	1956	1960	±	#	±	%	± (pp)	W.A.C. Bennett	52	39	32	7Decrease	386,886	12,175Increase	38.83	7.01Decrease	Bob Strachan	52	10	16	6Increase	326,094	94,583Increase	32.73	4.41Increase	Ray Perrault	50	2	4	2Increase	208,249	30,327Increase	20.90	0.87Decrease	Deane Finlayson	52	–	–	–	66,943	41,570Increase	6.72	3.61Increase	Tom Uphill	–	1	–	1Decrease	Retired					19	–	–	–	5,675	2,294Increase	0.57	0.16Increase		5	–	–	–	2,557	621Decrease	0.25	0.14Decrease
Total			230	52	52		996,404		100.00%
Rejected ballotsTemplate:Sfn							9,862	3,220Increase
Actual voters who votedTemplate:Sfn							628,031	118,622Increase	71.84%	6.41Increase
Registered votersTemplate:Sfn							874,267	95,680Increase

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MLAs elected

Single-member districts

  Alberni: Stanley John Squire

  Atlin: Frank Calder

  Cariboo: William C. Speare

  Chilliwack: William Kenneth Kiernan

  Columbia: Richard Orr Newton

  Comox: Daniel Campbell

  Cowichan-Newcastle: Robert Strachan

  Cranbrook: Leo Nimsick

  Dewdney: Dave Barrett

  Esquimalt: Herbert Joseph Bruch

  Fernie: Harry McKay

  Fort George: Ray Williston

  Grand Forks-Greenwood: Lois Haggen

  Kamloops: Phil Gaglardi

  Kaslo-Slocan: Randolph Harding

  Lillooet: Don Robinson

  Mackenzie: Anthony Gargrave

  Nanaimo and the Islands: Earle Cathers Westwood

  Nelson-Creston: Wesley Drewett Black

  New Westminster: Rae Eddie

  North Okanagan: Lorne Shantz

  North Peace River: Jacob Francis Huhn

  Oak Bay: Alan MacFarlane

  Omineca: Cyril Morley Shelford

  Prince Rupert: William Harvey Murray

  Revelstoke: George Hobbs

  Rossland-Trail: Donald Leslie Brothers

  Saanich: John Douglas Tisdalle

  Salmon Arm: Willis Franklin Jefcoat

  Similkameen: Frank Richter, Jr.

  Skeena: Dudley George Little

  South Okanagan: W. A. C. Bennett

  South Peace River: Stanley Carnell

  Yale: Irvine Finlay Corbett

Multi-member districts

  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

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1960 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Template:Sfn

Riding	Winning party								Votes
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

Results by riding - 1956 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Template:Sfn

Riding		Winning party		Votes							Voters who votedTemplate:Sfn
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	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	242	–	72,331	37,901
				12,276	6,720	13,287	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	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	–	–

  = winning candidate

See also

• List of British Columbia political parties

References

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