1969 British Columbia general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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
				1966	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	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%	Patrick Lucey McGeer	55	6	5	-16.7%	186,235	19.03%	-1.21%	Progressive Conservative	John de Wolf	1	-	-	-	1,087	0.11%	-0.07%	Independent		6	-	-	-	831	0.08%	-0.15%		4	-	-	-	482	0.05%	-0.09%	Social Conservative		1	*	-	*	131	0.01%	*
Total			177	55	55	-	978,356	100%
Source:

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Popular vote Social Credit   46.79% NDP   33.92% Liberal   19.03% PC   0.11% Others   0.15%

Seats summary Social Credit   69.09% NDP   21.82% Liberal   9.09%

See also

• List of British Columbia political parties

Further reading

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