1960 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1960 British Columbia general election British Columbia parliamentary no no no 1956 British Columbia general election 1956 1963 British Columbia general election 1963 25th Parliament of British Columbia 26th Parliament of British Columbia 52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 27 seats were needed for a majority September 12, 1960 WAC Bennett - 1942.jpg BC Social Credit nohash W. A. C. Bennett 1952 BC Social Credit name South Okanagan 39 seats, 45.84% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 32 7 386,886 38.83% 7.01pp Percentage points MLA Robert Strachan.jpg BC CCF nohash Robert Strachan 1956 BC CCF name Cowichan-Newcastle 10 seats, 28.32% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 16 6 326,094 32.73% 4.41pp Percentage points BCLP BC Liberal nohash Ray Perrault 1959 BC Liberal name North Vancouver 2 seats, 21.77% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 4 2 208,249 20.90% 0.87pp Percentage points PC BC Progressive Conservative nohash Deane Finlayson 1952 BC Progressive Conservative name Ran in North Vancouver (lost) 0 seats, 3.11% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 0 0 66,943 6.72% 3.61pp Percentage points Premier W. A. C. Bennett BC Social Credit name Premier after election W. A. C. Bennett BC Social Credit name 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)Elections BC 1988 265, 275 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1956 !1960 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) BC Social Credit row-name |style="text-align:left;" |W.A.C. Bennett | 52 || 39 || 32 || 7 || 386,886 || 12,175 || 38.83 || 7.01 BC CCF row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Bob Strachan | 52 || 10 || 16 || 6 || 326,094 || 94,583 || 32.73 || 4.41 BC Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Ray Perrault | 50 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 208,249 || 30,327 || 20.90 || 0.87 BC PC row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Deane Finlayson | 52 || – || – || – || 66,943 || 41,570 || 6.72 || 3.61 BC Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Tom Uphill | – || 1 || – || 1 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Retired BC Communist row-namePreviously known as Labor-Progressive | || 19 || – || – || – || 5,675 || 2,294 || 0.57 || 0.16 BC Independent row-name | || 5 || – || – || – || 2,557 || 621 || 0.25 || 0.14 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 230 | 52 ! colspan="2"| 52 ! colspan="2"|996,404 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballotsElections BC 1988 2-3 | 9,862 ||3,220 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who votedElections BC 1988 2-3 | 628,031 ||118,622 | 71.84% || 6.41 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered votersElections BC 1988 2-3 | 874,267 ||95,680 | colspan="2"| |} a + Seats and popular vote by partyElections BC 1988 265, 275 Party Seats Votes Change (pp)BC Social Credit colour&name 32 52 BC Social Credit 175 38.83 175 darkgrey -7.01 -5 1em background:redBC CCF colour&name 16 52 BC CCF 175 32.73 175 darkgrey 4.41 -5 1em background:greenBC Liberal colour&name 4 52 BC Liberal 175 20.90 175 darkgrey -0.87 -5 1em background:redBC PC colour&name 0 52 BC PC 175 6.72 175 darkgrey 3.61 -5 1em background:greenBC Other colour&name 0 52 BC Independent 175 0.82 175 darkgrey -0.14 -5 1em background:red MLAs elected Single-member districts #EEDDAA Alberni: Stanley John Squire #EEDDAA Atlin: Frank Calder #ADD8E6 Cariboo: William C. Speare #ADD8E6 Chilliwack: William Kenneth Kiernan #ADD8E6 Columbia: Richard Orr Newton #ADD8E6 Comox: Daniel Campbell #EEDDAA Cowichan-Newcastle: Robert Strachan #EEDDAA Cranbrook: Leo Nimsick #EEDDAA Dewdney: Dave Barrett #ADD8E6 Esquimalt: Herbert Joseph Bruch #A51B12 Fernie: Harry McKay #ADD8E6 Fort George: Ray Williston #EEDDAA Grand Forks-Greenwood: Lois Haggen #ADD8E6 Kamloops: Phil Gaglardi #EEDDAA Kaslo-Slocan: Randolph Harding #ADD8E6 Lillooet: Don Robinson #EEDDAA Mackenzie: Anthony Gargrave #ADD8E6 Nanaimo and the Islands: Earle Cathers Westwood #ADD8E6 Nelson-Creston: Wesley Drewett Black #EEDDAA New Westminster: Rae Eddie #ADD8E6 North Okanagan: Lorne Shantz #ADD8E6 North Peace River: Jacob Francis Huhn #A51B12 Oak Bay: Alan MacFarlane #ADD8E6 Omineca: Cyril Morley Shelford #ADD8E6 Prince Rupert: William Harvey Murray #EEDDAA Revelstoke: George Hobbs #ADD8E6 Rossland-Trail: Donald Leslie Brothers #ADD8E6 Saanich: John Douglas Tisdalle #ADD8E6 Salmon Arm: Willis Franklin Jefcoat #ADD8E6 Similkameen: Frank Richter, Jr. #ADD8E6 Skeena: Dudley George Little #ADD8E6 South Okanagan: W. A. C. Bennett #ADD8E6 South Peace River: Stanley Carnell #ADD8E6 Yale: Irvine Finlay Corbett Multi-member districts #EEDDAA Burnaby: Cedric Cox #EEDDAA Burnaby: Gordon Dowding #EEDDAA Delta: Camille Mather #EEDDAA Delta: James Rhodes #A51B12 North Vancouver: Gordon Gibson, Sr. #A51B12 North Vancouver: Ray Perrault #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Burrard: Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Burrard: Bert Price #ADD8E6 Vancouver Centre: Alexander Small Matthew #ADD8E6 Vancouver Centre: Leslie Peterson #EEDDAA Vancouver East: Alexander Macdonald #EEDDAA Vancouver East: Arthur James Turner #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Point Grey: Thomas Audley Bate #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Point Grey: Robert Bonner #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Point Grey: Buda Brown #ADD8E6 Victoria City: William Chant #ADD8E6 Victoria City: Waldo McTavish Skillings #ADD8E6 Victoria City: John Donald Smith Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1960 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Elections BC 1988 267-271, 277-282 Riding Winning party VotesName 1956Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% SC Social Credit CCF Lib PC Comm Communist Ind Independent and other 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 – 10,881Saanich 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 a #B9E5B9 silver = open seat #F5F5DC silver = turnout is above provincial average #DCDCDC silver = winning candidate was in previous Legislature #EABB94 silver = incumbent had switched allegiance #FFFF00 silver = previously incumbent in another riding #EEBBBB silver = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature #87CEFA silver = incumbency arose from byelection gain #DCD0FF silver = other incumbents renominated #FFA07A silver = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates + Results by riding - 1956 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Elections BC 1988 267-271, 277-282 Riding Winning party Votes Voterswho votedElections BC 1988 537NameMLAs 19561960 SC Social Credit CCF Lib PC Comm Communist Ind Independent and other Total Burnaby2 #EEDDAA 2 #EEDDAA 213,469 17,659 7,601 1,075 409 –79,309 41,66913,394 17,522 7,111 1,069 – – Delta2 #ADD8E6 2 #EEDDAA 221,011 21,839 8,529 2,280 505 2,010Gordon Lionel Gibson was elected as a Socred MLA in a 1957 byelection.106,328 55,07317,291 21,559 8,517 2,159 408 220 North Vancouver2 #ADD8E6 2 #A51B12 212,804 6,746 14,408 3,260Deane Finlayson, PC party leader 242 –72,331 37,90112,276 6,720 13,287Gordon Gibson, Sr. had previously been MLA for Lillooet from 1953 to 1955. 2,397 191 – Vancouver-Burrard2 #ADD8E6 2 #ADD8E6 210,642 9,505 5,744 2,611 339 8756,382 29,53410,231 9,333 5,715 1,904 271 – Vancouver Centre2 #ADD8E6 2 #ADD8E6 28,516 6,530 3,726 1,421 420 –40,733 21,3128,227 6,378 3,724 1,411 380 – Vancouver East2 #ADD8E6 1#EEDDAA 1 #EEDDAA 216,622 25,610 5,906 1,080 718 15999,479 51,78116,379 25,580 5,828 999 598 – Vancouver-Point Grey3 #ADD8E6 3 #ADD8E6 324,273Robert Bonner was previously an MLA for the district. 12,702 17,438 6,774 – –172,832 59,87123,950 12,158 15,107 6,453 – –23,583 11,538 14,827 4,029 – – Victoria City3 #ADD8E6 2#A51B12 1 #ADD8E6 39,864 4,598 7,278 2,236 – –65,329 22,3878,855 4,516 6,083 1,959 – –8,671 4,262 5,464 1,543 – – a lightgreen #BFBFBF = winning candidate See also List of British Columbia political parties Further reading 1988 Electoral History of British Columbia, 18711986 https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf Elections BC 0-7718-8677-2 Elections BC 1988 Saywell John T. John Saywell Canadian Annual Review for 1960 1961 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_q4e8 registration References Category: elections in Canada General election Category:September 1960 in Canada