1945 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1945 British Columbia general election British Columbia parliamentary no no no 1941 British Columbia general election 1941 1949 British Columbia general election 1949 48 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 25 October 25, 1945 Canadian politician John Hart.png BC Coalition nohash John Hart (Liberal leader) Liberal-Conservative Coalition 1941 Victoria City 33Coalition The Liberals and Conservatives ran separately in the 1941 election. In that election, the Liberals won 21 seats and the Conservatives won 12 seats. 37 4 261,147 55.83% 8.02pp Harold Winch Campaign Photo 1933 Edit.jpg BC CCF nohash Harold Winch BC CCF name 1938 Vancouver East 14 10 4 175,960 37.62% 4.26pp Premier John Hart BC Coalition name Premier after election John Hart BC Coalition name The 1945 British Columbia general election was the 21st 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 31, 1945, and held on October 25, 1945. The new legislature met for the first time on February 21, 1946. A centre-right coalition was formed by the Liberal and Conservative (now called the Progressive Conservative) parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Although the Coalition won fewer votes than the Liberal and Conservative parties won in total in the previous election, the Coalition still won more than half of the votes, captured more than half the seats, and formed a majority government. Results Elections to the 21st Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1945)Elections BC 1988 193, 203 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1941 !1945 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) BC Coalition row-name |style="text-align:left;" |#A51B12 John Hart#9999FF Royal Maitland | 47 || 32 || 37 || 5 || 261,147 || 26,979 || 55.83 || 7.65 BC Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Harold Winch | 48 || 14 || 10 || 4 || 175,960 || 24,520 || 37.62 || 4.26 BC Labour row-name (all factions) | || 2 || 1 || 1 || || 1,395 || 5,746 || 0.30 || 1.27 BC Liberal row-nameDuff Pattullo was the sole Liberal that chose not to join the Coalition, and Prince Rupert was the only district where the Coalition did not field a candidate in 1945. Pattullo stood as an Independent in this election. | || – || 1 || – || 1 || – || 1,681 || – ||Changedallegiance BC Labor-Progressive Party (LPP) row-name | || 21 || – || – || – || 16,479 || 16,479 || 3.52 ||New BC Social Credit row-name (alliance) | || 16 || – || – || – || 6,627 || 6,627 || 1.42 ||New BC People's CCF row-name | || 2 || – || – || – || 2,786 || 2,786 || 0.60 ||New BC Independent row-name | || 2 || – || – || – || 1,532 || 106 || 0.33 || 0.03 BC Independent PC row-name | || 2 || – || – || – || 748 || 748 || 0.16 ||New BC Democratic row-name | || 1 || – || – || – || 423 || 423 || 0.09 ||New BC Socialist Labour row-name | || 3 || – || – || – || 285 || 398 || 0.06 || 0.09 BC Independent Liberal row-name | || 1 || – || – || – || 199 || 199 || 0.04 ||New BC Socialist row-name | || 1 || – || – || – || 105 || 105 || 0.02 ||New BC Progressive Liberal row-name | || 1 || – || – || – || 61 || 61 || 0.01 ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 147 | 48 ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|467,747 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballotsElections BC 1988 2 | 3,899 ||898 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who votedElections BC 1988 2 | 298,387 ||5,514 | 62.66% || 10.07 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered votersElections BC 1988 2 | 476,222 ||58,383 | colspan="2"| |} a + Seats and popular vote by partyElections BC 1988 193,203 Party Seats Votes Change (pp)BC Coalition colour&name 37 48 BC Coalition 175 55.83 175 darkgrey -7.65 -5 1em background:redBC CCF colour&name 10 48 BC CCF 175 37.62 175 darkgrey 4.26 -5 1em background:greenBC Labor-Progressive colour&name 0 48 BC Labor-Progressive 175 3.52 175 darkgrey 3.52 -5 1em background:greenBC Social Credit colour&name 0 48 BC Social Credit 175 1.42 175 darkgrey 1.42 -5 1em background:greenBC Other colour&name 1 48 BC Independent 175 1.61 175 darkgrey -1.55 -5 1em background:red MLAs elected #A9A9A9 Alberni: James Mowat #A9A9A9 Atlin: William Duncan Smith #EEDDAA Burnaby: Ernest Winch #A9A9A9 Cariboo: Louis LeBourdais #A9A9A9 Chilliwack: Leslie Harvey Eyres #A9A9A9 Columbia: Thomas King #A9A9A9 Comox: Herbert John Welch #EEDDAA Cowichan-Newcastle: Samuel Guthrie #A9A9A9 Cranbrook: Frank William Green #A9A9A9 Delta: Alexander Campbell Hope #A9A9A9 Dewdney: Roderick Charles MacDonald #A9A9A9 Esquimalt: Charles Taschereau Beard #EEBBBB Fernie: Thomas Aubert Uphill (ILP Independent Labour Party) #EEDDAA Fort George: John McInnis #A9A9A9 Grand Forks-Greenwood: Thomas Alfred Love #A9A9A9 Kamloops: Robert Henry Carson #EEDDAA Kaslo-Slocan: Randolph Harding #A9A9A9 Lillooet: Ernest Crawford Carson #EEDDAA Mackenzie: Herbert Gargrave #A9A9A9 Nanaimo and the Islands: George Sharratt Pearson #A9A9A9 Nelson-Creston: Frank Putnam #A9A9A9 New Westminster: Boss Johnson #A9A9A9 North Okanagan: K. C. MacDonaldDied before the opening of the new legislature. Charles William Morrow would win the subsequent byelection for the Coalition. #A9A9A9 North Vancouver: John Henry Cates #A9A9A9 Oak Bay: Herbert Anscomb #EEDDAA Omineca: Edward Fraser Rowland #EEDDAA Peace River: Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie #EEDDAA Prince Rupert: William Henry Brett #A9A9A9 Revelstoke: William James Johnson #A9A9A9 Rossland-Trail: James Lockhart Webster #A9A9A9 Saanich: Norman William Whittaker #A9A9A9 Salmon Arm: Arthur Brown Ritchie #A9A9A9 Similkameen: Reginald Robert Laird #A9A9A9 Skeena: Edward Tourtellotte Kenney #A9A9A9 South Okanagan: W. A. C. Bennett #A9A9A9 Vancouver-Burrard: Donald Cameron Brown #A9A9A9 Vancouver-Burrard: George Moir Weir #A9A9A9 Vancouver Centre: Allan James McDonell #A9A9A9 Vancouver Centre: Gordon Sylvester Wismer #EEDDAA Vancouver East: Arthur James Turner #EEDDAA Vancouver East: Harold Winch #A9A9A9 Vancouver-Point Grey: Royal Maitland #A9A9A9 Vancouver-Point Grey: James Alexander Paton #A9A9A9 Vancouver-Point Grey: Tilly Rolston #A9A9A9 Victoria City: John Hart #A9A9A9 Victoria City: Nancy Hodges #A9A9A9 Victoria City: William Thomas Straith #A9A9A9 Yale: John J. Gillis Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1945 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Elections BC 1988 195-199, 205-209 Riding Winning party VotesName 1941Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Coal Coalition CCF LPP Labor-Progressive SC Social Credit Ind Independent Oth Other minor affiliations Total   Alberni Lib Coal 2,135 54.02% 877 22.19% 2,135 1,258 559 – – – 3,952 Atlin Lib Coal 297 50.42% 5 0.84% 297 292 – – – – 589 Burnaby CCF CCF 5,905 50.56% 1,172 10.04% 4,733 5,905 744 298 – – 11,680 Cariboo Lib Coal 1,370 57.93% 375 15.86% 1,370 995 – – – – 2,365 Chilliwack Con Coal 3,804 62.37% 1,509 24.74% 3,804 2,295 – – – – 6,099 Columbia Lib Coal 671 53.30% 83 6.60% 671 588 – – – – 1,259 Comox CCF Coal 3,432 45.62% 70 0.93% 3,432 3,362 729 – – – 7,523 Cowichan-Newcastle CCF CCF 3,768 55.33% 726 10.66% 3,042 3,768 – – – – 6,810 Cranbrook Con Coal 2,077 49.04% 112 2.64% 2,077 1,965 193 – – – 4,235 Delta CCF Coal 5,859 53.64% 796 7.28% 5,859 5,063 – – – – 10,922 Dewdney Con Coal 4,586 53.71% 633 7.42% 4,586 3,953 – – – – 8,539 Esquimalt Con Coal 2,568 56.35% 579 12.70% 2,568 1,989 – – – – 4,557 Fernie Lab Lab 1,289 42.28% 271 8.89% 1,018 742 – – – 1,289 3,049 Fort George Lib CCF 1,726 55.73% 355 11.46% 1,371 1,726 – – – – 3,097 Grand Forks-Greenwood Con Coal 707 52.06% 246 18.11% 707 461 84 – – 106 1,358 Kamloops Lib Coal 2,804 57.78% 911 18.77% 2,804 1,893 156 – – – 4,853 Kaslo-Slocan Lib CCF 1,098 53.12% 129 6.24% 969 1,098 – – – – 2,067 Lillooet Con Coal 1,143 51.42% 320 14.40% 1,143 823 – 196 – 61 2,233 Mackenzie CCF CCF 2,961 52.19% 648 11.42% 2,313 2,961 293 106 – – 5,673 Nanaimo and the Islands Lib Coal 3,124 54.24% 577 10.02% 3,124 2,547 – 89 – – 5,760 Nelson-Creston Lib Coal 3,055 58.59% 1,806 34.64% 3,055 1,249 – – 184 726 5,214 New Westminster Lib Coal 4,900 57.91% 1,933 22.85% 4,900 2,967 595 – – – 8,462 North Okanagan Lib Coal 2,990 59.78% 1,408 28.15% 2,990 1,582 – 430 – – 5,002 North Vancouver CCF Coal 5,912 54.20% 1,842 16.89% 5,912 4,070 646 280 – – 10,908 Oak Bay Con Coal 4,598 82.31% 3,610 64.62% 4,598 988 – – – – 5,586 Omineca Lib CCF 932 51.58% 57 3.16% 875 932 – – – – 1,807 Peace River Lib CCF 1,682 47.85% 565 16.07% 1,117 1,682 – 716 – – 3,515 Prince Rupert Lib CCF 1,873 49.83% 525 13.97% – 1,873 538 – 1,348 – 3,759 Revelstoke Lib Coal 1,089 51.17% 50 2.34% 1,089 1,039 – – – – 2,128 Rossland-Trail CCF Coal 3,171 49.35% 1,111 17.29% 3,171 933 – 261 – 2,060 6,425Saanich Lib Coal 5,414 57.85% 1,983 21.19% 5,414 3,431 239 – – 275 9,359 Salmon Arm Con Coal 1,560 60.00% 520 20.00% 1,560 1,040 – – – – 2,600 Similkameen CCF Coal 3,447 57.09% 856 14.18% 3,447 2,591 – – – – 6,038 Skeena Lib Coal 901 58.7% 267 17.40% 901 634 – – – – 1,535 South Okanagan Con Coal 3,706 64.25% 1,644 28.50% 3,706 2,062 – – – – 5,768 Yale Lib Coal 1,077 66.77% 541 33.54% 1,077 536 – – – – 1,613 a #B9E5B9 silver = open seat #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 #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates + Results by riding - 1945 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Elections BC 1988 195-199, 205-209 Riding Winning party VotesNameMLAs 19411945 Coal Coalition CCF LPP Labor-Progressive SC Social Credit Ind Independent Oth Other minor affiliations Total Vancouver-Burrard2 #EEDDAA 2 #A9A9A9 2 29,649 20,221 2,030 1,219 – 107 53,226 Vancouver Centre2 #EEDDAA 2 #A9A9A9 2 21,854 15,000 3,967 959 – 426 42,206 Vancouver East2 #EEDDAA 2 #EEDDAA 2 18,980 25,721 2,798 705 – 56 48,260 Vancouver-Point Grey3 #294296 3 #A9A9A9 3 67,276 26,859 2,472 625 – 423 97,655 Victoria City3 #A51B12 3 #A9A9A9 3 31,553 16,866 436 743 – 473 50,071 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 Notes References Category: elections in Canada General election Category:October 1945 in Canada