1963 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1963 British Columbia general election British Columbia parliamentary no no no 1960 British Columbia general election 1960 1966 British Columbia general election 1966 26th Parliament of British Columbia 27th Parliament of British Columbia 52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 27 seats were needed for a majority September 30, 1963 WAC Bennett - 1942.jpg BC Social Credit nohash W. A. C. Bennett 1952 BC Social Credit name South Okanagan 32 seats, 38.83% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 33 1 395,079 40.83% 2.00pp Percentage points MLA Robert Strachan.jpg BC NDP nohash Robert Strachan 1956 BC NDP name Cowichan-Newcastle 16 seats, 32.73% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 14 2 269,004 27.80% 4.93pp Percentage points BCLP BC Liberal nohash Ray Perrault 1959 BC Liberal name North Vancouver 4 seats, 20.90% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 5 1 193,363 19.98% 0.92pp Percentage points x160px BC Progressive Conservative nohash Davie Fulton 1960 BC Progressive Conservative name Ran in Kamloops (lost) 0 seats, 6.72% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 0 0 109,090 11.27% 4.55pp Percentage points Premier W. A. C. Bennett BC Social Credit name Premier after election W. A. C. Bennett BC Social Credit name The 1963 British Columbia general election was the 27th 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 22, 1963, and held on September 30, 1963. The new legislature met for the first time on January 23, 1964. The conservative Social Credit Party of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fifth term in government. The party increased its share of the popular vote and number of seats in the legislature marginally. The opposition New Democratic Party (formerly the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) had small losses both in popular vote and number of seats. The Liberals won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of five. The Progressive Conservative Party won no seats in the legislature, increasing its share of the popular vote by four-and-half percentage points to over 11%. The Social Credit Party spent more than all the other parties combined to win government, with a combined expenditure of $292,802. The Progressive Conservatives spent $83,667; the Liberals, $57,915; and the official opposition New Democratic Party, $49,417.["Socreds Big Spenders in Election"], Victoria Daily Times, 21 March 1964 Results Elections to the 27th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1963)Elections BC 1988 275, 285 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1960 !1963 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) BC Social Credit row-name |style="text-align:left;" |W.A.C. Bennett | 52 || 32 || 33 || 1 || 395,079 || 8,193 || 40.83 || 2.00 BC NDP row-namesuccessor to the CCF |style="text-align:left;" |Bob Strachan | 52 || 16 || 14 || 2 || 269,004 || 57,090 || 27.80 || 4.93 BC Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Ray Perrault | 51 || 4 || 5 || 1 || 193,363 || 14,886 || 19.98 || 0.92 BC PC row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Davie Fulton | 44 || – || – || – || 109,090 || 42,147 || 11.27 || 4.55 BC Communist row-name | || 4 || – || – || – || 849 || 4,826 || 0.09 || 0.48 BC Independent row-nameIncluding one Socialist candidate in Saanich. | || 2 || – || – || – || 290 || 2,267 || 0.03 || 0.22 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 205 | 52 ! colspan="2"| 52 ! colspan="2"|967,675 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballotsElections BC 1988 2-3 | 6,132 ||3,730 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who votedElections BC 1988 2-3 | 608,672 ||23,359 | 69.71% || 2.13 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered votersElections BC 1988 2-3 | 873,140 ||1,127 | colspan="2"| |} a + Seats and popular vote by partyElections BC 1988 275, 285 Party Seats Votes Change (pp)BC Social Credit colour&name 33 52 BC Social Credit 175 40.83 175 darkgrey 2.00 -5 1em background:greenBC NDP colour&name 14 52 BC NDP 175 27.80 175 darkgrey -4.93 -5 1em background:redBC Liberal colour&name 5 52 BC Liberal 175 19.98 175 darkgrey -0.92 -5 1em background:redBC PC colour&name 0 52 BC PC 175 11.27 175 darkgrey 4.55 -5 1em background:greenBC Other colour&name 0 52 BC Independent 175 0.12 175 darkgrey -0.70 -5 1em background:red MLAs elected Single-member districts #F4A460 Alberni: Stanley John Squire #F4A460 Atlin: Frank Calder #ADD8E6 Cariboo: William C. Speare #ADD8E6 Chilliwack: William Kenneth Kiernan #ADD8E6 Columbia: James Roland Chabot #ADD8E6 Comox: Daniel Campbell #F4A460 Cowichan-Newcastle: Robert Strachan #F4A460 Cranbrook: Leo Nimsick #F4A460 Dewdney: Dave Barrett #ADD8E6 Esquimalt: Herbert Joseph Bruch #A51B12 Fernie: Harry McKay #ADD8E6 Fort George: Ray Williston #F4A460 Grand Forks-Greenwood: Lois Haggen #ADD8E6 Kamloops: Phil Gaglardi #F4A460 Kaslo-Slocan: Randolph Harding #ADD8E6 Lillooet: Don Robinson #F4A460 Mackenzie: Anthony Gargrave #F4A460 Nanaimo and the Islands: David Stupich #ADD8E6 Nelson-Creston: Wesley Drewett Black #F4A460 New Westminster: Rae Eddie #ADD8E6 North Okanagan: George McLeod #ADD8E6 North Peace River: Jacob Francis Huhn #A51B12 Oak Bay: Alan MacFarlane #ADD8E6 Omineca: Cyril Morley Shelford #ADD8E6 Prince Rupert: William Harvey Murray #ADD8E6 Revelstoke: Arvid Lundell #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 #F4A460 Yale: Bill Hartley Multi-member districts #ADD8E6 Burnaby: Charles MacSorley #F4A460 Burnaby: Gordon Dowding #ADD8E6 Delta: Ernest A. LeCours #ADD8E6 Delta: Hunter Vogel #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 #F4A460 Vancouver East: Alexander Macdonald #F4A460 Vancouver East: Arthur James Turner #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Point Grey: Robert Bonner #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Point Grey: Ralph Raymond Loffmark #A51B12 Vancouver-Point Grey: Pat McGeer #ADD8E6 Victoria City: William Chant #ADD8E6 Victoria City: Waldo McTavish Skillings #ADD8E6 Victoria City: John Donald Smith Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1963 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Elections BC 1988 277-282, 287-292 Riding Winning party VotesName 1960Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% SC Social Credit NDP Lib PC Comm Communist Ind Independent and other Total   Alberni CCF NDP 4,249 48.14% 743 8.42% 3,506 4,249 – 1,071 – – 8,826 Atlin CCF NDP 549 54.46% 241 23.90% 308 549 151 – – – 1,008 Cariboo SC SC 3,015 41.98% 1,464 20.38% 3,015 1,482 1,134 1,551 – – 7,182 Chilliwack SC SC 10,031 58.44% 6,906 40.23% 10,031 3,125 2,252 1,757 – – 17,165 Columbia SC SC 1,305 40.08% 213 6.54% 1,305 467 392 1,092 – – 3,256 Comox SC SC 6,598 42.38% 360 2.32% 6,598 6,238 1,259 1,475 – – 15,570 Cowichan-Newcastle CCF NDP 5,422 50.47% 1,846 17.18% 3,576 5,422 904 840 – – 10,742 Cranbrook CCF NDP 2,563 39.09% 930 14.19% 1,633 2,563 835 1,526 – – 6,557 Dewdney CCF NDP 11,625 41.95% 1,119 4.04% 10,506 11,625 4,051 1,532 – – 27,714 Esquimalt SC SC 4,951 48.28% 2,145 20.92% 4,951 2,806 1,398 1,099 – – 10,254 Fernie Lib Lib 1,226 41.67% 189 6.42% 679 1,037 1,226 – – – 2,942 Fort George SC SC 5,308 60.78% 3,583 41.03% 5,308 1,725 961 739 – – 8,733 Grand Forks-Greenwood CCF NDP 919 38.45% 153 6.40% 705 919 766 – – – 2,390 Kamloops SC SC 5,669 47.17% 1,196 9.95% 5,669 1,297 580 4,473 – – 12,019 Kaslo-Slocan CCF NDP 1,242 45.07% 149 5.41% 1,093 1,242 301 120 – – 2,756 Lillooet SC SC 1,425 33.77% 309 7.32% 1,425 1,116 977 702 – – 4,220 Mackenzie CCF NDP 4,323 41.61% 403 3.88% 3,920 4,323 2,147 – – – 10,390 Nanaimo and the Islands SC NDP 4,278 42.44% 19 0.18% 4,259 4,278 960 582 – – 10,079 Nelson-Creston SC SC 4,047 44.65% 2,104 23.21% 4,047 1,943 1,600 1,474 – – 9,064 New Westminster CCF NDP 5,035 37.57% 318 2.38% 4,717 5,035 2,335 1,316 – – 13,403 North Okanagan SC SC 4,157 41.55% 2,081 20.80% 4,157 2,008 2,076 1,765 – – 10,006 North Peace River SC SC 2,310 69.43% 1,707 51.31% 2,310 414 603 – – – 3,327 Oak Bay Lib Lib 4,457 42.77% 687 6.60% 3,770 469 4,457 1,726 – – 10,422 Omineca SC SC 1,936 55.09% 1,157 32.92% 1,936 779 528 271 – – 3,514 Prince Rupert SC SC 2,357 42.07% 439 7.84% 2,357 1,918 1,328 – – – 5,603 Revelstoke CCF SC 1,176 41.36% 105 3.69% 1,176 1,071 385 211 – – 2,843 Rossland-Trail SC SC 5,474 51.02% 2,828 26.36% 5,474 2,646 1,139 1,470 – – 10,729Saanich SC SC 10,657 49.02% 5,879 27.04% 10,657 4,778 3,049 3,180 – 75 21,739 Salmon Arm SC SC 2,058 41.55% 413 8.34% 2,058 1,645 245 1,005 – – 4,953 Similkameen SC SC 5,093 48.71% 2,457 23.50% 5,093 2,636 1,423 1,303 – – 10,455 Skeena SC SC 2,963 50.23% 988 16.75% 2,963 1,975 961 – – – 5,899 South Okanagan SC SC 8,485 63.69% 5,997 45.01% 8,485 1,707 642 2,488 – – 13,322 South Peace River SC SC 3,365 68.81% 2,540 51.94% 3,365 825 700 – – – 4,890 Yale SC NDP 1,697 37.13% 6 0.14% 1,691 1,697 599 584 – – 4,571 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 - 1963 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Elections BC 1988 277-282, 287-292 Riding Winning party Votes Voterswho votedElections BC 1988 537NameMLAs 19601963 SC Social Credit NDP Lib PC Comm Communist Ind Independent and other Total Burnaby2 #EEDDAA 2 #ADD8E6 1#F4A460 114,650 14,750 5,472 2,343 – –73,598 41,66914,070 14,409 5,641 2,263 – – Delta2 #EEDDAA 2 #ADD8E6 222,504 18,690 5,553 4,461 – –100,327 55,07322,067 17,661 5,342 4,049 – – North Vancouver2 #A51B12 2 #A51B12 213,215 5,764 16,153 3,567 190 –73,337 37,90111,883 5,409 14,068 3,088 – – Vancouver-Burrard2 #ADD8E6 2 #ADD8E6 211,181 10,345 5,798 – –58,657 29,53410,612 8,998 5,291 – – Vancouver Centre2 #ADD8E6 2 #ADD8E6 28,060 5,806 3,477 2,741 266 –39,777 21,3127,594 5,538 3,467 2,588 240 – Vancouver East2 #EEDDAA 2 #F4A460 217,031 20,424 3,996 2,308 – 21587,294 51,78116,867 20,292 3,901 2,260 – – Vancouver-Point Grey3 #ADD8E6 3 #ADD8E6 2#A51B12 123,172 8,663 25,592Pat McGeer was elected in a 1962 byelection. 15,719 – –179,472 59,87120,962 8,072 17,641 7,643 – –20,267 8,018 16,510 7,213 – – Victoria City3 #ADD8E6 3 #ADD8E6 39,736 3,557 4,440 2,528 153 –58,670 22,3879,347 3,324 4,355 2,282 – –9,118 3,275 4,302 2,253 – – a lightgreen #BFBFBF = winning candidate See also List of British Columbia political parties References 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 1963 1964 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_b0o5 registration Category: elections in Canada General election Category:September 1963 in Canada