1909 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1909 British Columbia general election 53,074 1907 British Columbia general election 1907 1912 British Columbia general election 1912 British Columbia Sir Richard McBride John Oliver 26 seats, 48.70% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 3 seats, 8.87% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 11 13 seats, 37.15% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 11,665 33,675 52.33% 33.21% 11.50% 3.63pp Percentage points 3.94pp Percentage points 2.63pp Percentage points 12 1 No parliamentary BC Socialist name x100px No leader 38 2 2 Victoria CityYale Ran in Delta (lost)Victoria City (lost) BC Conservative name BC Liberal name BC Conservative (historical) nohash BC Socialist nohash x100px BC Liberal nohash Premier Premier after election 42 seats to the 12th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 22 seats were needed for a majority 12th Parliament of British Columbia#Members of the 12th General Assembly 11th Parliament of British Columbia#Members of the 11th General Assembly November 25, 1909 Richard McBride Richard McBride BC Conservative name SPC BC Conservative nameThe 1909 British Columbia general election was the twelfth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on October 20, 1909, and held on November 25, 1909. The new legislature met for the first time on January 20, 1910. The governing Conservative Party won its third consecutive term in government with over half of the popular vote and all but four of the 42 seats in the legislature, effectively a rout for the popular incumbent Premier, Sir Richard McBride. Ten days after the dissolution of the Legislature, James Alexander MacDonald announced his retirement from the leadership of the Liberal Party to become Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court, and John Oliver was selected to take his place.Hopkins 1910 590 Despite winning almost one-third of the popular vote, the Liberals won only two seats, the same number won by the Socialist Party with only 11.5% of the vote. The first-past-the-post allocation of seats, combined with the multi-member constituencies in effect at the time, ensured that the Conservatives won with a lead of 34 seats, instead of only a lead of two seats that its proportion of the popular vote should have granted it. Hooper R.H. September 29, 1915 Proportional Representation Grain Growers Guide Winnipeg 7 Two candidates campaigned in multiple ridings. McBride won in both Yale and Victoria City, while Oliver was defeated in Delta and Victoria City.Hopkins 1910 593 Results Elections to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1909)Elections BC 1988 99,109 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1907 !1909 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) BC Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Richard McBride | 42 || 26 || 38 || 12 || 53,074 || 22,293 || 52.33% || 3.63 BC Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|John Oliver | 36 || 13 || 2 || 11 || 33,675 || 10,194 || 33.21% || 3.94 BC Socialist row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 20 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 11,665 || 6,062 || 11.50% || 2.63 BC Independent row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 3 || – || – || – || 2,625 || 2,478 || 2.59% || 2.36 BC Labour row |style="text-align:left;"|Canadian Labour |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || – || – || – || 165 || 2,330 || 0.16% || 3.79 BC Independent Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || – || – || – || 154 || 154 || 0.15% ||New BC Independent Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || – || – || – || 57 || 430 || 0.06% || 0.71 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |104||42 ! " colspan="2"|42 ! " colspan="2"|101,415 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |} a + Seats and popular vote by partyElections BC 1988 99,109 Party Seats Votes Change (pp)BC Conservative colour&name 38 42 BC Conservative 175 52.33 175 darkgrey 3.63 -5 1em background:greenBC Liberal colour&name 2 42 BC Liberal 175 33.21 175 darkgrey -3.94 -5 1em background:redBC Socialist colour&name 2 42 BC Socialist 175 11.50 175 darkgrey 2.63 -5 1em background:greenBC Labour colour&name 0 42 BC Labour 175 0.16 175 darkgrey -3.79 -5 1em background:redBC Other colour&name 0 42 BC Other 175 2.80 175 darkgrey 1.47 -5 1em background:green Results by riding The following MLAs were elected:Elections BC 1988 111–113 #A51B12 Alberni: Harlan Carey Brewster #294296 Atlin: Henry Esson Young #294296 Cariboo: Michael Callanan #294296 Cariboo: John Anderson Fraser #294296 Chilliwhack: Samuel Arthur Cawley #294296 Columbia: Henry George Parson #294296 Comox: Michael Manson #294296 Cowichan: William Henry Hayward #294296 Cranbrook: Thomas Donald Caven #294296 Delta: Francis James Anderson MacKenzie #294296 Dewdney: William J. Manson #A51B12 Esquimalt: John Jardine #294296 Fernie: William Roderick Ross #294296 Grand Forks: Ernest Miller #294296 Greenwood: John Robert Jackson #294296 The Islands: Albert Edward McPhillips #294296 Kamloops: James Pearson Shaw #294296 Kaslo: Neil Franklin MacKay #294296 Lillooet: Archibald McDonald #FFD700 Nanaimo City: James Hurst Hawthornthwaite #294296 Nelson City: Harry Wright #FFD700 Newcastle: Parker Williams #294296 New Westminster City: Thomas Gifford #294296 Okanagan: Price Ellison #294296 Revelstoke: Thomas Taylor #294296 Richmond: Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton #294296 Rossland City: William Robert Braden #294296 Saanich: David McEwen Eberts #294296 Similkameen: Lytton Wilmot Shatford #294296 Skeena: William Manson #294296 Slocan: William Hunter #294296 Vancouver City: Charles William John Bowser #294296 Vancouver City: Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan #294296 Vancouver City: George Albert McGuire #294296 Vancouver City: Charles Edward Tisdall #294296 Vancouver City: Henry Holgate Watson #294296 Victoria City: Henry Frederick William Behnsen #294296 Victoria City: Frederick Davey #294296 Victoria City: Richard McBride #294296 Victoria City: Henry Broughton Thomson #294296 Yale: Richard McBrideMcBride also won a seat in Victoria. He renounced Yale, and Alexander Lucas (Con) would win in the subsequent byelection. #294296 Ymir: James Hargrave Schofield Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1909 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Elections BC 1988 101–103, 111-113 Riding Winning party VotesName 1907Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Con Lib Soc Ind Independent Oth Other minor affiliations Total   Alberni Lib Lib 293 53.37% 37 6.74% 256 293 – – – 549 Atlin Con Con 107 62.21% 42 24.42% 107 65 – – – 172 Chilliwhack Lib Con 604 54.07% 91 8.14% 604 513 – – – 1,117 Columbia Con Con 262 51.68% 17 3.36% 262 245 – – – 507 Comox Con Con 451 45.88% 245 24.92% 451 172 206 – 154 983 Cowichan Con Con 365 67.59% 190 35.18% 365 175 – – – 540 Cranbrook Lib Con 761 54.16% 260 18.50% 761 501 143 – – 1,405 Delta Lib Con 765 58.13% 214 16.26% 765 551 – – – 1,316 Dewdney Con Con 625 67.42% 323 34.84% 625 302 – – – 927 Esquimalt Lib Lib 436 54.64% 74 9.28% 362 436 – – – 798 Fernie Con Con 795 43.00% 146 7.90% 795 405 649 – – 1,849 Grand Forks Soc Con 516 51.60% 182 18.20% 516 150 334 – – 1,000 Greenwood Lib Con 260 42.07% 56 9.06% 260 154 204 – – 618 The Islands Con Con 270 56.60% 63 13.20% 270 207 – – – 477 Kamloops Con Con 872 64.40% 390 28.80% 872 482 – – – 1,354 Kaslo Con Con 293 68.62% 159 37.24% 293 134 – – – 427 Lillooet Lib Con 167 58.80% 50 17.60% 167 117 – – – 284 Nanaimo City Soc Soc 786 62.88% 322 25.76% 464 – 786 – – 1,250 Nelson City Lib Con 565 54.54% 242 23.36% 565 323 148 – – 1,036 Newcastle Soc Soc 379 52.64% 105 14.58% 274 – 379 67 – 720 New Westminster City Con Con 881 52.98% 264 25.88% 881 617 – – 165 1,663 Okanagan Con Con 1,538 62.34% 797 32.30% 1,538 741 188 – – 2,467 Revelstoke Con Con 758 62.18% 418 34.29% 758 – 121 340 – 1,219 Richmond Con Con 918 57.92% 251 15.84% 918 667 – – – 1,585 Rossland City Lib Con 237 38.60% 20 3.26% 237 217 160 – – 614Saanich Con Con 412 57.62% 109 15.24% 412 303 – – – 715 Similkameen Con Con 440 68.22% 235 36.44% 440 205 – – – 645 Skeena Lib Con 822 60.35% 445 32.67% 822 377 163 – – 1,362 Slocan Con Con 309 57.43% % 309 – 172 – 57 538 Yale Lib Con 455 63.19% 190 26.38% 455 265 – – – 720 Ymir Con Con 699 65.63% 333 31.26% 699 – 366 – – 1,065 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 #EEBBBB silver = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature #87CEFA silver = incumbency arose from byelection gain #DCD0FF silver = other incumbents renominated #E9967A silver = endorsed by the Liberals #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates + Results by riding - 1909 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Elections BC 1988 101–103, 111-113 Party Cariboo Vancouver City Victoria City Votes Share Change Votes Share Change Votes Share Change BC Conservative row-name 540 63.01% 19.13% 25,710 50.10% -1.28% 10,321 53.42% 5.88% BC Liberal row-name 317 36.99% -19.13% 18,619 36.28% -0.03% 6,122 31.69% -3.97% BC Socialist row-name – – – 6,987 13.62% 3.57% 659 3.41% -0.12% BC Independent row-name – – – – – – 2,218 11.48% 11.48% BC Labour rowCanadian Labour – – – – – -2.26% – – -13.28%Total 857 100.00% 51,316 100.00% 19,320 100.00%Seats won #294296 2 #294296 5 #294296 4Incumbents returned – 3 4Seat change #A51B12 2 – – See also List of British Columbia political parties Notes References Further reading In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC. Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1909 1910 The Annual Review Publishing Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_k5z7 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 Category: elections in Canada General election Category:November 1909 in Canada