1912 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1912 British Columbia general election British Columbia parliamentary no no no 1909 British Columbia general election 1909 1916 British Columbia general election 1916 42 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 22 March 28, 1912 Richard McBride (cropped).jpg x100px BC Conservative nohash Sir Richard McBride BC Conservative name Victoria City 38 39 1 50,423 59.65% 7.32pp SPC BC Socialist nohash none BC Socialist name 2 1 1 9,366 11.08% 0.42pp SDP BC Social Democratic nohash none BC Social Democratic name Did not contest 1 1 621 0.74% new Harlan Carey Brewster.jpg x160px BC Liberal nohash Harlan Carey Brewster BC Liberal name 2 0 2 21,443 25.37% 7.84pp Premier Richard McBride BC Conservative name Premier after election Richard McBride BC Conservative name 12th Parliament of British Columbia 13th Parliament of British Columbia The 1912 British Columbia general election was the thirteenth 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 February 27, 1912, and held on March 28, 1912. The new legislature met for the first time on January 16, 1913. The governing Conservative Party increased its share of the popular vote to almost 60%, and swept all but 3 of the 42 seats in the legislature. Of the remaining three, one (Harold Ernest Forster in Columbia) was formally listed as an Independent but was a Conservative who had missed the filing date. He campaigned and sat in full support of the McBride government. The Liberal Party's share of the vote fell from one-third to one-quarter, and it lost both of its seats in the legislature. The remaining two seats were won by the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party in the coal-mining ridings of Nanaimo City and Newcastle. Results Elections to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1912)Elections BC 1988 109,115 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1909 !1912 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) BC Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Richard McBride | 42 || 38 || 39 || 1 || 50,423 || 2,651 || 59.65% || 7.32 BC Socialist row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 17 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 9,366 || 2,299 || 11.08% || 0.42 BC Independent Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 7 || – || 1 || 1 || 1,163 || 1,009 || 1.37% || 1.22 BC Social Democratic row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || – || 1 || 1 || 621 || 621 || 0.74% ||New BC Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Harlan Carey Brewster | 19 || 2 || – || 2 || 21,433 || 12,242 || 25.37% || 7.84 BC Independent row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 2 || – || – || – || 1,513 || 1,112 || 1.79% || 0.80 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |88||42 ! " colspan="2"|42 ! " colspan="2"|84,529 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |} a + Seats and popular vote by partyElections BC 1988 109,115 Party Seats Votes Change (pp)BC Conservative colour&name 39 42 BC Conservative 175 59.65 175 darkgrey 7.32 -5 1em background:greenBC Liberal colour&name 0 42 BC Liberal 175 25.37 175 darkgrey -7.34 -5 1em background:redBC Socialist colour&name 1 42 BC Socialist 175 11.08 175 darkgrey -0.42 -5 1em background:redBC Other colour&name 2 42 BC Other 175 3.90 175 darkgrey 0.44 -5 1em background:green Results by riding The following MLAs were elected:Elections BC 1988 117–119 #294296 Alberni: John George Corry Wood #294296 Atlin: Henry Esson Young #294296 Cariboo: Michael Callanan #294296 Cariboo: John Anderson Fraser #294296 Chilliwhack: Samuel Arthur Cawley #DCDCDC Columbia: Harold Ernest Forster (I-Con Independent Conservative) #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 #294296 Esquimalt: Robert Henry Pooley #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 #DA7C7C Nanaimo City: John Thomas Wilmot Place #294296 Nelson City: William Ross MacLean #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: Lorne Argyle Campbell #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: Alexander Lucas #294296 Ymir: James Hargrave Schofield Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1912 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Elections BC 1988 111-113, 117-119 Riding Winning party VotesName 1909Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Con Lib Soc I-Con Independent Conservative SD Social Democratic Total   Alberni Lib Conacclaimed Atlin Con Conacclaimed Chilliwhack Con Conacclaimed Columbia Con I-Con Independent Conservative 282 51.74% 19 3.48% 263 – – 282 – 545 Comox Con Con 694 66.16% 339 32.32% 694 – 355 – – 1,049 Cowichan Con Con 441 80.04% 331 60.08% 441 110 – – – 551 Cranbrook Con Conacclaimed Delta Con Con 748 70.83% 440 41.66% 748 308 – – – 1,056 Dewdney Con Con 803 80.54% 609 61.08% 803 – – 194 – 997 Esquimalt Lib Con 398 46.50% 212 24.77% 398 151 25 282The incumbent John Jardine received 96 votes – 856 Fernie Con Con 1,067 58.31% 304 16.62% 1,067 – 763 – – 1,830 Grand Forks Con Conacclaimed Greenwood Con Con 364 78.11% 262 56.22% 364 – 102 – – 466 The Islands Con Con 345 75.66% 234 51.32% 345 – – 111 – 456 Kamloops Con Con 931 70.11% 534 40.22% 931 397 – – – 1,328 Kaslo Con Conacclaimed Lillooet Con Con 200 71.17% 119 42.34% 200 81 – – – 281 Nanaimo City Soc SD Social Democratic 621 39.45% 43 2.73% 578 375 – – 621 1,574 Nelson City Con Con 527 59.08% 339 38.00% 527 – 177 188 – 892 Newcastle Soc Soc 386 50.86% 13 1.72% 373 – 386 – – 759 New Westminster City Con Con 1,004 72.28% 619 44.56% 1,004 385 – – – 1,389 Okanagan Con Con 1,388 82.37% 1,091 64.74% 1,388 – 297 – – 1,685 Revelstoke Con Conacclaimed Richmond Con Conacclaimed Rossland City Con Con 336 56.09% 168 28.04% 336 168 95 – – 599Saanich Con Con 392 69.01% 216 38.02% 392 176 – – – 568 Similkameen Con Conacclaimed Skeena Con Con 940 51.00% 420 22.79% 940 520 277 106 – 1,843 Slocan Con Con 373 65.32% 175 30.64% 373 – 198 – – 571 Yale Con Con 524 65.26% 245 30.52% 524 279 – – – 803 Ymir Con Con 1,024 79.69% 763 59.38% 1,024 – 261 – – 1,285 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 - 1912 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Elections BC 1988 111-113, 117-119 Party Cariboo Vancouver City Victoria City Votes Share Change Votes Share Change Votes Share Change BC Conservative row-name 645 77.99% 14.98% 25,338 54.74% 4.64% 10,727 66.90% 13.48% BC Liberal row-name 182 22.01% -14.98% 14,283 30.86% -5.42% 4,028 25.12% -6.57% BC Socialist row-name – – – 5,767 12.46% -1.16% 663 4.13% 0.72% BC Independent row-name – – – 897 1.94% 1.94% 616 3.84% -7.64%Total 827 100.00% 46,285 100.00% 16,034 100.00%Seats won #294296 2 #294296 5 #294296 4Incumbents returned 2 5 4Seat change – – – See also List of British Columbia political parties Notes Further reading & references 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, 1912 1913 The Annual Review Publishing Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_j8v1 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:March 1912 in Canada