1933 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1933 British Columbia general election British Columbia parliamentary no no no 1928 British Columbia general election 1928 1937 British Columbia general election 1937 47 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 24 November 2, 1933 Thomas Dufferin Pattullo (cropped).jpg BC Liberal nohash Thomas Dufferin Pattullo BC Liberal name 1928 Prince Rupert 12 34 22 159,131 41.74% 1.70pp Rev. Robert Connell 1936.jpg BC CCF nohash Robert Connell BC CCF name 1933 Victoria City pre-creation 7 7 120,185 31.53% pre-creation William John Bowser (cropped).jpg BC NPIG nohash William John Bowser †"William John Bowser death" Bowser died prior to the election. BC NPIG name 1933 Did not run"William John Bowser death" Did not contest 2 2 38,836 10.19% new Simon Fraser Tolmie.png BC Unionist nohash Simon Fraser Tolmie Unionist 1933 Saanich (lost re-election) 35"Conservative Party of British Columbia" Result for the Conservative Party of British Columbia. 1 34"Unionist Party of British Columbia" Compared to the Conservative Party of British Columbia. 15,445 4.05% 49.25pp"Unionist Party of British Columbia" Premier Simon Fraser Tolmie BC Conservative name Premier after election Thomas Dufferin Pattullo BC Liberal name 18th Parliament of British Columbia 17th Parliament of British Columbia The 1933 British Columbia general election was the eighteenth 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 September 13, 1933, and held on November 2, 1933.Elections BC 1988 173 The new legislature met for the first time on February 20, 1934. The Liberal Party won a majority government. The Official Opposition was formed by the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, which was contesting its first election. Because of internal discord, the provincial executive of the Conservative Party decided not to contest the election officially. Instead, each local association was to act on its own. Some candidates ran as Independents, some as Independent Conservatives. Those supporting the premier, Simon Fraser Tolmie, ran as Unionist Party of British Columbia, and those grouped around William John Bowser, a former premier, ran as the Non-Partisan Independent Group. When Bowser died on October 25, the elections in Vancouver Centre and Victoria City were postponed to November 27, and the following candidates withdrew:Elections BC 1988 180 in Vancouver Centre, one each from the Unionists, NPIG and United Front in Victoria City, one Unionist, three NPIG and one Independent Other notable races include the election of Bridge River-Lillooet News publisher George Matheson Murray in Lillooet over Conservative Ernest Crawford Carson. Carson's brother Robert Henry Carson ran as a Liberal, winning Kamloops. Carson and his brother both served as cabinet ministers in later regimes. They were the sons of Robert Carson, an American who was one of the very few survivors of an Indian attack on a wagon train on the Oregon Trail and who went on to found one of the early ranches at Pavilion and whose holdings became part of the Diamond S Ranch.BCGNIS listing "Mount Carson" 1932 redistribution of ridings An Act was passed in 1932, providing for a reduction of the seats in the Assembly from 48 to 47 upon the next election.Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1932 S.B.C. 1932 8 https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstats/346030922 The following changes were made: Abolished ridings New ridingsDrawn from other ridings Peace RiverMerger of districts Alberni Nanaimo Alberni-Nanaimo Columbia Revelstoke Columbia-Revelstoke Nelson Creston Nelson-CrestonReorganization of districts Richmond-Point Grey (1 MLA) South Vancouver (1 MLA) Vancouver City (6 MLAs) Vancouver-Burrard (2 MLAs) Vancouver Centre (2 MLAs) Vancouver East (2 MLAs) Vancouver-Point Grey (3 MLAs) a 1934 post-election redistribution A 1934 Act increased the size of the Assembly from 47 to 48, by abolishing the district of Columbia-Revelstoke and reviving the previous districts of Columbia and Revelstoke, with immediate effect.Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1934 S.B.C. 1934 15 https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstats/1962968583 William Henry Sutherland was declared the MLA for Revelstoke,1934 Act, s. 11 and Thomas King (Liberal) was acclaimed in Columbia in the subsequent byelection.Elections BC 1988 181 Results Elections to the 18th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1933)Elections BC 1988 159, 173 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1928 !1933 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) BC Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Duff Pattullo | 47 || 12 || 34 || 22 || 159,131 || 14,259 || 41.74 || 1.70 BC CCF row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Robert Connell | 46 || – || 7 || 7 || 120,185 || 120,185 || 31.53 ||New |- |rowspan="7" BC Conservative background|   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Conservative fragmentation |- |style="text-align:left;" |BC NPIG colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|William John Bowser | 30 ||rowspan="5"|  || 2 ||rowspan="5"|  || 38,836 ||rowspan="5"|  || 10.19 ||rowspan="5"|  |- |style="text-align:left;" |BC Unionist colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|Simon Fraser Tolmie | 12 || 1 || 15,445 || 4.05 |- |style="text-align:left;" |BC Independent Conservative colour&name |style="text-align:left;"| | 6 || – || 7,114 || 1.87 |- |style="text-align:left;" |BC Independent colour&name |style="text-align:left;"| | 4 || – || 2,193 || 0.58 |- |style="text-align:left;" |BC Oxford Group colour&name |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || 1 || 1,655 || 0.43 |- |style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"|All Conservative factions | 53 ||35 || 4 || 31 || 65,243 || 128,688 || 17.12 || 36.18 BC Independent row-name | || 24 || – || 1 || 1 || 25,658 || 22,000 || 6.73 || 5.72 BC Labour row-name (all factions) | || 4 || 1 || 1 || || 2,357 || 15,867 || 0.62 || 4.42 BC UFWF row-name | || 20 || – || – || – || 4,584 || 4,584 || 1.20 ||New BC Independent CCF row-name | || 8 || – || – || – || 2,266 || 2,266 || 0.59 ||New BC Independent Liberal row-name | || 2 || – || – || – || 1,076 || 75 || 0.28 || – BC Socialist row-name | || 5 || – || – || – || 370 || 370 || 0.10 ||Returned BC Progressive Liberal row-name | || 1 || – || – || – || 353 || 353 || 0.09 ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 210 | 48 ! colspan="2"| 47 ! colspan="2"|381,223 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballotsElections BC 1988 2 | 3,380Incomplete ||121 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who votedElections BC 1988 2 | 236,415 ||61,481 | 73.07% || 1.74 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered votersElections BC 1988 2 | 323,540 ||78,300 | colspan="2"| |} a + Seats and popular vote by partyElections BC 1988 159, 173 Party Seats Votes Change (pp)BC Liberal colour&name 34 47 BC Liberal 175 41.74 175 darkgrey 1.70 -5 1em background:greenBC CCF colour&name 7 47 BC CCF 175 31.53 175 darkgrey 31.53 -5 1em background:greenBC Conservative colour&name (all factions) 4 47 BC Conservative 175 17.12 175 darkgrey -36.18 -5 1em background:redBC Independent colour&name 1 47 BC Independent 175 6.73 175 darkgrey 5.72 -5 1em background:greenBC Labour colour&name 1 47 BC Labour 175 0.62 175 darkgrey -4.42 -5 1em background:redBC Other colour&name 0 47 BC Other 175 2.26 175 darkgrey 1.65 -5 1em background:green MLAs elected #A51B12 Alberni-Nanaimo: George Sharratt Pearson #A51B12 Atlin: William James Asselstine #EEDDAA Burnaby: Ernest Winch #A51B12 Cariboo: Donald Morrison MacKay #A51B12 Chilliwack: Edward Dodsley Barrow #A51B12 Columbia-Revelstoke: William Henry Sutherland #A51B12 Comox: Laurence Arnold Hanna #DCDCDC Cowichan-Newcastle: Hugh Savage (OG Oxford Group) #A51B12 Cranbrook: Frank Mitchell MacPherson #EEDDAA Delta: Robert Swailes #A51B12 Dewdney: David William Strachan #9999FF Esquimalt: Robert Henry Pooley #EEBBBB Fernie: Thomas Aubert Uphill (ILP Independent Labour Party) #A51B12 Fort George: Henry George Thomas Perry #A51B12 Grand Forks-Greenwood: Dougald MacPherson #A51B12 The Islands: Alexander McDonald #A51B12 Kamloops: Robert Henry Carson #A51B12 Kaslo-Slocan: Charles Sidney Leary #A51B12 Lillooet: George Murray #EEDDAA Mackenzie: Ernest Bakewell #A51B12 Nelson-Creston: Frank Putnam #A51B12 New Westminster: Wells Gray #A51B12 North Okanagan: Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald #EEDDAA North Vancouver: Harley Anderson #A51B12 Omineca: Alexander Malcolm Manson #287BC8 Peace River: Clive Planta #A51B12 Prince Rupert: Duff Pattullo #A51B12 Rossland-Trail: Richard Ronald Burns #A51B12 Saanich: Norman William Whittaker #287BC8 Salmon Arm: Rolf Wallgren Bruhn #A51B12 Similkameen: Charles H. P. Tupper #A51B12 Skeena: Edward Tourtellotte Kenney #A51B12 South Okanagan: Joseph Allen Harris #A51B12 Vancouver-Burrard: Gerry McGeer #A51B12 Vancouver-Burrard: Helen Douglas Smith #A51B12 Vancouver Centre: Gordon McGregor Sloan #A51B12 Vancouver Centre: Gordon Sylvester Wismer #EEDDAA Vancouver East: John Price #EEDDAA Vancouver East: Harold Winch #A51B12 Vancouver-Point Grey: George Moir Weir #A51B12 Vancouver-Point Grey: Stanley McKeen #A51B12 Vancouver-Point Grey: Robert Wilkinson #A51B12 Victoria City: John Hart #A51B12 Victoria City: Boss Johnson #EEDDAA Victoria City: Robert Connell #DCDCDC Victoria City: Herbert Anscomb #A51B12 Yale: John Joseph Alban Gillis Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1933 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Elections BC 1988 161-164, 175-180 Riding Winning party VotesName 1928Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Lib CCF NP Non-Partisan Independent Group Un Unionist O-C Other Conservative factions UF United Front (Workers and Farmers) Ind Independent Oth Other minor affiliations Total   Alberni-Nanaimo New Lib 3,146 47.47% 793 11.96% 3,146 2,353 781 – – 185 162 – 6,627 Atlin Lib Lib 419 32.63% 111 8.64% 419 308 – – 136 – 421The incumbent Herbert Frederick Kergin received 267 votes. – 1,284 Burnaby Con CCF 4,548 39.27% 528 4.55% 4,020 4,548 519 1,051 – 694 22 726 11,580 Cariboo Con Lib 1,089 54.50% 578 28.92% 1,089 398 511 – – – – – 1,998 Chilliwack Con Lib 2,273 44.96% 618 12.23% 2,273 1,655 1,128 – – – – – 5,056 Columbia-Revelstoke New Lib 1,947 72.27% 1,200 44.54% 1,947 747 – – – – – – 2,694 Comox Con Lib 2,204 49.94% 614 13.91% 2,204 1,590 – – – 259 84 276 4,413 Cowichan-Newcastle Con OG Oxford Group 1,655 40.88% 367 9.06% 520 1,288 – – 2,240The incumbent Cyril Francis Davie received 585 votes. – – – 4,048 Cranbrook Lib Lib 2,951 69.53% 1,720 40.52% 2,951 1,231 – – – 62 – – 4,244 Delta Con CCF 2,631 36.95% 538 7.55% 2,093 2,631 – – 612The incumbent John Walter Berry received 447 votes. 49 1,735 – 7,120 Dewdney Con Lib 1,235 30.34% 166 4.08% 1,235 967 1,069 – – 127 673 – 4,071 Esquimalt Con Un 1,466 39.03% 59 1.57% 1,407 525 358 1,466 – – – – 3,756 Fernie ILP ILP 1,693 56.58% 394 13.16% 1,299 – – – – – – 1,693 2,992 Fort George Con Lib 1,577 56.32% 952 34.00% 1,577 625 310 – – 192 – 96 2,800 Grand Forks-Greenwood Con Lib 1,034 58.55% 523 29.61% 1,034 221 511 – – – – – 1,766 The Islands Con Lib 726 35.35% 57 2.78% 726 400 233 – 669 – 26 – 2,054 Kamloops Con Lib 1,836 44.76% 476 11.61% 1,836 1,360 906 – – – – – 4,102 Kaslo-Slocan Con Lib 1,250 45.05% 299 10.78% 1,250 574 951 – – – – – 2,775 Lillooet Con Lib 927 44.06% 222 10.55% 927 472 705 – – – – – 2,104 Mackenzie Con CCF 2,071 43.61% 685 14.42% 1,386 2,071 1,292 – – – – – 4,749 Nelson-Creston New Lib 2,489 49.19% 1,187 23.46% 2,489 1,161 1,302 – – 125 – – 5,060 New Westminster Lib Lib 2,694 46.98% 1,218 21.24% 2,694 1,476 – – – 125 1,439 – 5,734 North Okanagan Con Lib 2,322 48.01% 676 13.97% 2,322 868 1,646 – – – – – 4,836 North Vancouver Lib CCF 2,427 35.19% 643 9.32% 1,636 2,427 1,784 Jack Loutet had been elected as a Conservative in a 1930 byelection – – 132 7 911John Melvin Bryan Sr., previously elected as a Liberal in 1924, ran as an Independent Liberal and received 846 votes 6,897 Omineca Lib Lib 1,079 52.23% % 1,079 538 355 – – – 94 – 2,066 Peace River New NP 957 37.31% 157 6.12% 749 800 957 – – 59 – – 2,565 Prince Rupert Lib Lib 1,725 64.90% 1,060 39.88% 1,725 665 – – – 268 – – 2,658 Rossland-Trail Con Lib 1,729 43.84% 415 10.52% 1,729 901 1,314 – – – – – 3,944Saanich Con Lib 2,171 37.97% 348 6.09% 2,171 1,216 508 1,823 – – – – 5,718 Salmon Arm Con NP 1,351 44.82% 463 15.36% 888 603 1,351 – – 172 – – 3,014 Similkameen Con Lib 1,765 43.23% 379 9.28% 1,765 730 1,386 – – – 202 – 4,083 Skeena Lib Lib 902 56.34% 451 28.17% 902 451 – – – – 248 – 1,601 South Okanagan Con Lib 1,636 36.66% 191 4.28% 1,636 1,382 – – 1,445 – – – 4,463 Yale Lib Lib 1,193 68.64% 881 50.69% 1,193 233 312 – – – – – 1,738 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 #B8BFFE silver = Conservative factions #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates + Results by riding - 1933 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Elections BC 1988 161-164, 175-180 Riding Winning party VotesNameMLAs 19281933 Lib CCF NP Non-Partisan Independent Group Un Unionist O-C Other Conservative factions UF United Front (Workers and Farmers) Ind Independent Oth Other minor affiliations Total Vancouver-Burrard2 New #A51B12 2 19,139 12,857 5,642 1,733 – 235 – 616 40,222 Vancouver Centre2 New #A51B12 2 13,648 10,454 – – 2,741 646 – 834 28,323 Vancouver East2 New #EEDDAA 2 14,171 21,991 2,450 404 – 1,002 418 656 41,092 Vancouver-Point Grey3 New #A51B12 3 31,436 22,330 10,555 6,152 – 174 902 111 71,660 Victoria City4 #294296 4 #A51B12 2#EEDDAA 1#DCDCDC 1 24,420 15,138 – 2,816 3,119 95 19,225 503 65,316 #B0C4DE silver = election day deferred See also List of British Columbia political parties Notes lower-alpha References Further reading Elections BC 1988 1988 An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf Victoria Elections British Columbia 0-7718-8677-2 The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1933 1934 The Annual Review Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_w9c0 Category: elections in Canada General election Category:November 1933 in Canada