1953 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1953 British Columbia general election British Columbia parliamentary no no no 1952 British Columbia general election 1952 1956 British Columbia general election 1956 23rd Parliament of British Columbia 24th Parliament of British Columbia 48 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 25 June 9, 1953 First count   Percentage   Swing Final count   Percentage WAC Bennett - 1942.jpg BC Social Credit nohash W. A. C. Bennett BC Social Credit name 1952 South Okanagan 19 28 9 274,771 37.75% 10.55pp 300,372 45.54% CCF BC CCF nohash Arnold Webster BC CCF name 1953 Vancouver East 18 14 4 224,513 30.85% 0.07pp 194,414 29.48% x160px BC Liberal nohash Arthur Laing BC Liberal name 1953 Vancouver-Point Grey 6 4 2 171,671 23.59% 0.13pp 154,090 23.36% PC BC Progressive Conservative nohash Deane Finlayson BC Progressive Conservative name 1952 Ran in Oak Bay (lost) 4 1 3 40,780 5.60% 11.24pp 7,326 1.11% Premier W. A. C. Bennett BC Social Credit name Premier after election W. A. C. Bennett BC Social Credit name The 1953 British Columbia general election was the 24th 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 April 10, 1953, and held on June 9, 1953. The new legislature met for the first time on September 15, 1953. The minority government formed in 1952 by the conservative Social Credit party of Premier W.A.C. Bennett lasted only nine months before new elections were called. Social Credit was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a second term in government with almost 38% of the popular vote. The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation formed the official opposition with the only significant opposition caucus (14 seats). The British Columbia Liberal Party had a net loss of two of its six seats despite maintaining its 23% share of the popular vote. They lost five of the six seats they had won in 1952, but picked up three new seats. The Progressive Conservative Party lost three of its four seats in the legislature, as its share of the popular vote fell from almost 17% to under 6%. One seat was won by a Labour candidate. Results +Elections to the 24th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1953)Elections BC 1988 221-240, 243-262PartyLeaderCandidatesFirst Preference VotesSeats Votes ± % FPv ± 1952 1953 ± BC Social Credit League row-nameW. A. C. Bennett 48 274,771 65,722 37.75 10.55 1928 48 BC Social Credit League 9 BC CCF row-nameArnold Webster 47 224,513 12,049 30.85 0.07 1814 48 BC CCF 4 BC Liberal row-nameArthur Laing 48 171,761 8,528 23.59 0.13 64 48 BC Liberal 2 BC PC row-nameDeane Finlayson 39 40,780 88,659 5.60 11.24 41 48 BC PC 3 BC Labour row-nameTom Uphill 1 1,601 311 0.22 0.06 11 48 BC Labour BC Labor-Progressive row-name 25 7,496 4,982 1.03 0.70 BC Christian Democratic row-name 14 5,036 2,140 0.69 0.24 BC Independent row-nameIncludes a People's Party of BC candidate in Delta. 7 1,971 659 0.27 0.10Total 229727,839 100.00 Rejected ballotsElections BC 1988 2 43,766 1,883 Actual voters who votedElections BC 1988 2 522,052 21,404 70.55% 2.02 Registered votersElections BC 1988 2 740,006 53,067 a MLAs elected #EEDDAA Alberni: Stanley John Squire #EEDDAA Atlin: Frank Calder #EEDDAA Burnaby: Ernest Winch #ADD8E6 Cariboo: Ralph Chetwynd #ADD8E6 Chilliwack: William Kenneth Kiernan #ADD8E6 Columbia: Richard Orr Newton #EEDDAA Comox: William Campbell Moore #EEDDAA Cowichan-Newcastle: Robert Strachan #EEDDAA Cranbrook: Leo Nimsick #ADD8E6 Delta: Thomas Irwin #ADD8E6 Dewdney: Lyle Wicks #ADD8E6 Esquimalt: Herbert Joseph Bruch #EEBBBB Fernie: Thomas Aubert Uphill #ADD8E6 Fort George: Ray Williston #EEDDAA Grand Forks-Greenwood: Rupert Haggen #ADD8E6 Kamloops: Phil Gaglardi #EEDDAA Kaslo-Slocan: Randolph Harding #A51B12 Lillooet: James Gordon Gibson #EEDDAA Mackenzie: Anthony Gargrave #9999FF Nanaimo and the Islands: Larry Giovando #ADD8E6 Nelson-Creston: Wesley Drewett Black #EEDDAA New Westminster: Rae Eddie #ADD8E6 North Okanagan: Lorne Shantz #ADD8E6 North Vancouver: George Henry Tomlinson Jr. #A51B12 Oak Bay: Philip Archibald Gibbs #ADD8E6 Omineca: Cyril Morley Shelford #ADD8E6 Peace River: Charles William Parker #A51B12 Prince Rupert: Arthur Bruce Brown #EEDDAA Revelstoke: Vincent Segur #ADD8E6 Rossland-Trail: Robert Sommers #ADD8E6 Saanich: John Douglas Tisdalle #ADD8E6 Salmon Arm: James Allan Reid #ADD8E6 Similkameen: Frank Richter, Jr. #EEDDAA Skeena: Frank Howard #ADD8E6 South Okanagan: W. A. C. Bennett #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Burrard: Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Burrard: Bert Price #ADD8E6 Vancouver Centre: Alexander Small Matthew #ADD8E6 Vancouver Centre: George Churchill Moxham #EEDDAA Vancouver East: Arthur James Turner #EEDDAA Vancouver East: Arnold Alexander Webster #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Point Grey: Thomas Audley Bate #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Point Grey: Robert Bonner #A51B12 Vancouver-Point Grey: Arthur Laing #ADD8E6 Victoria City: Lydia Arsens #ADD8E6 Victoria City: William Chant #ADD8E6 Victoria City: Walter Percival Wright #ADD8E6 Yale: Irvine Finlay Corbett Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1953 British Columbia general election (all districts)Elections BC 1988 221-240, 243-262 Riding First preference votes Final counts Winning partyName SC Social Credit CCF Lib Liberal PC Progressive Conservative Lab Labour LPP Labor-Progressive CDP Christian Democratic Ind Independent and other Total # Last count SC Social Credit CCF Lib Liberal PC Progressive Conservative Lab Labour CDP Christian Democratic 1952 1953   Alberni 1,637 3,116 2,022 320 – 139 – – 7,234 4th – 3,715 2,811 – – – CCF CCF Atlin 108 553 275 – – – – – 936Elected on 1st count CCF CCF Burnaby 8,151 12,689 3,351 641 – 367 396 – 25,595 2nd 8,161 12,947 3,364 646 – 401 CCF CCF Cariboo2,733 992 1,050 509 – – – – 5,284Elected on 1st count SC SC Chilliwack8,776 2,456 2,631 589 – – – – 14,452Elected on 1st count SC SC Columbia924Richard Orr Newton had resigned in order to provide a seat for Robert Bonner. Bonner stood for election in Vancouver-Point Grey in 1953, while Newton sought reelection in his old seat. 481 676 80 – – – – 2,161 3rd 1,038 – 787 – – – SC SC Comox 4,420 5,462 2,944 378 – 357 – – 13,561 4th 5,762 6,717 – – – – CCF CCF Cowichan-Newcastle 2,686 4,517 2,330 510 – 168 – 118 10,329 5th 3,878 5,345 – – – – CCF CCF Cranbrook 2,219 2,955 1,615 – – – – – 6,789 2nd 2,756 3,460 – – – – CCF CCF Delta13,079 11,095 5,500 591 – 390 315 20 30,990 6th 15,417 13,108 – – – – SC SC Dewdney7,307 7,003 3,715 559 – 250 72 – 18,906 5th 9,066 8,310 – – – – SC SC Esquimalt 3,264 3,089 1,998 480 – – – – 8,831 3rd 4,147 3,848 – – – – CCF SC Fernie 702 – 1,229 – 1,601 – – – 3,532 2nd – – 1,402 – 1,793 – Lab Lab Fort George 3,160 1,677 1,802 – – – – – 6,639Elected on 1st count SC SC Grand Forks-Greenwood 583 995 324 177 – – – – 2,079 2nd 618 1,016 393 – – – CCF CCF Kamloops4,037 1,368 2,272 427 – 80 – – 8,184 3rd 4,171 1,434 2,503 – – – SC SC Kaslo-Slocan 867 1,481 792 – – – – – 3,140 2nd 1,165 1,692 – – – – CCF CCF Lillooet 1,065 1,372 1,103 452 – – – – 3,992 3rd – 1,694 1,830 – – – PC Lib Mackenzie 2,687 4,468 3,397 230 – – – – 10,782 3rd – 5,191 4,497 – – – CCF CCF Nanaimo and the Islands 2,626 3,631 1,375 2,046 – 115 – 32 9,825 5th – 4,358 – 4,376 – – PC PC Nelson-Creston3,450 2,636 1,803 772 – 99 – – 8,760 4th 4,199 3,404 – – – – SC SC New Westminster 3,787 4,903 4,309 – – 157 89 – 13,245 4th – 5,970 5,658 – – – CCF CCF North Okanagan4,398 1,749 2,071 700 – 90 – – 9,008 3rd 4,578 1,868 2,407 – – – SC SC North Vancouver 7,728 5,820 6,377 1,338 – 217 182 – 21,662 5th 9,291 – 9,134 – – – Lib SC Oak Bay 3,280 508 3,182 1,220 – – – – 8,190 3rd 3,681 – 4,110 – – – Lib Lib Omineca1,390 952 1,145 172 – – – – 3,659 3rd 1,612 – 1,379 – – – SC SC Peace River2,481 1,921 1,378 – – – – – 5,780 2nd 3,022 2,216 – – – – SC SC Prince Rupert 1,731 2,074 1,864 – – – – – 5,669 2nd – 2,578 2,611 – – – CCF Lib Revelstoke 639 1,009 551 – – – – 522 2,721 3rd – 1,284 1,012 – – – CCF CCF Rossland-Trail4,182 3,470 2,899 621 – – – – 11,172 3rd 5,778 4,549 – – – – SC SCSaanich 6,681 5,037 4,256 990 – – – – 16,964 3rd 8,876 6,466 – – – – CCF SC Salmon Arm1,627 1,341 623 600 – 101 – – 4,292 4th 2,013 1,806 – – – – SC SC Similkameen 4,465 3,419 2,109 323 – – – – 10,316 3rd 5,418 4,105 – – – – SC SC Skeena 1,372 1,768 1,413 220 – – – – 4,773 3rd – 2,110 2,097 – – – Lib CCF South Okanagan6,756 2,427 1,961 403 – – – – 11,547Elected on 1st count SC SC Yale1,177 835 834 107 – – – – 2,953 3rd 1,354 – 1,137 – – – SC SC Vancouver-Burrard (A)11,527 9,216 5,936 1,259 – 360 658 – 28,956 5th 14,924 11,360 – – – – SC SC Vancouver-Burrard (B)11,273 9,323 5,858 1,276 – 367 643 – 28,740 5th 14,674 11,446 – – – – SC SC Vancouver Centre (A) 7,066 6,238 4,079 971 – 572 505 – 19,431 5th 9,016 7,757 – – – – CCF SC Vancouver Centre (B) 6,782 6,283 3,985 1,007 – 580 480 – 19,117 5th 8,679 7,707 – – – – CCF SC Vancouver East (A) 13,225 19,475 5,272 747 – 842 743 – 40,304 4th 13,872 19,942 5,796 – – – CCF CCF Vancouver East (B) 12,910 20,583 4,727 803 – 816 351 – 40,190Elected on 1st count CCF CCF Vancouver-Point Grey (A) 19,768 10,058 14,612 4,533 – 348 194 193 49,706 5th 22,503 – 20,567 – – – PC SC Vancouver-Point Grey (B)20,205 9,556 12,022 7,373 – 337 212 64 49,769 6th 24,144 – 18,928 – – – PC SC Vancouver-Point Grey (C)19,061 9,441 17,412 3,607 – 338 196 – 50,055 5th 21,354 – 22,730 – – – SC Lib Victoria City (A) 8,616 4,881 6,915 1,227 – 126 – 1,022 22,787 5th 9,999 – 8,869 – – – Lib SC Victoria City (B) 9,131William Chant was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 5,267 6,484 1,383 – 153 – – 22,418 4th 10,330 – 8,344 – – – Lib SC Victoria City (C) 9,032 4,923 7,193 1,139 – 127 – – 22,414 4th 10,084 – 8,907 – – – Lib SC a #B9E5B9 silver = open seat #DCDCDC silver = 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 #FFA07A silver = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates Analysis + Parties ranked by preferenceElections BC 1988 243-262First preference Final count Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5thBC Social Credit colour&name30 10 8 – – 28 10 1 – –BC CCF colour&name17 15 14 1 – 14 17 5 – –BC Liberal colour&name– 23 24 1 – 4 21 5 – –BC PC colour&name– – 2 35 2 1 – – 4 1BC Labour colour&name1 – – – – 1 – – – –BC Labor-Progressive colour&name– – – 3 18 – – – 1 –BC Christian Democratic colour&name– – – – 4 – – – – 1BC Independent colour&name– – – 1 1 – – – – – + Party candidates in 2nd place (first preference)Elections BC 1988 243-262 Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalSocred CCF LiberalBC Social Credit row-name – 15 15 30BC CCF row-name 10 – 7 17BC Labour row-name – – 1 1 Total10 15 23 48 + Party candidates in 2nd place (final count)Elections BC 1988 243-262 Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalSocred CCF LiberalBC Social Credit row-name – 14 14 28BC CCF row-name 8 – 6 14BC Liberal row-name 2 2 – 4BC PC row-name – 1 – 1BC Labour row-name – – 1 1 Total10 17 21 1 See also List of British Columbia political parties History and use of the Single Transferable Vote 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 Category: elections in Canada General election Category:June 1953 in Canada