1966 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1966 British Columbia general election British Columbia parliamentary no no no 1963 British Columbia general election 1963 1969 British Columbia general election 1969 27th Parliament of British Columbia 28th Parliament of British Columbia 55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 28 seats were needed for a majority September 12, 1966 WAC Bennett - 1942.jpg BC Social Credit nohash W. A. C. Bennett 1952 BC Social Credit name South Okanagan 33 seats, 40.83% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 33 0 342,751 45.59% 4.76pp Percentage points MLA Robert Strachan.jpg BC NDP nohash Robert Strachan 1956 BC NDP name Cowichan-Malahat 14 seats, 27.80% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 16 2 252,753 33.62% 5.82pp Percentage points BCLP BC Liberal nohash Ray Perrault 1959 BC Liberal name North Vancouver-Capilano 5 seats, 19.98% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 6 1 152,155 20.24% 0.26pp Percentage points Premier W. A. C. Bennett BC Social Credit name Premier after election W. A. C. Bennett BC Social Credit name The 1966 British Columbia general election was the 28th 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 5, 1966, and held on September 12, 1966. The new legislature met for the first time on January 24, 1967. The conservative Social Credit Party was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a sixth term in government. It increased its share of the popular vote by close to five percentage points to over 45%, and winning the same number of seats (33) as in the previous election. The opposition New Democratic Party also increased its share of the popular vote by over five percentage points, but won only two additional seats. The Liberal Party won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of six. The Progressive Conservative Party was virtually wiped out: it nominated only three candidates (down from 44 in the previous election), and its share of the popular vote fell from over 11% to a negligible amount. 1966 redistribution of ridings An Act was passed in 1966 providing for an increase of seats from 52 to 55, upon the next election.Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1966 S.B.C. 1966 11 https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstats/1728186856 The following changes were made: Abolished ridings New ridingsRenaming of districts Columbia Columbia River Salmon Arm ShuswapReduction of multi-member district Victoria City (3 MLAs) Victoria City (2 MLAs)Merger of districts Cranbrook Fernie Kootenay Grand Forks-Greenwood Similkameen Boundary-Similkameen Kaslo-Slocan Revelstoke Revelstoke-Slocan Lillooet Yale Yale-LillooetReorganization of districts Cowichan-Newcastle Nanaimo and the Islands Saanich Cowichan-Malahat Nanaimo Saanich and the IslandsDivision of districts Burnaby (2 MLAs) Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Delta (2 MLAs) Richmond Delta Langley Surrey Dewdney Coquitlam Dewdney North Vancouver (2 MLAs) North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Seymour West Vancouver-Howe Sound Vancouver-Point Grey (3 MLAs) Vancouver-Little Mountain (2 MLAs) Vancouver-Point Grey (2 MLAs) Vancouver South (2 MLAs) a Results Elections to the 28th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1966)Elections BC 1988 285, 293 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1963 !1966 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) BC Social Credit row-name |style="text-align:left;" |W.A.C. Bennett | 55 || 33 || 33 || || 342,751 || 52,328 || 45.59 || 4.76 BC NDP row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Bob Strachan | 55 || 14 || 16 || 2 || 252,753 || 16,251 || 33.62 || 5.82 BC Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Ray Perrault | 53 || 5 || 6 || 1 || 152,155 || 41,208 || 20.24 || 0.26 BC PC row-name |style="text-align:left;" | | 3 || – || – || – || 1,409 || 107,681 || 0.18 || 11.09 BC Communist row-name | || 6 || – || – || – || 1,097 || 248 || 0.14 || 0.05 BC Independent row-name | || 6 || – || – || – || 1,711 || 1,421 || 0.23 || 0.20 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 178 | 52 ! colspan="2"| 55 ! colspan="2"|751,876 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballotsElections BC 1988 2-3 | 7,056 ||924 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who votedElections BC 1988 2-3 | 596,716 ||11,956 | 68.28% || 1.43 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered votersElections BC 1988 2-3 | 873,927 ||787 | colspan="2"| |} a + Seats and popular vote by partyElections BC 1988 285, 293 Party Seats Votes Change (pp)BC Social Credit colour&name 33 55 BC Social Credit 175 45.59 175 darkgrey 4.76 -5 1em background:greenBC NDP colour&name 16 55 BC NDP 175 33.62 175 darkgrey 5.82 -5 1em background:greenBC Liberal colour&name 6 55 BC Liberal 175 20.24 175 darkgrey 0.26 -5 1em background:greenBC PC colour&name 0 55 BC PC 175 0.18 175 darkgrey -11.09 -5 1em background:redBC Other colour&name 0 55 BC Independent 175 0.37 175 darkgrey 0.25 -5 1em background:green MLAs elected Single-member districts #ADD8E6 Alberni: Howard McDiarmid #F4A460 Atlin: Frank Calder #ADD8E6 Boundary-Similkameen: Frank Richter, Jr. #F4A460 Burnaby-Edmonds: Gordon Dowding #F4A460 Burnaby North: Eileen Dailly #F4A460 Burnaby-Willingdon: Fred Vulliamy #ADD8E6 Cariboo: William C. Speare #ADD8E6 Chilliwack: William Kenneth Kiernan #ADD8E6 Columbia River: James Roland Chabot #ADD8E6 Comox: Daniel Campbell #F4A460 Coquitlam: Dave Barrett #F4A460 Cowichan-Malahat: Robert Strachan #ADD8E6 Delta: Robert Wenman #ADD8E6 Dewdney: George Mussallem #ADD8E6 Esquimalt: Herbert Joseph Bruch #ADD8E6 Fort George: Ray Williston #ADD8E6 Kamloops: Phil Gaglardi #F4A460 Kootenay: Leo Nimsick #ADD8E6 Langley: Hunter Vogel #ADD8E6 Mackenzie: Isabel Dawson #F4A460 Nanaimo: David Stupich #ADD8E6 Nelson-Creston: Wesley Drewett Black #F4A460 New Westminster: Rae Eddie #ADD8E6 North Okanagan: Patricia Jordan #ADD8E6 North Peace River: Dean Smith #A51B12 North Vancouver-Capilano: Ray Perrault #A51B12 North Vancouver-Seymour: Barrie Clark #A51B12 Oak Bay: Alan MacFarlane #ADD8E6 Omineca: Cyril Morley Shelford #ADD8E6 Prince Rupert: William Harvey Murray #F4A460 Revelstoke-Slocan: Randolph Harding #ADD8E6 Richmond: Ernest A. LeCours #ADD8E6 Rossland-Trail: Donald Leslie Brothers #ADD8E6 Saanich and the Islands: John Douglas Tisdalle #ADD8E6 Shuswap: Willis Franklin Jefcoat #ADD8E6 Skeena: Dudley George Little #ADD8E6 South Okanagan: W. A. C. Bennett #ADD8E6 South Peace River: Donald M. Phillips #F4A460 Surrey: Ernest Hall #A51B12 West Vancouver-Howe Sound: Allan Williams #F4A460 Yale-Lillooet: Bill Hartley Multi-member districts #F4A460 Vancouver-Burrard: Thomas Berger #F4A460 Vancouver-Burrard: Raymond Parkinson #ADD8E6 Vancouver Centre: Herb Capozzi #ADD8E6 Vancouver Centre: Evan Maurice Wolfe #F4A460 Vancouver East: Alexander Macdonald #F4A460 Vancouver East: Arthur James Turner #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Little Mountain: Grace McCarthy #ADD8E6 Vancouver-Little Mountain: Leslie Peterson #A51B12 Vancouver-Point Grey: Garde Gardom #A51B12 Vancouver-Point Grey: Pat McGeer #ADD8E6 Vancouver South: Thomas Audley Bate #ADD8E6 Vancouver South: Ralph Raymond Loffmark #ADD8E6 Victoria City: William Chant #ADD8E6 Victoria City: Waldo McTavish Skillings Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1966 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Elections BC 1988 287-292, 295-299 Riding Winning party VotesName 1963Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% SC Social Credit NDP Lib PC Comm Communist Ind Independent and other Total   Alberni NDP SC 6,039 55.55% 1,718 15.80% 6,039 4,321 511 – – – 10,871 Atlin NDP NDP 572 59.71% 311 32.47% 261 572 125 – – – 958 Boundary-Similkameen New SC 6,547 55.44% 2,878 24.37% 6,547 3,669 1,594 – – – 11,810 Burnaby-Edmonds New NDP 5,748 48.71% 1,118 9.48% 4,630 5,748 1,423 – – – 11,801 Burnaby North New NDP 6,984 49.72% 1,879 13.38% 5,105 6,984 1,957 – – – 14,046 Burnaby-Willingdon New NDP 6,153 44.47% 524 3.78% 5,629 6,153 2,053 – – – 13,835 Cariboo SC SC 3,830 54.10% 1,300 18.36% 3,830 2,530 719 – – – 7,079 Chilliwack SC SC 7,703 63.17% 4,622 37.91% 7,703 3,081 1,411 – – – 12,195 Columbia River SC SC 1,563 58.45% 929 34.74% 1,563 477 634 – – – 2,674 Comox SC SC 5,449 49.39% 1,140 10.34% 5,449 4,309 1,276 – – – 11,033 Coquitlam New NDP 9,517 55.20% 3,452 20.02% 6,065 9,517 1,658 – – – 17,240 Cowichan-Malahat New NDP 5,646 52.08% 1,234 11.38% 4,412 5,646 783 – – – 10,841 Delta New SC 7,768 46.46% 1,690 10.11% 7,768 6,078 1,954 921 – – 16,721 Dewdney NDP SC 6,507 53.42% 1,979 16.25% 6,507 4,528 1,146 – – – 12,181 Esquimalt SC SC 6,075 53.35% 2,630 23.10% 6,075 3,445 1,867 – – – 11,387 Fort George SC SC 6,282 60.42% 3,480 33.47% 6,282 2,802 1,313 – – – 10,397 Kamloops SC SC 5,753 52.35% 2,516 22.90% 5,753 3,237 2,000 – – – 10,990 Kootenay New NDP 3,605 40.98% 535 6.09% 3,070 3,605 2,123 – – – 8,798 Langley New SC 7,206 58.28% 3,307 26.75% 7,206 3,899 1,260 – – – 12,365 Mackenzie NDP SC 4,945 52.68% 1,359 14.47% 4,945 3,586 855 – – – 9,386 Nanaimo New NDP 5,625 47.99% 45 0.38% 5,580 5,625 516 – – – 11,721 Nelson-Creston SC SC 4,683 59.29% 2,359 29.87% 4,683 2,324 892 – – – 7,899 New Westminster NDP NDP 5,751 44.65% 199 1.54% 5,552 5,751 1,577 – – – 12,880 North Okanagan SC SC 3,841 48.59% 1,433 18.13% 3,841 1,535 2,408 – – 121 7,905 North Peace River SC SC 1,799 48.44% 1,216 32.74% 1,799 511 565 – – 839Jacob Francis Huhn, previously elected as the Socred incumbent, received 583 votes. 3,714 North Vancouver-Capilano New Lib 6,426 51.49% 2,450 19.63% 3,976 1,816 6,426 261 – – 12,479 North Vancouver-Seymour New Lib 5,301 39.61% 694 5.18% 4,607 3,137 5,301 227 110 – 13,382 Oak Bay Lib Lib 8,118 54.48% 2,310 15.51% 5,808 976 8,118 – – – 14,902 Omineca SC SC 2,337 70.16% 1,343 40.32% 2,337 994 – – – – 3,331 Prince Rupert SC SC 2,647 52.90% 834 16.67% 2,647 1,813 544 – – – 5,004 Revelstoke-Slocan New NDP 2,158 44.67% 138 2.86% 2,020 2,158 548 – – 105 4,831 Richmond New SC 6,521 43.33% 372 2.48% 6,521 6,149 2,381 – – – 15,051 Rossland-Trail SC SC 5,600 55.93% 3,147 31.43% 5,600 2,453 1,960 – – – 10,013Saanich and the Islands New SC 7,237 50.05% 3,416 23.62% 7,237 3,821 3,401 – – – 14,459 Shuswap SC SC 3,995 54.07% 1,400 18.95% 3,995 2,595 760 – 39 – 7,389 Skeena SC SC 3,046 55.39% 1,304 23.71% 3,046 1,742 711 – – – 5,499 South Okanagan SC SC 8,747 73.15% 6,811 56.96% 8,747 1,936 1,274 – – – 11,957 South Peace River SC SC 2,585 59.78% 1,697 39.24% 2,585 851 888 – – – 4,324 Surrey New NDP 7,039 48.20% 785 5.38% 6,254 7,039 1,234 – 77 – 14,604 West Vancouver-Howe Sound New Lib 8,346 52.76% 2,847 18.00% 5,499 1,975 8,346 – – – 15,820 Yale-Lillooet New NDP 3,885 55.37% 754 10.74% 3,131 3,885 – – – – 7,016 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 #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates + Results by riding - 1966 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Elections BC 1988 287-292, 295-299 Riding Winning party VotesNameMLAs 19631966 SC Social Credit NDP Lib PC Comm Communist Ind Independent and other Total Vancouver-Burrard2 #ADD8E6 2 #F4A460 27,584 9,849 3,190 – – –40,3867,584 9,498 2,681 – – – Vancouver Centre2 #ADD8E6 2 #ADD8E6 28,157 7,257 4,147 – 253 14438,5707,938 6,871 3,803 – – – Vancouver East2 #F4A460 2 #F4A460 28,644 12,502 1,637 – 377 –45,5218,593 12,185 1,583 – – – Vancouver-Little Mountain2 New#ADD8E6 212,380Leslie Peterson was previously MLA in Vancouver Centre 8,620 4,681 – – –50,04011,566 8,523 4,270 – – – Vancouver-Point Grey2 #ADD8E6 2#A51B12 1 #A51B12 211,494 2,934 17,400 – – –57,4729,284 2,853 13,507 – – – Vancouver South2 New #ADD8E6 212,259Ralph Raymond Loffmark was previously MLA in Vancouver-Point Grey. 9,067 5,698 – – 50253,78411,740Thomas Audley Bate was MLA in Vancouver-Point Grey during 1953-1963. 8,843 5,675 – – – Victoria City2 #ADD8E6 3 #ADD8E6 213,068 5,304 4,774 – 241 –45,31512,156 5,175 4,597 – – – a lightgreen #BFBFBF = winning candidate See also List of British Columbia political parties 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 John Saywell Canadian Annual Review for 1966 1967 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_o2i8 registration References Category: elections in Canada General election Category:September 1966 in Canada