1975 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 July 2021 1975 British Columbia general election British Columbia parliamentary no no no 1972 British Columbia general election 1972 1979 British Columbia general election 1979 30th Parliament of British Columbia 31st Parliament of British Columbia 55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 28 seats were needed for a majority December 11, 1975 x160px BC Social Credit nohash Bill Bennett 1973 BC Social Credit name South Okanagan 10 seats, 31.16% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 35 25 635,482 49.25% 18.09 x160px BC NDP nohash Dave Barrett 1969 BC NDP name Coquitlam (lost re-election) 38 seats, 39.59% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 18 20 505,396 39.16% 0.43 BCLP BC Liberal nohash Gordon Gibson 1975 BC Liberal name North Vancouver-Capilano 5 seats, 16.40% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 1 4 93,397 7.24% 9.16 PC BC Conservative nohash George Scott Wallace 1973 BC PC name Oak Bay 2 seats, 12.67% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 1 1 49,796 3.86% 8.81 Premier Dave Barrett BC NDP name Premier after election Bill Bennett BC Social Credit name The 1975 British Columbia general election was the 31st 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 November 3, 1975, and held on December 11, 1975. The new legislature met for the first time on March 17, 1976. The governing New Democratic Party of Dave Barrett was defeated after three years in government. Bill Bennett, son of long-time Social Credit Party leader and BC premier, W.A.C. Bennett, led Social Credit back to power, winning close to half of the popular vote, and a solid majority in the legislature. Voters abandoned the Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties as the centre and right-wing vote coalesced around Social Credit. The defeated social democratic NDP suffered only a marginal decrease in its vote share. However, NDP support outside Vancouver tailed off, resulting in a 20-seat loss. Barrett was one of the casualties; he was narrowly defeated by a Socred challenger (though he returned to the legislature a few months later in a by-election). This was the last election until 2024 that the Conservative Party won a seat. Results Summary of the 1975 Legislative Assembly of British Columbia election results |- bgcolor="CCCCCC" !rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party !rowspan="2"|Party leader !rowspan="2"|# ofcandidates !colspan="3"|Seats !colspan="3"|Popular vote |- bgcolor="CCCCCC" |align="center"|1972 |align="center"|Elected |align="center"|% Change |align="center"|# |align="center"|% |align="center"|% Change BC Social Credit row-name |align="left"|Bill Bennett |align="right"|55 |align="right"|10 |align="right"|35 |align="right"|+250% |align="right"|635,482 |align="right"| 49.25% |align="right"| +18.09% BC NDP row-name |align="left"|Dave Barrett |align="right"|55 |align="right"|38 |align="right"|18 |align="right"| -52.6% |align="right"|505,396 |align="right"|39.16% |align="right"|-0.43% BC Liberal row-name |align="left"|Gordon Gibson |align="right"|49 |align="right"|5 |align="right"|1 |align="right"| -80.0% |align="right"|93,379 |align="right"| 7.24% |align="right"| -9.16% BC PC row-name |align="left"|George Scott Wallace |align="right"|29 |align="right"|2 |align="right"|1 |align="right"| -50.0% |align="right"|49,796 |align="right"|3.86% |align="right"| -8.81% BC Independent row | colspan="2" align="left"|Independent |align="right"|12 |align="right"|- |align="right"|- |align="right"| - |align="right"|4,688 |align="right"| 0.36% |align="right"| +0.26% BC Communist row |colspan=2 align="left"|Communist |align="right"|13 |align="right"|- |align="right"|- |align="right"| - |align="right"|1,441 |align="right"| 0.11% |align="right"| +0.03% |- BC North American Labour row | colspan=2 align="left"|North American Labour |align="right"|4 |align="right"| * |align="right"|- |align="right"| * |align="right"|141 |align="right"|0.01% |align="right"| * BC Independent row | colspan=2 align="left"|Revolutionary Marxist Group |align="right"|3 |align="right"| * |align="right"|- |align="right"| * |align="right"|94 |align="right"|0.01% |align="right"| * BC Independent row | colspan=2 align="left"|League for Socialist Action |align="right"|1 |align="right"| * |align="right"|- |align="right"| * |align="right"|34 |align="right"| x |align="right"| * |- |colspan="3"|Total !align="right"|221 !align="right"|55 !align="right"|55 !align="right"| - !align="right"|1,290,451 !align="right"|100% |align="center"|  |- | align="center" colspan="10"|Source: http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/31ge1975-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20041221100557/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/31ge1975-1.html dead 2004-12-21 Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986 Part One 31st General Election 1975 elections.bc.ca |- |} Notes: * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election. x - less than 0.005% of the popular votePopular vote #ddd 600px 410px Social Credit BC Social Credit 49.25 NDP BC NDP 39.16 Liberal BC Liberal 7.24 PC BC PC 3.86 Others BC Independent 0.49Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Social Credit BC Social Credit 63.64 NDP BC NDP 32.73 Liberal BC Liberal 1.82 PC BC PC 1.82 See also List of British Columbia political parties References Further reading Saywell John John Saywell Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1975 1976 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9781442671898 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_q3c1 registration Category: elections in Canada General election Category:December 1975 in Canada