1986 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1986 British Columbia general election British Columbia parliamentary no no no 1983 British Columbia general election 1983 1991 British Columbia general election 1991 69 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 35 seats were needed for a majority October 22, 1986 33rd Parliament of British Columbia 34th Parliament of British Columbia 65.8%B.C. Voter Participation: 1983 to 2013 http://142.34.128.33/docs/stats/bc-voter-participation-1983-2013.pdf Elections BC May 11, 2017 March 28, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190328040547/https://142.34.128.33/docs/stats/bc-voter-participation-1983-2013.pdf dead 4.7 pp 1,366,193 voted.The number of votes recorded exceeds the number of voters who voted due to the block voting system in use in BC's multi-member constituencies. BC Social Credit nohash Bill Vander Zalm July 30, 1986 BC Social Credit name Richmond 35 47 12 954,516 49.32 0.44 Bob Skelly, 1985.jpg BC NDP nohash Bob Skelly May 20, 1984 BC NDP name Alberni 22 22 824,544 42.60 2.34 150x150px BC Liberal nohash Art Lee March 31, 1984 BC Liberal name Ran in Vancouver-Little Mountain (lost) 0 0 130,505 6.74 4.05 File:1986 British Columbia General Election.png 400px Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details. Premier Bill Vander Zalm BC Social Credit name Premier after election Bill Vander Zalm BC Social Credit name The 1986 British Columbia general election was the 34th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The sitting Social Credit government was re-elected. The election was called on September 24, 1986. The election was held on October 22, 1986, and the new legislature met for the first time on March 9, 1987. The governing British Columbia Social Credit Party (Socreds) had seen a leadership change just months before the election, with Bill Bennett standing down in favour of Bill Vander Zalm. Promising a fresh start after the Bennett years, Vander Zalm led the Socreds to a fourth consecutive majority government, although with winning less than half of the popular vote. 12 new seats had been created in the legislature for this election. Social Credit coincidentally won 12 additional seats, while the social democratic New Democratic Party, led by Bob Skelly, won the same number it had in the previous election. No other parties won seats. In fact the two leading parties together - SC and NDP - took more than 90 per cent of the votes. In addition to 35 single member districts, there were 17 two-member constituencies in this election. Voters in these places were allowed two votes (Block Voting), and generally used them both on the same party, with the largest group (even if not a majority) taking both seats. Only one district elected both a SC and a NDP MLA. This was Vancouver-Point Grey where two women, an NDP member and a Socred (Kim Campbell, later a Canadian prime minister), were elected. All other districts elected either two Socreds (12 districts) or two NDP members (four districts), with no representation given to the minority vote in the district. That helped ensure the government's capture of the most seats.Block voting also perhaps makes the popular vote – the number of votes cast – not truly reflective of the sentiment of the voters since some voters cast two votes, and others cast only one. It was the last election to be held with multi-member districts since BC moved to all single-member districts prior to the next election. Opinion polls + Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level Polling firmLast day of survey Source BCSC BCNDP BCLP PCBC Other ME Margin of Error SampleElection 1986October 22, 198649.3242.606.740.730.61United Communications ResearchOctober 1986NDP edges closer to Socreds in polls October 11, 1986 A13 The Ottawa Citizen483064United Communications ResearchSeptember 1986502963Election 1983May 5, 198349.7644.942.691.161.45 Results Summary of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia election results |- style="background:#ccc;" ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Party ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Party leader !rowspan="2"|Candidates ! colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Seats ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Valid votes received |- style="background:#eee;" | style="text-align:center;"|1983 | style="text-align:center;"|Dissol. | style="text-align:center;"|1986 | style="text-align:center;"|Change | style="text-align:center;"|# | style="text-align:center;"|% | style="text-align:center;"|% Change BC Social Credit row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Bill Vander Zalm |align="right"|69 |align="right"|35 |align="center"| - |align="right"|47 |align="right"|12 |align="right"|954,516 |align="right"|49.32% |align="right"|-0.44% BC NDP row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Bob Skelly |align="right"|69 |align="right"|22 |align="center"| - |align="right"|22 |align="right"| |align="right"|824,544 |align="right"| 42.60% |align="right"| -2.34% BC Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Art Lee |align="right"|55 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="right"|130,505 |align="right"| 6.74% |align="right"| +4.05% BC PC row-name |style="text-align:left;" |VacantParty leader Peter Pollen quit shortly before the election was called. |align="right"|12 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="right"|14,074 |align="right"|0.73% |align="right"|-0.43% BC Green row-name |style="text-align:left;" | |align="right"|9 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="right"|4,660 |align="right"| 0.24% |align="right"|0.05% BC Independent row | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Independent |align="right"|6 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="right"|2,470 |align="right"| 0.13% |align="right"| -0.19% BC Independent row |align="left"|Libertas |align="center"|  |align="right"|1 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="right"|1,552 |align="right"| 0.08% |align="right"| - BC People's Front row-name |align="center"|  |align="right"|8 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="right"|1,502 |align="right"| 0.08% |align="right"| - BC Communist row-name |align="center"|  |align="right"|3 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="right"|722 |align="right"| 0.03% |align="right"|-0.02% BC Libertarian row-name |align="center"|  |align="right"|3 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="right"|341 |align="right"| 0.02% |align="right"| - BC Western Canada Concept row-name |align="left"|Doug Christie |align="right"|1 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="right"|322 |align="right"|0.02% |align="right"| -0.84% BC New Republic row-name |align="center"|  |align="right"|1 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="right"|245 |align="right"| 0.01% |align="right"| - |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total | style="text-align:right;"|237 | style="text-align:right;"|57 | style="text-align:right;"|57 | style="text-align:right;"|69 | style="text-align:right;"|12 | style="text-align:right;"|1,935,453 | style="text-align:right;"|100 | style="text-align:right;"|- |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total voters voting | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"|1,366,193 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"|- |- | align="center" colspan="10"|Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20041221100219/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/34ge1986-1.html http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/34ge1986-1.html 2004-12-21 Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986 Part One 34th General Election 1986 elections.bc.ca dead |} Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Social Credit BC Social Credit 49.32 NDP BC NDP 42.60 Liberal BC Liberal 6.74 Others BC Independent 1.34Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Social Credit BC Social Credit 68.12 NDP BC NDP 31.88 See also List of British Columbia political parties Notes and references Notes References Further reading Byers R. B. Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1986 1990 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9781442671997 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_g3s7 registration External links Elections BC 1986 Election Category: elections in Canada General election Category:October 1986 in Canada