1949 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1949 British Columbia general election British Columbia parliamentary no no no 1945 British Columbia general election 1945 1952 British Columbia general election 1952 48 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 25 June 15, 1949 Byron Johnson.jpg BC Coalition nohash Boss Johnson (Liberal leader) Liberal-Conservative Coalition 1947 New Westminster 37 39 2 428,773 61.35% 5.52pp Harold Winch.jpg BC CCF nohash Harold Winch BC CCF name 1938 Vancouver East 10 7 3 245,284 35.10% 2.52pp Premier Boss Johnson BC Coalition name Premier after election Boss Johnson BC Coalition name The 1949 British Columbia general election was the 22nd 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 16, 1949, and held on June 15, 1949. The new legislature met for the first time on February 14, 1950. The centre-right coalition formed by the Liberal and Conservative parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1945 election increased its share of the vote and its majority in the legislature. Three different social credit groupings nominated or endorsed candidates in the election: the Social Credit Party, the Social Credit League, and the Union of Electors. Results Elections to the 22nd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1949)Elections BC 1988 203, 213 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1945 !1949 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) BC Coalition row-name |style="text-align:left;" |#A51B12 Boss Johnson#9999FF Herbert Anscomb | 48 || 37 || 39 || 2 || 428,773 || 167,626 || 61.35 || 5.52 BC CCF row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Harold Winch | 48 || 10 || 7 || 3 || 245,284 || 69,324 || 35.10 || 2.52 BC Labour row-name | || 1 || 1 || 1 || || 1,483 || 88 || 0.21 || 0.09 BC Independent row-name | || 7 || – || 1 || 1 || 5,163 || 3,631 || 0.74 || 0.41 |- style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" |rowspan="5" BC Social Credit background|   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Social Credit alliance splitElections BC summary table tabulation errors corrected for SCP and SCL |- |style="text-align:left;" |BC Social Credit League colour&name | || 9 || – || – || – || 7,112 || rowspan="3"|  || 1.02 || rowspan="3"|  |- |style="text-align:left;" |BC Social Credit colour&name | || 7 || – || – || – || 4,424 || 0.63 |- |style="text-align:left;" |BC Union of Electors colour&name | || 12 || – || – || – || 2,790 || 0.40 |- style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" |style="text-align:left;" colspan="6"|Social Credit total | 14,326 || 7,699 || 2.05 || 0.63 BC Labor-Progressive row-name | || 2 || – || – || – || 1,660 || 14,819 || 0.24 || 3.28 BC Independent Conservative row-name | || 1 || – || – || – || 1,241 || 1,241 || 0.18 ||New BC People's CCF row-name | || 1 || – || – || – || 470 || 2,316 || 0.07 || 0.53 BC Socialist Labour row-name | || 1 || – || – || – || 286 || 1 || 0.04 || 0.02 BC People's Party of BC row-name | || 1 || – || – || – || 137 || 137 || 0.02 ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 138 | 48 ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|698,823 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballotsElections BC 1988 2 | 9,891 ||5,992 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who votedElections BC 1988 2 | 477,999 ||179,612 | 73.64% || 10.98 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered votersElections BC 1988 2 | 649,019 ||172,797 | colspan="2"| |} a + Seats and popular vote by partyElections BC 1988 203, 213 Party Seats Votes Change (pp)BC Coalition colour&name 39 48 BC Coalition 175 61.35 175 darkgrey 5.52 -5 1em background:greenBC CCF colour&name 7 48 BC CCF 175 35.10 175 darkgrey -2.52 -5 1em background:redBC Social Credit colour&name 0 48 BC Social Credit 175 2.05 175 darkgrey 0.63 -5 1em background:greenBC Labor-Progressive colour&name 0 48 BC Labor-Progressive 175 0.24 175 darkgrey -3.28 -5 1em background:redBC Other colour&name 2 48 BC Independent 175 1.26 175 darkgrey -0.35 -5 1em background:red MLAs elected #DCDCDC Alberni: James Mowat #EEDDAA Atlin: Frank Calder #EEDDAA Burnaby: Ernest Winch #A9A9A9 Cariboo: Angus MacLean #A9A9A9 Chilliwack: Leslie Harvey Eyres #A9A9A9 Columbia: Thomas King #A9A9A9 Comox: Herbert John Welch #A9A9A9 Cowichan-Newcastle: Andrew Mowatt Whisker #EEDDAA Cranbrook: Leo Nimsick #A9A9A9 Delta: Alexander Campbell Hope #A9A9A9 Dewdney: Roderick Charles MacDonald #A9A9A9 Esquimalt: Charles Taschereau Beard #EEBBBB Fernie: Thomas Aubert Uphill #A9A9A9 Fort George: Henry Robson Bowman #EEDDAA Grand Forks-Greenwood: Rupert Haggen #A9A9A9 Kamloops: Sidney John Smith #EEDDAA Kaslo-Slocan: Randolph Harding #A9A9A9 Lillooet: Ernest Crawford Carson #A9A9A9 Mackenzie: B. Milton MacIntyre #A9A9A9 Nanaimo and the Islands: George Sharratt Pearson #A9A9A9 Nelson-Creston: Walter Hendricks #A9A9A9 New Westminster: Boss Johnson #A9A9A9 North Okanagan: Charles William Morrow #A9A9A9 North Vancouver: John Henry Cates #A9A9A9 Oak Bay: Herbert Anscomb #A9A9A9 Omineca: Robert Cecil Steele #A9A9A9 Peace River: Glen Everton Braden #A9A9A9 Prince Rupert: John Duncan McRae #A9A9A9 Revelstoke: Arvid Lundell #A9A9A9 Rossland-Trail: Alexander Douglas Turnbull #A9A9A9 Saanich: Arthur James Richard Ash #A9A9A9 Salmon Arm: Arthur Brown Ritchie #A9A9A9 Similkameen: Maurice Finnerty #A9A9A9 Skeena: Edward Tourtellotte Kenney #A9A9A9 South Okanagan: W. A. C. Bennett #A9A9A9 Vancouver-Burrard: Donald Cameron Brown #A9A9A9 Vancouver-Burrard: John Groves Gould #A9A9A9 Vancouver Centre: Allan James McDonell #A9A9A9 Vancouver Centre: Gordon Sylvester Wismer #EEDDAA Vancouver East: Arthur James Turner #EEDDAA Vancouver East: Harold Winch #A9A9A9 Vancouver-Point Grey: Albert Reginald MacDougall #A9A9A9 Vancouver-Point Grey: Tilly Rolston #A9A9A9 Vancouver-Point Grey: Leigh Stevenson #A9A9A9 Victoria City: Nancy Hodges #A9A9A9 Victoria City: Daniel John Proudfoot #A9A9A9 Victoria City: William Thomas Straith #A9A9A9 Yale: John J. Gillis Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1949 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Elections BC 1988 205-209, 215-219 Riding Winning party VotesName 1945Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Coal Coalition CCF SCP Social Credit Party SCL Social Credit League UoE Union of Electors Ind Independent Oth Other minor affiliations Total   Alberni Coal Ind 3,290 42.84% 1,161 15.12% 1,638 2,129 – – – 3,290 622 7,679 Atlin Coal CCF 376 50.40% 6 0.80% 370 376 – – – – – 746 Burnaby CCF CCF 11,025 50.90% 1,044 4.82% 9,981 11,025 – 655 – – – 21,661 Cariboo Coal Coal 2,653 66.88% 1,339 33.76% 2,653 1,314 – – – – – 3,967 Chilliwack Coal Coal 6,847 57.17% 4,135 34.52% 6,847 2,712 – 2,417 – – – 11,976 Columbia Coal Coal 1,288 68.91% 707 37.82% 1,288 581 – – – – – 1,869 Comox Coal Coal 7,596 59.19% 2,358 18.38% 7,596 5,238 – – – – – 12,834 Cowichan-Newcastle CCF Coal 5,505 56.19% 1,311 13.38% 5,505 4,194 – – 38 60 – 9,797 Cranbrook Coal CCF 3,026 50.53% 63 1.06% 2,963 3,026 – – – – – 5,989 Delta Coal Coal 12,203 49.59% 1,093 4.44% 12,203 11,110 1,293 – – – – 24,606 Dewdney Coal Coal 8,127 49.08% 523 3.16% 8,127 7,604 – 829 – – – 16,560 Esquimalt Coal Coal 4,219 51.26% 1,731 21.03% 4,219 2,488 – – 92 191 1,241 8,231 Fernie Lab Lab 1,483 39.09% 9 0.24% 1,474 837 – – – – 1,483 3,794 Fort George CCF Coal 3,232 59.86% 1,065 19.72% 3,232 2,167 – – – – – 5,399 Grand Forks-Greenwood Coal CCF 922 44.14% 49 2.35% 873 922 – – – 294 – 2,089 Kamloops Coal Coal 4,992 64.47% 2,241 28.94% 4,992 2,751 – – – – – 7,743 Kaslo-Slocan CCF CCF 1,633 53.19% 196 6.38% 1,437 1,633 – – – – – 3,070 Lillooet Coal Coal 2,339 62.83% 1,159 31.14% 2,339 1,180 – – – 204 – 3,723 Mackenzie CCF Coal 5,787 55.57% 1,161 11.14% 5,787 4,626 – – – – – 10,413 Nanaimo and the Islands Coal Coal 5,860 61.50% 2,296 24.09% 5,860 3,564 – – 104 – – 9,528 Nelson-Creston Coal Coal 4,783 60.04% 2,108 26.46% 4,783 2,675 – 508 – – – 7,966 New Westminster Coal Coal 7,969 61.57% 3,460 26.73% 7,969 4,509 328 – – – 137 12,943 North Okanagan Coal Coal 4,966 60.95% 2,309 28.34% 4,966 2,657 525 – – – – 8,148 North Vancouver Coal Coal 12,586 69.57% 7,082 39.14% 12,586 5,504 – – – – – 18,090 Oak Bay Coal Coal 5,918 84.21% 5,028 71.55% 5,918 890 – – 220 – – 7,028 Omineca CCF Coal 1,885 61.60% 710 23.20% 1,885 1,175 – – – – – 3,060 Peace River CCF Coal 2,342 49.69% 441 9.35% 2,342 1,901 – – – – 470 4,713 Prince Rupert CCF Coal 2,971 56.41% 675 12.82% 2,971 2,296 – – – – – 5,267 Revelstoke Coal Coal 1,311 50.95% 49 1.90% 1,311 1,262 – – – – – 2,573 Rossland-Trail Coal Coal 5,910 56.30% 1,322 12.60% 5,910 4,588 – – – – – 10,498Saanich Coal Coal 9,998 66.14% 5,352 35.41% 9,998 4,646 – – 473 – – 15,117 Salmon Arm Coal Coal 2,529 60.07% 848 20.14% 2,529 1,681 – – – – – 4,210 Similkameen Coal Coal 5,744 58.78% 1,716 17.56% 5,744 4,028 – – – – – 9,772 Skeena Coal Coal 2,048 73.20% 1,298 46.40% 2,048 750 – – – – – 2,798 South Okanagan Coal Coal 6,555 58.40% 1,886 16.80% 6,555W. A. C. Bennett had resigned in 1948 to contest the federal byelection in Yale, which he lost. In the interim, Bob Browne-Clayton was elected for the Coalition in the provincial byelection, but Bennett returned for the general election. 4,669 – – – – – 11,224 Yale Coal Coal 1,407 46.90% 542 18.07% 1,407 865 – – – 728 – 3,000 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 #ADD8E6 silver = part of 1945 Social Credit alliance #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates + Results by riding - 1949 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Elections BC 1988 205-209, 215-219 Riding Winning party VotesNameMLAs 19451949 Coal Coalition CCF SCP Social Credit Party SCL Social Credit League UoE Union of Electors Ind Independent Oth Other minor affiliations Total Vancouver-Burrard2 #A9A9A9 2 #A9A9A9 2 40,156 21,774 1,258 – 95 396 – 63,679 Vancouver Centre2 #A9A9A9 2 #A9A9A9 2 29,171 17,969 – 814 – – 286 48,240 Vancouver East2 #EEDDAA 2 #EEDDAA 2 34,077 39,815 1,020 – 109 – 1,038 76,059 Vancouver-Point Grey3 #A9A9A9 3 #A9A9A9 3 109,782 35,134 – 1,889 280 – – 147,085 Victoria City3 #A9A9A9 3 #A9A9A9 3 47,281 17,019 – – 1,379 – – 65,679 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 References Category: elections in Canada General election Category:June 1949 in Canada