1928 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1928 British Columbia general election BC Independent Labour name 35 12 1 SaanichNot the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won Victoria City BC Conservative name BC Liberal name BC Conservative (historical) nohash x100px BC Independent Labour nohash BC Liberal nohash Premier Premier after election 48 seats to the 17th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 25 seats were needed for a majority 17th Parliament of British Columbia#Members of the 17th General Assembly 16th Parliament of British Columbia#Members of the 16th General Assembly July 18, 1928 John Duncan MacLean Simon Fraser Tolmie BC Conservative name ILP x100px parliamentary 23 seats, 31.34% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election No 1924 British Columbia general election 1924 1933 British Columbia general election 1933 British Columbia Simon Fraser Tolmie John Duncan MacLean 17 seats, 29.45% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election Did not contest 192,867 11 17,908 144,872 53.30% 40.04% 4.95% 23.85pp Percentage points 8.70pp Percentage points Did not contest 18 1 BC Liberal name The 1928 British Columbia general election was the seventeenth 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 June 7, 1928, and held on July 18, 1928. The new legislature met for the first time on January 22, 1929. The Conservative Party defeated the governing Liberal Party, taking over half the popular vote, and 35 of the 48 seats in the legislature. The Liberals' popular vote also increased significantly, but because of the disappearance of the Provincial Party and the Canadian Labour Party, which had won over 35% of the vote together in the previous election, the Liberals were defeated. To date this remains the final election in British Columbia history where the Conservative Party would achieve power in its own right. Results Elections to the 17th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1928)Elections BC 1988 149, 159 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1924 !1928 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) BC Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Simon Fraser Tolmie | 48 || 17 || 35 || 18 || 192,867 || 91,102 || 53.30 || 23.85 BC Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;" |John Duncan MacLean | 45 || 23 || 12 || 11 || 144,872 || 36,549 || 40.04 || 8.70 BC Independent Labour row-nameCompared with 1920 results for its predecessor Canadian Labour |style="text-align:left;" | | 10 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 18,224 || 20,820 || 5.04 || 6.26 BC Provincial row-name | || – || 3 || – || 3 || – || 83,517 || – || 24.16 BC Independent Liberal row-name | || 2 || 2 || – || 2 || 1,001 || 2,548 || 0.28 || 0.75 BC Independent row-name | || 9 || – || – || – || 3,658 || 1,138 || 1.01 || 0.28 BC Independent Conservative row-name | || 2 || – || – || – || 1,064 || 982 || 0.29 || 0.30 BC Independent Farmer row-name | || 1 || – || – || – || 128 || 128 || 0.04 ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 117 | 48 ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|361,814 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballotsElections BC 1988 2 ! colspan="2"|3,259 ! colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who votedElections BC 1988 2 ! colspan="2"|174,934 ! colspan="2"| 71.33% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered votersElections BC 1988 2 ! colspan="2"|245,240 ! colspan="2"| |} + Seats and popular vote by partyElections BC 1988 149, 159 Party Seats Votes Change (pp)BC Conservative colour&name 35 48 BC Conservative 175 53.30 175 darkgrey 23.85 -5 1em background:greenBC Liberal colour&name 12 48 BC Liberal 175 40.04 175 darkgrey 8.70 -5 1em background:greenBC Independent Labour colour&name/Canadian Labour 1 48 BC Labour 175 5.04 175 darkgrey -6.26 -5 1em background:redBC Provincial colour&name 0 48 BC Provincial 175 0 175 darkgrey -24.16 -5 1em background:redBC Socialist colour&name 0 48 BC Socialist 175 0 175 darkgrey -1.26 -5 1em background:redBC Other colour&name 0 48 BC Other 175 1.62 175 darkgrey -0.87 -5 1em background:red MLAs elected #A51B12 Alberni: Laurence Arnold Hanna #A51B12 Atlin: Herbert Frederick Kergin #294296 Burnaby: William Robert Rutledge #294296 Cariboo: Roderick MacKenzie #294296 Chilliwack: William Atkinson #A51B12 Columbia: John Andrew Buckham #294296 Comox: George Kerr McNaughton #294296 Cowichan-Newcastle: Cyril Francis Davie #A51B12 Cranbrook: Frank Mitchell MacPherson #294296 Creston: Fred W. Lister #294296 Delta: John Walter Berry #294296 Dewdney: Nelson Seymour Lougheed #294296 Esquimalt: Robert Henry Pooley #EEBBBB Fernie: Thomas Aubert Uphill (ILP Independent Labour Party) #294296 Fort George: Frederick Parker Burden #294296 Grand Forks-Greenwood: Charles Morgan Kingston #294296 The Islands: Cyrus Wesley Peck #294296 Kamloops: John Ralph Michell #294296 Kaslo-Slocan: James Fitzsimmons #294296 Lillooet: Ernest Crawford Carson #294296 Mackenzie: Michael Manson #A51B12 Nanaimo: William Sloan #294296 Nelson: Lorris E. Borden #A51B12 New Westminster: Wells Gray #294296 North Okanagan: William Farris Kennedy #A51B12 North Vancouver: Ian Alistair MacKenzie #A51B12 Omineca: Alexander Malcolm Manson #A51B12 Prince Rupert: Duff Pattullo #A51B12 Revelstoke: William Henry Sutherland #294296 Richmond-Point Grey: Samuel Lyness Howe #294296 Rossland-Trail: James Hargrave Schofield #294296 Saanich: Simon Fraser Tolmie #294296 Salmon Arm: Rolf Wallgren Bruhn #294296 Similkameen: William Alexander McKenzie #A51B12 Skeena: Horace Cooper Wrinch #294296 South Okanagan: James William Jones #294296 South Vancouver: Jonathan Webster Cornett #294296 Vancouver City: William Dick #294296 Vancouver City: Thomas Henry Kirk #294296 Vancouver City: Royal Maitland #294296 Vancouver City: William Curtis Shelly #294296 Vancouver City: Nelson Spencer #294296 Vancouver City: George Alexander Walkem #294296 Victoria City: James Harry Beatty #294296 Victoria City: Reginald Hayward #294296 Victoria City: Joshua Hinchcliffe #294296 Victoria City: Harold Despard Twigg #A51B12 Yale: John Joseph Alban Gillis Synopsis of results + Results by riding – 1928 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Elections BC 1988 151-155, 161-164 Riding Winning party VotesName 1924Party Votes Share Margin #Margin % Con Lib ILP Independent Labour Party Ind Independent Oth Other minor affiliations Total   Alberni I-Lib Lib 1,208 48.71% 186 7.50% 1,022 1,208 250 – – 2,480 Atlin Lib Lib 587 50.56% 45 3.88% 542 587 – 32 – 1,161 Burnaby CLP Con 2,144 40.81% 365 6.94% 2,144 1,779 1,330 – – 5,253 Cariboo Prov Con 623 44.00% 223 15.75% 623 400 – 393 – 1,416 Chilliwack Lib Con 2,595 55.51% 515 11.02% 2,595 2,080 – – – 4,675 Columbia Lib Lib 659 50.23% 32 2.44% 627 659 – 26 – 1,312 Comox I-Lib Con 2,058 53.85% 561 14.68% 2,058 1,497 267 – – 3,822 Cowichan-Newcastle Con Con 2,360 58.17% 753 18.56% 2,360 – 1,607 90 – 4,057 Cranbrook Con Lib 1,833 52.46% 172 4.92% 1,661 1,833 – – – 3,494 Creston Con Con 1,184 54.76% 206 9.52% 1,184 978 – – – 2,162 Delta Lib Con 2,562 55.73% 527 11.46% 2,562 2,035 – – – 4,597 Dewdney Con Con 2,751 58.57% 805 17.14% 2,751 1,946 – – – 4,697 Esquimalt Con Con 1,806 62.10% 729 25.06% 1,806 1,077 – – 25 2,908 Fernie CLP ILP 1,639 59.80% 537 19.60% 1,102 – 1,639 – – 2,741 Fort George Lib Con 1,487 51.61% 93 3.22% 1,487 1,394 – – – 2,881 Grand Forks-Greenwood Con Con 888 52.92% 98 5.84% 888 790 – – – 1,678 The Islands Con Con 1,148 62.70% 465 25.40% 1,148 683 – – – 1,831 Kamloops Lib Con 1,531 50.25% 15 0.50% 1,531 1,516 – – – 3,047 Kaslo-Slocan Lib Con 1,169 51.23% 56 2.46% 1,169 1,113 – – – 2,282 Lillooet Lib Con 1,237 54.61% 209 9.22% 1,237 1,028 – – – 2,265 Mackenzie Con Con 1,266 51.03% 51 2.06% 1,266 1,215 – – – 2,481 Nanaimo Lib Lib 1,366 40.67% 65 1.94% 1,301 1,366 585 107 – 3,359 Nelson Lib Con 1,338 53.07% 155 6.14% 1,338 1,183 – – – 2,521 New Westminster Lib Lib 3,262 56.16% 716 12.32% 2,546 3,262 – – – 5,808 North Okanagan Lib Con 2,361 54.03% 480 10.99% 2,361 1,881 – – 128 4,370 North Vancouver Lib Lib 2,498 46.60% 32 0.60% 2,466 2,498 – 397 – 5,361 Omineca Lib Lib 889 57.21% 224 14.42% 665 889 – – – 1,554 Prince Rupert Lib Lib 1,370 51.78% 94 3.56% 1,276 1,370 – – – 2,646 Revelstoke Lib Lib 1,170 56.36% 264 12.72% 906 1,170 – – – 2,076 Richmond-Point Grey Prov Con 5,414 62.16% 2,118 24.32% 5,414 3,296 – – – 8,710 Rossland-Trail Con Con 1,686 58.12% 471 16.24% 1,686 1,215 – – – 2,901Saanich Con Con 2,379 56.44% 543 12.88% 2,379 1,836 – – – 4,215 Salmon Arm Con Con 1,706 73.25% 1,083 46.50% 1,706 623 – – – 2,329 Similkameen Con Con 2,079 55.53% 414 11.06% 2,079 1,665 – – – 3,744 Skeena Lib Lib 910 54.33% 145 8.66% 765 910 – – – 1,675 South Okanagan Con Con 2,145 56.08% 465 12.16% 2,145 – – 1,680 – 3,825 South Vancouver CLP Con 2,452 47.45% 471 9.12% 2,452 696 1,981 39 – 5,168 Yale Lib Lib 1,514 57.22% 382 14.44% 1,132 1,514 – – – 2,646 #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 #FFA07A silver = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates + Results by riding – 1928 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Elections BC 1988 151-155, 161-164 Party Vancouver City Victoria City Votes Share Change Votes Share Change BC Conservative row-name 98,382 54.59% 30.51% 30,105 52.40% 7.74% BC Liberal row-name 70,602 39.18% 8.47% 25,078 43.65% 14.24% BC Labour row Independent Labour 10,249 5.69% -9.94% 316 0.55 -4.56% BC Independent Liberal row-name 976 0.54% 0.42% – – – BC Independent Conservative row-name – – -0.15% 1,064 1.85% 1.85% BC Independent row-name – – -0.40% 894 1.56% -1.76% BC Provincial row-name – – -27.19% – – -17.51% BC Socialist row-name – – -1.73% – – –Total 180,209 100.00% 57,457 100.00%Seats won #294296 6 #294296 4Incumbents returned – #294296 3 See also List of British Columbia political parties Notes References Further reading Elections BC 1988 1988 An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf Victoria Elections British Columbia 0-7718-8677-2 Lemieux Rodolphe Rodolphe Lemieux Nichol Walter C. Walter Nichol Colquhoun A. H. U. Carrel Frank Frank Carrel The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1927–28 1928 The Annual Review Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_l7c0 Category: elections in Canada General election Category:July 1928 in Canada