1903 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1903 British Columbia general election British Columbia parliamentary no no no 1900 British Columbia general election 1900 9th Parliament of British Columbia 1903 10 3 10th Parliament of British Columbia 1907 British Columbia general election 1907 42 seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 22 9th Parliament of British Columbia 10th Parliament of British Columbia 150x150px BC Conservative (historical) nohash Richard McBride BC Conservative name June 1, 1903 Dewdney 22 27,913 46.43% 120x120px BC Liberal nohash Joseph Martin (de facto only) Martin resigned leadership on June 3, 1903. Party opted to not call a leadership convention in anticipation of imminent election call, leaving leadership question for the post election caucus to decide.A LIBERAL PLATFOM: ARTY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA PREPARES FOR FIGHT The Question of Leadership Has Been Left in Abeyance Until After the Election The Globe 1903-08-22 16 MartinLib BC Liberal name October 3, 1903 Vancouver City (lost seat) 17 22,715 37.78% BC Socialist nohash unknown BC Socialist name unknown 2 4,787 7.96% BC Labour nohash vacant BC Labour name vacant 1 4,421 7.36% Premier Richard McBride BC Conservative name Premier after election Richard McBride BC Conservative name The 1903 British Columbia general election was the tenth general election for the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLAs). The election was called on September 5, 1903, and held on October 3, 1903. The new legislature met for the first time on November 26, 1903. This was the first election in British Columbia that was fought by political parties.Hopkins 1904 215 Prior to this election, British Columbia politics were non-partisan. The first election was dominated by the BC Conservative and Liberal parties, which were affiliated with existing parties at the federal level.See Conservative Party of Canada and Liberal Party of Canada. The Conservative Party won over 46% of the popular vote and a slim majority of the seats in the legislature. An act was passed in 1902 to provide for an Assembly of 42 members,Redistribution Act, 1902 S.B.C. 1902 58 https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstats/989336754 of which 31 were elected in single-member districts.Elections BC 1988 535 Of the multi-member districts, Cariboo returned two MLAs, Victoria City four, and Vancouver City five. Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the multi-member districts. Results Elections to the Legislative Assembly (1903)Elections BC 1988 91 |- ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Political party ! rowspan="2" | Party leader ! colspan="2" | MLAs ! colspan="2" | Votes |- ! CandidatesFirst election with candidates nominated by organized political parties !1903 !# !% BC Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Richard McBride | 41 || 22 || 27,913 || 46.43% BC Liberal row-nameThree candidates campaigned under the Liberal–Labour bannerMartinLib |style="text-align:left;"|Joseph Martin | 39 || 17 || 22,715 || 37.78% BC Socialist row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 10 || 2 || 4,787 || 7.96% BC Labour row-nameOrganized only at the riding level |style="text-align:left;"| | 5 || 1 || 4,421 || 7.36% BC Socialist Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || – || 284 || 0.47% |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 95 | 42 ! 60,120 ! 100.00% |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="3" |AcclamationsElections BC 1988 93–94 | style="text-align:left;" |BC Conservative colour&name ||1 |- | style="text-align:left;" |BC Liberal colour&name ||1 |} + Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats VotesBC Conservative colour&name 22 42 BC Conservative 175 46.43 175 darkgreyBC Liberal colour&name 17 42 BC Liberal 175 37.78 175 darkgreyBC Socialist colour&name 2 42 BC Socialist 175 7.96 175 darkgreyBC Labour colour&name 1 42 BC Labour 175 7.36 175 darkgreyBC Socialist Labour colour&name 0 42 BC Socialist Labour 175 0.47 175 darkgrey Results by riding The following MLAs were elected:Elections BC 1988 93–96 #A51B12 Alberni: William Wallace Burns McInnes #294296 Atlin: Henry Esson Young #A51B12 Cariboo: Harry Jones #A51B12 Cariboo: James Murphy #A51B12 Chilliwhack: Charles William Munro #A51B12 Columbia: Wilmer Cleveland Wells #294296 Comox: Robert Grant #A51B12 Cowichan: John Newell Evans #A51B12 Cranbrook: James Horace King #A51B12 Delta: John Oliver #294296 Dewdney: Richard McBride #294296 Esquimalt: Charles Edward Pooley #294296 Fernie: William Roderick Ross #294296 Grand Forks: George Arthur Fraser #A51B12 Greenwood: John Robert Brown #A51B12 The Islands: Thomas Wilson Paterson #294296 Kamloops: Frederick John Fulton #294296 Kaslo: Robert Francis Green #294296 Lillooet: Archibald McDonaldElection declared void at the end of the first session of the new Legislature.An Act to qualify Archibald McDonald to represent the Lillooet Electoral District in the present Session of the Legislative Assembly S.B.C. 1903-4 32 https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstats/1526941488 McDonald would win the subsequent byelection. #FFD700 Nanaimo City: James Hurst Hawthornthwaite #294296 Nelson City: John Houston #FFD700 Newcastle: Parker Williams #294296 New Westminster City: Thomas Gifford #294296 Okanagan: Price Ellison #294296 Revelstoke: Thomas Taylor #294296 Richmond: Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton #A51B12 Rossland City: James Alexander MacDonald #A51B12 Saanich: Henry Ernest Tanner #294296 Similkameen: Lytton Wilmot Shatford #294296 Skeena: Charles William Digby Clifford #EEBBBB Slocan: William Davidson #294296 Vancouver City: Charles William John Bowser #294296 Vancouver City: James Ford Garden #294296 Vancouver City: Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan #294296 Vancouver City: Robert Garnett Tatlow #294296 Vancouver City: Charles Wilson #A51B12 Victoria City: William George Cameron #A51B12 Victoria City: Robert Low Drury #A51B12 Victoria City: Richard Hall #A51B12 Victoria City: James Dugald McNiven (L-L Liberal-Labour) #A51B12 Yale: Stuart Alexander Henderson #294296 Ymir: Harry Wright See also List of political parties in Canada British Columbia Notes References Further reading In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1903 1904 The Annual Review Publishing Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_k3c0 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 Category: elections in Canada General election Category:October 1903 in Canada