1924 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 January 2021 1924 British Columbia general election 108,323 1920 British Columbia general election 1920 1928 British Columbia general election 1928 British Columbia No parliamentary Premier Premier after election 48 seats to the 16th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 25 seats were needed for a majority 16th Parliament of British Columbia#Members of the 16th General Assembly 15th Parliament of British Columbia#Members of the 15th General Assembly June 20, 1924 John Oliver John Oliver BC Liberal name BC Liberal name x100px John Oliver BC Liberal name BC Liberal nohash 25 seats, 37.89% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 23 31.34% 2 6.55pp Percentage points x100px William John Bowser BC Conservative name BC Conservative (historical) nohash 15 seats, 31.20% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 17 101,765 29.45% 2 1.75pp Percentage points x100px Alexander Duncan McRae BC Provincial name BC Provincial nohash Did not contest 3 83,517 24.16% 3 Did not contest CLP Canadian Labour BC Labour nohash Did not contest 3 39,044 11.30% 3 Did not contest IL Independent Liberal CA Liberal nohash 0 seats, 0.97% Share of the total popular vote in the previous election 2 3,549 1.03% 2 0.06pp Percentage pointsThe 1924 British Columbia general election was the sixteenth general election in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on May 10, 1924, and held on June 20, 1924. The new legislature met for the first time on November 3, 1924. The Liberal Party was re-elected to its third term in government, falling just short of a majority in the legislature even though it won less than a third of the popular vote. Two Independent Liberals were also elected. Premier John Oliver lost his own seat in Victoria City, but remained Premier until 1927. The Conservative Party formed the official opposition, while two new parties, the Provincial Party and the Canadian Labour Party won three seats each, and a total of 35% of the vote. 1923 redistribution of ridings An Act was passed in 1923, providing for an increase in the seats in the Assembly from 47 to 48 upon the next election.Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1923 S.B.C. 1923 6 https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstats/554406640 The following changes were made: Abolished ridings New ridingsDrawn from other ridings Crestonfrom part of Nelson Mackenzie Salmon Arm Burnabyfrom part of New Westminster SkeenaMerger of districts Kaslo Slocan Kaslo-Slocan Cowichan Newcastle Cowichan-Newcastle Grand Forks Greenwood Grand Forks-Greenwood Rossland Trail Rossland-TrailRenaming of districts Richmond Richmond-Point Grey a Campaign The Provincial Party, which nominated candidates only in 1924, was formed by a group of British Columbia Conservative Party dissidents known as the "Committee of 100", led and funded by the wealthy General Alexander McRae and political elements from the United Farmers of British Columbia. McRae claimed that the Liberal government of John Oliver and the previous administrations of Conservative Premier William John Bowser, then the opposition leader, were corrupt. Many of his allegations were related to the funding of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway plan to reach Prince George in the Northern interior of the province, which was not achieved until many years later. He claimed that there were kickbacks, patronage and various wrongdoings. His allegations were never proven. The election was bitterly fought with sensational allegations against all three leaders. McRae was not elected. Both Bowser and Oliver lost their seats but Oliver continued to lead his Liberal Party as Premier of a minority government after the election. Margaret A. Ormsby British Columbia: A History MacMillan Vancouver 1958 420 In the single-member districts, there was only one two-way contest, and most were either two- or three-way battles: + Candidate contests in the ridingsElections BC 1988 151-155Candidates nominated Ridings PartyLibConProvLabInd-LibIndSocInd-ConFarm-LabTotalsSingle-member districts2 1 1 1 23 26 24 25 24 1 2 1 1 784 10 10 10 10 5 2 1 2 405 1 1 1 1 1 1 5Multiple-member districtsVancouver (6 MLAs) 1 6 6 6 5 1 1 1 1 27Victoria (4 MLAs) 1 4 4 4 3 1 16Total 40 46 47 45 15 5 3 2 4 1 168 Aftermath All three major party leaders had lost their races. In McRae's case, he missed becoming MLA in Vancouver City only because his fellow candidate Andrew McCreight Creery obtained 63 more votes.Hopkins 1925 444 In an August byelection, Oliver gained a seat in Nelson when Kenneth Campbell chose to stand aside.Hopkins 1925 444 Bowser decided to retire from politics, and Robert Henry Pooley (Esquimalt) was selected as the new Conservative leader.Hopkins 1925 444 The Provincial and Labour members would support critical portions of the Liberal legislative programme in the following session of the Legislature.Hopkins 1925 444 Results Elections to the 16th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1924)Elections BC 1988 139,149 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1920 !1924 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- BC Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;" |John Oliver |46 ||25 ||23 ||2 ||108,323 ||25,844 ||31.34 ||6.55 BC Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;" |William Bowser |47 ||15 ||17 ||2 ||101,765 ||8,710 ||29.45 ||1.75 BC Provincial row-name |style="text-align:left;" |Alexander Duncan McRae |45 ||– ||3 ||3 ||83,517 ||83,517 ||24.16 ||New |- BC Labour row | style="text-align:left;" |Canadian Labourcompared with 1920 results for its predecessor Federated Labour |  |15 ||3 ||3 || ||39,044 ||6,814 ||11.30 ||2.20 |- BC Independent Liberal row-name |  |5 ||– ||2 ||2 ||3,549 ||116 ||1.03 ||0.06 |- BC Independent row-name |  |3 ||3 ||– ||3 ||2,520 ||34,216 ||0.73 ||9.64 |- BC Farmer-Labour row |style="text-align:left"| People's Party |  |– ||1 ||– ||1 ||colspan="4"|Did not campaign |- BC Socialist row-name |  |2 ||– ||– ||– ||4,364 ||8,022 ||1.26 ||2.24 |- BC Independent Conservative row-name |  |4 ||– ||– ||– ||2,046 ||444 ||0.59 ||0.14 |- BC Farmer-Labour row-name |  |1 ||– ||– ||– ||478 ||478 ||0.14 ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 168 | 47 ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|345,608 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |} a + Seats and popular vote by partyElections BC 1988 139,149 Party Seats Votes Change (pp)BC Liberal colour&name 23 48 BC Liberal 175 31.34 175 darkgrey -6.55 -5 1em background:redBC Conservative colour&name 17 48 BC Conservative 175 29.45 175 darkgrey -1.75 -5 1em background:redBC Provincial colour&name 3 48 BC Provincial 175 24.16 175 darkgrey 24.16 -5 1em background:greenBC Federated Labour colour&name/Canadian Labour 3 48 BC Labour 175 11.30 175 darkgrey 2.20 -5 1em background:greenBC Socialist colour&name 0 48 BC Socialist 175 1.26 175 darkgrey -2.24 -5 1em background:redBC Independent colour&name 0 48 BC Independent 175 0.73 175 darkgrey -9.64 -5 1em background:redBC Soldier colour&name/GAUV 0 48 BC Soldier 175 0.00 175 darkgrey -4.58 -5 1em background:redBC Other colour&name 2 48 BC Other 175 1.76 175 darkgrey -1.60 -5 1em background:red MLAs elected #DCDCDC Alberni: Richard John Burde (I-Lib Independent Liberal) #A51B12 Atlin: Herbert Frederick Kergin #EEBBBB Burnaby: Francis Aubrey Browne (CLP Canadian Labour Party) #98CED6 Cariboo: David Alexander Stoddart #A51B12 Chilliwack: Edward Dodsley Barrow #A51B12 Columbia: John Andrew Buckham #DCDCDC Comox: Paul Phillips Harrison (I-Lib Independent Liberal) #294296 Cowichan-Newcastle: Cyril Francis Davie #294296 Cranbrook: Noel Wallinger #294296 Creston: Fred W. Lister #A51B12 Delta: Alexander McDonald Paterson #294296 Dewdney: John Alexander Catherwood #294296 Esquimalt: Robert Henry Pooley #EEBBBB Fernie: Thomas Aubert Uphill (CLP Canadian Labour Party) #A51B12 Fort George: Henry George Thomas Perry #294296 Grand Forks-Greenwood: John McKie #294296 The Islands: Cyrus Wesley Peck #A51B12 Kamloops: James Reginald Colley #A51B12 Kaslo-Slocan: Charles Sidney Leary #A51B12 Lillooet: Albert Edward Munn #294296 Mackenzie: Michael Manson #A51B12 Nanaimo: William Sloan #A51B12 Nelson: Kenneth Campbell #A51B12 New Westminster: Edwin James Rothwell #A51B12 North Okanagan: K. C. MacDonald #A51B12 North Vancouver: John Melvin Bryan, Sr. #A51B12 Omineca: Alexander Malcolm Manson #A51B12 Prince Rupert: Duff Pattullo #A51B12 Revelstoke: William Henry Sutherland #98CED6 Richmond-Point Grey: George Alexander Walkem #294296 Rossland-Trail: James Hargrave Schofield #294296 Saanich: Thomas George Coventry #294296 Salmon Arm: Rolf Wallgren Bruhn #294296 Similkameen: William Alexander McKenzie #A51B12 Skeena: Horace Cooper Wrinch #294296 South Okanagan: James William Jones #EEBBBB South Vancouver: Robert Henry Neelands (CLP Canadian Labour Party) #A51B12 Vancouver City: Ian Alistair MacKenzie #A51B12 Vancouver City: Christopher McRae #A51B12 Vancouver City: Victor Odlum #A51B12 Vancouver City: Mary Ellen Smith #A51B12 Vancouver City: Charles Woodward #98CED6 Vancouver City: Andrew McCreight Creery #294296 Victoria City: Reginald Hayward #294296 Victoria City: Joshua Hinchcliffe #294296 Victoria City: Gus Lyons #294296 Victoria City: Harold Despard Twigg #A51B12 Yale: John Duncan MacLean Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1924 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Elections BC 1988 141-144, 151-155 Riding Winning party VotesName 1920Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Lib Con Prov CLP Canadian Labour I-Lib Independent Liberal Ind Independent Oth Other minor affiliations Total   Alberni Ind I-Lib 828 42.48% 46 2.35% – 339 781 – 828 – – 1,949 Atlin Lib Lib 463 38.71% 83 6.94% 463 353 380 – – – – 1,196 Burnaby New CLP 1,567 31.22% 243 4.85% 1,324 974 1,155 – 1,567 – – 5,020 Cariboo Lib Prov 493 37.81% 79 6.06% 414 397 493 – – – – 1,304 Chilliwack Lib Lib 1,429 37.83% 148 3.91% 1,429 1,067 1,281 – – – – 3,777 Columbia Lib Lib 644 56.84% 350 30.89% 644 294 195 – – – – 1,133 Comox PP I-Lib 1,261 43.95% 446 15.54% – 815 793 – 1,261 – – 2,869 Cowichan-Newcastle New Con 1,246 31.26% 114 2.86% 738 1,246 870 1,132 – – – 3,986 Cranbrook Lib Con 1,326 55.53% 264 11.06% 1,062 1,326 – – – – – 2,388 Creston New Con 879 49.97% 396 22.51% 483 879 397 – – – – 1,759 Delta Lib Lib 1,677 46.13% 424 11.66% 1,677 1,253 633 – 72 – – 3,635 Dewdney Con Con 1,259 36.60% 13 0.38% 1,246 1,259 935 – – – – 3,440 Esquimalt Con Con 1,280 46.36% 655 23.72% 625 1,280 515 – – – 341 2,761 Fernie FLP CLP 1,002 40.18% 151 6.06% 641 851 – 1,002 – – – 2,494 Fort George Lib Lib 1,080 46.67% 52 2.24% 1,080 1,028 206 – – – – 2,314 Grand Forks-Greenwood New Con 750 43.53% 108 6.27% 642 750 331 – – – – 1,723 The Islands Lib Con 583 34.17% 2 0.11% 542 583 581 – – – – 1,706 Kamloops Lib Lib 1,212 41.38% 215 7.34% 1,212 997 720 – – – – 2,929 Kaslo-Slocan New Lib 799 39.11% 199 9.74% 799 384 600 260 – – – 2,043 Lillooet Con Lib 626 42.56% 104 7.07% 626 323 522 – – – – 1,471 Mackenzie New Con 742 41.45% 95 5.27% 647 742 401 – – – – 1,790 Nanaimo Lib Lib 1,612 46.35% 529 15.21% 1,612 642 141 – – – 1,083 3,478 Nelson Con Lib 902 43.14% 191 9.14% 902 711 – – – – 478 2,091 New Westminster Lib Lib 1,564 37.61% 254 6.10% 1,564 1,310 591 693 – – – 4,158 North Okanagan Lib Lib 1,362 33.20% 292 7.12% 1,362 907 1,070 – – – 764 4,103 North Vancouver Ind Lib 1,283 31.34% 120 2.93% 1,283 442 1,151 – 1,163 55 – 4,094 Omineca Lib Lib 592 44.08% 139 10.35% 592 298 453 – – – – 1,343 Prince Rupert Lib Lib 920 55.89% 255 15.49% 920 – 61 – – – 665 1,646 Revelstoke Lib Lib 1,099 59.05% 505 27.13% 1,099 594 168 – – – – 1,861 Richmond-Point Grey Con Prov 2,141 35.34% 78 1.29% 1,855 2,063 2,141 – – – – 6,059 Rossland-Trail New Con 938 48.88% 393 20.48% 545 938 436 – – – – 1,919Saanich Lib Con 1,433 47.43% 521 17.24% 912 1,433 676 – – – – 3,021 Salmon Arm New Con 920 36.83% 96 3.84% 754 920 824 – – – – 2,498 Similkameen Con Con 1,306 39.56% 82 2.48% 771 1,306 1,224 – – – – 3,301 Skeena New Lib 794 50.41% 259 16.44% 794 246 535 – – – – 1,575 South Okanagan Con Con 2,009 52.98% 691 18.22% 1,318 2,009 340 125 – – – 3,792 South Vancouver FLP CLP 1,971 38.74% 687 13.50% 1,141 1,284 692 1,971 – – – 5,088 Yale Con Lib 1,148 46.09% 383 15.38% 1,148 765 578 – – – – 2,491 a #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 #98CED6 silver = endorsed by Provincial Party #B8BFFE silver = endorsed by Conservative Party #FFA07A silver = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates + Results by riding - 1924 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Elections BC 1988 141-144, 151-155 Party Vancouver City Victoria City Votes Share Change Votes Share Change BC Liberal row-name 58,261 30.71% -8.26% 15,195 29.40% -7.55% BC Provincial row-name 51,596 27.19% New 9,050 17.51% New BC Conservative row-name 45,685 24.08% -5.88% 23,075 44.65% 11.86% BC Labour row Canadian Labour 29,654 15.63% 4.69% 2,640 5.11% 2.86% BC Socialist row-name 3,281 1.73% -4.06% – – – BC Independent row-name 750 0.40% -7.58% 1,715 3.32% -5.00% BC Independent Conservative row-name 276 0.15% New – – – BC Independent Liberal row-name 225 0.12% New – – -3.79% BC Soldier row Grand Army of United Veterans – – -2.69% – – – BC Women's Freedom League row-name – – -2.06% – – – BC Vancouver Ratepayers Association row-name – – -1.63% – – – BC Soldier-Labour row-name – – – – – -9.88% BC Liberty League of BC row-name – – – – – - 4.57% BC Independent Soldier row-name – – – – – -1.44%Total 189,728 100.00% 51,675 100.00%Seats won #A51B12 5#98CED6 1 #294296 4Incumbents returned #A51B12 2 #294296 1 See also List of British Columbia political parties 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 In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC. Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1924–25 1925 The Annual Review Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_p5b4 Category: elections in Canada General election Category:June 1924 in Canada