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Although it lost eleven seats in the legislature, and fell from 50% of the popular vote to under 38%, the governing Liberal Party was able to hold on to a slim Majority in the legislature for its second consecutive term in government.

The Conservative Party also lost a significant share of its popular vote, but won six additional seats for a total of fifteen, and formed the Official Opposition .

Almost a third of the vote and seven seats were won by independents and by a wide variety of fringe parties.


RESULTS


Notes:

  • Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


1 Liberals: One member elected by acclamation. One candidate, J. Oliver, who contested and was elected in both Delta and Victoria City is counted twice.

2 Includes Liberty League of B.C., Vancouver Ratepayers Association, and Women's Freedom League candidates.

3 Includes those candidates not directly nominated by, but supported by the Federated Labour Party.

4 Includes the Prince Rupert Labour candidate running on a Socialist Party platform.

5 Sometimes referred to as a triple alliance of "Farmer-Labour-Soldier" with Soldier-Farmer candidates running in rural Districts (five candidates, 3361 votes) and Soldier-Labour candidates running in urban ones (six candidates, 7419 votes).

6 Some GAUV candidates ran on a joint Soldier-Labour ticket.


RESULTS BY RIDING


  align "center" Herbert Frederick Kergin
  align "center" <b> Atlin <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Dewdney <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" John Alexander Catherwood
  align "center" John MacKay Yorston
  align "center" <b> Cariboo <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Esquimalt <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Robert Henry Pooley
  align "center" Edward Dodsley Barrow
  align "center" <b> Chilliwack <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Kaslo <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Fred W Lister
  align "center" John Andrew Buckham
  align "center" <b> Columbia <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Lillooet <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Archibald McDonald
  align "center" James Horace King
  align "center" <b> Cranbrook <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Nelson <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" William Oliver Rose
  align "center" John Oliver
  align "center" <b> Delta <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Richmond <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Thomas Pearson
  align "center" Henry George Thomas Perry
  align "center" <b> Fort George <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Rossland <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" William Kemble Esling
  align "center" Ezra Churchill Henniger
  align "center" <b> Grand Forks <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Similkameen <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" William Alexander McKenzie
  align "center" John Duncan MacLean
  align "center" <b> Greenwood <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> South Okanagan <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" James William Jones
  align "center" Malcolm Bruce Jackson
  align "center" <b> The Islands <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Trail <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" James Hargrave Schofield
  align "center" Frederick William Anderson
  align "center" <b> Kamloops <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Vancouver City <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" William John Bowser
  align "center" David Whiteside
  align "center" <b> New Westminster <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Victoria City <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Joshua Hinchcliffe
  align "center" Frederick Arthur Pauline
  align "center" <b> Saanich <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Yale <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" John McRae
  align "center" William Hunter
  align "center" <b> Slocan <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Comox <br><small>People's Party
  align "center" Thomas Menzies
  align "center" John Wallace DeBeque Farris
  align "center" rowspan=5 <b> Vancouver City <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> Fernie <br><small> Federated Labour
  align "center" Thomas Aubert Uphill
  align "center" Malcolm Archibald MacDonald
  align "center" <b> Newcastle <br><small> Federated Labour
  align "center" Samuel Guthrie
  align "center" Ian Alistair MacKenzie
  align "center" <b> South Vancouver <br><small> Federated Labour
  align "center" Robert Henry Neelands
  align "center" James Ramsay
  align "center" <b> Alberni <br><small>Independent
  align "center" Richard John Burde
  align "center" Mary Ellen Smith
  align "center" <b> Cowichan <br><small>Independent
  align "center" Kenneth Forrest Duncan
  align "center" William Sloan
  align "center" <b> Nanaimo <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" <b> North Vancouver <br><small>Independent
  align "center" George Samuel Hanes
  align "center" Kenneth Cattanch MacDonald
  align "center" <b> North Okanagan <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" Alexander Malcolm Manson
  align "center" <b> Omineca <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
  align "center" <b> Prince Rupert <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" William Henry Sutherland
  align "center" <b> Revelstoke <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" Joseph Badenoch Clearihue
  align "center" rowspan=3 <b> Victoria City <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" John Hart
  align "center" John Oliver <sup>1</sup>
  align "center"<sup>1</sup> Incumbent and Premier-Elect


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