British Columbia General Election, 1928 Article Index for
British Columbia
Website Links For
British Columbia
 

Information About

British Columbia General Election, 1928




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.


RESULTS


Note:

  • Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.



RESULTS BY RIDING


  align "center" William Robert Rutledge
  align "center" <b> Burnaby <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> Alberni <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" Laurence Arnold Hanna
  align "center" Roderick MacKenzie
  align "center" <b> Cariboo <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> Atlin <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" Herbert Frederick Kergin
  align "center" William Atkinson
  align "center" <b> Chilliwack <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> Columbia <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" John Andrew Buckham
  align "center" George Kerr McNaughton
  align "center" <b> Comox <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> Cranbrook <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" Frank Mitchell MacPherson
  align "center" Cyril Francis Davie
  align "center" <b> Cowichan-Newcastle <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> Nanaimo <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" George Sharratt Pearson
  align "center" Fred W Lister
  align "center" <b> Creston <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> New Westminster <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" Arthur Wellesly Gray
  align "center" John Walter Berry
  align "center" <b> Delta <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> North Vancouver <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" Ian Alistair MacKenzie
  align "center" Nelson Seymour Lougheed
  align "center" <b> Dewdney <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> Omineca <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" Alexander Malcolm Manson
  align "center" Robert Henry Pooley
  align "center" <b> Esquimalt <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> Prince Rupert <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" Thomas Dufferin Pattullo <sup>2</sup>
  align "center" Frederick Parker Burden
  align "center" <b> Fort George <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> Revelstoke <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" William Henry Sutherland
  align "center" Charles Morgan Kingston
  align "center" <b> Grand Forks-Greenwood <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> Skeena <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" Horace Cooper Wrinch
  align "center" Cyrus Wesley Peck
  align "center" <b> The Islands <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> Yale <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" John Joseph Alban Gillis
  align "center" John Ralph Michell
  align "center" <b> Kamloops <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" <b> Fernie <br><small>Independent Labour Party
  align "center" Thomas Aubert Uphill
  align "center" James Fitzsimmon
  align "center" <b> Kaslo-Slocan <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Ernest Crawford Carson
  align "center" <b> Lillooet <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Michael Manson
  align "center" <b> Mackenzie <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Lorris E Borden
  align "center" <b> Nelson <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" William Farris Kennedy
  align "center" <b> North Okanagan <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Samuel Lyness Howe
  align "center" <b> Richmond-Point Grey <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" James Hargrave Schofield
  align "center" <b> Rossland-Trail <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Simon Fraser Tolmie <sup>1</sup>
  align "center" <b> Saanich <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Rolf Wallgren Bruhn
  align "center" <b> Salmon Arm <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" William Alexander McKenzie
  align "center" <b> Similkameen <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" James William Jones
  align "center" <b> South Okanagan <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Jonathan Webster Cornett
  align "center" <b> South Vancouver <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" William Dick
  align "center" rowspan=6 <b> Vancouver City <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Thomas Henry Kirk
  align "center" Robert Lethington Maitland
  align "center" William Curtis Shelly
  align "center" Nelson Spencer
  align "center" George Alexander Walkem
  align "center" James Harry Beatty
  align "center" rowspan=4 <b> Victoria City <br><small> Conservative
  align "center" Reginald Hayward
  align "center" Joshua Hinchcliffe
  align "center" Harold Despard Twigg
  align "center"<sup>1</sup> Premier-Elect
  align "center"<sup>2</sup> Leader of the Opposition


  Prev 1924
  List British Columbia General Elections