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British Columbia General Election, 1956




The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a Majority in the legislature to a third term in government with over 45% of the popular vote.

The Social Democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation formed the Official Opposition .

The British Columbia Liberal Party lost two of its four seats despite winning over 20% of the popular vote.

The Progressive Conservative Party lost its single seat in the legislature, and would not win a seat again until the 1972 Election .

One seat was won by a Labour candidate, Tom Uphill of Fernie .


RESULTS


Note:

  • Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.



RESULTS BY RIDING


  align "center" William James Asseltine
  align "center" <b> Atlin <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" <b> Alberni <br><small> Co-operative Commonwealth Fed
  align "center" Stanley John Squire <br><small>
  align "center" William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd <br><small>
  align "center" <b> Cariboo <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" rowspan=2 <b> Burnaby <br><small> Co-operative Commonwealth Fed
  align "center" Gordon Hudson Dowding
  align "center" William Kenneth Kiernan <br><small>
  align "center" <b> Chilliwack <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Ernest Edward Winch
  align "center" Richard Orr Newton <br><small>
  align "center" <b> Columbia <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" <b> Cowichan-Newcastle <br><small> Co-operative Commonwealth Fed
  align "center" Robert Martin Strachan <sup>2</sup>
  align "center" Daniel Robert John Campbell
  align "center" <b> Comox <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" <b> Cranbrook <br><small> Co-operative Commonwealth Fed
  align "center" Leo Thomas Nimsick
  align "center" Thomas James Irwin <br><small>
  align "center" rowspan=2 <b> Delta <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" <b> Grand Forks-Greenwood <br><small> Co-operative Commonwealth Fed
  align "center" Lois Mabel Haggen
  align "center" Nehemiah George Massey
  align "center" <b> Kaslo-Slocan <br><small> Co-operative Commonwealth Fed
  align "center" Randolph Harding
  align "center" Lyle Wicks <br><small>
  align "center" <b> Dewdney <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" <b> Mackenzie <br><small> Co-operative Commonwealth Fed
  align "center" Anthony John Gargrave
  align "center" Herbert Joseph Bruch
  align "center" <b> Esquimalt <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" <b> New Westminster <br><small> Co-operative Commonwealth Fed
  align "center" John McRae (Rae) Eddie
  align "center" Ray Gillis Williston
  align "center" <b> Fort George <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" <b> Vancouver East <br><small> Co-operative Commonwealth Fed
  align "center" Arthur James Turner
  align "center" Philip Arthur Gaglardi <br><small>
  align "center" <b> Kamloops <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" <b> Fernie <br><small>Labour (Party)
  align "center" Thomas Aubert Uphill
  align "center" Donald Frederick Robinson
  align "center" <b> Lillooet <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" <b> Oak Bay <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" Philip Archibald Gibbs
  align "center" Earle Cathers Westwood
  align "center" <b> Nanaimo And The Islands <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" <b> Victoria City <br><small> Liberal
  align "center" George Frederick Thompson Gregory
  align "center" Wesley Drewett Black
  align "center" <b> Nelson-Creston <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Lorne Hugh Shantz
  align "center" <b> North Okanagan <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Harold Earle Roche
  align "center" <b> North Peace River <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" John Melvin Bryan Sr
  align "center" rowspan=2 <b> North Vancouver <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Newton Phillips Steacy
  align "center" Cyril Morley Shelford
  align "center" <b> Omineca <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" William Harvey Murray
  align "center" <b> Prince Rupert <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Arvid Waldemar Lundell
  align "center" <b> Revelstoke <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Robert Edward Sommers <br><small>
  align "center" <b> Rossland-Trail <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle
  align "center" <b> Saanich <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" James Allan Reid <br><small>
  align "center" <b> Salmon Arm <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Francis Xavier Richter <br><small>
  align "center" <b> Similkameen <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Hugh Addison Shirreff
  align "center" <b> Skeena <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" William Andrew Cecil Bennett <sup>1</sup>
  align "center" <b> South Okanagan <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Stanley Carnell
  align "center" <b> South Peace River <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin <br><small>
  align "center" rowspan=2 <b> Vancouver-Burrard <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Herbert Price <br><small>
  align "center" Alexander Small Matthew
  align "center" rowspan=2 <b> Vancouver Centre <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Leslie Raymond Peterson
  align "center" Frederick Morton Sharp
  align "center" <b> Vancouver East <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Thomas Audley Bate
  align "center" rowspan=2 <b> Vancouver-Point Grey <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" Buda Hosmer Brown
  align "center" William Neelands Chant
  align "center" rowspan=2 <b> Victoria City <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center" John Donald Smith
  align "center" Irvine Finlay Corbett <br><small>
  align "center" <b> Yale <br><small> Social Credit
  align "center"<sup>1</sup> Premier-Elect
  align "center"<sup>2</sup> Leader of the Opposition


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