British Columbia Conservative Party - Election Results

Election Results

1903–1928 elections
Date of election # of seats
available		 # of candidates
nominated		 Votes % of
popular vote		 # of
seats won
3 October 1903 42 41 27,913 46.43 22
2 February 1907 42 42 30,781 48.70 26
25 November 1909 42 42 53,074 52.33 38
28 March 1912 42 42 50,423 59.65 39
14 September 1916 47 46 72,842 40.52 9
1 December 1920 47 42 110,475 31.20 15
20 June 1924 48 47 101,765 29.45 17
18 July 1928 48 48 192,867 53.30 35
  • In the November 2, 1933 election, because of internal discord, the provincial executive of the Conservative Party decided not to contest the election officially; each local association was to act on its own. Some candidates ran as straight Independents, some as Independent Conservatives; those supporting the premier, Simon Fraser Tolmie, ran as Unionists; and those grouped around William John Bowser, a former premier, ran as Non-Partisans. When Bowser died and the election in Vancouver Centre and Victoria City was postponed, 4 Non-Partisans and 2 UPBC candidates withdrew.
November 2, 1933 election (47 seats)
# of candidates
nominated		 Votes % of popular vote # of seats
won
Non Partisan Independent Group 30 38,836 10.19 2
Unionist Party of British Columbia 12 15,445 4.05 1
Independent Conservative 6 7,114 1.87 –


1937–1949 elections
Date of election # of seats
available		 Votes % of
popular vote		 # of seats
won		 # of candidates
nominated
1 June 1937 48 119,521 28.60 8 43
21 October 1941 48 140,282 30.91 12 43
25 October 1945 (Coalition) 48 261,147 55.83 37 47
15 June 1949 (Coalition) 48 428,773 61.35 39 48
  • Note: In the 1945 and 1949 elections, the Conservatives ran in a coalition with the Liberal Party.
  • In the 1952 and 1953 elections, British Columbia employed a preferential ballot.
1952–1953 elections
Date of election # of seats
available		 # of candidates
nominated		 First votes % Final votes % # of seats
won
12 June 1952 48 48 129,439 16.84 65,285 9.66 4
9 June 1953 48 39 40,780 5.60 7,326 1.11 1
  • After 1953, British Columbia returned to the "first past the post" electoral system.
Post 1953 elections
Date of election # of seats
available		 Votes % of
popular vote		 # of seats
won		 # of candidates
nominated
19 September 1956 52 25,373 3.11 - 22
12 September 1960 52 66,943 6.72 - 52
30 September 1963 52 109,090 11.27 - 44
12 September 1966 55 1,409 0.18 - 3
27 August 1969 55 1,087 0.11 - 1
30 August 1972 55 143,450 12.67 2 49
11 December 1975 55 49,796 3.86 1 29
26 April 1979 57 71,078 5.06 - 37
5 May 1983 57 19,131 1.16 - 12
22 October 1986 69 14,074 0.73 - 12
17 October 1991 69 426 0.03 - 4
28 May 1996 75 1,002 0.06 - 8
16 May 2001 79 2,417 0.15 - 6
17 May 2005 79 9,623 0.55 - 7
12 May 2009 85 34,465 2.10 - 24

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