British Columbia Conservative Party

Election Results

Date of election	# of seats available	# of candidates nominated	Votes	% of popular vote	# of seats won
1903–1928 elections
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	–

Date of election	# of seats available	Votes	% of popular vote	# of seats won	# of candidates nominated
1937–1949 elections
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.

Date of election	# of seats available	# of candidates nominated	First votes	%	Final votes	%	# of seats won
1952–1953 elections
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.

Date of election	# of seats available	Votes	% of popular vote	# of seats won	# of candidates nominated
Post 1953 elections
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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