Electoral Results
In the 1937 election, the British Columbia Social Credit League endorsed candidates, but none were elected.
| 1937 election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | % | |
| 18 | 0 | 4,812 | 1.15% | |
In the 1941 election, no candidates ran under the social credit banner.
In the 1945 election, an alliance of social credit groups nominated candidates. None were elected.
| 1945 election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | % | |
| 16 | 0 | 6,627 | 1.42% | |
In the 1949 election, three different social credit groups nominated candidates. None were successful.
| 1949 election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of party | Number of
candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | % |
| Social Credit Party | 7 | 0 | 8,464 | 1.21% |
| Social Credit League | 9 | 0 | 3,072 | 0.44% |
| Union of Electors | 12 | 0 | 2,790 | 0.40% |
| Total of social credit groups | 28 | 0 | 14,326 | 2.05% |
In subsequent elections, only the Social Credit Party of British Columbia emerged as the only social credit party, although it quickly abandoned social credit theories.
| Election | Party leader | Number of
candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | Final round (1952-53 only) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous | After | % Change | Number | % | Change | Number | % | ||||
| 1952 | Rev. Ernest George Hansell | 47 | 0 | 19 | - | 209,049 | 27.20% | +25.99% | 203,932 | 30.18% | |
| 1953 | W.A.C. Bennett | 48 | 19 | 28 | - | 274,771 | 37.75% | +10.55% | 300,372 | 45.54% | |
| 1956 | W.A.C. Bennett | 52 | 28 | 39 | 39.3% | 374,711 | 45.84% | +8.09% | |||
| 1960 | W.A.C. Bennett | 52 | 39 | 32 | -17.9% | 386,886 | 38.83% | -7.01% | |||
| 1963 | W.A.C. Bennett | 52 | 32 | 33 | +3.1% | 395,079 | 40.83% | +2.00% | |||
| 1966 | W.A.C. Bennett | 55 | 33 | 33 | - | 342,751 | 45.59% | +4.76% | |||
| 1969 | W.A.C. Bennett | 55 | 33 | 38 | +15.2% | 457,777 | 46.79% | +1.20% | |||
| 1972 | W.A.C. Bennett | 55 | 38 | 10 | -73.7% | 352,776 | 31.16% | -15.63% | |||
| 1975 | Bill Bennett | 55 | 10 | 35 | +250% | 635,482 | 49.25% | +18.09% | |||
| 1979 | Bill Bennett | 57 | 35 | 31 | -11.4% | 677,607 | 48.23% | -1.02% | |||
| 1983 | Bill Bennett | 57 | 31 | 35 | +12.9% | 820,807 | 49.76% | +1.53% | |||
| 1986 | Bill Vander Zalm | 69 | 35 | 47 | +34.3% | 954,516 | 49.32% | -0.44% | |||
| 1991 | Rita Johnston | 74 | 47 | 7 | -85.1% | 351,660 | 24.05% | -25.27% | |||
| 1996 | Larry Gillanders | 38 | 7 | - | -100% | 6,276 | 0.40% | -23.65% | |||
| 2001 | (vacant) | 2 | - | - | - | 1,948 | 0.12% | -0.27% | |||
| 2005 | (vacant) | 2 | - | - | - | 479 | 0.02% | -0.10% | |||
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