1907 British Columbia general election

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The 1907 British Columbia general election was the eleventh general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election called on December 24, 1906, and held on February 2, 1907. The new legislature met for the first time on March 7, 1907.

Quick facts 42 seats to the 11th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 23 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
1907 British Columbia general election
← 1903
February 2, 1907 (1907-02-02)
1909 â†’
42 seats to the 11th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
LIB
SOC
Leader Sir Richard McBride James Alexander MacDonald No leader
Party Conservative Liberal Socialist
Leader since 1903 1903
Leader's seat Dewdney Rossland City
Seats before 22 17 2
Seats won 26 13 3
Seat change Increase4 Decrease4 Increase1
Popular vote 30,781 23,481 5,603
Percentage 48.70% 37.15% 8.87%
Swing Increase2.27pp Decrease0.63pp Increase0.91pp
Premier before election

Sir Richard McBride
Conservative

 Premier

Sir Richard McBride
Conservative

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The governing Conservative party won a second term in government, with almost half the popular vote, and a majority of the seats in the legislature, increasing its number of seats by 4 to 26.

The Liberal Party lost 4 seats in the legislature, despite winning about the same share of the popular vote that it had in the 1903 election.

The Socialist Party won one additional seat to bring its total to three.

Results

[1]

More information Political party, Party leader ...
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1907)
Political party Party leader MLAs Votes
Candidates 1903 1907 ± # ± % ± (pp)
Conservative Richard McBride 4222264Increase30,7812,868Increase48.70%2.27Increase
Liberal James Alexander MacDonald 4017134Decrease23,481766Increase37.15%0.63Decrease
Socialist 20231Increase5,603816Increase8.87%0.91Increase
  Canadian Labour[a 1] 61–1Decrease2,4951,926Decrease3.95%3.41Decrease
Independent Labour[a] 2–––487487Increase0.77%New
Independent Socialist 1–––211211Increase0.33%New
Independent 1–––147147Increase0.23%New
Total 11242 42 63,205 100.00%
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  1. [1]
    Comparison is with combined totals of local Labour candidates in 1903
More information Party, Seats ...
Seats and popular vote by party[1]
PartySeatsVotesChange (pp)
█ Conservative
26 / 42
48.70%
 2.27
 
█ Liberal
13 / 42
37.15%
 -0.63
 
█ Socialist
3 / 42
8.87%
 0.91
 
█ Labour
0 / 42
3.95%
 -3.41
 
█ Other
0 / 42
1.33%
 0.86
 
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Results by riding

The following MLAs were elected:[3]

Synopsis of results

More information Riding, Winning party ...
Results by riding - 1907 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)[4]
Riding Winning party Votes
Name 1903 Party Votes Share Margin
#		 Margin
%		 Con Lib Soc C-Lab Oth Total
 
Alberni Lib Lib 23648.86%326.62%20423643––483
Atlin[c] Con Con 7862.90%3225.80%7846–––124
Chilliwhack Lib Lib 33151.64%213.28%310331–––641
Columbia Lib Con 25456.57%5913.14%254195–––449
Comox Con Con 37256.02%8012.04%372292–––664
Cowichan Lib Con 12353.95%187.90%123105–––228
Cranbrook Lib Lib 47344.54%958.95%378473––2111,062
Delta Lib Lib 43062.23%16924.46%261430–––691
Dewdney Con Con 38461.44%14322.88%384241–––625
Esquimalt Con Lib 29758.58%8717.16%210297–––507
Fernie Con Con 35049.93%659.27%35066285––701
Grand Forks Con Soc 32343.77%689.22%255160323––738
Greenwood Lib Lib 21737.22%274.63%190217176––583
The Islands Lib Con 17949.31%61.65%17917311––363
Kamloops Con Con 53454.88%959.76%534439–––973
Kaslo Con Con 23355.21%4410.42%233189–––422
Lillooet Con Lib 12351.68%83.36%115123–––238
Nanaimo City Soc Soc 45550.22%16518.21%161290455––906
Nelson City Con Lib 31443.67%50.69%30931496––719
Newcastle Soc Soc 25946.67%6211.17%99197259––555
New Westminster City Con Con 67549.31%1289.35%675547–147–1,369
Okanagan Con Con 89354.85%25015.35%89364392––1,628
Revelstoke Con Con 44054.79%17121.29%44026994––803
Richmond Con Con 41748.04%141.61%41740348––868
Rossland City Lib Lib 24145.90%5510.47%18624198––525
Saanich Lib Con 27551.69%183.38%275257–––532
Similkameen Con Con 29856.55%9818.60%29820029––527
Skeena Con Lib 18861.44%7022.88%118188–––306
Slocan Lab Con 19349.11%7418.83%19311981––393
Yale Lib Lib 28958.27%8216.54%207289–––496
Ymir Con Con 32545.71%8612.10%325239––147711
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  = open seat
  = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
  = incumbent had switched allegiance
  = incumbency arose from byelection gain
  = other incumbents renominated
  = Independent Labour candidate
More information Party, Cariboo ...
Results by riding - 1907 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)[4]
PartyCaribooVancouver CityVictoria City
VotesShareChangeVotesShareChangeVotesShareChange
Conservative 28743.88%-1.78%15,50351.38%2.81%5,96547.54%6.01%
Liberal 36756.12%1.78%10,95636.31%10.23%4,47435.66%-17.37%
Socialist –––3,03210.05%0.91%4433.53%-1.92%
  Canadian Labour –––6822.26%-12.81%1,66613.28%13.28%
Socialist Labor –––––-1.14%–––
Total654100.00%30,173100.00%12,548100.00%
Seats won
  2
  5
  4
Incumbents returned14–
Seat change––
  4Decrease
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See also

Further reading

  • In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974).
  • Hopkins, J. Castell (1908). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1907. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.
  • Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871–1986 (PDF). Elections BC. 1988. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.

Notes

  1. [a]
    Described as Liberal-Labour candidates by the Conservative press, and no Liberal candidates were nominated in their districts. They were repudiated by Canadian Labour's Victoria branch.[2]
  2. [b]
    McBride also won a seat in Victoria. He renounced Dewdney, and William J. Manson (Con) would win in the subsequent byelection.
  3. [c]
    Results are incomplete. Several polling places were unreported.[5]

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