1941 British Columbia general election
Canadian provincial election
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The 1941 British Columbia general election was the twentieth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 9, 1941, and held on October 21, 1941.
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October 21, 1941
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No party took a majority of votes, and no party took a majority of seats. After the election, Conservative and Liberal members voted to form a Coalition government. Liberal Party leader Thomas Dufferin Pattullo objected, stepped down as leader and sat as a Liberal separate from the Coalition. This reduced the Coalition caucus to thirty two MLAs.
1938 redistribution of ridings
An Act was passed in 1938 providing for a rearrangement of certain seats in the Assembly, maintaining the total at 48, upon the next election.[1] The following changes were made:
| Abolished ridings | New ridings |
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| Reorganization of districts | |
| Division of district | |
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Results
| Political party | Party leader | MLAs | Votes | |||||||
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| Candidates | 1937 | 1941 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | |||
| Coalition | ||||||||||
| █ Liberal | John Hart[b] | 47 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 147,844 | 8,230 | 32.57 | 4.77 | |
| █ Conservative | Royal Maitland | 43 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 140,282 | 20,761 | 30.91 | 2.31 | |
| Coalition total | 32 | 7 | 288,126 | 12,531 | 63.48 | 2.46 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harold Winch | 45 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 151,440 | 32,040 | 33.36 | 4.79 | |
| Liberal | Duff Pattullo | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1,681 | 1,681 | 0.37 | Not part of Coalition | |
| Labour (all factions) | 6 | 1 | 1 |  | 7,141 | 5,354 | 1.57 | 1.14 | ||
| Official Conservative[c] | 1 | – | – | – | 2,161 | 2,161 | 0.48 | New | ||
| Independent | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | 1,638 | 5,703 | 0.36 | 1.40 | ||
| Socialist Labor | 4 | – | – | – | 683 | 683 | 0.15 | New | ||
| Independent Farmer | 1 | – | – | – | 388 | 388 | 0.09 | New | ||
| Emancipation | 1 | – | – | – | 265 | 265 | 0.06 | New | ||
| Victory Without Debt | 1 | – | – | – | 209 | 209 | 0.05 | New | ||
| Religious Political Brotherhood | 1 | – | – | – | 105 | 105 | 0.02 | New | ||
| Independent Socialist | 1 | – | – | – | 56 | 56 | 0.01 | Returned | ||
| Total | 156 | 48 | 48 | 453,893 | 100.00% | |||||
| Rejected ballots[3] | 4,797 | 654 |
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| Actual voters who voted[3] | 303,901 | 38,455 |
72.73% | 1.53 | ||||||
| Registered voters[3] | 417,839 | 45,058 |
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| Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
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| █ Coalition | 32 / 48 |
-2.46 | |||
| █ Co-operative Commonwealth | 14 / 48 |
4.79 | |||
| █ Social Constructive | 0 / 48 |
-1.93 | |||
| █ Social Credit League | 0 / 48 |
-1.15 | |||
| █ Other | 2 / 48 |
0.75 | |||
MLAs elected
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Synopsis of results
| Riding | Winning party | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| Name | 1937 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Lib | Con | CCF | Ind | Oth | Total | ||
| Alberni | New | Lib | 2,067 | 49.17% | 164 | 3.90% | 2,067 | – | 1,903 | – | 234 | 4,204 | ||
| Atlin | Lib | Lib | 454 | 54.83% | 80 | 9.66% | 454 | – | – | – | 374 | 828 | ||
| Burnaby | CCF | CCF | 6,444 | 49.50% | 2,682 | 20.60% | 3,762 | 2,707 | 6,444 | – | 105 | 13,018 | ||
| Cariboo | Lib | Lib | 1,429 | 50.16% | 1,008 | 35.38% | 1,429 | 421 | 338 | 661 | – | 2,849 | ||
| Chilliwack | Con | Con | 2,704 | 37.78% | 60 | 0.84% | 2,644 | 2,704 | 1,810 | – | – | 7,158 | ||
| Columbia | Lib | Lib | 648 | 42.66% | 161 | 10.60% | 648 | 384 | 487 | – | – | 1,519 | ||
| Comox | CCF | CCF | 3,126 | 45.31% | 968 | 14.03% | 2,158 | 1,615 | 3,126 | – | – | 6,899 | ||
| Cowichan-Newcastle | CCF | CCF | 2,757 | 47.22% | 1,018 | 17.44% | 1,739 | 1,343 | 2,757 | – | – | 5,839 | ||
| Cranbrook | Lib | Con | 1,615 | 35.35% | 67 | 1.46% | 1,405 | 1,615 | 1,548 | – | – | 4,568 | ||
| Delta | CCF | CCF | 5,153 | 42.29% | 1,599 | 13.12% | 3,554 | 3,478 | 5,153 | – | – | 12,185 | ||
| Dewdney | Con | Con | 2,995 | 37.13% | 456 | 5.65% | 2,532 | 2,995 | 2,539 | – | – | 8,066 | ||
| Esquimalt | Con | Con | 1,554 | 40.42% | 206 | 5.36% | 1,348 | 1,554 | 943 | – | – | 3,845 | ||
| Fernie | ILP | ILP | 1,719 | 53.39% | 505 | 15.69% | 1,214 | – | 287 | – | 1,719 | 3,220 | ||
| Fort George | Lib | Lib | 1,334 | 51.15% | 406 | 15.57% | 1,334 | 346 | 928 | – | – | 2,608 | ||
| Grand Forks-Greenwood | Lib | Con | 642 | 39.05% | 5 | 0.30% | 637 | 642 | 365 | – | – | 1,644 | ||
| Kamloops | Lib | Lib | 1,933 | 40.14% | 221 | 4.59% | 1,933 | 1,138 | 1,712 | 14 | 19 | 4,816 | ||
| Kaslo-Slocan | Lib | Lib | 941 | 42.18% | 187 | 8.38% | 941 | 754 | 536 | – | – | 2,231 | ||
| Lillooet | Lib | Con | 1,017 | 38.39% | 176 | 6.64% | 791 | 1,017 | 841 | – | – | 2,649 | ||
| Mackenzie | Lib | CCF | 2,909 | 45.75% | 830 | 13.05% | 2,079 | 1,370 | 2,909 | – | – | 6,358 | ||
| Nanaimo and the Islands | New | Lib | 2,175 | 43.52% | 560 | 11.21% | 2,175 | 1,208 | 1,615 | – | – | 4,998 | ||
| Nelson-Creston | Lib | Lib | 2,144 | 33.46% | 4 | 0.25% | 2,144 | 2,140 | 2,124 | – | – | 6,408 | ||
| New Westminster | Lib | Lib | 3,694 | 41.74% | 1,307 | 14.77% | 3,694 | 1,923 | 2,387 | – | 845 | 8,849 | ||
| North Okanagan | Lib | Lib | 2,508 | 42.52% | 188 | 3.19% | 2,508 | 2,320 | 1,071 | – | – | 5,899 | ||
| North Vancouver | CCF | CCF | 4,209 | 40.37% | 1,264 | 12.13% | 2,945[a 1] | 1,056[a 2] | 4,209 | – | 2,217[a 3] | 10,427 | ||
| Oak Bay | New | Con | 2,676 | 55.88% | 1,156 | 24.14% | 1,520 | 2,676 | 593 | – | – | 4,789 | ||
| Omineca | Lib | Lib | 839 | 49.50% | 285 | 16.82% | 839 | 302 | 554 | – | – | 1,695 | ||
| Peace River | Lib | Lib | 1,436 | 51.16% | 453 | 16.14% | 1,436 | – | 983 | – | 388 | 2,807 | ||
| Prince Rupert | Lib | Lib | 1,681 | 51.82% | 118 | 3.64% | 1,681 | – | 1,563 | – | – | 3,244 | ||
| Revelstoke | Lib | Lib | 1,065 | 49.08% | 387 | 17.84% | 1,065 | 427 | 678 | – | – | 2,170 | ||
| Rossland-Trail | Lib | CCF | 3,621 | 49.40% | 1,738 | 23.71% | 1,789 | 1,883 | 3,621 | – | 37 | 7,330 | ||
| Saanich | Lib | Lib | 3,017 | 36.17% | 78 | 0.93% | 3,017 | 2,939 | 2,385 | – | – | 8,341 | ||
| Salmon Arm | Ind | Con | 1,561 | 60.22% | 998 | 38.50% | 468 | 1,561 | 563 | – | – | 2,592 | ||
| Similkameen | Lib | CCF | 2,601 | 41.16% | 636 | 10.06% | 1,965 | 1,753 | 2,601 | – | – | 6,319 | ||
| Skeena | Lib | Lib | 877 | 61.89% | 337 | 23.78% | 877 | 540 | – | – | – | 1,417 | ||
| South Okanagan | Lib | Con | 2,009 | 37.69% | 240 | 4.50% | 1,769 | 2,009 | 1,552 | – | – | 5,330 | ||
| Yale | Lib | Lib | 1,148 | 65.08% | 532 | 30.16% | 1,148 | 616 | – | – | – | 1,764 | ||
- Francis Walker was previously an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
- Joshua Hinchcliffe had previously been an MLA for Victoria City
- A.H. Bayne, the Official Conservative candidate supported by the Conservative Party, received 2,161 votes
- = open seat
- = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
- = incumbent had switched allegiance
- = previously incumbent in another riding
- = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
- = incumbency arose from byelection gain
- = other incumbents renominated
- = candidate repudiated by party
- = multiple candidates
| Riding | Winning party | Votes | |||||||
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| Name | MLAs | 1937 | 1941 | Lib | Con | CCF | Ind | Oth | Total |
| Vancouver-Burrard | 2 | 2 | 2 |
14,781 | 16,564 | 18,998 | – | 267 | 50,610 |
| Vancouver Centre | 2 | 2 | 2 |
13,723 | 12,523 | 14,805 | – | 602 | 41,653 |
| Vancouver East | 2 | 2 | 2 |
9,495 | 7,332 | 23,328 | – | 3,936 | 44,091 |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | 3 | 2 1 | 3 |
29,046 | 42,400 | 23,448 | – | 265 | 95,159 |
| Victoria City | 3 | 2 2 | 3 |
18,771 | 14,027 | 9,736 | 963 | – | 43,497 |
See also
Notes
- Duff Pattullo stepped aside as party leader and Premier, after refusing to participate in the formation of the Coalition. He would remain as a Liberal outside that group as MLA for Prince Rupert. 1941 Liberal numbers are adjusted to reflect the departure.
- Joshua Hinchcliffe was nominated by the North Vancouver Conservative Association, but when he disagreed with the party's road policy, he was repudiated by Maitland. A group called the Conservative Active Club nominated A. H. Bayne who received the party's support. Bayne, however, could not run as a Conservative since Hinchcliffe's nomination papers had already been filed.