1963 British Columbia general election
Canadian provincial election
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The 1963 British Columbia general election was the 27th 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 August 22, 1963, and held on September 30, 1963. The new legislature met for the first time on January 23, 1964.
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September 30, 1963
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The conservative Social Credit Party of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fifth term in government. The party increased its share of the popular vote and number of seats in the legislature marginally.
The opposition New Democratic Party (formerly the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) had small losses both in popular vote and number of seats.
The Liberals won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of five.
The Progressive Conservative Party won no seats in the legislature, increasing its share of the popular vote by four-and-half percentage points to over 11%.
The Social Credit Party spent more than all the other parties combined to win government, with a combined expenditure of $292,802. The Progressive Conservatives spent $83,667; the Liberals, $57,915; and the official opposition New Democratic Party, $49,417.[1]
Results
| Political party | Party leader | MLAs | Votes | |||||||
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| Candidates | 1960 | 1963 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | |||
| Social Credit | W.A.C. Bennett | 52 | 32 | 33 | 1 | 395,079 | 8,193 | 40.83 | 2.00 | |
| New Democratic[a 1] | Bob Strachan | 52 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 269,004 | 57,090 | 27.80 | 4.93 | |
| Liberal | Ray Perrault | 51 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 193,363 | 14,886 | 19.98 | 0.92 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 44 | – | – | – | 109,090 | 42,147 | 11.27 | 4.55 | |
| Communist | 4 | – | – | – | 849 | 4,826 | 0.09 | 0.48 | ||
| Independent[a 2] | 2 | – | – | – | 290 | 2,267 | 0.03 | 0.22 | ||
| Total | 205 | 52 | 52 | 967,675 | 100.00% | |||||
| Rejected ballots[3] | 6,132 | 3,730 |
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| Actual voters who voted[3] | 608,672 | 23,359 |
69.71% | 2.13 | ||||||
| Registered voters[3] | 873,140 | 1,127 |
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| Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
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| █ Social Credit | 33 / 52 |
2.00 | |||
| █ New Democratic | 14 / 52 |
-4.93 | |||
| █ Liberal | 5 / 52 |
-0.92 | |||
| █ Progressive Conservative | 0 / 52 |
4.55 | |||
| █ Other | 0 / 52 |
-0.70 | |||
MLAs elected
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Single-member districts |
Multi-member districts
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Synopsis of results
| Riding | Winning party | Votes | |||||||||||||
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| Name | 1960 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
SC | NDP | Lib | PC | Comm | Ind | Total | ||
| Alberni | CCF | NDP | 4,249 | 48.14% | 743 | 8.42% | 3,506 | 4,249 | – | 1,071 | – | – | 8,826 | ||
| Atlin | CCF | NDP | 549 | 54.46% | 241 | 23.90% | 308 | 549 | 151 | – | – | – | 1,008 | ||
| Cariboo | SC | SC | 3,015 | 41.98% | 1,464 | 20.38% | 3,015 | 1,482 | 1,134 | 1,551 | – | – | 7,182 | ||
| Chilliwack | SC | SC | 10,031 | 58.44% | 6,906 | 40.23% | 10,031 | 3,125 | 2,252 | 1,757 | – | – | 17,165 | ||
| Columbia | SC | SC | 1,305 | 40.08% | 213 | 6.54% | 1,305 | 467 | 392 | 1,092 | – | – | 3,256 | ||
| Comox | SC | SC | 6,598 | 42.38% | 360 | 2.32% | 6,598 | 6,238 | 1,259 | 1,475 | – | – | 15,570 | ||
| Cowichan-Newcastle | CCF | NDP | 5,422 | 50.47% | 1,846 | 17.18% | 3,576 | 5,422 | 904 | 840 | – | – | 10,742 | ||
| Cranbrook | CCF | NDP | 2,563 | 39.09% | 930 | 14.19% | 1,633 | 2,563 | 835 | 1,526 | – | – | 6,557 | ||
| Dewdney | CCF | NDP | 11,625 | 41.95% | 1,119 | 4.04% | 10,506 | 11,625 | 4,051 | 1,532 | – | – | 27,714 | ||
| Esquimalt | SC | SC | 4,951 | 48.28% | 2,145 | 20.92% | 4,951 | 2,806 | 1,398 | 1,099 | – | – | 10,254 | ||
| Fernie | Lib | Lib | 1,226 | 41.67% | 189 | 6.42% | 679 | 1,037 | 1,226 | – | – | – | 2,942 | ||
| Fort George | SC | SC | 5,308 | 60.78% | 3,583 | 41.03% | 5,308 | 1,725 | 961 | 739 | – | – | 8,733 | ||
| Grand Forks-Greenwood | CCF | NDP | 919 | 38.45% | 153 | 6.40% | 705 | 919 | 766 | – | – | – | 2,390 | ||
| Kamloops | SC | SC | 5,669 | 47.17% | 1,196 | 9.95% | 5,669 | 1,297 | 580 | 4,473 | – | – | 12,019 | ||
| Kaslo-Slocan | CCF | NDP | 1,242 | 45.07% | 149 | 5.41% | 1,093 | 1,242 | 301 | 120 | – | – | 2,756 | ||
| Lillooet | SC | SC | 1,425 | 33.77% | 309 | 7.32% | 1,425 | 1,116 | 977 | 702 | – | – | 4,220 | ||
| Mackenzie | CCF | NDP | 4,323 | 41.61% | 403 | 3.88% | 3,920 | 4,323 | 2,147 | – | – | – | 10,390 | ||
| Nanaimo and the Islands | SC | NDP | 4,278 | 42.44% | 19 | 0.18% | 4,259 | 4,278 | 960 | 582 | – | – | 10,079 | ||
| Nelson-Creston | SC | SC | 4,047 | 44.65% | 2,104 | 23.21% | 4,047 | 1,943 | 1,600 | 1,474 | – | – | 9,064 | ||
| New Westminster | CCF | NDP | 5,035 | 37.57% | 318 | 2.38% | 4,717 | 5,035 | 2,335 | 1,316 | – | – | 13,403 | ||
| North Okanagan | SC | SC | 4,157 | 41.55% | 2,081 | 20.80% | 4,157 | 2,008 | 2,076 | 1,765 | – | – | 10,006 | ||
| North Peace River | SC | SC | 2,310 | 69.43% | 1,707 | 51.31% | 2,310 | 414 | 603 | – | – | – | 3,327 | ||
| Oak Bay | Lib | Lib | 4,457 | 42.77% | 687 | 6.60% | 3,770 | 469 | 4,457 | 1,726 | – | – | 10,422 | ||
| Omineca | SC | SC | 1,936 | 55.09% | 1,157 | 32.92% | 1,936 | 779 | 528 | 271 | – | – | 3,514 | ||
| Prince Rupert | SC | SC | 2,357 | 42.07% | 439 | 7.84% | 2,357 | 1,918 | 1,328 | – | – | – | 5,603 | ||
| Revelstoke | CCF | SC | 1,176 | 41.36% | 105 | 3.69% | 1,176 | 1,071 | 385 | 211 | – | – | 2,843 | ||
| Rossland-Trail | SC | SC | 5,474 | 51.02% | 2,828 | 26.36% | 5,474 | 2,646 | 1,139 | 1,470 | – | – | 10,729 | ||
| Saanich | SC | SC | 10,657 | 49.02% | 5,879 | 27.04% | 10,657 | 4,778 | 3,049 | 3,180 | – | 75 | 21,739 | ||
| Salmon Arm | SC | SC | 2,058 | 41.55% | 413 | 8.34% | 2,058 | 1,645 | 245 | 1,005 | – | – | 4,953 | ||
| Similkameen | SC | SC | 5,093 | 48.71% | 2,457 | 23.50% | 5,093 | 2,636 | 1,423 | 1,303 | – | – | 10,455 | ||
| Skeena | SC | SC | 2,963 | 50.23% | 988 | 16.75% | 2,963 | 1,975 | 961 | – | – | – | 5,899 | ||
| South Okanagan | SC | SC | 8,485 | 63.69% | 5,997 | 45.01% | 8,485 | 1,707 | 642 | 2,488 | – | – | 13,322 | ||
| South Peace River | SC | SC | 3,365 | 68.81% | 2,540 | 51.94% | 3,365 | 825 | 700 | – | – | – | 4,890 | ||
| Yale | SC | NDP | 1,697 | 37.13% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,691 | 1,697 | 599 | 584 | – | – | 4,571 | ||
- = open seat
- = turnout is above provincial average
- = 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
- = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
- = multiple candidates
| Riding | Winning party | Votes | Voters who voted[5] | ||||||||
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| Name | MLAs | 1960 | 1963 | SC | NDP | Lib | PC | Comm | Ind | Total | |
| Burnaby | 2 | 2 | 1 1 |
14,650 | 14,750 | 5,472 | 2,343 | – | – | 73,598 | 41,669 |
| 14,070 | 14,409 | 5,641 | 2,263 | – | – | ||||||
| Delta | 2 | 2 | 2 |
22,504 | 18,690 | 5,553 | 4,461 | – | – | 100,327 | 55,073 |
| 22,067 | 17,661 | 5,342 | 4,049 | – | – | ||||||
| North Vancouver | 2 | 2 | 2 |
13,215 | 5,764 | 16,153 | 3,567 | 190 | – | 73,337 | 37,901 |
| 11,883 | 5,409 | 14,068 | 3,088 | – | – | ||||||
| Vancouver-Burrard | 2 | 2 | 2 |
11,181 | 10,345 | 5,798 | – | – | 58,657 | 29,534 | |
| 10,612 | 8,998 | 5,291 | – | – | |||||||
| Vancouver Centre | 2 | 2 | 2 |
8,060 | 5,806 | 3,477 | 2,741 | 266 | – | 39,777 | 21,312 |
| 7,594 | 5,538 | 3,467 | 2,588 | 240 | – | ||||||
| Vancouver East | 2 | 2 | 2 |
17,031 | 20,424 | 3,996 | 2,308 | – | 215 | 87,294 | 51,781 |
| 16,867 | 20,292 | 3,901 | 2,260 | – | – | ||||||
| Vancouver-Point Grey | 3 | 3 | 2 1 |
23,172 | 8,663 | 25,592[a 1] | 15,719 | – | – | 179,472 | 59,871 |
| 20,962 | 8,072 | 17,641 | 7,643 | – | – | ||||||
| 20,267 | 8,018 | 16,510 | 7,213 | – | – | ||||||
| Victoria City | 3 | 3 | 3 |
9,736 | 3,557 | 4,440 | 2,528 | 153 | – | 58,670 | 22,387 |
| 9,347 | 3,324 | 4,355 | 2,282 | – | – | ||||||
| 9,118 | 3,275 | 4,302 | 2,253 | – | – | ||||||
- Pat McGeer was elected in a 1962 byelection.
- = winning candidate