2019 Canadian federal election in British Columbia
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All 42 British Columbian seats in the House of Commons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 3,641,258[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 2,402,554 (66.0%)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the 2019 Canadian federal election, 42 members of parliament were elected to the House of Commons from the province of British Columbia (12.4% of all members). British Columbia had a voter turnout of 66.0% with 2,402,554 ballots cast, making up 13.1% of the total national voter turnout.[1]
| Seat | Before | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party | |
| South Surrey—White Rock | September 29, 2017 | Dianne Watts | █ Conservative | Resigned to seek the leadership of the British Columbia Liberal Party | December 11, 2017 | Gordie Hogg | █ Liberal |
| Burnaby South | September 14, 2018 | Kennedy Stewart | █ New Democratic | Resigned to run for Mayor of Vancouver in the 2018 Vancouver municipal election | February 25, 2019 | Jagmeet Singh | █ New Democratic |
| Nanaimo—Ladysmith | January 2, 2019 | Sheila Malcolmson | █ New Democratic | Resigned to enter provincial politics | May 6, 2019 | Paul Manly | █ Green |
| Vancouver Granville | April 2, 2019 | Jody Wilson-Raybould | █ Liberal | Removed from the Liberal caucus | █ Independent | ||
| Langley—Aldergrove | June 20, 2019 | Mark Warawa | █ Conservative | Died of cancer | █ Vacant | ||
| Victoria | September 1, 2019 | Murray Rankin | █ New Democratic | Resigned | █ Vacant | ||
Summary
The Conservative Party won the most seats in British Columbia during the 2019 federal election, taking 17 ridings, a gain of 7 from the previous election, with 34.0% of the popular vote. The Liberal Party came in second in seat count, winning 11 ridings, a loss of 6, with 26.2% of the popular vote. The NDP had a small decline of support, winning 11 seats, a loss of 2, with 24.4% of the popular vote.
The Green Party won 2 seats, both on Vancouver Island, increasing their share of the popular vote to 12.5%. The People's Party did not win any seats, capturing 1.7% of the vote.
Independent Jody Wilson-Raybould successfully retained her seat in Vancouver Granville after leaving the Liberal Party. Smaller parties, including the Christian Heritage Party, the Communist Party, the Marxist-Leninist Party, the Libertarian Party, the Animal Protection Party, the Progressive Canadian Party, the Rhino Party, and the Veterans Coalition Party, ran candidates in BC but didn't win any seats.[2]
| Party | Votes[3] | Vote %[4] | Vote +/- | Seats | Seat +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 811,362 |  4.0pp |
17 / 42 (40%) |
9 | ||
| Liberal | 624,545 |  9.0pp |
11 / 42 (26%) |
6 | ||
| New Democratic | 583,401 | 1.5pp |
11 / 42 (26%) |
1 | ||
| Green | 297,835 | 4.3pp |
2 / 42 (5%) |
 0 | ||
| People's | 39,496 | n/a | 0 / 42 (0%) |
n/a | ||
| Independent | 22,495 | 0.2pp |
1 / 42 (2%) |
0 | ||
| Other | 8,295 | no data | 0 / 42 (0%) |
0 | ||
| Total | 2,387,429 | – | 42 / 42 (100%) |
2[a] | ||
Seat apportionment diagram: | ||||||
Full results
| Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular vote | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Dissol. | 2019 | % change from dissolution |
% seats | Votes | Vote change |
% | pp change | % where running | ||||||||||||
| Liberal | Justin Trudeau | 42 | 17 | 17 | 11 | −% | 26.19% | 624,545 | − | 26.2% | −pp | 26.2% | |||||||||
| Conservative | Andrew Scheer | 42[b] | 10 | 8 | 18 | +% | 40% | 811,362 | + | 34% | +pp | 34% | |||||||||
| New Democratic | Jagmeet Singh | 42 | 14 | 13 | 11 | −% | 26.19% | 583,401 | − | 24.4% | −pp | 24.4% | |||||||||
| Green | Elizabeth May | 42 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +% | 4.2% | 297,835 | + | 12.5% | +pp | 12.5% | |||||||||
| Independent and No Affiliation | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 22,495 | + | 0.9% | +pp | % | |||||||||||
| People's | Maxime Bernier | 42 | — | 1 | 0 | −% | 0.00% | 39,496 | * | 1.7% | * | 1.70% | |||||||||
| Libertarian | Tim Moen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,712 | − | 0.1% | −pp | % | |||||||||||
| Christian Heritage | Rod Taylor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,402 | + | 0.10% | +pp | % | |||||||||||
| Communist | Elizabeth Rowley | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,061 | − | 0.05% | – | % | |||||||||||
| Animal Alliance | Liz White | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 881 | + | 0.01% | +pp | 0.42% | |||||||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Anna Di Carlo | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 715 | − | 0.01% | −pp | % | |||||||||||
| Progressive Canadian | Joe Hueglin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 | − | >0.01% | −pp | 0.29% | |||||||||||
| Rhinoceros | Sébastien CoRhino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | + | >0.01% | +pp | 0.27% | |||||||||||
| Veterans Coalition | Randy David Joy | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 144 | * | >0.01% | * | 0.115% | — | ||||||||||
| Vacant | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total valid votes | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,387,429 | + | 100.00% | — | — | ||||||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | — | — | — | — | — | — | + | % | +pp | — | |||||||||||
| Total | 264 | 42 | 42 | 42 | — | 100.00% | + | 100.00% | — | 100.00% | |||||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,641,258 | + | 66.0% | −pp | — | ||||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5] (Official Voting Results) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Comparison with national results
| Party | Popular vote %[4] | Seats in caucus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC | Natl. avg. | diff. | |||
| Conservative | 34.0 | 34.3 | −0.3 | 17 / 121 (14%) | |
| Liberal | 26.2 | 33.1 | −6.9 | 11 / 157 (7%) | |
| New Democratic | 24.4 | 16.0 | +8.4 | 11 / 24 (46%) | |
| Green | 12.5 | 6.5 | +6.0 | 2 / 3 (67%) | |
| People's | 1.7 | 1.6 | +0.1 | no caucus | |
| Independent | 0.9 | 0.4 | +0.5 | no caucus | |
Synopsis by riding
| Results by riding in British Columbia - 2019 Canadian federal election[6] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Riding | 2015 | Winning party | Turnout [c] |
Votes[d] | |||||||||||||
| Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Lib | Con | NDP | Green | PPC | Ind | Other | Total | |||||
| Abbotsford | Con | Con | 25,162 | 51.4% | 14,602 | 29.8% | 65.9% | 10,560 | 25,162 | 8,257 | 3,702 | 985 | – | 270 | 48,936 | ||
| Burnaby North—Seymour | Lib | Lib | 17,770 | 35.5% | 1,585 | 3.2% | 65.4% | 17,770 | 9,734 | 16,185 | 4,801 | 1,079 | 271 | 219 | 50,059 | ||
| Burnaby South | NDP | NDP | 16,956 | 37.7% | 3,042 | 6.8% | 56.9% | 10,706 | 13,914 | 16,956 | 2,477 | 645 | – | 308 | 45,006 | ||
| Cariboo—Prince George | Con | Con | 28,848 | 52.7% | 17,916 | 32.7% | 65.5% | 10,932 | 28,848 | 8,440 | 4,998 | 1,206 | 350 | – | 54,774 | ||
| Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola | Con | Con | 31,135 | 47.9% | 14,883 | 22.9% | 69.2% | 16,252 | 31,135 | 10,904 | 5,086 | 1,345 | – | 213 | 64,935 | ||
| Chilliwack—Hope | Con | Con | 26,672 | 49.6% | 15,824 | 29.4% | 65.7% | 10,848 | 26,672 | 8,957 | 5,243 | 1,760 | – | 275 | 53,755 | ||
| Cloverdale—Langley City | Lib | Con | 20,936 | 37.7% | 1,394 | 2.5% | 65.0% | 19,542 | 20,936 | 10,508 | 3,572 | 930 | – | – | 55,488 | ||
| Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam | Lib | Lib | 20,178 | 34.7% | 390 | 0.7% | 63.7% | 20,178 | 19,788 | 13,383 | 4,025 | 703 | – | 98 | 58,175 | ||
| Courtenay—Alberni | NDP | NDP | 29,790 | 41.2% | 5,854 | 8.1% | 72.3% | 8,620 | 23,936 | 29,790 | 9,762 | – | – | 172 | 72,280 | ||
| Cowichan—Malahat—Langford | NDP | NDP | 23,519 | 36.1% | 6,560 | 10.1% | 70.7% | 10,301 | 16,959 | 23,519 | 13,181 | 1,066 | – | 202 | 65,228 | ||
| Delta | Lib | Lib | 22,257 | 41.2% | 4,448 | 8.2% | 70.7% | 22,257 | 17,809 | 8,792 | 3,387 | 948 | 783 | – | 53,976 | ||
| Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke | NDP | NDP | 23,887 | 34.1% | 5,381 | 7.7% | 70.9% | 12,554 | 13,409 | 23,887 | 18,506 | 1,089 | 282 | 398 | 70,125 | ||
| Fleetwood—Port Kells | Lib | Lib | 18,545 | 37.7% | 1,899 | 3.9% | 61.5% | 18,401 | 16,518 | 10,533 | 2,360 | 1,093 | – | – | 48,905 | ||
| Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | Con | Con | 32,415 | 44.7% | 12,699 | 17.5% | 70.8% | 19,716 | 32,415 | 9,936 | 8,789 | 1,132 | – | 465 | 72,453 | ||
| Kelowna—Lake Country | Lib | Con | 31,497 | 45.6% | 8,870 | 12.8% | 69.4% | 22,627 | 31,497 | 8,381 | 5,171 | 1,225 | 219 | – | 69,120 | ||
| Kootenay—Columbia | NDP | Con | 30,168 | 44.8% | 7,019 | 10.4% | 73.8% | 6,151 | 30,168 | 23,149 | 6,145 | 1,378 | – | 339 | 67,330 | ||
| Langley—Aldergrove | Con[e] | Con | 29,823 | 47.0% | 13,569 | 21.4% | 68.9% | 16,254 | 29,823 | 10,690 | 4,881 | 1,305 | – | 499 | 63,452 | ||
| Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon | Lib | Con | 19,535 | 42.4% | 7,236 | 15.7% | 67.2% | 12,299 | 19,535 | 8,089 | 5,019 | 1,055 | – | 69 | 46,066 | ||
| Nanaimo—Ladysmith | NDP[f] | Grn | 24,844 | 34.6% | 6,210 | 8.6% | 69.5% | 9,735 | 18,634 | 16,985 | 24,844 | 1,049 | 306 | 311 | 71,864 | ||
| New Westminster—Burnaby | NDP | NDP | 23,437 | 44.2% | 11,023 | 20.8% | 62.3% | 12,414 | 11,439 | 23,437 | 4,378 | 862 | 83 | 364 | 52,977 | ||
| North Island—Powell River | NDP | NDP | 23,834 | 37.9% | 3,332 | 5.3% | 70.6% | 8,251 | 20,502 | 23,834 | 8,891 | 1,102 | 287 | 48 | 62,915 | ||
| North Okanagan—Shuswap | Con | Con | 36,154 | 48.8% | 19,371 | 26.1% | 70.0% | 16,783 | 36,154 | 11,353 | 7,828 | 2,027 | – | – | 74,145 | ||
| North Vancouver | Lib | Lib | 26,979 | 42.9% | 10,071 | 16.0% | 71.7% | 26,979 | 16,908 | 10,340 | 7,868 | 835 | – | – | 62,930 | ||
| Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge | Lib | Con | 19,650 | 36.2% | 3,525 | 6.5% | 68.2% | 16,125 | 19,650 | 12,958 | 4,332 | 698 | 468 | – | 54,231 | ||
| Port Moody—Coquitlam | NDP | Con | 16,855 | 31.2% | 153 | 0.3% | 66.4% | 15,695 | 16,855 | 16,702 | 3,873 | 821 | – | 57 | 54,003 | ||
| Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies | Con | Con | 38,473 | 69.8% | 32,082 | 58.2% | 69.8% | 6,391 | 38,473 | 5,069 | 3,448 | 1,748 | – | – | 55,129 | ||
| Richmond Centre | Con | Con | 19,037 | 49.0% | 7,985 | 20.6% | 53.4% | 11,052 | 19,037 | 5,617 | 2,376 | 538 | 197 | – | 38,817 | ||
| Saanich—Gulf Islands | Grn | Grn | 33,454 | 49.1% | 19,670 | 28.9% | 75.5% | 11,326 | 13,784 | 8,657 | 33,454 | 929 | – | – | 68,150 | ||
| Skeena—Bulkley Valley | NDP | NDP | 16,944 | 40.9% | 3,188 | 7.7% | 62.7% | 4,793 | 13,756 | 16,944 | 3,280 | 940 | 321 | 1,350 | 41,384 | ||
| South Okanagan—West Kootenay | NDP | NDP | 24,809 | 36.4% | 796 | 1.2% | 69.6% | 11,705 | 24,013 | 24,809 | 5,672 | 1,638 | 359 | – | 68,196 | ||
| South Surrey—White Rock | Con[g] | Con | 24,310 | 41.9% | 2,618 | 4.5% | 69.6% | 21,692 | 24,310 | 6,716 | 4,458 | 852 | – | – | 58,028 | ||
| Steveston—Richmond East | Lib | Con | 17,478 | 41.7% | 2,747 | 6.5% | 57.4% | 14,731 | 17,478 | 6,321 | 2,972 | – | 449 | – | 41,951 | ||
| Surrey Centre | Lib | Lib | 15,453 | 37.4% | 4,100 | 9.9% | 54.9% | 15,453 | 10,505 | 11,353 | 2,558 | 709 | 243 | 498 | 41,319 | ||
| Surrey—Newton | Lib | Lib | 18,960 | 45.0% | 6,654 | 15.8% | 63.4% | 18,960 | 8,824 | 12,306 | 1,355 | 653 | – | – | 42,098 | ||
| Vancouver Centre | Lib | Lib | 23,599 | 42.2% | 10,319 | 18.4% | 61.5% | 23,599 | 10,782 | 13,280 | 7,002 | 724 | 180 | 379 | 55,946 | ||
| Vancouver East | NDP | NDP | 29,236 | 52.6% | 19,151 | 34.4% | 61.1% | 10,085 | 6,724 | 29,236 | 8,062 | 679 | – | 825 | 55,611 | ||
| Vancouver Granville | Lib[h] | Ind | 17,265 | 32.6% | 3,177 | 6.0% | 65.0% | 14,088 | 11,605 | 6,960 | 2,683 | 431 | 17,265 | – | 53,032 | ||
| Vancouver Kingsway | NDP | NDP | 21,680 | 49.1% | 11,486 | 26.0% | 59.4% | 10,194 | 8,804 | 21,680 | 2,675 | 427 | – | 91 | 44,163 | ||
| Vancouver Quadra | Lib | Lib | 22,093 | 43.5% | 8,011 | 15.8% | 68.0% | 22,093 | 14,082 | 7,681 | 6,308 | 428 | 162 | – | 50,754 | ||
| Vancouver South | Lib | Lib | 17,808 | 41.2% | 3,420 | 7.9% | 58.9% | 17,808 | 14,388 | 8,015 | 2,451 | 532 | – | – | 43,194 | ||
| Victoria | NDP | NDP | 23,765 | 33.2% | 2,382 | 3.3% | 73.5% | 15,952 | 9,038 | 23,765 | 21,383 | 920 | 111 | 380 | 71,549 | ||
| West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country | Lib | Lib | 22,673 | 34.9% | 5,314 | 8.2% | 69.1% | 22,673 | 17,359 | 9,027 | 14,579 | 1,010 | 159 | 173 | 64,980 | ||