1963 British Columbia general election

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1963 British Columbia general election
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←  1960 September 30, 1963 1966  →
52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
27 seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
NDP
Leader W. A. C. Bennett Robert Strachan
Party Social Credit New Democratic
Leader since19521956
Leader's seat South Okanagan Cowichan-Newcastle
Last election32 seats, 38.83%16 seats, 32.73%
Seats won3314
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote395,079269,004
Percentage40.83%27.80%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.00ppDecrease2.svg 4.93pp
 Third partyFourth party
 
BCLP
 EdmundDavieFulton-1916 (cropped).jpg
Leader Ray Perrault Davie Fulton
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since19591960
Leader's seat North Vancouver Ran in Kamloops (lost)
Last election4 seats, 20.90%0 seats, 6.72%
Seats won50
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0
Popular vote193,363109,090
Percentage19.98%11.27%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.92ppIncrease2.svg 4.55pp
Premier before election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

Premier after election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

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.

Contents

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%.

Results

Elections to the 27th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1963) [1]
Political partyParty leaderMLAsVotes
Candidates 1960 1963±#±%± (pp)
Social Credit W.A.C. Bennett 5232331Increase2.svg395,0798,193Increase2.svg40.832.00Increase2.svg
New Democratic [a 1] Bob Strachan 5216142Decrease2.svg269,00457,090Decrease2.svg27.804.93Decrease2.svg
Liberal Ray Perrault 51451Increase2.svg193,36314,886Decrease2.svg19.980.92Decrease2.svg
Progressive Conservative Davie Fulton 44–––109,09042,147Increase2.svg11.274.55Increase2.svg
Communist 4–––8494,826Decrease2.svg0.090.48Decrease2.svg
Independent [a 2] 2–––2902,267Decrease2.svg0.030.22Decrease2.svg
Total2055252967,675100.00%
Rejected ballots [2] 6,1323,730Decrease2.svg
Actual voters who voted [2] 608,67223,359Decrease2.svg69.71%2.13Decrease2.svg
Registered voters [2] 873,1401,127Decrease2.svg
  1. ↑ successor to the CCF
  2. ↑ Including one Socialist candidate in Saanich.
Seats and popular vote by party [1]
PartySeatsVotesChange (pp)
█  Social Credit
33 / 52
40.83%
2.002
 
█  New Democratic
14 / 52
27.80%
-4.93
 
█  Liberal
5 / 52
19.98%
-0.92
 
█  Progressive Conservative
0 / 52
11.27%
4.554.55
 
█ Other
0 / 52
0.12%
-0.70
 

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1963 British Columbia general election (single-member districts) [3]
RidingWinning partyVotes
Name 1960 PartyVotesShareMargin
#		Margin
%		SCNDPLibPCCommIndTotal
 
Alberni CCFNDP4,24948.14%7438.42%3,5064,249–1,071––8,826
Atlin CCFNDP54954.46%24123.90%308549151–––1,008
Cariboo SCSC3,01541.98%1,46420.38%3,0151,4821,1341,551––7,182
Chilliwack SCSC10,03158.44%6,90640.23%10,0313,1252,2521,757––17,165
Columbia SCSC1,30540.08%2136.54%1,3054673921,092––3,256
Comox SCSC6,59842.38%3602.32%6,5986,2381,2591,475––15,570
Cowichan-Newcastle CCFNDP5,42250.47%1,84617.18%3,5765,422904840––10,742
Cranbrook CCFNDP2,56339.09%93014.19%1,6332,5638351,526––6,557
Dewdney CCFNDP11,62541.95%1,1194.04%10,50611,6254,0511,532––27,714
Esquimalt SCSC4,95148.28%2,14520.92%4,9512,8061,3981,099––10,254
Fernie LibLib1,22641.67%1896.42%6791,0371,226–––2,942
Fort George SCSC5,30860.78%3,58341.03%5,3081,725961739––8,733
Grand Forks-Greenwood CCFNDP91938.45%1536.40%705919766–––2,390
Kamloops SCSC5,66947.17%1,1969.95%5,6691,2975804,473––12,019
Kaslo-Slocan CCFNDP1,24245.07%1495.41%1,0931,242301120––2,756
Lillooet SCSC1,42533.77%3097.32%1,4251,116977702––4,220
Mackenzie CCFNDP4,32341.61%4033.88%3,9204,3232,147–––10,390
Nanaimo and the Islands SCNDP4,27842.44%190.18%4,2594,278960582––10,079
Nelson-Creston SCSC4,04744.65%2,10423.21%4,0471,9431,6001,474––9,064
New Westminster CCFNDP5,03537.57%3182.38%4,7175,0352,3351,316––13,403
North Okanagan SCSC4,15741.55%2,08120.80%4,1572,0082,0761,765––10,006
North Peace River SCSC2,31069.43%1,70751.31%2,310414603–––3,327
Oak Bay LibLib4,45742.77%6876.60%3,7704694,4571,726––10,422
Omineca SCSC1,93655.09%1,15732.92%1,936779528271––3,514
Prince Rupert SCSC2,35742.07%4397.84%2,3571,9181,328–––5,603
Revelstoke CCFSC1,17641.36%1053.69%1,1761,071385211––2,843
Rossland-Trail SCSC5,47451.02%2,82826.36%5,4742,6461,1391,470––10,729
Saanich SCSC10,65749.02%5,87927.04%10,6574,7783,0493,180–7521,739
Salmon Arm SCSC2,05841.55%4138.34%2,0581,6452451,005––4,953
Similkameen SCSC5,09348.71%2,45723.50%5,0932,6361,4231,303––10,455
Skeena SCSC2,96350.23%98816.75%2,9631,975961–––5,899
South Okanagan SCSC8,48563.69%5,99745.01%8,4851,7076422,488––13,322
South Peace River SCSC3,36568.81%2,54051.94%3,365825700–––4,890
Yale SCNDP1,69737.13%60.14%1,6911,697599584––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
    Results by riding - 1963 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts) [3]
    RidingWinning partyVotesVoters
    who voted [4]
    NameMLAs 1960 1963SCNDPLibPCCommIndTotal
    Burnaby 2
      2
      1
      1
    		14,65014,7505,4722,343––73,59841,669
    14,07014,4095,6412,263––
    Delta 2
      2
      2
    		22,50418,6905,5534,461––100,32755,073
    22,06717,6615,3424,049––
    North Vancouver 2
      2
      2
    		13,2155,76416,1533,567190–73,33737,901
    11,8835,40914,0683,088––
    Vancouver-Burrard 2
      2
      2
    		11,18110,3455,798––58,65729,534
    10,6128,9985,291––
    Vancouver Centre 2
      2
      2
    		8,0605,8063,4772,741266–39,77721,312
    7,5945,5383,4672,588240–
    Vancouver East 2
      2
      2
    		17,03120,4243,9962,308–21587,29451,781
    16,86720,2923,9012,260––
    Vancouver-Point Grey 3
      3
      2
      1
    		23,1728,66325,592 [a 1] 15,719––179,47259,871
    20,9628,07217,6417,643––
    20,2678,01816,5107,213––
    Victoria City 3
      3
      3
    		9,7363,5574,4402,528153–58,67022,387
    9,3473,3244,3552,282––
    9,1183,2754,3022,253––
    1. ↑ Pat McGeer was elected in a 1962 byelection.
      = winning candidate

    See also

    Further reading

    1. 1 2 Elections BC 1988, pp. 275, 285.
    2. 1 2 3 Elections BC 1988, pp. 2–3.
    3. 1 2 Elections BC 1988, pp. 277–282, 287–292.
    4. ↑ Elections BC 1988, p. 537.

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