1912_British_Columbia_general_election

1912 British Columbia general election
42 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; 22 seats needed for a majority
Premier before election; Richard McBride; Conservative	Premier after election ; Richard McBride; Conservative

1912 British Columbia general election

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The 1912 British Columbia general election was the thirteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on February 27, 1912, and held on March 28, 1912. The new legislature met for the first time on January 16, 1913.

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The governing Conservative Party increased its share of the popular vote to almost 60%, and swept all but 3 of the 42 seats in the legislature. Of the remaining three, one (Harold Ernest Forster in Columbia) was formally listed as an Independent but was a Conservative who had missed the filing date. He campaigned and sat in full support of the McBride government.

The Liberal Party's share of the vote fell from one-third to one-quarter, and it lost both of its seats in the legislature.

The remaining two seats were won by the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party in the coal-mining ridings of Nanaimo City and Newcastle.

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The incumbent John Jardine received 96 votes

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Elections BC 1988, pp. 109, 115.

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Elections BC 1988, pp. 117–119.

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Elections BC 1988, pp. 111–113, 117–119.

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Political party		Party leader	MLAs				Votes
Political party		Party leader	Candidates	1909	1912	±	#	±	%	± (pp)
	Conservative	Richard McBride	42	38	39	1	50,423	2,651	59.65%	7.32
	Socialist		17	2	1	1	9,366	2,299	11.08%	0.42
	Independent Conservative		7	–	1	1	1,163	1,009	1.37%	1.22
	Social Democratic		1	–	1	1	621	621	0.74%	New
	Liberal	Harlan Carey Brewster	19	2	–	2	21,433	12,242	25.37%	7.84
	Independent		2	–	–	–	1,513	1,112	1.79%	0.80
Total			88	42	42		84,529		100.00%

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
█ Conservative	39 / 42	59.65%	7.32	7.32
█ Liberal	0 / 42	25.37%	-7.34
█ Socialist	1 / 42	11.08%	-0.42
█ Other	2 / 42	3.90%	0.44	0.44

Riding	Winning party								Votes
Name	1909		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	Con	Lib	Soc	I-Con	SD	Total
Name	1909		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %						Total

Alberni		Lib		Con	acclaimed
Atlin		Con		Con	acclaimed
Chilliwhack		Con		Con	acclaimed
Columbia		Con		I-Con	282	51.74%	19	3.48%	263	–	–	282	–	545
Comox		Con		Con	694	66.16%	339	32.32%	694	–	355	–	–	1,049
Cowichan		Con		Con	441	80.04%	331	60.08%	441	110	–	–	–	551
Cranbrook		Con		Con	acclaimed
Delta		Con		Con	748	70.83%	440	41.66%	748	308	–	–	–	1,056
Dewdney		Con		Con	803	80.54%	609	61.08%	803	–	–	194	–	997
Esquimalt		Lib		Con	398	46.50%	212	24.77%	398	151	25	282^{[a 1]}	–	856
Fernie		Con		Con	1,067	58.31%	304	16.62%	1,067	–	763	–	–	1,830
Grand Forks		Con		Con	acclaimed
Greenwood		Con		Con	364	78.11%	262	56.22%	364	–	102	–	–	466
The Islands		Con		Con	345	75.66%	234	51.32%	345	–	–	111	–	456
Kamloops		Con		Con	931	70.11%	534	40.22%	931	397	–	–	–	1,328
Kaslo		Con		Con	acclaimed
Lillooet		Con		Con	200	71.17%	119	42.34%	200	81	–	–	–	281
Nanaimo City		Soc		SD	621	39.45%	43	2.73%	578	375	–	–	621	1,574
Nelson City		Con		Con	527	59.08%	339	38.00%	527	–	177	188	–	892
Newcastle		Soc		Soc	386	50.86%	13	1.72%	373	–	386	–	–	759
New Westminster City		Con		Con	1,004	72.28%	619	44.56%	1,004	385	–	–	–	1,389
Okanagan		Con		Con	1,388	82.37%	1,091	64.74%	1,388	–	297	–	–	1,685
Revelstoke		Con		Con	acclaimed
Richmond		Con		Con	acclaimed
Rossland City		Con		Con	336	56.09%	168	28.04%	336	168	95	–	–	599
Saanich		Con		Con	392	69.01%	216	38.02%	392	176	–	–	–	568
Similkameen		Con		Con	acclaimed
Skeena		Con		Con	940	51.00%	420	22.79%	940	520	277	106	–	1,843
Slocan		Con		Con	373	65.32%	175	30.64%	373	–	198	–	–	571
Yale		Con		Con	524	65.26%	245	30.52%	524	279	–	–	–	803
Ymir		Con		Con	1,024	79.69%	763	59.38%	1,024	–	261	–	–	1,285

Party		Cariboo			Vancouver City			Victoria City
Party		Votes	Share	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Votes	Share	Change
	Conservative	645	77.99%	14.98%	25,338	54.74%	4.64%	10,727	66.90%	13.48%
	Liberal	182	22.01%	-14.98%	14,283	30.86%	-5.42%	4,028	25.12%	-6.57%
	Socialist	–	–	–	5,767	12.46%	-1.16%	663	4.13%	0.72%
	Independent	–	–	–	897	1.94%	1.94%	616	3.84%	-7.64%
Total		827	100.00%		46,285	100.00%		16,034	100.00%
Seats won		2			5			4
Incumbents returned		2			5			4
Seat change		–			–			–

1912_British_Columbia_general_election

1912 British Columbia general election

Results

Results by riding

Synopsis of results

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