Year |
Summary |
Government |
Official opposition |
Third party |
Fourth party |
Other |
Total seats |
1903 |
In the first partisan election, the Conservative Party, led by Richard McBride, are elected over the Liberal Party, led by James Alexander MacDonald. Two Socialists and one labour candidate are elected. |
|
22 |
|
17 |
|
2 |
- |
1 |
42 |
1907 |
The Conservatives, led by Premier McBride, are re-elected, defeating the Liberals, led by MacDonald. |
|
26 |
|
13 |
|
3 |
- |
- |
42 |
1909 |
The Conservatives, led by Premier McBride, are re-elected, defeating the Liberals, led by MacDonald. |
|
38 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
- |
- |
42 |
1912 |
The Conservatives, led by Premier McBride, are re-elected. The Liberals, led by Harlan Carey Brewster, lose their seats in the legislature, resulting in the Socialist Party taking the role of Official Opposition. |
|
39 |
|
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
42 |
1916 |
The Liberals, led by Brewster, defeat the Conservatives, now led by Premier William John Bowser. |
|
36 |
|
9 |
- |
- |
2 |
47 |
1920 |
The Liberals, now led by Premier John Oliver, are re-elected, defeating the Conservatives under Bowser. The Federated Labour Party wins three seats. |
|
25 |
|
15 |
|
3 |
- |
4 |
47 |
1924 |
The Liberals, led by Premier Oliver, are re-elected, defeating the Conservatives under Bowser. The Canadian Labour Party and Provincial Party win three seats each. |
|
23 |
|
17 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
2 |
48 |
1928 |
The Conservatives, led by Simon Fraser Tolmie, defeat the Liberals under Premier John Duncan MacLean. |
|
35 |
|
12 |
- |
- |
1 |
48 |
1933 |
The Liberals, led by Duff Pattullo, win election. The new Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, led by Robert Connell, forms the Opposition. The incumbent Conservative Party splits into the Non-Partisan Independent Group (led by Bowser) and the Unionist Party (led by Tolmie). |
|
24 |
|
7 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
48 |
1937 |
The Liberals, led by Premier Pattullo, are re-elected. The Conservatives, reunited under Frank Porter Patterson, form the Opposition. |
|
31 |
|
8 |
|
7 |
- |
2 |
48 |
1941 |
The Liberals, led by Premier Pattullo, are re-elected with a plurality of seats; the party then forms a coalition with the third-place Conservative Party. The CCF, under Harold Winch, form the Opposition. |
|
24 |
|
14 |
|
12 |
- |
1 |
48 |
1945 |
The Liberal–Conservative coalition runs a joint slate of candidates. The Coalition, led by Premier John Hart, is re-elected, defeating the CCF under Winch. |
|
37 |
|
10 |
- |
- |
1 |
48 |
1949 |
The Coalition, now led by Premier Boss Johnson, is re-elected, defeating the CCF under Winch. |
|
39 |
|
7 |
- |
- |
2 |
48 |
1952 |
The Coalition splits, and the Liberals and Conservatives (now Progressive Conservatives) contest the election independently. The new Social Credit Party wins a plurality of seats and forms a minority government with the support of a labour MLA. |
|
19 |
|
18 |
|
6 |
|
4 |
1 |
48 |
1953 |
The Social Credit Party, led by Premier W. A. C. Bennett, wins a majority government. The CCF, led by Arnold Webster, forms the Opposition. |
|
28 |
|
14 |
|
4 |
|
1 |
1 |
48 |
1956 |
The Socreds, led by Premier Bennett, are re-elected over the CCF (led by Robert Strachan) and the Liberals (led by Arthur Laing). The Progressive Conservatives lose their only seat in the legislature. |
|
39 |
|
10 |
|
2 |
- |
1 |
52 |
1960 |
The Socreds, led by Premier Bennett, are re-elected over the CCF (led by Strachan) and the Liberals (led by Ray Perrault). |
|
32 |
|
16 |
|
4 |
- |
- |
52 |
1963 |
The Socreds, led by Premier Bennett, are re-elected over the New Democratic Party (formerly the CCF, led by Strachan) and the Liberals (led by Perrault). |
|
33 |
|
14 |
|
5 |
- |
- |
52 |
1966 |
The Socreds, led by Premier Bennett, are re-elected over the NDP (led by Strachan) and the Liberals (led by Perrault). |
|
33 |
|
16 |
|
6 |
- |
- |
55 |
1969 |
The Socreds, led by Premier Bennett, are re-elected over the NDP (led by Thomas Berger) and the Liberals (led by Pat McGeer). |
|
38 |
|
12 |
|
5 |
- |
- |
55 |
1972 |
The NDP, led by Dave Barrett, win election. The Socreds, under Bennett, form the Opposition. The Liberals (led by David Anderson) come third, while the Progressive Conservatives (led by Derril Thomas Warren, who personally does not win a seat) return to the legislature. |
|
38 |
|
10 |
|
5 |
|
2 |
- |
55 |
1975 |
The Socreds, under new leader Bill Bennett, defeat the NDP, led by Premier Barrett. |
|
35 |
|
18 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
- |
55 |
1979 |
The Socreds, led by Premier Bennett, are re-elected, defeating the NDP led by Barrett. Both the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives are shut out of the legislature. |
|
31 |
|
26 |
- |
- |
- |
57 |
1983 |
The Socreds, led by Premier Bennett, are re-elected, defeating the NDP led by Barrett. |
|
35 |
|
22 |
- |
- |
- |
57 |
1986 |
The Socreds, led by Premier Bill Vander Zalm, win re-election over the NDP led by Bob Skelly. |
|
47 |
|
22 |
- |
- |
- |
69 |
1991 |
The NDP, led by Mike Harcourt, are elected. The Liberals (under Gordon Wilson) return to the legislature and form the Opposition, while the Socreds (under Premier Rita Johnston) fall to third. |
|
51 |
|
17 |
|
7 |
- |
- |
75 |
1996 |
The NDP, now led by Glen Clark, is narrowly re-elected over the Liberals, now led by Gordon Campbell. The Reform Party, led by Jack Weisgerber, wins two seats, and Gordon Wilson's Progressive Democratic Alliance wins one. The once-dominant Social Credit Party disappears from the legislature. |
|
39 |
|
33 |
|
2 |
- |
1 |
75 |
2001 |
The Liberals, led by Gordon Campbell, win a landslide victory, nearly shutting the NDP (under Premier Ujjal Dosanjh) out of the legislature. |
|
77 |
|
2 |
- |
- |
- |
79 |
2005 |
The Liberals, led by Premier Campbell, are re-elected, defeating the NDP under Carole James. |
|
46 |
|
33 |
- |
- |
- |
79 |
2009 |
The Liberals, led by Premier Campbell, are re-elected, defeating the NDP under James. |
|
49 |
|
35 |
- |
- |
1 |
85 |
2013 |
The Liberals, led by Premier Christy Clark, are re-elected, defeating the NDP under Adrian Dix. The Green Party, led by Jane Sterk (who does not personally win a seat), wins its first seat. |
|
49 |
|
34 |
|
1 |
- |
1 |
85 |
2017 |
The Liberals, led by Clark, win a narrow plurality of seats over the NDP, led by John Horgan; the Greens under Andrew Weaver hold the balance of power. The Liberals initially form a minority government, but are soon replaced by the NDP under a confidence-and-supply deal with the Greens. |
|
43 |
|
41 |
|
3 |
- |
- |
87 |
2020 |
The NDP, led by Premier Horgan, are re-elected with a majority government, defeating the Liberals under Andrew Wilkinson. |
|
57 |
|
28 |
|
2 |
- |
- |
87 |