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1945 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1945 British Columbia general election
country	British Columbia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1941 British Columbia general election
previous_year	1941
next_election	1949 British Columbia general election
next_year	1949
seats_for_election	48 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
majority_seats	25
election_date	October 25, 1945
image1	Canadian politician John Hart.png
colour1
leader1	John Hart (Liberal leader)
party1	Liberal-Conservative Coalition
leader_since1	1941
leaders_seat1	Victoria City
last_election1	33
seats1	37
seat_change1	4
popular_vote1	261,147
percentage1	55.83%
swing1	8.02pp
image2	Harold Winch Campaign Photo 1933 Edit.jpg
colour2
leader2	Harold Winch
party2
leader_since2	1938
leaders_seat2	Vancouver East
last_election2	14
seats2	10
seat_change2	4
popular_vote2	175,960
percentage2	37.62%
swing2	4.26pp
title	Premier
before_election	John Hart
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	John Hart
after_party

The 1945 British Columbia general election was the 21st 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 31, 1945, and held on October 25, 1945. The new legislature met for the first time on February 21, 1946.

A centre-right coalition was formed by the Liberal and Conservative (now called the Progressive Conservative) parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

Although the Coalition won fewer votes than the Liberal and Conservative parties won in total in the previous election, the Coalition still won more than half of the votes, captured more than half the seats, and formed a majority government.

Results

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1941 !1945 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) | 47 || 32 || 37 || 5 || 261,147 || 26,979 || 55.83 || 7.65 | 48 || 14 || 10 || 4 || 175,960 || 24,520 || 37.62 || 4.26 (all factions) | || 2 || 1 || 1 || || 1,395 || 5,746 || 0.30 || 1.27 | || – || 1 || – || 1 || – || 1,681 || – ||Changed allegiance | || 21 || – || – || – || 16,479 || 16,479 || 3.52 ||New (alliance) | || 16 || – || – || – || 6,627 || 6,627 || 1.42 ||New | || 2 || – || – || – || 2,786 || 2,786 || 0.60 ||New | || 2 || – || – || – || 1,532 || 106 || 0.33 || 0.03 | || 2 || – || – || – || 748 || 748 || 0.16 ||New | || 1 || – || – || – || 423 || 423 || 0.09 ||New | || 3 || – || – || – || 285 || 398 || 0.06 || 0.09 | || 1 || – || – || – || 199 || 199 || 0.04 ||New | || 1 || – || – || – || 105 || 105 || 0.02 ||New | || 1 || – || – || – || 61 || 61 || 0.01 ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 147 | 48 ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|467,747 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | 3,899 ||898 |- | 298,387 ||5,514 | 62.66% || 10.07 |- | 476,222 ||58,383 |}

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
			{{bartable	-7.65
			{{bartable	4.26
			{{bartable	3.52
			{{bartable	1.42
			{{bartable	-1.55

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

Riding	Winning party	Votes	Name	1941	Party	Votes	Share	Margin
#	Margin
%	Coal	CCF	LPP	SC	Ind	Oth	Total
Alberni		Lib		Coal	2,135	54.02%	877	22.19%	2,135	1,258	559	–	–	–	3,952
Atlin		Lib		Coal	297	50.42%	5	0.84%	297	292	–	–	–	–	589
Burnaby		CCF		CCF	5,905	50.56%	1,172	10.04%	4,733	5,905	744	298	–	–	11,680
Cariboo		Lib		Coal	1,370	57.93%	375	15.86%	1,370	995	–	–	–	–	2,365
Chilliwack		Con		Coal	3,804	62.37%	1,509	24.74%	3,804	2,295	–	–	–	–	6,099
Columbia		Lib		Coal	671	53.30%	83	6.60%	671	588	–	–	–	–	1,259
Comox		CCF		Coal	3,432	45.62%	70	0.93%	3,432	3,362	729	–	–	–	7,523
Cowichan-Newcastle		CCF		CCF	3,768	55.33%	726	10.66%	3,042	3,768	–	–	–	–	6,810
Cranbrook		Con		Coal	2,077	49.04%	112	2.64%	2,077	1,965	193	–	–	–	4,235
Delta		CCF		Coal	5,859	53.64%	796	7.28%	5,859	5,063	–	–	–	–	10,922
Dewdney		Con		Coal	4,586	53.71%	633	7.42%	4,586	3,953	–	–	–	–	8,539
Esquimalt		Con		Coal	2,568	56.35%	579	12.70%	2,568	1,989	–	–	–	–	4,557
Fernie		Lab		Lab	1,289	42.28%	271	8.89%	1,018	742	–	–	–	1,289	3,049
Fort George		Lib		CCF	1,726	55.73%	355	11.46%	1,371	1,726	–	–	–	–	3,097
Grand Forks-Greenwood		Con		Coal	707	52.06%	246	18.11%	707	461	84	–	–	106	1,358
Kamloops		Lib		Coal	2,804	57.78%	911	18.77%	2,804	1,893	156	–	–	–	4,853
Kaslo-Slocan		Lib		CCF	1,098	53.12%	129	6.24%	969	1,098	–	–	–	–	2,067
Lillooet		Con		Coal	1,143	51.42%	320	14.40%	1,143	823	–	196	–	61	2,233
Mackenzie		CCF		CCF	2,961	52.19%	648	11.42%	2,313	2,961	293	106	–	–	5,673
Nanaimo and the Islands		Lib		Coal	3,124	54.24%	577	10.02%	3,124	2,547	–	89	–	–	5,760
Nelson-Creston		Lib		Coal	3,055	58.59%	1,806	34.64%	3,055	1,249	–	–	184	726	5,214
New Westminster		Lib		Coal	4,900	57.91%	1,933	22.85%	4,900	2,967	595	–	–	–	8,462
North Okanagan		Lib		Coal	2,990	59.78%	1,408	28.15%	2,990	1,582	–	430	–	–	5,002
North Vancouver		CCF		Coal	5,912	54.20%	1,842	16.89%	5,912	4,070	646	280	–	–	10,908
Oak Bay		Con		Coal	4,598	82.31%	3,610	64.62%	4,598	988	–	–	–	–	5,586
Omineca		Lib		CCF	932	51.58%	57	3.16%	875	932	–	–	–	–	1,807
Peace River		Lib		CCF	1,682	47.85%	565	16.07%	1,117	1,682	–	716	–	–	3,515
Prince Rupert		Lib		CCF	1,873	49.83%	525	13.97%	–	1,873	538	–	1,348	–	3,759
Revelstoke		Lib		Coal	1,089	51.17%	50	2.34%	1,089	1,039	–	–	–	–	2,128
Rossland-Trail		CCF		Coal	3,171	49.35%	1,111	17.29%	3,171	933	–	261	–	2,060	6,425
Saanich		Lib		Coal	5,414	57.85%	1,983	21.19%	5,414	3,431	239	–	–	275	9,359
Salmon Arm		Con		Coal	1,560	60.00%	520	20.00%	1,560	1,040	–	–	–	–	2,600
Similkameen		CCF		Coal	3,447	57.09%	856	14.18%	3,447	2,591	–	–	–	–	6,038
Skeena		Lib		Coal	901	58.7%	267	17.40%	901	634	–	–	–	–	1,535
South Okanagan		Con		Coal	3,706	64.25%	1,644	28.50%	3,706	2,062	–	–	–	–	5,768
Yale		Lib		Coal	1,077	66.77%	541	33.54%	1,077	536	–	–	–	–	1,613

: = open seat : = 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 : = multiple candidates

Riding	Winning party	MLAs	1941	1945	Coal	CCF	LPP	SC
Vancouver-Burrard	2	29,649	20,221	2,030	1,219	–	107	53,226
Vancouver Centre	2	21,854	15,000	3,967	959	–	426	42,206
Vancouver East	2	18,980	25,721	2,798	705	–	56	48,260
Vancouver-Point Grey	3	67,276	26,859	2,472	625	–	423	97,655
Victoria City	3	31,553	16,866	436	743	–	473	50,071

Notes

References

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