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1949 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1949 British Columbia general election
country	British Columbia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1945 British Columbia general election
previous_year	1945
next_election	1952 British Columbia general election
next_year	1952
seats_for_election	48 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
majority_seats	25
election_date	June 15, 1949
image1	Byron Johnson.jpg
colour1
leader1	Boss Johnson (Liberal leader)
party1	Liberal-Conservative Coalition
leader_since1	1947
leaders_seat1	New Westminster
last_election1	37
seats1	39
seat_change1	2
popular_vote1	428,773
percentage1	61.35%
swing1	5.52pp
image2	Harold Winch.jpg
colour2
leader2	Harold Winch
party2
leader_since2	1938
leaders_seat2	Vancouver East
last_election2	10
seats2	7
seat_change2	3
popular_vote2	245,284
percentage2	35.10%
swing2	2.52pp
title	Premier
before_election	Boss Johnson
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	Boss Johnson
after_party

The 1949 British Columbia general election was the 22nd 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 April 16, 1949, and held on June 15, 1949. The new legislature met for the first time on February 14, 1950.

The centre-right coalition formed by the Liberal and Conservative parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1945 election increased its share of the vote and its majority in the legislature.

Three different social credit groupings nominated or endorsed candidates in the election: the Social Credit Party, the Social Credit League, and the Union of Electors.

Results

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1945 !1949 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) | 48 || 37 || 39 || 2 || 428,773 || 167,626 || 61.35 || 5.52 | 48 || 10 || 7 || 3 || 245,284 || 69,324 || 35.10 || 2.52 | || 1 || 1 || 1 || || 1,483 || 88 || 0.21 || 0.09 | || 7 || – || 1 || 1 || 5,163 || 3,631 || 0.74 || 0.41

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9,891
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477,999
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649,019
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Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
			{{bartable	5.52
			{{bartable	-2.52
			{{bartable	0.63
			{{bartable	-3.28
			{{bartable	-0.35

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

Riding	Winning party	Votes	Name	1945	Party	Votes	Share	Margin
#	Margin
%	Coal	CCF	SCP	SCL	UoE	Ind	Oth	Total
Alberni		Coal		Ind	3,290	42.84%	1,161	15.12%	1,638	2,129	–	–	–	3,290	622	7,679
Atlin		Coal		CCF	376	50.40%	6	0.80%	370	376	–	–	–	–	–	746
Burnaby		CCF		CCF	11,025	50.90%	1,044	4.82%	9,981	11,025	–	655	–	–	–	21,661
Cariboo		Coal		Coal	2,653	66.88%	1,339	33.76%	2,653	1,314	–	–	–	–	–	3,967
Chilliwack		Coal		Coal	6,847	57.17%	4,135	34.52%	6,847	2,712	–	2,417	–	–	–	11,976
Columbia		Coal		Coal	1,288	68.91%	707	37.82%	1,288	581	–	–	–	–	–	1,869
Comox		Coal		Coal	7,596	59.19%	2,358	18.38%	7,596	5,238	–	–	–	–	–	12,834
Cowichan-Newcastle		CCF		Coal	5,505	56.19%	1,311	13.38%	5,505	4,194	–	–	38	60	–	9,797
Cranbrook		Coal		CCF	3,026	50.53%	63	1.06%	2,963	3,026	–	–	–	–	–	5,989
Delta		Coal		Coal	12,203	49.59%	1,093	4.44%	12,203	11,110	1,293	–	–	–	–	24,606
Dewdney		Coal		Coal	8,127	49.08%	523	3.16%	8,127	7,604	–	829	–	–	–	16,560
Esquimalt		Coal		Coal	4,219	51.26%	1,731	21.03%	4,219	2,488	–	–	92	191	1,241	8,231
Fernie		Lab		Lab	1,483	39.09%	9	0.24%	1,474	837	–	–	–	–	1,483	3,794
Fort George		CCF		Coal	3,232	59.86%	1,065	19.72%	3,232	2,167	–	–	–	–	–	5,399
Grand Forks-Greenwood		Coal		CCF	922	44.14%	49	2.35%	873	922	–	–	–	294	–	2,089
Kamloops		Coal		Coal	4,992	64.47%	2,241	28.94%	4,992	2,751	–	–	–	–	–	7,743
Kaslo-Slocan		CCF		CCF	1,633	53.19%	196	6.38%	1,437	1,633	–	–	–	–	–	3,070
Lillooet		Coal		Coal	2,339	62.83%	1,159	31.14%	2,339	1,180	–	–	–	204	–	3,723
Mackenzie		CCF		Coal	5,787	55.57%	1,161	11.14%	5,787	4,626	–	–	–	–	–	10,413
Nanaimo and the Islands		Coal		Coal	5,860	61.50%	2,296	24.09%	5,860	3,564	–	–	104	–	–	9,528
Nelson-Creston		Coal		Coal	4,783	60.04%	2,108	26.46%	4,783	2,675	–	508	–	–	–	7,966
New Westminster		Coal		Coal	7,969	61.57%	3,460	26.73%	7,969	4,509	328	–	–	–	137	12,943
North Okanagan		Coal		Coal	4,966	60.95%	2,309	28.34%	4,966	2,657	525	–	–	–	–	8,148
North Vancouver		Coal		Coal	12,586	69.57%	7,082	39.14%	12,586	5,504	–	–	–	–	–	18,090
Oak Bay		Coal		Coal	5,918	84.21%	5,028	71.55%	5,918	890	–	–	220	–	–	7,028
Omineca		CCF		Coal	1,885	61.60%	710	23.20%	1,885	1,175	–	–	–	–	–	3,060
Peace River		CCF		Coal	2,342	49.69%	441	9.35%	2,342	1,901	–	–	–	–	470	4,713
Prince Rupert		CCF		Coal	2,971	56.41%	675	12.82%	2,971	2,296	–	–	–	–	–	5,267
Revelstoke		Coal		Coal	1,311	50.95%	49	1.90%	1,311	1,262	–	–	–	–	–	2,573
Rossland-Trail		Coal		Coal	5,910	56.30%	1,322	12.60%	5,910	4,588	–	–	–	–	–	10,498
Saanich		Coal		Coal	9,998	66.14%	5,352	35.41%	9,998	4,646	–	–	473	–	–	15,117
Salmon Arm		Coal		Coal	2,529	60.07%	848	20.14%	2,529	1,681	–	–	–	–	–	4,210
Similkameen		Coal		Coal	5,744	58.78%	1,716	17.56%	5,744	4,028	–	–	–	–	–	9,772
Skeena		Coal		Coal	2,048	73.20%	1,298	46.40%	2,048	750	–	–	–	–	–	2,798
South Okanagan		Coal		Coal	6,555	58.40%	1,886	16.80%	6,555W. A. C. Bennett had resigned in 1948 to contest the federal byelection in Yale, which he lost. In the interim, Bob Browne-Clayton was elected for the Coalition in the provincial byelection, but Bennett returned for the general election.	4,669	–	–	–	–	–	11,224
Yale		Coal		Coal	1,407	46.90%	542	18.07%	1,407	865	–	–	–	728	–	3,000

: = 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 : = part of 1945 Social Credit alliance : = multiple candidates

Riding	Winning party	MLAs	1945	1949	Coal	CCF	SCP	SCL	UoE
Vancouver-Burrard	2	40,156	21,774	1,258	–	95	396	–	63,679
Vancouver Centre	2	29,171	17,969	–	814	–	–	286	48,240
Vancouver East	2	34,077	39,815	1,020	–	109	–	1,038	76,059
Vancouver-Point Grey	3	109,782	35,134	–	1,889	280	–	–	147,085
Victoria City	3	47,281	17,019	–	–	1,379	–	–	65,679

References

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