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1963 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election

Summary

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1963 British Columbia general election
country	British Columbia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1960 British Columbia general election
previous_year	1960
next_election	1966 British Columbia general election
next_year	1966
outgoing_members	26th Parliament of British Columbia
elected_members	27th Parliament of British Columbia
seats_for_election	52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
27 seats were needed for a majority
election_date	September 30, 1963
image1	WAC Bennett - 1942.jpg
colour1
leader1	W. A. C. Bennett
leader_since1	1952
party1
leaders_seat1	South Okanagan
last_election1	32 seats, 38.83%
seats1	33
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	395,079
percentage1	40.83%
swing1	2.00pp
image2	MLA Robert Strachan.jpg
colour2
leader2	Robert Strachan
leader_since2	1956
party2
leaders_seat2	Cowichan-Newcastle
last_election2	16 seats, 32.73%
seats2	14
seat_change2	2
popular_vote2	269,004
percentage2	27.80%
swing2	4.93pp
image4	BCLP
colour4
leader4	Ray Perrault
leader_since4	1959
party4
leaders_seat4	North Vancouver
last_election4	4 seats, 20.90%
seats4	5
seat_change4	1
popular_vote4	193,363
percentage4	19.98%
swing4	0.92pp
image5	[[File:EdmundDavieFulton-1916 (cropped).jpg	x160px]]
colour5
leader5	Davie Fulton
leader_since5	1960
party5
leaders_seat5	Ran in Kamloops (lost)
last_election5	0 seats, 6.72%
seats5	0
seat_change5	0
popular_vote5	109,090
percentage5	11.27%
swing5	4.55pp
title	Premier
before_election	W. A. C. Bennett
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	W. A. C. Bennett
after_party

27 seats were needed for a majority 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.

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

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1960 !1963 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) | 52 || 32 || 33 || 1 || 395,079 || 8,193 || 40.83 || 2.00 successor to the CCF | 52 || 16 || 14 || 2 || 269,004 || 57,090 || 27.80 || 4.93 | 51 || 4 || 5 || 1 || 193,363 || 14,886 || 19.98 || 0.92 | 44 || – || – || – || 109,090 || 42,147 || 11.27 || 4.55 | || 4 || – || – || – || 849 || 4,826 || 0.09 || 0.48 Including one Socialist candidate in Saanich. | || 2 || – || – || – || 290 || 2,267 || 0.03 || 0.22 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 205 | 52 ! colspan="2"| 52 ! colspan="2"|967,675 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | 6,132 ||3,730 |- | 608,672 ||23,359 | 69.71% || 2.13 |- | 873,140 ||1,127 |}

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
			{{bartable	2.00
			{{bartable	-4.93
			{{bartable	-0.92
			{{bartable	4.55
			{{bartable	-0.70

MLAs elected

Single-member districts

Multi-member districts

Synopsis of results

Riding	Winning party	Votes	Name	1960	Party	Votes	Share	Margin
#	Margin
%	SC	NDP	Lib	PC	Comm	Ind	Total
Alberni		CCF		NDP	4,249	48.14%	743	8.42%	3,506	4,249	–	1,071	–	–	8,826
Atlin		CCF		NDP	549	54.46%	241	23.90%	308	549	151	–	–	–	1,008
Cariboo		SC		SC	3,015	41.98%	1,464	20.38%	3,015	1,482	1,134	1,551	–	–	7,182
Chilliwack		SC		SC	10,031	58.44%	6,906	40.23%	10,031	3,125	2,252	1,757	–	–	17,165
Columbia		SC		SC	1,305	40.08%	213	6.54%	1,305	467	392	1,092	–	–	3,256
Comox		SC		SC	6,598	42.38%	360	2.32%	6,598	6,238	1,259	1,475	–	–	15,570
Cowichan-Newcastle		CCF		NDP	5,422	50.47%	1,846	17.18%	3,576	5,422	904	840	–	–	10,742
Cranbrook		CCF		NDP	2,563	39.09%	930	14.19%	1,633	2,563	835	1,526	–	–	6,557
Dewdney		CCF		NDP	11,625	41.95%	1,119	4.04%	10,506	11,625	4,051	1,532	–	–	27,714
Esquimalt		SC		SC	4,951	48.28%	2,145	20.92%	4,951	2,806	1,398	1,099	–	–	10,254
Fernie		Lib		Lib	1,226	41.67%	189	6.42%	679	1,037	1,226	–	–	–	2,942
Fort George		SC		SC	5,308	60.78%	3,583	41.03%	5,308	1,725	961	739	–	–	8,733
Grand Forks-Greenwood		CCF		NDP	919	38.45%	153	6.40%	705	919	766	–	–	–	2,390
Kamloops		SC		SC	5,669	47.17%	1,196	9.95%	5,669	1,297	580	4,473	–	–	12,019
Kaslo-Slocan		CCF		NDP	1,242	45.07%	149	5.41%	1,093	1,242	301	120	–	–	2,756
Lillooet		SC		SC	1,425	33.77%	309	7.32%	1,425	1,116	977	702	–	–	4,220
Mackenzie		CCF		NDP	4,323	41.61%	403	3.88%	3,920	4,323	2,147	–	–	–	10,390
Nanaimo and the Islands		SC		NDP	4,278	42.44%	19	0.18%	4,259	4,278	960	582	–	–	10,079
Nelson-Creston		SC		SC	4,047	44.65%	2,104	23.21%	4,047	1,943	1,600	1,474	–	–	9,064
New Westminster		CCF		NDP	5,035	37.57%	318	2.38%	4,717	5,035	2,335	1,316	–	–	13,403
North Okanagan		SC		SC	4,157	41.55%	2,081	20.80%	4,157	2,008	2,076	1,765	–	–	10,006
North Peace River		SC		SC	2,310	69.43%	1,707	51.31%	2,310	414	603	–	–	–	3,327
Oak Bay		Lib		Lib	4,457	42.77%	687	6.60%	3,770	469	4,457	1,726	–	–	10,422
Omineca		SC		SC	1,936	55.09%	1,157	32.92%	1,936	779	528	271	–	–	3,514
Prince Rupert		SC		SC	2,357	42.07%	439	7.84%	2,357	1,918	1,328	–	–	–	5,603
Revelstoke		CCF		SC	1,176	41.36%	105	3.69%	1,176	1,071	385	211	–	–	2,843
Rossland-Trail		SC		SC	5,474	51.02%	2,828	26.36%	5,474	2,646	1,139	1,470	–	–	10,729
Saanich		SC		SC	10,657	49.02%	5,879	27.04%	10,657	4,778	3,049	3,180	–	75	21,739
Salmon Arm		SC		SC	2,058	41.55%	413	8.34%	2,058	1,645	245	1,005	–	–	4,953
Similkameen		SC		SC	5,093	48.71%	2,457	23.50%	5,093	2,636	1,423	1,303	–	–	10,455
Skeena		SC		SC	2,963	50.23%	988	16.75%	2,963	1,975	961	–	–	–	5,899
South Okanagan		SC		SC	8,485	63.69%	5,997	45.01%	8,485	1,707	642	2,488	–	–	13,322
South Peace River		SC		SC	3,365	68.81%	2,540	51.94%	3,365	825	700	–	–	–	4,890
Yale		SC		NDP	1,697	37.13%	6	0.14%	1,691	1,697	599	584	–	–	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

Riding	Winning party	Votes	Voters
who voted	Name	MLAs	1960	1963	SC	NDP	Lib	PC	Comm	Ind	Total
Burnaby	2			14,650	14,750	5,472	2,343	–	–	73,598	41,669
14,070	14,409	5,641	2,263	–	–
Delta	2			22,504	18,690	5,553	4,461	–	–	100,327	55,073
22,067	17,661	5,342	4,049	–	–
North Vancouver	2			13,215	5,764	16,153	3,567	190	–	73,337	37,901
11,883	5,409	14,068	3,088	–	–
Vancouver-Burrard	2			11,181	10,345	5,798		–	–	58,657	29,534
10,612	8,998	5,291		–	–
Vancouver Centre	2			8,060	5,806	3,477	2,741	266	–	39,777	21,312
7,594	5,538	3,467	2,588	240	–
Vancouver East	2			17,031	20,424	3,996	2,308	–	215	87,294	51,781
16,867	20,292	3,901	2,260	–	–
Vancouver-Point Grey	3			23,172	8,663	25,592Pat McGeer was elected in a 1962 byelection.	15,719	–	–	179,472	59,871
20,962	8,072	17,641	7,643	–	–
20,267	8,018	16,510	7,213	–	–
Victoria City	3			9,736	3,557	4,440	2,528	153	–	58,670	22,387
9,347	3,324	4,355	2,282	–	–
9,118	3,275	4,302	2,253	–	–

: = winning candidate

References

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