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1966 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election

Summary

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1966 British Columbia general election
country	British Columbia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1963 British Columbia general election
previous_year	1963
next_election	1969 British Columbia general election
next_year	1969
outgoing_members	27th Parliament of British Columbia
elected_members	28th Parliament of British Columbia
seats_for_election	55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
28 seats were needed for a majority
election_date	September 12, 1966
image1	WAC Bennett - 1942.jpg
colour1
leader1	W. A. C. Bennett
leader_since1	1952
party1
leaders_seat1	South Okanagan
last_election1	33 seats, 40.83%
seats1	33
seat_change1	0
popular_vote1	342,751
percentage1	45.59%
swing1	4.76pp
image2	MLA Robert Strachan.jpg
colour2
leader2	Robert Strachan
leader_since2	1956
party2
leaders_seat2	Cowichan-Malahat
last_election2	14 seats, 27.80%
seats2	16
seat_change2	2
popular_vote2	252,753
percentage2	33.62%
swing2	5.82pp
image3	BCLP
colour3
leader3	Ray Perrault
leader_since3	1959
party3
leaders_seat3	North Vancouver-Capilano
last_election3	5 seats, 19.98%
seats3	6
seat_change3	1
popular_vote3	152,155
percentage3	20.24%
swing3	0.26pp
title	Premier
before_election	W. A. C. Bennett
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	W. A. C. Bennett
after_party

28 seats were needed for a majority The 1966 British Columbia general election was the 28th 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 5, 1966 and held on September 12, 1966. The new legislature met for the first time on January 24, 1967.

The conservative Social Credit Party was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a sixth term in government. It increased its share of the popular vote by close to five percentage points to over 45%, and winning the same number of seats (33) as in the previous election.

The opposition New Democratic Party also increased its share of the popular vote by over five percentage points, but won only two additional seats.

The Liberal Party won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of six.

The Progressive Conservative Party was virtually wiped out: it nominated only three candidates (down from 44 in the previous election), and its share of the popular vote fell from over 11% to a negligible amount.

1966 redistribution of ridings

An Act was passed in 1966 providing for an increase of seats from 52 to 55, upon the next election. The following changes were made:

Abolished ridings	New ridings	Renaming of districts	Reduction of multi-member district	Merger of districts	Reorganization of districts	Division of districts

Results

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1963 !1966 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) | 55 || 33 || 33 || || 342,751 || 52,328 || 45.59 || 4.76 | 55 || 14 || 16 || 2 || 252,753 || 16,251 || 33.62 || 5.82 | 53 || 5 || 6 || 1 || 152,155 || 41,208 || 20.24 || 0.26 | 3 || – || – || – || 1,409 || 107,681 || 0.18 || 11.09 | || 6 || – || – || – || 1,097 || 248 || 0.14 || 0.05 | || 6 || – || – || – || 1,711 || 1,421 || 0.23 || 0.20 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 178 | 52 ! colspan="2"| 55 ! colspan="2"|751,876 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | 7,056 ||924 |- | 596,716 ||11,956 | 68.28% || 1.43 |- | 873,927 ||787 |}

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
			{{bartable	4.76
			{{bartable	5.82
			{{bartable	0.26
			{{bartable	-11.09
			{{bartable	0.25

MLAs elected

;Single-member districts

;Multi-member districts

Synopsis of results

Riding	Winning party	Votes	Name	1963	Party	Votes	Share	Margin
#	Margin
%	SC	NDP	Lib	PC	Comm	Ind	Total
Alberni		NDP		SC	6,039	55.55%	1,718	15.80%	6,039	4,321	511	–	–	–	10,871
Atlin		NDP		NDP	572	59.71%	311	32.47%	261	572	125	–	–	–	958
Boundary-Similkameen	New		SC	6,547	55.44%	2,878	24.37%	6,547	3,669	1,594	–	–	–	11,810
Burnaby-Edmonds	New		NDP	5,748	48.71%	1,118	9.48%	4,630	5,748	1,423	–	–	–	11,801
Burnaby North	New		NDP	6,984	49.72%	1,879	13.38%	5,105	6,984	1,957	–	–	–	14,046
Burnaby-Willingdon	New		NDP	6,153	44.47%	524	3.78%	5,629	6,153	2,053	–	–	–	13,835
Cariboo		SC		SC	3,830	54.10%	1,300	18.36%	3,830	2,530	719	–	–	–	7,079
Chilliwack		SC		SC	7,703	63.17%	4,622	37.91%	7,703	3,081	1,411	–	–	–	12,195
Columbia River		SC		SC	1,563	58.45%	929	34.74%	1,563	477	634	–	–	–	2,674
Comox		SC		SC	5,449	49.39%	1,140	10.34%	5,449	4,309	1,276	–	–	–	11,033
Coquitlam	New		NDP	9,517	55.20%	3,452	20.02%	6,065	9,517	1,658	–	–	–	17,240
Cowichan-Malahat	New		NDP	5,646	52.08%	1,234	11.38%	4,412	5,646	783	–	–	–	10,841
Delta	New		SC	7,768	46.46%	1,690	10.11%	7,768	6,078	1,954	921	–	–	16,721
Dewdney		NDP		SC	6,507	53.42%	1,979	16.25%	6,507	4,528	1,146	–	–	–	12,181
Esquimalt		SC		SC	6,075	53.35%	2,630	23.10%	6,075	3,445	1,867	–	–	–	11,387
Fort George		SC		SC	6,282	60.42%	3,480	33.47%	6,282	2,802	1,313	–	–	–	10,397
Kamloops		SC		SC	5,753	52.35%	2,516	22.90%	5,753	3,237	2,000	–	–	–	10,990
Kootenay	New		NDP	3,605	40.98%	535	6.09%	3,070	3,605	2,123	–	–	–	8,798
Langley	New		SC	7,206	58.28%	3,307	26.75%	7,206	3,899	1,260	–	–	–	12,365
Mackenzie		NDP		SC	4,945	52.68%	1,359	14.47%	4,945	3,586	855	–	–	–	9,386
Nanaimo	New		NDP	5,625	47.99%	45	0.38%	5,580	5,625	516	–	–	–	11,721
Nelson-Creston		SC		SC	4,683	59.29%	2,359	29.87%	4,683	2,324	892	–	–	–	7,899
New Westminster		NDP		NDP	5,751	44.65%	199	1.54%	5,552	5,751	1,577	–	–	–	12,880
North Okanagan		SC		SC	3,841	48.59%	1,433	18.13%	3,841	1,535	2,408	–	–	121	7,905
North Peace River		SC		SC	1,799	48.44%	1,216	32.74%	1,799	511	565	–	–	839Jacob Francis Huhn, previously elected as the Socred incumbent, received 583 votes.	3,714
North Vancouver-Capilano	New		Lib	6,426	51.49%	2,450	19.63%	3,976	1,816	6,426	261	–	–	12,479
North Vancouver-Seymour	New		Lib	5,301	39.61%	694	5.18%	4,607	3,137	5,301	227	110	–	13,382
Oak Bay		Lib		Lib	8,118	54.48%	2,310	15.51%	5,808	976	8,118	–	–	–	14,902
Omineca		SC		SC	2,337	70.16%	1,343	40.32%	2,337	994	–	–	–	–	3,331
Prince Rupert		SC		SC	2,647	52.90%	834	16.67%	2,647	1,813	544	–	–	–	5,004
Revelstoke-Slocan	New		NDP	2,158	44.67%	138	2.86%	2,020	2,158	548	–	–	105	4,831
Richmond	New		SC	6,521	43.33%	372	2.48%	6,521	6,149	2,381	–	–	–	15,051
Rossland-Trail		SC		SC	5,600	55.93%	3,147	31.43%	5,600	2,453	1,960	–	–	–	10,013
Saanich and the Islands	New		SC	7,237	50.05%	3,416	23.62%	7,237	3,821	3,401	–	–	–	14,459
Shuswap		SC		SC	3,995	54.07%	1,400	18.95%	3,995	2,595	760	–	39	–	7,389
Skeena		SC		SC	3,046	55.39%	1,304	23.71%	3,046	1,742	711	–	–	–	5,499
South Okanagan		SC		SC	8,747	73.15%	6,811	56.96%	8,747	1,936	1,274	–	–	–	11,957
South Peace River		SC		SC	2,585	59.78%	1,697	39.24%	2,585	851	888	–	–	–	4,324
Surrey	New		NDP	7,039	48.20%	785	5.38%	6,254	7,039	1,234	–	77	–	14,604
West Vancouver-Howe Sound	New		Lib	8,346	52.76%	2,847	18.00%	5,499	1,975	8,346	–	–	–	15,820
Yale-Lillooet	New		NDP	3,885	55.37%	754	10.74%	3,131	3,885	–	–	–	–	7,016

: = 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 : = multiple candidates

Riding	Winning party	Votes	Name	MLAs	1963	1966	SC	NDP	Lib	PC
Vancouver-Burrard	2			7,584	9,849	3,190	–	–	–	40,386
7,584	9,498	2,681	–	–	–
Vancouver Centre	2			8,157	7,257	4,147	–	253	144	38,570
7,938	6,871	3,803	–	–	–
Vancouver East	2			8,644	12,502	1,637	–	377	–	45,521
8,593	12,185	1,583	–	–	–
Vancouver-Little Mountain	2	New		12,380Leslie Peterson was previously MLA in Vancouver Centre	8,620	4,681	–	–	–	50,040
11,566	8,523	4,270	–	–	–
Vancouver-Point Grey	2			11,494	2,934	17,400	–	–	–	57,472
9,284	2,853	13,507	–	–	–
Vancouver South	2	New		12,259Ralph Raymond Loffmark was previously MLA in Vancouver-Point Grey.	9,067	5,698	–	–	502	53,784
11,740Thomas Audley Bate was MLA in Vancouver-Point Grey during 1953-1963.	8,843	5,675	–	–	–
Victoria City	2			13,068	5,304	4,774	–	241	–	45,315
12,156	5,175	4,597	–	–	–

: = winning candidate

References

{{Cite canlaw. (1966)

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