1963 British Columbia general election
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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
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
Political party | Party leader | MLAs | Votes | |||||||
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Candidates | 1960 | 1963 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | |||
Social Credit | W.A.C. Bennett
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52 | 32 | 33 | 1 | 395,079 | 8,193 | 40.83 | 2.00 | |
New Democratic[a 1] | Bob Strachan
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52 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 269,004 | 57,090 | 27.80 | 4.93 | |
Liberal
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Ray Perrault | 51 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 193,363 | 14,886 | 19.98 | 0.92 | |
Progressive Conservative
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Davie Fulton | 44 | – | – | – | 109,090 | 42,147 | 11.27 | 4.55 | |
Communist | 4 | – | – | – | 849 | 4,826 | 0.09 | 0.48 | ||
Independent[a 2] | 2 | – | – | – | 290 | 2,267 | 0.03 | 0.22 | ||
Total | 205 | 52 | 52 | 967,675 | 100.00% | |||||
Rejected ballots[2] | 6,132 | 3,730 | ||||||||
Actual voters who voted[2] | 608,672 | 23,359 | 69.71% | 2.13 | ||||||
Registered voters[2] | 873,140 | 1,127 |
Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
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█ Social Credit | 33 / 52
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40.83% |
2.00 | ||
█ New Democratic | 14 / 52
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27.80% |
-4.93 | ||
█ Liberal
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5 / 52
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19.98% |
-0.92 | ||
█ Progressive Conservative
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0 / 52
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11.27% |
4.55 | ||
█ Other | 0 / 52
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0.12% |
-0.70 |
MLAs elected
James Roland Chabot |
Nanaimo and the Islands: David Stupich Oak Bay: Alan MacFarlane Frank Richter, Jr. |
Ernest A. LeCours Gordon Gibson, Sr. Vancouver East: Alexander Macdonald Vancouver East: Arthur James Turner Vancouver-Point Grey: Robert Bonner Vancouver-Point Grey: Ralph Raymond Loffmark Vancouver-Point Grey: Pat McGeer Victoria City: William Chant Victoria City: Waldo McTavish Skillings Victoria City: John Donald Smith
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Synopsis of results
Riding | Winning party | Votes | |||||||||||||
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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
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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
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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[4] | ||||||||
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Name | MLAs | 1960 | 1963 | SC | NDP | Lib | PC | Comm | Ind | Total | |
Burnaby | 2 | 2 |
1 1
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14,650 | 14,750 | 5,472 | 2,343 | – | – | 73,598 | 41,669 |
14,070 | 14,409 | 5,641 | 2,263 | – | – | ||||||
Delta | 2 | 2 |
2
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22,504 | 18,690 | 5,553 | 4,461 | – | – | 100,327 | 55,073 |
22,067 | 17,661 | 5,342 | 4,049 | – | – | ||||||
North Vancouver | 2 | 2 |
2
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13,215 | 5,764 | 16,153 | 3,567 | 190 | – | 73,337 | 37,901 |
11,883 | 5,409 | 14,068 | 3,088 | – | – | ||||||
Vancouver-Burrard | 2 | 2 |
2
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11,181 | 10,345 | 5,798 | – | – | 58,657 | 29,534 | |
10,612 | 8,998 | 5,291 | – | – | |||||||
Vancouver Centre | 2 | 2 |
2
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8,060 | 5,806 | 3,477 | 2,741 | 266 | – | 39,777 | 21,312 |
7,594 | 5,538 | 3,467 | 2,588 | 240 | – | ||||||
Vancouver East
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2 | 2 |
2
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17,031 | 20,424 | 3,996 | 2,308 | – | 215 | 87,294 | 51,781 |
16,867 | 20,292 | 3,901 | 2,260 | – | – | ||||||
Vancouver-Point Grey
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3 | 3 |
2 1
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23,172 | 8,663 | 25,592[a 1] | 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 | 3 |
3
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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 | – | – |
- ^ Pat McGeer was elected in a 1962 byelection.
- = winning candidate
See also
Further reading
- Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871–1986 (PDF). ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.
- Saywell, John T., ed. (1964). Canadian Annual Review for 1963. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
- ^ a b Elections BC 1988, pp. 275, 285.
- ^ a b c Elections BC 1988, pp. 2–3.
- ^ a b Elections BC 1988, pp. 277–282, 287–292.
- ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 537.