1949 British Columbia general election

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

|style="text-align:left;" | | 48 || 37 || 39 || 2 || 428,773 || 167,626 || 61.35 || 5.52

|style="text-align:left;" |Harold Winch | 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 |- style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" |rowspan="5" | |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Social Credit alliance splitElections BC summary table tabulation errors corrected for SCP and SCL |- |style="text-align:left;" | | || 9 || – || – || – || 7,112 || rowspan="3"| || 1.02 || rowspan="3"| |- |style="text-align:left;" | | || 7 || – || – || – || 4,424 || 0.63 |- |style="text-align:left;" | | || 12 || – || – || – || 2,790 || 0.40 |- style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" |style="text-align:left;" colspan="6"|Social Credit total | 14,326 || 7,699 || 2.05 || 0.63

| || 2 || – || – || – || 1,660 || 14,819 || 0.24 || 3.28

| || 1 || – || – || – || 1,241 || 1,241 || 0.18 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 470 || 2,316 || 0.07 || 0.53

| || 1 || – || – || – || 286 || 1 || 0.04 || 0.02

| || 1 || – || – || – || 137 || 137 || 0.02 ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 138 | 48 ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|698,823 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 9,891 ||5,992 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who voted | 477,999 ||179,612 | 73.64% || 10.98 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters | 649,019 ||172,797 | colspan="2"|

+ Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp)

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1949 British Columbia general election (single-member districts) Riding Winning party VotesName 1945Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% CCF 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 – – – – – 10,498Saanich 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

+ Results by riding - 1949 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts) Riding Winning party VotesNameMLAs 19451949 CCF Total Vancouver-Burrard2 40,156 21,774 1,258 – 95 396 – 63,679 Vancouver Centre2 29,171 17,969 – 814 – – 286 48,240 Vancouver East2 34,077 39,815 1,020 – 109 – 1,038 76,059 Vancouver-Point Grey3 109,782 35,134 – 1,889 280 – – 147,085 Victoria City3 47,281 17,019 – – 1,379 – – 65,679

See also List of British Columbia political parties

1949 British Columbia general election

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