The 1941 British Columbia general election was the twentieth 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 September 9, 1941, and held on October 21, 1941.

No party took a majority of votes, and no party took a majority of seats. After the election, Conservative and Liberal members voted to form a Coalition government. Liberal Party leader Thomas Dufferin Pattullo objected, stepped down as leader and sat as a Liberal separate from the Coalition. This reduced the Coalition caucus to thirty two MLAs.

1938 redistribution of ridings An Act was passed in 1938 providing for a rearrangement of certain seats in the Assembly, maintaining the total at 48, upon the next election. The following changes were made:

Abolished ridings New ridingsReorganization of districts Alberni-Nanaimo The Islands Alberni Nanaimo and the IslandsDivision of district Victoria City (4 MLAs) Oak Bay Victoria City (3 MLAs)

Results

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1937 !1941 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" |rowspan="4" |   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Coalition |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|John Hart | 47 || 31 || 20 || 11 || 147,844 || 8,230 || 32.57 || 4.77 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|Royal Maitland | 43 || 8 || 12 || 4 || 140,282 || 20,761 || 30.91 || 2.31 |- style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" |style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"|Coalition total | 32 || 7 || 288,126 || 12,531 || 63.48 || 2.46

|style="text-align:left;" |Harold Winch | 45 || 7 || 14 || 7 || 151,440 || 32,040 || 33.36 || 4.79

|style="text-align:left;"| Duff Pattullo || 1 || – || 1 || 1 || 1,681 || 1,681 || 0.37 ||Not part of Coalition (all factions) | || 6 || 1 || 1 || || 7,141 || 5,354 || 1.57 || 1.14

| || 1 || – || – || – || 2,161 || 2,161 || 0.48 ||New

| || 4 || 1 || – || 1 || 1,638 || 5,703 || 0.36 || 1.40

| || 4 || – || – || – || 683 || 683 || 0.15 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 388 || 388 || 0.09 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 265 || 265 || 0.06 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 209 || 209 || 0.05 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 105 || 105 || 0.02 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 56 || 56 || 0.01 ||Returned |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 156 | 48 ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|453,893 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 4,797 ||654 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who voted | 303,901 ||38,455 | 72.73% || 1.53 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters | 417,839 ||45,058 | colspan="2"|

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

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

+ Results by riding - 1941 British Columbia general election (single-member districts) Riding Winning party VotesName 1937Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Lib Con CCF Total   Alberni New Lib 2,067 49.17% 164 3.90% 2,067 – 1,903 – 234 4,204 Atlin Lib Lib 454 54.83% 80 9.66% 454 – – – 374 828 Burnaby CCF CCF 6,444 49.50% 2,682 20.60% 3,762 2,707 6,444 – 105 13,018 Cariboo Lib Lib 1,429 50.16% 1,008 35.38% 1,429 421 338 661 – 2,849 Chilliwack Con Con 2,704 37.78% 60 0.84% 2,644 2,704 1,810 – – 7,158 Columbia Lib Lib 648 42.66% 161 10.60% 648 384 487 – – 1,519 Comox CCF CCF 3,126 45.31% 968 14.03% 2,158 1,615 3,126 – – 6,899 Cowichan-Newcastle CCF CCF 2,757 47.22% 1,018 17.44% 1,739 1,343 2,757 – – 5,839 Cranbrook Lib Con 1,615 35.35% 67 1.46% 1,405 1,615 1,548 – – 4,568 Delta CCF CCF 5,153 42.29% 1,599 13.12% 3,554 3,478 5,153 – – 12,185 Dewdney Con Con 2,995 37.13% 456 5.65% 2,532 2,995 2,539 – – 8,066 Esquimalt Con Con 1,554 40.42% 206 5.36% 1,348 1,554 943 – – 3,845 Fernie ILP ILP 1,719 53.39% 505 15.69% 1,214 – 287 – 1,719 3,220 Fort George Lib Lib 1,334 51.15% 406 15.57% 1,334 346 928 – – 2,608 Grand Forks-Greenwood Lib Con 642 39.05% 5 0.30% 637 642 365 – – 1,644 Kamloops Lib Lib 1,933 40.14% 221 4.59% 1,933 1,138 1,712 14 19 4,816 Kaslo-Slocan Lib Lib 941 42.18% 187 8.38% 941 754 536 – – 2,231 Lillooet Lib Con 1,017 38.39% 176 6.64% 791 1,017 841 – – 2,649 Mackenzie Lib CCF 2,909 45.75% 830 13.05% 2,079 1,370 2,909 – – 6,358 Nanaimo and the Islands New Lib 2,175 43.52% 560 11.21% 2,175 1,208 1,615 – – 4,998 Nelson-Creston Lib Lib 2,144 33.46% 4 0.25% 2,144 2,140 2,124 – – 6,408 New Westminster Lib Lib 3,694 41.74% 1,307 14.77% 3,694 1,923 2,387 – 845 8,849 North Okanagan Lib Lib 2,508 42.52% 188 3.19% 2,508 2,320 1,071 – – 5,899 North Vancouver CCF CCF 4,209 40.37% 1,264 12.13% 2,945Francis Walker was previously an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 1,056Joshua Hinchcliffe had previously been an MLA for Victoria City 4,209 – 2,217A.H. Bayne, the Official Conservative candidate supported by the Conservative Party, received 2,161 votes 10,427 Oak Bay New Con 2,676 55.88% 1,156 24.14% 1,520 2,676 593 – – 4,789 Omineca Lib Lib 839 49.50% 285 16.82% 839 302 554 – – 1,695 Peace River Lib Lib 1,436 51.16% 453 16.14% 1,436 – 983 – 388 2,807 Prince Rupert Lib Lib 1,681 51.82% 118 3.64% 1,681 – 1,563 – – 3,244 Revelstoke Lib Lib 1,065 49.08% 387 17.84% 1,065 427 678 – – 2,170 Rossland-Trail Lib CCF 3,621 49.40% 1,738 23.71% 1,789 1,883 3,621 – 37 7,330Saanich Lib Lib 3,017 36.17% 78 0.93% 3,017 2,939 2,385 – – 8,341 Salmon Arm Ind Con 1,561 60.22% 998 38.50% 468 1,561 563 – – 2,592 Similkameen Lib CCF 2,601 41.16% 636 10.06% 1,965 1,753 2,601 – – 6,319 Skeena Lib Lib 877 61.89% 337 23.78% 877 540 – – – 1,417 South Okanagan Lib Con 2,009 37.69% 240 4.50% 1,769 2,009 1,552 – – 5,330 Yale Lib Lib 1,148 65.08% 532 30.16% 1,148 616 – – – 1,764

= 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 = candidate repudiated by party = multiple candidates

+ Results by riding - 1941 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts) Riding Winning party VotesNameMLAs 19371941 Lib Con CCF Total Vancouver-Burrard2 14,781 16,564 18,998 – 267 50,610 Vancouver Centre2 13,723 12,523 14,805 – 602 41,653 Vancouver East2 9,495 7,332 23,328 – 3,936 44,091 Vancouver-Point Grey3 29,046 42,400 23,448 – 265 95,159 Victoria City3 18,771 14,027 9,736 963 – 43,497

See also List of British Columbia political parties

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