1907 British Columbia general election
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1907 British Columbia general election was the eleventh general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election called on December 24, 1906, and held on February 2, 1907. The new legislature met for the first time on March 7, 1907.
The governing Conservative party won a second term in government, with almost half the popular vote, and a majority of the seats in the legislature, increasing its number of seats by 4 to 26.
The Liberal Party lost 4 seats in the legislature, despite winning about the same share of the popular vote that it had in the 1903 election.
The Socialist Party won one additional seat to bring its total to three.
Results
Template:Election tableTemplate:Sfn |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1903 !1907 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Richard McBride | 42 || 22 || 26 || 4Template:Increase || 30,781 || 2,868Template:Increase || 48.70% || 2.27Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|James Alexander MacDonald | 40 || 17 || 13 || 4Template:Decrease || 23,481 || 766Template:Increase || 37.15% || 0.63Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"| | 20 || 2 || 3 || 1Template:Increase || 5,603 || 816Template:Increase || 8.87% || 0.91Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Canadian Labour<ref group=a>Comparison is with combined totals of local Labour candidates in 1903</ref> |style="text-align:left;"| | 6 || 1 || – || 1Template:Decrease || 2,495 || 1,926Template:Decrease || 3.95% || 3.41Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colourTemplate:Efn |style="text-align:left;"| | 2 || – || – || – || 487 || 487Template:Increase || 0.77% ||New Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || – || – || – || 211 || 211Template:Increase || 0.33% ||New Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || – || – || – || 147 || 147Template:Increase || 0.23% ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |112||42 ! " colspan="2"|42 ! " colspan="2"|63,205 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |} Template:Reflist
Results by riding
The following MLAs were elected:Template:Sfn
Template:Col-beginTemplate:Col-break Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend
Template:Col-break Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend
Template:Col-break Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:LegendTemplate:Col-end
Synopsis of results
| Riding | Winning party | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | 1903 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Con | Lib | Soc | Template:Abbr | Template:Abbr | Total | ||
| Alberni | Lib | Lib | 236 | 48.86% | 32 | 6.62% | 204 | 236 | 43 | – | – | 483 | ||
| AtlinTemplate:Efn | Con | Con | 78 | 62.90% | 32 | 25.80% | 78 | 46 | – | – | – | 124 | ||
| Chilliwhack | Lib | Lib | 331 | 51.64% | 21 | 3.28% | 310 | 331 | – | – | – | 641 | ||
| Columbia | Lib | Con | 254 | 56.57% | 59 | 13.14% | 254 | 195 | – | – | – | 449 | ||
| Comox | Con | Con | 372 | 56.02% | 80 | 12.04% | 372 | 292 | – | – | – | 664 | ||
| Cowichan | Lib | Con | 123 | 53.95% | 18 | 7.90% | 123 | 105 | – | – | – | 228 | ||
| Cranbrook | Lib | Lib | 473 | 44.54% | 95 | 8.95% | 378 | 473 | – | – | 211 | 1,062 | ||
| Delta | Lib | Lib | 430 | 62.23% | 169 | 24.46% | 261 | 430 | – | – | – | 691 | ||
| Dewdney | Con | Con | 384 | 61.44% | 143 | 22.88% | 384 | 241 | – | – | – | 625 | ||
| Esquimalt | Con | Lib | 297 | 58.58% | 87 | 17.16% | 210 | 297 | – | – | – | 507 | ||
| Fernie | Con | Con | 350 | 49.93% | 65 | 9.27% | 350 | 66 | 285 | – | – | 701 | ||
| Grand Forks | Con | Soc | 323 | 43.77% | 68 | 9.22% | 255 | 160 | 323 | – | – | 738 | ||
| Greenwood | Lib | Lib | 217 | 37.22% | 27 | 4.63% | 190 | 217 | 176 | – | – | 583 | ||
| The Islands | Lib | Con | 179 | 49.31% | 6 | 1.65% | 179 | 173 | 11 | – | – | 363 | ||
| Kamloops | Con | Con | 534 | 54.88% | 95 | 9.76% | 534 | 439 | – | – | – | 973 | ||
| Kaslo | Con | Con | 233 | 55.21% | 44 | 10.42% | 233 | 189 | – | – | – | 422 | ||
| Lillooet | Con | Lib | 123 | 51.68% | 8 | 3.36% | 115 | 123 | – | – | – | 238 | ||
| Nanaimo City | Soc | Soc | 455 | 50.22% | 165 | 18.21% | 161 | 290 | 455 | – | – | 906 | ||
| Nelson City | Con | Lib | 314 | 43.67% | 5 | 0.69% | 309 | 314 | 96 | – | – | 719 | ||
| Newcastle | Soc | Soc | 259 | 46.67% | 62 | 11.17% | 99 | 197 | 259 | – | – | 555 | ||
| New Westminster City | Con | Con | 675 | 49.31% | 128 | 9.35% | 675 | 547 | – | 147 | – | 1,369 | ||
| Okanagan | Con | Con | 893 | 54.85% | 250 | 15.35% | 893 | 643 | 92 | – | – | 1,628 | ||
| Revelstoke | Con | Con | 440 | 54.79% | 171 | 21.29% | 440 | 269 | 94 | – | – | 803 | ||
| Richmond | Con | Con | 417 | 48.04% | 14 | 1.61% | 417 | 403 | 48 | – | – | 868 | ||
| Rossland City | Lib | Lib | 241 | 45.90% | 55 | 10.47% | 186 | 241 | 98 | – | – | 525 | ||
| Saanich | Lib | Con | 275 | 51.69% | 18 | 3.38% | 275 | 257 | – | – | – | 532 | ||
| Similkameen | Con | Con | 298 | 56.55% | 98 | 18.60% | 298 | 200 | 29 | – | – | 527 | ||
| Skeena | Con | Lib | 188 | 61.44% | 70 | 22.88% | 118 | 188 | – | – | – | 306 | ||
| Slocan | Lab | Con | 193 | 49.11% | 74 | 18.83% | 193 | 119 | 81 | – | – | 393 | ||
| Yale | Lib | Lib | 289 | 58.27% | 82 | 16.54% | 207 | 289 | – | – | – | 496 | ||
| Ymir | Con | Con | 325 | 45.71% | 86 | 12.10% | 325 | 239 | – | – | 147 | 711 | ||
- Template:Color box = open seat
- Template:Color box = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
- Template:Color box = incumbent had switched allegiance
- Template:Color box = incumbency arose from byelection gain
- Template:Color box = other incumbents renominated
- Template:Color box = Independent Labour candidate
| Party | Cariboo | Vancouver City | Victoria City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Share | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Votes | Share | Change | 287 | 43.88% | -1.78% | 15,503 | 51.38% | 2.81% | 5,965 | 47.54% | 6.01% | 367 | 56.12% | 1.78% | 10,956 | 36.31% | 10.23% | 4,474 | 35.66% | -17.37% | – | – | – | 3,032 | 10.05% | 0.91% | 443 | 3.53% | -1.92% | Canadian Labour | – | – | – | 682 | 2.26% | -12.81% | 1,666 | 13.28% | 13.28% | – | – | – | – | – | -1.14% | – | – | – |
| Total | 654 | 100.00% | 30,173 | 100.00% | 12,548 | 100.00% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seats won | Template:Legend | Template:Legend | Template:Legend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incumbents returned | 1 | 4 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seat change | – | – | Template:Legend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
Further reading
- In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974).
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
Notes
References
Template:British Columbia elections
[[Category:General elections in British Columbia|Template:Title year]]
[[Category:Template:Title year elections in Canada]]
[[Category:Template:Title year in British Columbia|General election]]