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

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Seats and popular vote by partyTemplate:Sfn

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
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Results by riding

The following MLAs were elected:Template:Sfn

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1907 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Template:Sfn

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

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Results by riding - 1907 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Template:Sfn

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

• List of British Columbia political parties
• Richard McBride

Further reading

• In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974).
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References

[[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]]