1912 British Columbia general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1912 British Columbia general election was the thirteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on February 27, 1912, and held on March 28, 1912. The new legislature met for the first time on January 16, 1913.

The governing Conservative Party increased its share of the popular vote to almost 60%, and swept all but 3 of the 42 seats in the legislature. Of the remaining three, one (Harold Ernest Forster in Columbia) was formally listed as an Independent but was a Conservative who had missed the filing date. He campaigned and sat in full support of the McBride government.

The Liberal Party's share of the vote fell from one-third to one-quarter, and it lost both of its seats in the legislature.

The remaining two seats were won by the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party in the coal-mining ridings of Nanaimo City and Newcastle.

Results

Template:Election tableTemplate:Sfn |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1909 !1912 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Richard McBride | 42 || 38 || 39 || 1Template:Increase || 50,423 || 2,651Template:Decrease || 59.65% || 7.32Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"| | 17 || 2 || 1 || 1Template:Decrease || 9,366 || 2,299Template:Decrease || 11.08% || 0.42Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"| | 7 || – || 1 || 1Template:Increase || 1,163 || 1,009Template:Increase || 1.37% || 1.22Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || – || 1 || 1Template:Increase || 621 || 621Template:Decrease || 0.74% ||New Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Harlan Carey Brewster | 19 || 2 || – || 2Template:Decrease || 21,433 || 12,242Template:Decrease || 25.37% || 7.84Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"| | 2 || – || – || – || 1,513 || 1,112Template:Decrease || 1.79% || 0.80Template:Decrease |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |88||42 ! " colspan="2"|42 ! " colspan="2"|84,529 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |} Template:Reflist

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 - 1912 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Template:Sfn

Riding	Winning party								Votes
Name	1909		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	Con	Lib	Soc	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Total
Alberni		Lib		Con	acclaimed
Atlin		Con		Con	acclaimed
Chilliwhack		Con		Con	acclaimed
Columbia		Con		Template:Abbr	282	51.74%	19	3.48%	263	–	–	282	–	545
Comox		Con		Con	694	66.16%	339	32.32%	694	–	355	–	–	1,049
Cowichan		Con		Con	441	80.04%	331	60.08%	441	110	–	–	–	551
Cranbrook		Con		Con	acclaimed
Delta		Con		Con	748	70.83%	440	41.66%	748	308	–	–	–	1,056
Dewdney		Con		Con	803	80.54%	609	61.08%	803	–	–	194	–	997
Esquimalt		Lib		Con	398	46.50%	212	24.77%	398	151	25	282<ref group=a>The incumbent John Jardine received 96 votes</ref>	–	856
Fernie		Con		Con	1,067	58.31%	304	16.62%	1,067	–	763	–	–	1,830
Grand Forks		Con		Con	acclaimed
Greenwood		Con		Con	364	78.11%	262	56.22%	364	–	102	–	–	466
The Islands		Con		Con	345	75.66%	234	51.32%	345	–	–	111	–	456
Kamloops		Con		Con	931	70.11%	534	40.22%	931	397	–	–	–	1,328
Kaslo		Con		Con	acclaimed
Lillooet		Con		Con	200	71.17%	119	42.34%	200	81	–	–	–	281
Nanaimo City		Soc		Template:Abbr	621	39.45%	43	2.73%	578	375	–	–	621	1,574
Nelson City		Con		Con	527	59.08%	339	38.00%	527	–	177	188	–	892
Newcastle		Soc		Soc	386	50.86%	13	1.72%	373	–	386	–	–	759
New Westminster City		Con		Con	1,004	72.28%	619	44.56%	1,004	385	–	–	–	1,389
Okanagan		Con		Con	1,388	82.37%	1,091	64.74%	1,388	–	297	–	–	1,685
Revelstoke		Con		Con	acclaimed
Richmond		Con		Con	acclaimed
Rossland City		Con		Con	336	56.09%	168	28.04%	336	168	95	–	–	599
Saanich		Con		Con	392	69.01%	216	38.02%	392	176	–	–	–	568
Similkameen		Con		Con	acclaimed
Skeena		Con		Con	940	51.00%	420	22.79%	940	520	277	106	–	1,843
Slocan		Con		Con	373	65.32%	175	30.64%	373	–	198	–	–	571
Yale		Con		Con	524	65.26%	245	30.52%	524	279	–	–	–	803
Ymir		Con		Con	1,024	79.69%	763	59.38%	1,024	–	261	–	–	1,285

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Results by riding - 1912 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Template:Sfn

Party		Cariboo			Vancouver City			Victoria City
		Votes	Share	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Votes	Share	Change	645	77.99%	14.98%	25,338	54.74%	4.64%	10,727	66.90%	13.48%	182	22.01%	-14.98%	14,283	30.86%	-5.42%	4,028	25.12%	-6.57%	–	–	–	5,767	12.46%	-1.16%	663	4.13%	0.72%	–	–	–	897	1.94%	1.94%	616	3.84%	-7.64%
Total		827	100.00%		46,285	100.00%		16,034	100.00%
Seats won		Template:Legend			Template:Legend			Template:Legend
Incumbents returned		2			5			4
Seat change		–			–			–

See also

• List of British Columbia political parties

Further reading & references

• In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC.
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