1920 British Columbia general election
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The 1920 British Columbia general election was the fifteenth 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 October 23, 1920, and held on December 1, 1920. The new legislature met for the first time on February 8, 1921.
Although it lost eleven seats in the legislature, and fell from 50% of the popular vote to under 38%, the governing Liberal Party was able to hold on to a slim majority in the legislature for its second consecutive term in government.
The Conservative Party also lost a significant share of its popular vote, but won six additional seats for a total of fifteen, and formed the Official Opposition.
Almost a third of the vote and seven seats were won by independents and by a wide variety of fringe parties.
This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office.<ref>Women's Right to Vote in Canada</ref>
Results
Template:Election table |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1916 !1920 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |John Oliver<ref group=a>nominated and won in both Delta and Victoria City. He would opt to resign from the Delta seat.</ref> |45 ||36 ||26 ||10Template:Decrease ||134,167 ||44,275Template:Increase ||37.89 || 12.11Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |William Bowser |42 ||9 ||14 ||5Template:Increase ||110,475 ||37,633Template:Increase ||31.20 ||9.32Template:Decrease |- Template:Canadian party colour<ref group=a>Includes candidates from the Liberty League of B.C. (2,466 votes), Vancouver Ratepayers Association (3,291 votes), and Women's Freedom League (4,166 votes).</ref> | |18 ||1 ||3 ||2Template:Increase ||36,736 ||31,810Template:Increase ||10.37 ||7.63Template:Increase |- Template:Canadian party colour<ref group=a>Includes candidates not directly nominated, but supported by, the Federated Labour Party.</ref> | |14 ||– ||3 ||3Template:Increase ||32,230 ||32,230Template:Increase ||9.10 ||Template:N/a |- Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left"| People's Party | |1 ||– ||1 ||1Template:Increase ||1,354 ||1,354 ||0.38 ||Template:N/a |- Template:Canadian party colour | |1 ||1 ||– ||1Template:Decrease ||419 ||902Template:Decrease ||0.12 ||0.62Template:Decrease |- Template:Canadian party colour<ref group=a>Includes John Henry Burrough, a Labour candidate in Prince Rupert running on a Socialist Party platform.</ref> | |7 ||– ||– ||Template:No change ||12,386 ||10,280Template:Increase ||3.50 ||2.33Template:Increase |- Template:Canadian party colour<ref group=a>Soldier-Farmer candidates ran in rural Districts (five candidates, 3361 votes) and Soldier-Labour candidates ran in urban ones (six candidates, 7419 votes).</ref> | |11 ||– ||– ||– ||10,780 ||10,780Template:Increase ||3.04 ||Template:N/a |- Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left"| Grand Army of United Veterans<ref group=a>Some GAUV candidates ran on a joint Soldier-Labour ticket.</ref> | |2 ||– ||– ||– ||5,441 ||5,441Template:Increase ||1,54 ||Template:N/a |- Template:Canadian party colour | |3 ||– ||– ||Template:No change ||3,433 ||1,915Template:Increase ||0.97 ||0.13Template:Increase |- Template:Canadian party colour | |2 ||– ||– ||– ||3,178 ||3,178Template:Increase ||0.90 ||Template:N/a |- Template:Canadian party colour | |2 ||– ||– ||Template:No change ||1,602 ||1,412Template:Decrease ||0.45 ||1.23Template:Decrease |- Template:Canadian party colour | |2 ||– ||– ||– ||907 ||907Template:Increase ||0.26 ||Template:N/a |- Template:Canadian party colour | |3 ||– ||– ||– ||526 ||526Template:Increase ||0.15 ||Template:N/a |- Template:Canadian party colour | |1 ||– ||– ||– ||424 ||424Template:Increase ||0.12 ||Template:N/a |- Template:Canadian party colour | |1 ||– ||– ||Template:No change ||30 ||2,955Template:Decrease ||0.01 ||1.65Template:Decrease |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 155 | 47 ! colspan="2"| 47 ! colspan="2"|354,088 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |} Template:Reflist
MLAs elected
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Synopsis of results
| Riding | Winning party | Votes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | 1916 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Lib | Con | FLP | Template:Abbr | Soc | Template:Abbr<ref group=a>Candidates in Esquimalt, New Westminster and Saanich were Soldier-Labour; others were Soldier-Farmer</ref> | Template:Abbr | Template:Abbr | Template:Abbr | Template:Abbr | Template:Abbr | Total | ||
| Alberni | Lib | Ind | 841 | 43.94% | 166 | 8.67% | 398 | – | – | – | – | 675 | – | – | – | 841 | – | 1,914 | ||
| Atlin | Lib | Lib | 390 | 36.69% | 90 | 8.47% | 390 | 229 | 300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 114 | 30 | 1,063 | ||
| Cariboo | Lib | Lib | 561 | 61.65% | 212 | 28.30% | 561 | 349 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 910 | ||
| Chilliwhack | Lib | Lib | 1,911 | 53.16% | 227 | 6.32% | 1,911 | 1,684 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,595 | ||
| Columbia | Lib | Lib | 584 | 60.58% | 204 | 21.16% | 584 | 380 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 964 | ||
| Comox | Lib | PP | 1,354 | 32.83% | 121 | 2.93% | 806 | 1,233 | – | 1,354 | – | – | – | 731 | – | – | – | 4,124 | ||
| Cowichan | Ind | Ind | 1,145 | 52.60% | 113 | 5.20% | – | 1,032 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,145 | – | 2,177 | ||
| Cranbrook | Lib | Lib | 941 | 50.98% | 36 | 1.96% | 941 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 905 | – | – | 1,846 | ||
| Delta | Con | Lib | 1,334 | 37.50% | 218 | 6.13% | 1,334 | 1,116 | – | – | – | 1,107 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,557 | ||
| Dewdney | Lib | Con | 1,535 | 45.45% | 166 | 4.91% | 1,369 | 1,535 | 473 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,377 | ||
| Esquimalt | Con | Con | 1,158 | 49.87% | 473 | 20.37% | 685 | 1,158 | – | – | – | 479 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,322 | ||
| Fernie | Lib | FLP | 932 | 38.37% | 158 | 6.51% | 723 | 774 | 932 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,429 | ||
| Fort George | Con | Lib | 1,140 | 55.18% | 353 | 17.09% | 1,140 | 787 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 139 | 2,066 | ||
| Grand Forks | Lib | Lib | 390 | 50.39% | 6 | 0.78% | 390 | 384 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 774 | ||
| Greenwood | Lib | Lib | 392 | 49.06% | 100 | 12.51% | 392 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 115 | 799 | ||
| The Islands | Lib | Lib | 581 | 40.86% | 100 | 7.03% | 581 | 481 | – | – | – | 360 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,422 | ||
| Kamloops | Lib | Lib | 1,617 | 37.43% | 209 | 4.84% | 1,617 | 1,295 | – | – | – | – | 1,408 | – | – | – | – | 4,320 | ||
| Kaslo | Lib | Con | 760 | 50.53% | 16 | 1.06% | 744 | 760 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,504 | ||
| Lillooet | Con | Con | 339 | 47.48% | 126 | 17.65% | 213 | 339 | – | – | – | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | 714 | ||
| Nanaimo | Lib | Lib | 1,370 | 41.19% | 199 | 5.98% | 1,370 | 785 | 1,171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,326 | ||
| Nelson | Con | Con | 1,232 | 61.75% | 469 | 23.50% | 763 | 1,232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,995 | ||
| Newcastle | Template:Abbr | FLP | 704 | 42.00% | 280 | 16.7% | – | – | 704 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 972<ref group=a>The incumbent James Hurst Hawthornthwaite (Ind-Soc), elected in a 1918 byelection, and formerly the Socialist MLA for Nanaimo City, came in third with 419 votes.</ref> | 1,676 | ||
| New Westminster | Lib | Lib | 1,980 | 43.07% | 369 | 8.03% | 1,980 | 1,006 | – | – | – | 1,611 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,597 | ||
| North Okanagan | Lib | Lib | 2,037 | 53.51% | 267 | 7.02% | 2,037 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,770 | – | – | – | – | 3,807 | ||
| North Vancouver | Lib | Ind | 2,681 | 54.68% | 1,501 | 30.61% | 913 | 1,180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,810<ref group=a>The incumbent George Samuel Hanes, formerly elected as a Liberal, was the winning candidate with 2,681 votes. His candidacy was endorsed by the local Liberal association and the Great War Veterans Association.</ref> | – | 4,903 | ||
| Omineca | Lib | Lib | 630 | 60.87% | 357 | 34.49% | 630 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 132 | – | 1,035 | ||
| Prince Rupert | Lib | Lib | 1,501 | 43.70% | 804 | 23.41% | 1,501 | 561 | – | – | 676 | – | – | – | 697 | – | – | 3,435 | ||
| Revelstoke | Lib | Lib | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | Lib | Con | 2,863 | 37.89% | 151 | 2.00% | 2,712 | 2,863 | 1,499 | – | – | 272 | – | – | – | 210 | – | 7,556 | ||
| Rossland | Lib | Con | 257 | 38.02% | 18 | 2.66% | 180 | 257 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 676 | ||
| Saanich | Lib | Lib | 1,858 | 39.78% | 102 | 2.19% | 1,858 | 1,756 | – | – | – | 1,057 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,671 | ||
| Similkameen | Con | Con | 1,354 | 51.72% | 90 | 3.44% | 1,264 | 1,354 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,618 | ||
| Slocan | Lib | Con | 568 | 41.55% | 97 | 7.09% | 471 | 568 | 328 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,367 | ||
| South Okanagan | Con | Con | 1,882 | 56.77% | 449 | 13.54% | 1,433 | 1,882 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,315 | ||
| South Vancouver | Lib | FLP | 3,255 | 37.75% | 811 | 9.41% | 1,969 | 2,444 | 3,255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 955 | – | 8,623 | ||
| Trail | Con | Con | 1,315 | 60.80% | 467 | 21.60% | 848 | 1,315 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,163 | ||
| Yale | Lib | Con | 913 | 39.58% | 176 | 7.63% | 737 | 913 | – | – | – | – | – | 657 | – | – | – | 2,307 | ||
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| Votes | Share | Change | Votes | Share | Change | 78,789 | 38.96% | -10.42% | 19,933 | 36.96% | -14.33% | 60,570 | 29.95% | -10.85% | 17,688 | 32.79% | -4.11% | 22,117 | 10.97% | New | 1,212 | 2.25% | New | 16,121 | 7.97% | 5.02% | 4,485 | 8.32% | 4.46% | 11,710 | 5.79% | 4.35% | – | – | -4.13% | Grand Army of United Veterans | 5,441 | 2.69% | New | – | – | – | 4,166 | 2.06% | New | – | – | – | 3,291 | 1.63% | New | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,329 | 9.88% | New | – | – | – | 2,466 | 4.57% | New | – | – | – | 2,045 | 3.79% | -1.14% | – | – | – | 778 | 1.44% | New | – | – | -2.82% | – | – | – | – | – | -2.60% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | -3.02% |
| Total | 202,205 | 100.00% | 53,936 | 100.00% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
Further reading
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- 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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Notes and references
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References
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