1928 British Columbia general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1928 British Columbia general election was the seventeenth 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 June 7, 1928, and held on July 18, 1928. The new legislature met for the first time on January 22, 1929.

The Conservative Party defeated the governing Liberal Party, taking over half the popular vote, and 35 of the 48 seats in the legislature. The Liberals' popular vote also increased significantly, but because of the disappearance of the Provincial Party and the Canadian Labour Party, which had won over 35% of the vote together in the previous election, the Liberals were defeated. To date this remains the final election in British Columbia history where the Conservative Party would achieve power in its own right.

Results

Template:Election table |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1924 !1928 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |Simon Fraser Tolmie | 48 || 17 || 35 || 18Template:Increase || 192,867 || 91,102Template:Increase || 53.30 || 23.85Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |John Duncan MacLean | 45 || 23 || 12 || 11Template:Decrease || 144,872 || 36,549Template:Increase || 40.04 || 8.70Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colourTemplate:Efn |style="text-align:left;" | | 10 || 3 || 1 || 2Template:Decrease || 18,224 || 20,820Template:Decrease || 5.04 || 6.26Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour | || – || 3 || – || 3Template:Decrease || – || 83,517Template:Decrease || – || 24.16Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour | || 2 || 2 || – || 2Template:Decrease || 1,001 || 2,548Template:Decrease || 0.28 || 0.75Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour | || 9 || – || – || – || 3,658 || 1,138Template:Increase || 1.01 || 0.28Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour | || 2 || – || – || – || 1,064 || 982Template:Decrease || 0.29 || 0.30Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour | || 1 || – || – || – || 128 || 128 Template:Increase|| 0.04 ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 117 | 48 ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|361,814 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballotsTemplate:Sfn ! colspan="2"|3,259 ! colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who votedTemplate:Sfn ! colspan="2"|174,934 ! colspan="2"| 71.33% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered votersTemplate:Sfn ! colspan="2"|245,240 ! colspan="2"| |}

Seats and popular vote by partyTemplate:Sfn

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
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MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

Results by riding – 1928 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Template:Sfn

Riding	Winning party								Votes
Name	1924		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	Con	Lib	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Total
Alberni		I-Lib		Lib	1,208	48.71%	186	7.50%	1,022	1,208	250	–	–	2,480
Atlin		Lib		Lib	587	50.56%	45	3.88%	542	587	–	32	–	1,161
Burnaby		CLP		Con	2,144	40.81%	365	6.94%	2,144	1,779	1,330	–	–	5,253
Cariboo		Prov		Con	623	44.00%	223	15.75%	623	400	–	393	–	1,416
Chilliwack		Lib		Con	2,595	55.51%	515	11.02%	2,595	2,080	–	–	–	4,675
Columbia		Lib		Lib	659	50.23%	32	2.44%	627	659	–	26	–	1,312
Comox		I-Lib		Con	2,058	53.85%	561	14.68%	2,058	1,497	267	–	–	3,822
Cowichan-Newcastle		Con		Con	2,360	58.17%	753	18.56%	2,360	–	1,607	90	–	4,057
Cranbrook		Con		Lib	1,833	52.46%	172	4.92%	1,661	1,833	–	–	–	3,494
Creston		Con		Con	1,184	54.76%	206	9.52%	1,184	978	–	–	–	2,162
Delta		Lib		Con	2,562	55.73%	527	11.46%	2,562	2,035	–	–	–	4,597
Dewdney		Con		Con	2,751	58.57%	805	17.14%	2,751	1,946	–	–	–	4,697
Esquimalt		Con		Con	1,806	62.10%	729	25.06%	1,806	1,077	–	–	25	2,908
Fernie		CLP		ILP	1,639	59.80%	537	19.60%	1,102	–	1,639	–	–	2,741
Fort George		Lib		Con	1,487	51.61%	93	3.22%	1,487	1,394	–	–	–	2,881
Grand Forks-Greenwood		Con		Con	888	52.92%	98	5.84%	888	790	–	–	–	1,678
The Islands		Con		Con	1,148	62.70%	465	25.40%	1,148	683	–	–	–	1,831
Kamloops		Lib		Con	1,531	50.25%	15	0.50%	1,531	1,516	–	–	–	3,047
Kaslo-Slocan		Lib		Con	1,169	51.23%	56	2.46%	1,169	1,113	–	–	–	2,282
Lillooet		Lib		Con	1,237	54.61%	209	9.22%	1,237	1,028	–	–	–	2,265
Mackenzie		Con		Con	1,266	51.03%	51	2.06%	1,266	1,215	–	–	–	2,481
Nanaimo		Lib		Lib	1,366	40.67%	65	1.94%	1,301	1,366	585	107	–	3,359
Nelson		Lib		Con	1,338	53.07%	155	6.14%	1,338	1,183	–	–	–	2,521
New Westminster		Lib		Lib	3,262	56.16%	716	12.32%	2,546	3,262	–	–	–	5,808
North Okanagan		Lib		Con	2,361	54.03%	480	10.99%	2,361	1,881	–	–	128	4,370
North Vancouver		Lib		Lib	2,498	46.60%	32	0.60%	2,466	2,498	–	397	–	5,361
Omineca		Lib		Lib	889	57.21%	224	14.42%	665	889	–	–	–	1,554
Prince Rupert		Lib		Lib	1,370	51.78%	94	3.56%	1,276	1,370	–	–	–	2,646
Revelstoke		Lib		Lib	1,170	56.36%	264	12.72%	906	1,170	–	–	–	2,076
Richmond-Point Grey		Prov		Con	5,414	62.16%	2,118	24.32%	5,414	3,296	–	–	–	8,710
Rossland-Trail		Con		Con	1,686	58.12%	471	16.24%	1,686	1,215	–	–	–	2,901
Saanich		Con		Con	2,379	56.44%	543	12.88%	2,379	1,836	–	–	–	4,215
Salmon Arm		Con		Con	1,706	73.25%	1,083	46.50%	1,706	623	–	–	–	2,329
Similkameen		Con		Con	2,079	55.53%	414	11.06%	2,079	1,665	–	–	–	3,744
Skeena		Lib		Lib	910	54.33%	145	8.66%	765	910	–	–	–	1,675
South Okanagan		Con		Con	2,145	56.08%	465	12.16%	2,145	–	–	1,680	–	3,825
South Vancouver		CLP		Con	2,452	47.45%	471	9.12%	2,452	696	1,981	39	–	5,168
Yale		Lib		Lib	1,514	57.22%	382	14.44%	1,132	1,514	–	–	–	2,646

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Results by riding – 1928 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Template:Sfn

Party		Vancouver City			Victoria City
		Votes	Share	Change	Votes	Share	Change	98,382	54.59%	30.51%	30,105	52.40%	7.74%	70,602	39.18%	8.47%	25,078	43.65%	14.24%	Independent Labour	10,249	5.69%	-9.94%	316	0.55	-4.56%	976	0.54%	0.42%	–	–	–	–	–	-0.15%	1,064	1.85%	1.85%	–	–	-0.40%	894	1.56%	-1.76%	–	–	-27.19%	–	–	-17.51%	–	–	-1.73%	–	–	–
Total		180,209	100.00%		57,457	100.00%
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See also

• List of British Columbia political parties

Further reading

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