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
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MLAs elected
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Synopsis of results
| Riding | Winning party | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| 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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| 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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| Incumbents returned | – | Template:Legend | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
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Further reading
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