1941 British Columbia general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1941 British Columbia general election was the twentieth 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 September 9, 1941, and held on October 21, 1941.

No party took a majority of votes, and no party took a majority of seats. After the election, Conservative and Liberal members voted to form a Coalition government. Liberal Party leader Thomas Dufferin Pattullo objected, stepped down as leader and sat as a Liberal separate from the Coalition. This reduced the Coalition caucus to thirty two MLAs.

1938 redistribution of ridings

An Act was passed in 1938 providing for a rearrangement of certain seats in the Assembly, maintaining the total at 48, upon the next election.<ref>Template:Cite canlaw</ref> The following changes were made:

Abolished ridings	New ridings
Reorganization of districts
Alberni-Nanaimo The Islands	Alberni Nanaimo and the Islands
Division of district
Victoria City (4 MLAs)	Oak Bay Victoria City (3 MLAs)

Results

Template:Election table |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1937 !1941 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" |rowspan="4" Template:Canadian party colour|   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Coalition |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|John HartTemplate:Efn | 47 || 31 || 20 || 11Template:Decrease || 147,844 || 8,230Template:Decrease || 32.57 || 4.77Template:Decrease |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Royal Maitland | 43 || 8 || 12 || 4Template:Increase || 140,282 || 20,761Template:Increase || 30.91 || 2.31Template:Increase |- style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" |style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"|Coalition total | 32 || 7Template:Decrease || 288,126 || 12,531Template:Increase || 63.48 || 2.46Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |Harold Winch | 45 || 7 || 14 || 7Template:Increase || 151,440 || 32,040Template:Increase || 33.36 || 4.79Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour | || 1 || – || 1 || 1Template:Increase || 1,681 || 1,681Template:Increase || 0.37 ||Not part of Coalition Template:Canadian party colour (all factions) | || 6 || 1 || 1 || Template:No change || 7,141 || 5,354Template:Increase || 1.57 || 1.14Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colourTemplate:Efn | || 1 || – || – || – || 2,161 || 2,161Template:Increase || 0.48 ||New Template:Canadian party colour | || 4 || 1 || – || 1Template:Decrease || 1,638 || 5,703Template:Decrease || 0.36 || 1.40Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour | || 4 || – || – || – || 683 || 683Template:Increase || 0.15 ||New Template:Canadian party colour | || 1 || – || – || – || 388 || 388Template:Increase || 0.09 ||New Template:Canadian party colour | || 1 || – || – || – || 265 || 265Template:Increase || 0.06 ||New Template:Canadian party colour | || 1 || – || – || – || 209 || 209Template:Increase || 0.05 ||New Template:Canadian party colour | || 1 || – || – || – || 105 || 105Template:Increase || 0.02 ||New Template:Canadian party colour | || 1 || – || – || – || 56 || 56Template:Increase || 0.01 ||Returned |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 156 | 48 ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|453,893 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballotsTemplate:Sfn | 4,797 ||654Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who votedTemplate:Sfn | 303,901 ||38,455Template:Increase | 72.73% || 1.53Template:Increase |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered votersTemplate:Sfn | 417,839 ||45,058Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |} Template:Reflist

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Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
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MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1941 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Template:Sfn

Riding	Winning party								Votes
Name	1937		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	Lib	Con	CCF	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Total
Alberni	New			Lib	2,067	49.17%	164	3.90%	2,067	–	1,903	–	234	4,204
Atlin		Lib		Lib	454	54.83%	80	9.66%	454	–	–	–	374	828
Burnaby		CCF		CCF	6,444	49.50%	2,682	20.60%	3,762	2,707	6,444	–	105	13,018
Cariboo		Lib		Lib	1,429	50.16%	1,008	35.38%	1,429	421	338	661	–	2,849
Chilliwack		Con		Con	2,704	37.78%	60	0.84%	2,644	2,704	1,810	–	–	7,158
Columbia		Lib		Lib	648	42.66%	161	10.60%	648	384	487	–	–	1,519
Comox		CCF		CCF	3,126	45.31%	968	14.03%	2,158	1,615	3,126	–	–	6,899
Cowichan-Newcastle		CCF		CCF	2,757	47.22%	1,018	17.44%	1,739	1,343	2,757	–	–	5,839
Cranbrook		Lib		Con	1,615	35.35%	67	1.46%	1,405	1,615	1,548	–	–	4,568
Delta		CCF		CCF	5,153	42.29%	1,599	13.12%	3,554	3,478	5,153	–	–	12,185
Dewdney		Con		Con	2,995	37.13%	456	5.65%	2,532	2,995	2,539	–	–	8,066
Esquimalt		Con		Con	1,554	40.42%	206	5.36%	1,348	1,554	943	–	–	3,845
Fernie		ILP		ILP	1,719	53.39%	505	15.69%	1,214	–	287	–	1,719	3,220
Fort George		Lib		Lib	1,334	51.15%	406	15.57%	1,334	346	928	–	–	2,608
Grand Forks-Greenwood		Lib		Con	642	39.05%	5	0.30%	637	642	365	–	–	1,644
Kamloops		Lib		Lib	1,933	40.14%	221	4.59%	1,933	1,138	1,712	14	19	4,816
Kaslo-Slocan		Lib		Lib	941	42.18%	187	8.38%	941	754	536	–	–	2,231
Lillooet		Lib		Con	1,017	38.39%	176	6.64%	791	1,017	841	–	–	2,649
Mackenzie		Lib		CCF	2,909	45.75%	830	13.05%	2,079	1,370	2,909	–	–	6,358
Nanaimo and the Islands	New			Lib	2,175	43.52%	560	11.21%	2,175	1,208	1,615	–	–	4,998
Nelson-Creston		Lib		Lib	2,144	33.46%	4	0.25%	2,144	2,140	2,124	–	–	6,408
New Westminster		Lib		Lib	3,694	41.74%	1,307	14.77%	3,694	1,923	2,387	–	845	8,849
North Okanagan		Lib		Lib	2,508	42.52%	188	3.19%	2,508	2,320	1,071	–	–	5,899
North Vancouver		CCF		CCF	4,209	40.37%	1,264	12.13%	2,945<ref group=a>Francis Walker was previously an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.</ref>	1,056<ref group=a>Joshua Hinchcliffe had previously been an MLA for Victoria City</ref>	4,209	–	2,217<ref group=a>A.H. Bayne, the Official Conservative candidate supported by the Conservative Party, received 2,161 votes</ref>	10,427
Oak Bay	New			Con	2,676	55.88%	1,156	24.14%	1,520	2,676	593	–	–	4,789
Omineca		Lib		Lib	839	49.50%	285	16.82%	839	302	554	–	–	1,695
Peace River		Lib		Lib	1,436	51.16%	453	16.14%	1,436	–	983	–	388	2,807
Prince Rupert		Lib		Lib	1,681	51.82%	118	3.64%	1,681	–	1,563	–	–	3,244
Revelstoke		Lib		Lib	1,065	49.08%	387	17.84%	1,065	427	678	–	–	2,170
Rossland-Trail		Lib		CCF	3,621	49.40%	1,738	23.71%	1,789	1,883	3,621	–	37	7,330
Saanich		Lib		Lib	3,017	36.17%	78	0.93%	3,017	2,939	2,385	–	–	8,341
Salmon Arm		Ind		Con	1,561	60.22%	998	38.50%	468	1,561	563	–	–	2,592
Similkameen		Lib		CCF	2,601	41.16%	636	10.06%	1,965	1,753	2,601	–	–	6,319
Skeena		Lib		Lib	877	61.89%	337	23.78%	877	540	–	–	–	1,417
South Okanagan		Lib		Con	2,009	37.69%	240	4.50%	1,769	2,009	1,552	–	–	5,330
Yale		Lib		Lib	1,148	65.08%	532	30.16%	1,148	616	–	–	–	1,764

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Results by riding - 1941 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Template:Sfn

Riding		Winning party		Votes
Name	MLAs	1937	1941	Lib	Con	CCF	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Total
Vancouver-Burrard	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	14,781	16,564	18,998	–	267	50,610
Vancouver Centre	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	13,723	12,523	14,805	–	602	41,653
Vancouver East	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	9,495	7,332	23,328	–	3,936	44,091
Vancouver-Point Grey	3	Template:LegendTemplate:Legend	Template:Legend	29,046	42,400	23,448	–	265	95,159
Victoria City	3	Template:LegendTemplate:Legend	Template:Legend	18,771	14,027	9,736	963	–	43,497

See also

• List of British Columbia political parties

Sources

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