1949 British Columbia general election
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1949 British Columbia general election was the 22nd 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 April 16, 1949, and held on June 15, 1949. The new legislature met for the first time on February 14, 1950.
The centre-right coalition formed by the Liberal and Conservative parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1945 election increased its share of the vote and its majority in the legislature.
Three different social credit groupings nominated or endorsed candidates in the election: the Social Credit Party, the Social Credit League, and the Union of Electors.
Results
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MLAs elected
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Synopsis of results
| Riding | Winning party | Votes | ||||||||||||||
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| Name | 1945 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
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| Alberni | Coal | Ind | 3,290 | 42.84% | 1,161 | 15.12% | 1,638 | 2,129 | – | – | – | 3,290 | 622 | 7,679 | ||
| Atlin | Coal | CCF | 376 | 50.40% | 6 | 0.80% | 370 | 376 | – | – | – | – | – | 746 | ||
| Burnaby | CCF | CCF | 11,025 | 50.90% | 1,044 | 4.82% | 9,981 | 11,025 | – | 655 | – | – | – | 21,661 | ||
| Cariboo | Coal | Coal | 2,653 | 66.88% | 1,339 | 33.76% | 2,653 | 1,314 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,967 | ||
| Chilliwack | Coal | Coal | 6,847 | 57.17% | 4,135 | 34.52% | 6,847 | 2,712 | – | 2,417 | – | – | – | 11,976 | ||
| Columbia | Coal | Coal | 1,288 | 68.91% | 707 | 37.82% | 1,288 | 581 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,869 | ||
| Comox | Coal | Coal | 7,596 | 59.19% | 2,358 | 18.38% | 7,596 | 5,238 | – | – | – | – | – | 12,834 | ||
| Cowichan-Newcastle | CCF | Coal | 5,505 | 56.19% | 1,311 | 13.38% | 5,505 | 4,194 | – | – | 38 | 60 | – | 9,797 | ||
| Cranbrook | Coal | CCF | 3,026 | 50.53% | 63 | 1.06% | 2,963 | 3,026 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,989 | ||
| Delta | Coal | Coal | 12,203 | 49.59% | 1,093 | 4.44% | 12,203 | 11,110 | 1,293 | – | – | – | – | 24,606 | ||
| Dewdney | Coal | Coal | 8,127 | 49.08% | 523 | 3.16% | 8,127 | 7,604 | – | 829 | – | – | – | 16,560 | ||
| Esquimalt | Coal | Coal | 4,219 | 51.26% | 1,731 | 21.03% | 4,219 | 2,488 | – | – | 92 | 191 | 1,241 | 8,231 | ||
| Fernie | Lab | Lab | 1,483 | 39.09% | 9 | 0.24% | 1,474 | 837 | – | – | – | – | 1,483 | 3,794 | ||
| Fort George | CCF | Coal | 3,232 | 59.86% | 1,065 | 19.72% | 3,232 | 2,167 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,399 | ||
| Grand Forks-Greenwood | Coal | CCF | 922 | 44.14% | 49 | 2.35% | 873 | 922 | – | – | – | 294 | – | 2,089 | ||
| Kamloops | Coal | Coal | 4,992 | 64.47% | 2,241 | 28.94% | 4,992 | 2,751 | – | – | – | – | – | 7,743 | ||
| Kaslo-Slocan | CCF | CCF | 1,633 | 53.19% | 196 | 6.38% | 1,437 | 1,633 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,070 | ||
| Lillooet | Coal | Coal | 2,339 | 62.83% | 1,159 | 31.14% | 2,339 | 1,180 | – | – | – | 204 | – | 3,723 | ||
| Mackenzie | CCF | Coal | 5,787 | 55.57% | 1,161 | 11.14% | 5,787 | 4,626 | – | – | – | – | – | 10,413 | ||
| Nanaimo and the Islands | Coal | Coal | 5,860 | 61.50% | 2,296 | 24.09% | 5,860 | 3,564 | – | – | 104 | – | – | 9,528 | ||
| Nelson-Creston | Coal | Coal | 4,783 | 60.04% | 2,108 | 26.46% | 4,783 | 2,675 | – | 508 | – | – | – | 7,966 | ||
| New Westminster | Coal | Coal | 7,969 | 61.57% | 3,460 | 26.73% | 7,969 | 4,509 | 328 | – | – | – | 137 | 12,943 | ||
| North Okanagan | Coal | Coal | 4,966 | 60.95% | 2,309 | 28.34% | 4,966 | 2,657 | 525 | – | – | – | – | 8,148 | ||
| North Vancouver | Coal | Coal | 12,586 | 69.57% | 7,082 | 39.14% | 12,586 | 5,504 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,090 | ||
| Oak Bay | Coal | Coal | 5,918 | 84.21% | 5,028 | 71.55% | 5,918 | 890 | – | – | 220 | – | – | 7,028 | ||
| Omineca | CCF | Coal | 1,885 | 61.60% | 710 | 23.20% | 1,885 | 1,175 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,060 | ||
| Peace River | CCF | Coal | 2,342 | 49.69% | 441 | 9.35% | 2,342 | 1,901 | – | – | – | – | 470 | 4,713 | ||
| Prince Rupert | CCF | Coal | 2,971 | 56.41% | 675 | 12.82% | 2,971 | 2,296 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,267 | ||
| Revelstoke | Coal | Coal | 1,311 | 50.95% | 49 | 1.90% | 1,311 | 1,262 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,573 | ||
| Rossland-Trail | Coal | Coal | 5,910 | 56.30% | 1,322 | 12.60% | 5,910 | 4,588 | – | – | – | – | – | 10,498 | ||
| Saanich | Coal | Coal | 9,998 | 66.14% | 5,352 | 35.41% | 9,998 | 4,646 | – | – | 473 | – | – | 15,117 | ||
| Salmon Arm | Coal | Coal | 2,529 | 60.07% | 848 | 20.14% | 2,529 | 1,681 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,210 | ||
| Similkameen | Coal | Coal | 5,744 | 58.78% | 1,716 | 17.56% | 5,744 | 4,028 | – | – | – | – | – | 9,772 | ||
| Skeena | Coal | Coal | 2,048 | 73.20% | 1,298 | 46.40% | 2,048 | 750 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,798 | ||
| South Okanagan | Coal | Coal | 6,555 | 58.40% | 1,886 | 16.80% | 6,555<ref group=a>W. A. C. Bennett had resigned in 1948 to contest the federal byelection in Yale, which he lost. In the interim, Bob Browne-Clayton was elected for the Coalition in the provincial byelection, but Bennett returned for the general election.</ref> | 4,669 | – | – | – | – | – | 11,224 | ||
| Yale | Coal | Coal | 1,407 | 46.90% | 542 | 18.07% | 1,407 | 865 | – | – | – | 728 | – | 3,000 | ||
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| Riding | Winning party | Votes | |||||||||
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| Name | MLAs | 1945 | 1949 | Template:Abbr | CCF | Template:Abbr | Template:Abbr | Template:Abbr | Template:Abbr | Template:Abbr | Total |
| Vancouver-Burrard | 2 | Template:Legend | Template:Legend | 40,156 | 21,774 | 1,258 | – | 95 | 396 | – | 63,679 |
| Vancouver Centre | 2 | Template:Legend | Template:Legend | 29,171 | 17,969 | – | 814 | – | – | 286 | 48,240 |
| Vancouver East | 2 | Template:Legend | Template:Legend | 34,077 | 39,815 | 1,020 | – | 109 | – | 1,038 | 76,059 |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | 3 | Template:Legend | Template:Legend | 109,782 | 35,134 | – | 1,889 | 280 | – | – | 147,085 |
| Victoria City | 3 | Template:Legend | Template:Legend | 47,281 | 17,019 | – | – | 1,379 | – | – | 65,679 |
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