1960 British Columbia general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1960 British Columbia general election was the 26th 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 August 3, 1960, and held on September 12, 1960. The new legislature met for the first time on January 26, 1961.

The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fourth term in government despite losing seven percentage points of the popular vote and seven of its seats in the legislature.

The opposition Co-operative Commonwealth Federation increased both its share of the popular vote and its number of seats.

The British Columbia Liberal Party lost a small part of its popular vote, but managed to double its caucus from two to four members.

The Progressive Conservative Party doubled its share of the popular vote to almost 7%, but won no seats in the legislature.

Results

Template:Election table |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1956 !1960 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |W.A.C. Bennett | 52 || 39 || 32 || 7Template:Decrease || 386,886 || 12,175Template:Increase || 38.83 || 7.01Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |Bob Strachan | 52 || 10 || 16 || 6Template:Increase || 326,094 || 94,583Template:Increase || 32.73 || 4.41Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |Ray Perrault | 50 || 2 || 4 || 2Template:Increase || 208,249 || 30,327Template:Increase || 20.90 || 0.87Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |Deane Finlayson | 52 || – || – || – || 66,943 || 41,570Template:Increase || 6.72 || 3.61Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |Tom Uphill | – || 1 || – || 1Template:Decrease ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Retired Template:Canadian party colour<ref group=a>Previously known as Labor-Progressive</ref> | || 19 || – || – || – || 5,675 || 2,294Template:Increase || 0.57 || 0.16Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour | || 5 || – || – || – || 2,557 || 621Template:Decrease || 0.25 || 0.14Template:Decrease |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 230 | 52 ! colspan="2"| 52 ! colspan="2"|996,404 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballotsTemplate:Sfn | 9,862 ||3,220Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who votedTemplate:Sfn | 628,031 ||118,622Template:Increase | 71.84% || 6.41Template:Increase |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered votersTemplate:Sfn | 874,267 ||95,680Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |} Template:Reflist

Seats and popular vote by partyTemplate:Sfn

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
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MLAs elected

Single-member districts

Multi-member districts

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1960 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Template:Sfn

Riding	Winning party								Votes
Name	1956		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	Template:Abbr	CCF	Lib	PC	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Total
Alberni		CCF		CCF	4,093	45.05%	1,127	12.40%	2,966	4,093	1,305	514	207	–	9,085
Atlin		SC		CCF	444	53.30%	177	21.25%	267	444	–	122	–	–	833
Cariboo		SC		SC	3,091	40.90%	1,018	13.47%	3,091	1,842	2,073	552	–	–	7,558
Chilliwack		SC		SC	10,051	54.30%	5,928	32.03%	10,051	4,123	3,163	1,173	–	–	18,510
Columbia		SC		SC	1,115	42.35%	340	12.92%	1,115	775	593	150	–	–	2,633
Comox		SC		SC	6,100	38.63%	28	0.18%	6,100	6,072	2,759	653	207	–	15,791
Cowichan-Newcastle		CCF		CCF	6,261	58.68%	3,228	30.25%	3,033	6,261	–	1,206	170	–	10,670
Cranbrook		CCF		CCF	2,786	44.18%	1,086	17.22%	1,700	2,786	1,475	345	–	–	6,306
Dewdney		SC		CCF	12,637	43.73%	1,924	6.66%	10,713	12,637	4,512	803	233	–	28,898
Esquimalt		SC		SC	4,429	40.38%	1,046	9.54%	4,429	3,383	2,165	991	–	–	10,968
Fernie		Lab		Lib	1,126	36.23%	199	6.40%	927	864	1,126	191	–	–	3,108
Fort George		SC		SC	5,066	55.28%	2,730	29.79%	5,066	2,336	1,416	346	–	–	9,164
Grand Forks-Greenwood		CCF		CCF	1,115	42.35%	363	13.79%	752	1,115	564	202	–	–	2,633
Kamloops		SC		SC	4,777	45.86%	1,949	18.71%	4,777	2,828	1,437	1,374	–	–	10,416
Kaslo-Slocan		CCF		CCF	1,298	50.35%	565	21.92%	733	1,298	303	244	–	–	2,578
Lillooet		SC		SC	1,695	39.56%	364	8.50%	1,695	1,331	923	336	–	–	4,285
Mackenzie		CCF		CCF	4,952	46.44%	1,785	16.74%	3,167	4,952	2,058	487	–	–	10,664
Nanaimo and the Islands		SC		SC	4,599	42.34%	51	0.47%	4,599	4,548	1,036	607	72	–	10,862
Nelson-Creston		SC		SC	4,501	49.37%	1,837	20.15%	4,501	2,664	1,222	730	–	–	9,117
New Westminster		CCF		CCF	6,496	41.25%	1,455	9.24%	5,041	6,496	2,519	1,691	–	–	15,747
North Okanagan		SC		SC	4,553	43.01%	1,525	14.41%	4,553	3,028	1,817	1,098	91	–	10,587
North Peace River		SC		SC	1,651	46.21%	693	19.40%	1,651	769	958	114	–	81	3,573
Oak Bay		Lib		Lib	4,558	44.46%	778	7.59%	3,780	701	4,558	1,212	–	–	10,251
Omineca		SC		SC	1,633	45.88%	514	14.44%	1,633	1,119	529	278	–	–	3,559
Prince Rupert		SC		SC	2,367	40.87%	228	3.94%	2,367	2,139	1,087	199	–	–	5,792
Revelstoke		SC		CCF	1,417	44.12%	472	14.70%	945	1,417	585	265	–	–	3,212
Rossland-Trail		SC		SC	5,562	51.12%	3,026	27.81%	5,562	2,536	2,034	608	141	–	10,881
Saanich		SC		SC	10,165	44.23%	3,653	15.90%	10,165	6,512	4,451	1,782	73	–	22,983
Salmon Arm		SC		SC	1,979	41.75%	312	6.58%	1,979	1,667	481	613	–	–	4,740
Similkameen		SC		SC	4,797	46.84%	1,646	16.07%	4,797	3,151	1,454	840	–	–	10,242
Skeena		SC		SC	2,379	41.19%	242	4.19%	2,379	2,137	848	411	–	–	5,775
South Okanagan		SC		SC	8,058	59.89%	5,156	38.32%	8,058	2,902	1,238	1,256	–	–	13,454
South Peace River		SC		SC	3,133	59.39%	1,794	34.01%	3,133	1,339	303	500	–	–	5,275
Yale		SC		SC	1,103	31.24%	29	1.82%	1,103	1,074	964	390	–	–	3,531

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Results by riding - 1956 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Template:Sfn

Riding		Winning party		Votes							Voters who votedTemplate:Sfn
Name	MLAs	1956	1960	Template:Abbr	CCF	Lib	PC	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Total
Burnaby	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	13,469	17,659	7,601	1,075	409	–	79,309	41,669
				13,394	17,522	7,111	1,069	–	–
Delta	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	21,011	21,839	8,529	2,280	505	2,010<ref group=a>Gordon Lionel Gibson was elected as a Socred MLA in a 1957 byelection.</ref>	106,328	55,073
				17,291	21,559	8,517	2,159	408	220
North Vancouver	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	12,804	6,746	14,408	3,260<ref group=a>Deane Finlayson, PC party leader</ref>	242	–	72,331	37,901
				12,276	6,720	13,287<ref group=a>Gordon Gibson, Sr. had previously been MLA for Lillooet from 1953 to 1955.</ref>	2,397	191	–
Vancouver-Burrard	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	10,642	9,505	5,744	2,611	339	87	56,382	29,534
				10,231	9,333	5,715	1,904	271	–
Vancouver Centre	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	8,516	6,530	3,726	1,421	420	–	40,733	21,312
				8,227	6,378	3,724	1,411	380	–
Vancouver East	2	Template:LegendTemplate:Legend	Template:Legend	16,622	25,610	5,906	1,080	718	159	99,479	51,781
				16,379	25,580	5,828	999	598	–
Vancouver-Point Grey	3	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	24,273<ref group=a>Robert Bonner was previously an MLA for the district.</ref>	12,702	17,438	6,774	–	–	172,832	59,871
				23,950	12,158	15,107	6,453	–	–
				23,583	11,538	14,827	4,029	–	–
Victoria City	3	Template:LegendTemplate:Legend	Template:Legend	9,864	4,598	7,278	2,236	–	–	65,329	22,387
				8,855	4,516	6,083	1,959	–	–
				8,671	4,262	5,464	1,543	–	–

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See also

• List of British Columbia political parties

Further reading

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References

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