1963 British Columbia general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1963 British Columbia general election was the 27th 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 22, 1963, and held on September 30, 1963. The new legislature met for the first time on January 23, 1964.

The conservative Social Credit Party of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fifth term in government. The party increased its share of the popular vote and number of seats in the legislature marginally.

The opposition New Democratic Party (formerly the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) had small losses both in popular vote and number of seats.

The Liberals won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of five.

The Progressive Conservative Party won no seats in the legislature increasing its share of the popular vote by four-and-half percentage points to over 11%.

Results

Template:Election table |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1960 !1963 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |W.A.C. Bennett | 52 || 32 || 33 || 1Template:Increase || 395,079 || 8,193Template:Increase || 40.83 || 2.00Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour<ref group=a>successor to the CCF</ref> |style="text-align:left;" |Bob Strachan | 52 || 16 || 14 || 2Template:Decrease || 269,004 || 57,090Template:Decrease || 27.80 || 4.93Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |Ray Perrault | 51 || 4 || 5 || 1Template:Increase || 193,363 || 14,886Template:Decrease || 19.98 || 0.92Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;" |Davie Fulton | 44 || – || – || – || 109,090 || 42,147Template:Increase || 11.27 || 4.55Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour | || 4 || – || – || – || 849 || 4,826Template:Decrease || 0.09 || 0.48Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour<ref group=a>Including one Socialist candidate in Saanich.</ref> | || 2 || – || – || – || 290 || 2,267Template:Decrease || 0.03 || 0.22Template:Decrease |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 205 | 52 ! colspan="2"| 52 ! colspan="2"|967,675 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballotsTemplate:Sfn | 6,132 ||3,730Template:Decrease | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who votedTemplate:Sfn | 608,672 ||23,359Template:Decrease | 69.71% || 2.13Template:Decrease |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered votersTemplate:Sfn | 873,140 ||1,127Template:Decrease | 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 - 1963 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)Template:Sfn

Riding	Winning party								Votes
Name	1960		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	Template:Abbr	NDP	Lib	PC	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Total
Alberni		CCF		NDP	4,249	48.14%	743	8.42%	3,506	4,249	–	1,071	–	–	8,826
Atlin		CCF		NDP	549	54.46%	241	23.90%	308	549	151	–	–	–	1,008
Cariboo		SC		SC	3,015	41.98%	1,464	20.38%	3,015	1,482	1,134	1,551	–	–	7,182
Chilliwack		SC		SC	10,031	58.44%	6,906	40.23%	10,031	3,125	2,252	1,757	–	–	17,165
Columbia		SC		SC	1,305	40.08%	213	6.54%	1,305	467	392	1,092	–	–	3,256
Comox		SC		SC	6,598	42.38%	360	2.32%	6,598	6,238	1,259	1,475	–	–	15,570
Cowichan-Newcastle		CCF		NDP	5,422	50.47%	1,846	17.18%	3,576	5,422	904	840	–	–	10,742
Cranbrook		CCF		NDP	2,563	39.09%	930	14.19%	1,633	2,563	835	1,526	–	–	6,557
Dewdney		CCF		NDP	11,625	41.95%	1,119	4.04%	10,506	11,625	4,051	1,532	–	–	27,714
Esquimalt		SC		SC	4,951	48.28%	2,145	20.92%	4,951	2,806	1,398	1,099	–	–	10,254
Fernie		Lib		Lib	1,226	41.67%	189	6.42%	679	1,037	1,226	–	–	–	2,942
Fort George		SC		SC	5,308	60.78%	3,583	41.03%	5,308	1,725	961	739	–	–	8,733
Grand Forks-Greenwood		CCF		NDP	919	38.45%	153	6.40%	705	919	766	–	–	–	2,390
Kamloops		SC		SC	5,669	47.17%	1,196	9.95%	5,669	1,297	580	4,473	–	–	12,019
Kaslo-Slocan		CCF		NDP	1,242	45.07%	149	5.41%	1,093	1,242	301	120	–	–	2,756
Lillooet		SC		SC	1,425	33.77%	309	7.32%	1,425	1,116	977	702	–	–	4,220
Mackenzie		CCF		NDP	4,323	41.61%	403	3.88%	3,920	4,323	2,147	–	–	–	10,390
Nanaimo and the Islands		SC		NDP	4,278	42.44%	19	0.18%	4,259	4,278	960	582	–	–	10,079
Nelson-Creston		SC		SC	4,047	44.65%	2,104	23.21%	4,047	1,943	1,600	1,474	–	–	9,064
New Westminster		CCF		NDP	5,035	37.57%	318	2.38%	4,717	5,035	2,335	1,316	–	–	13,403
North Okanagan		SC		SC	4,157	41.55%	2,081	20.80%	4,157	2,008	2,076	1,765	–	–	10,006
North Peace River		SC		SC	2,310	69.43%	1,707	51.31%	2,310	414	603	–	–	–	3,327
Oak Bay		Lib		Lib	4,457	42.77%	687	6.60%	3,770	469	4,457	1,726	–	–	10,422
Omineca		SC		SC	1,936	55.09%	1,157	32.92%	1,936	779	528	271	–	–	3,514
Prince Rupert		SC		SC	2,357	42.07%	439	7.84%	2,357	1,918	1,328	–	–	–	5,603
Revelstoke		CCF		SC	1,176	41.36%	105	3.69%	1,176	1,071	385	211	–	–	2,843
Rossland-Trail		SC		SC	5,474	51.02%	2,828	26.36%	5,474	2,646	1,139	1,470	–	–	10,729
Saanich		SC		SC	10,657	49.02%	5,879	27.04%	10,657	4,778	3,049	3,180	–	75	21,739
Salmon Arm		SC		SC	2,058	41.55%	413	8.34%	2,058	1,645	245	1,005	–	–	4,953
Similkameen		SC		SC	5,093	48.71%	2,457	23.50%	5,093	2,636	1,423	1,303	–	–	10,455
Skeena		SC		SC	2,963	50.23%	988	16.75%	2,963	1,975	961	–	–	–	5,899
South Okanagan		SC		SC	8,485	63.69%	5,997	45.01%	8,485	1,707	642	2,488	–	–	13,322
South Peace River		SC		SC	3,365	68.81%	2,540	51.94%	3,365	825	700	–	–	–	4,890
Yale		SC		NDP	1,697	37.13%	6	0.14%	1,691	1,697	599	584	–	–	4,571

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Template:Color box = winning candidate was in previous Legislature

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Template:Color box = other incumbents renominated

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Results by riding - 1963 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)Template:Sfn

Riding		Winning party		Votes							Voters who votedTemplate:Sfn
Name	MLAs	1960	1963	Template:Abbr	NDP	Lib	PC	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Total
Burnaby	2	Template:Legend	Template:LegendTemplate:Legend	14,650	14,750	5,472	2,343	–	–	73,598	41,669
				14,070	14,409	5,641	2,263	–	–
Delta	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	22,504	18,690	5,553	4,461	–	–	100,327	55,073
				22,067	17,661	5,342	4,049	–	–
North Vancouver	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	13,215	5,764	16,153	3,567	190	–	73,337	37,901
				11,883	5,409	14,068	3,088	–	–
Vancouver-Burrard	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	11,181	10,345	5,798		–	–	58,657	29,534
				10,612	8,998	5,291		–	–
Vancouver Centre	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	8,060	5,806	3,477	2,741	266	–	39,777	21,312
				7,594	5,538	3,467	2,588	240	–
Vancouver East	2	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	17,031	20,424	3,996	2,308	–	215	87,294	51,781
				16,867	20,292	3,901	2,260	–	–
Vancouver-Point Grey	3	Template:Legend	Template:LegendTemplate:Legend	23,172	8,663	25,592<ref group=a>Pat McGeer was elected in a 1962 byelection.</ref>	15,719	–	–	179,472	59,871
				20,962	8,072	17,641	7,643	–	–
				20,267	8,018	16,510	7,213	–	–
Victoria City	3	Template:Legend	Template:Legend	9,736	3,557	4,440	2,528	153	–	58,670	22,387
				9,347	3,324	4,355	2,282	–	–
				9,118	3,275	4,302	2,253	–	–

Template:Color box = winning candidate

See also

• List of British Columbia political parties

Further reading

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