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British Columbia general election, 1945
The 21st general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on August 31, 1945, and held on October 25, 1945. The new legislature met for the first time on February 21, 1946.
A centre-right coalition was formed by the Liberal and Conservative parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
Although the Coalition won fewer votes than the Liberal and Conservative parties won in total in the previous election, the Coalition still won over half of the votes, and was able to form a majority government.
| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous | After | % Change | # | % | Change | ||||
| Liberal | Coalition (1) | Byron Ingemar Johnson | 47 | 33 | 37 | +12.1% | 261,147 | 55.83 | -8.02% |
| Progressive Conservative | |||||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harold Winch | 48 | 14 | 10 | -28.6% | 175,960 | 37.62% | +4.26% | |
| Labour | Tom Uphill | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1,289 | 0.28% | -1.29% | |
| Labour Progressive | 21 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. | 16,479 | 3.52% | n.a. | ||
| Social Credit (alliance)(4) | 16 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. | 6,627 | 1.42% | n.a. | ||
| People's CCF | 2 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. | 2,786 | 0.60% | n.a. | ||
| Independent (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1,532 | 0.33% | -0.03% | |||
| Ind. Progressive Conservative (3) | 2 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. | 748 | 0.16% | n.a. | ||
| Democratic | 1 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. | 423 | 0.09% | n.a. | ||
| Socialist Labour | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 285 | 0.06% | -0.09% | ||
| Independent Liberal | 1 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. | 199 | 0.04% | n.a. | ||
| Independent Labour | 1 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. | 106 | 0.02% | n.a. | ||
| Socialist | 1 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. | 105 | 0.02% | n.a. | ||
| Progressive Liberal | 1 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. | 61 | 0.01% | n.a. | ||
| Total | 147 | 48 | 48 | - | 467,747 | 100% | - | ||
| Sources: Elections BC | |||||||||
Notes:
(1) Compared to Liberal + Conservative total from previous election
(2) Thomas Dufferin Pattullo (Prince Rupert), former premier and Liberal Party leader, ran as an Independent, and is included as such.
(3) Includes L.H. MacQueen (Saanich), classified as an Independent PC since the Progressive Conservative Party, formerly the Conservative Party, was officially running as part of the Coalition and did not consider MacQueen as a legitimate party candidate.
(4) Various groups joined forces under the Social Credit name to contest the election.
n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election
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Preceded by: | List of British Columbia elections |
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