British Columbia general election, 1920

The British Columbia general election of 1920 was the fifteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on October 23 1920, and held on December 1 1920. The new legislature met for the first time on February 8 1921.

Although it lost eleven seats in the legislature, and fell from 50% of the popular vote to under 38%, the governing Liberal Party was able to hold on to a slim majority in the legislature for its second consecutive term in government.

The Conservative Party also lost a significant share of its popular vote, but won six additional seats for a total of fifteen, and formed the official opposition.

Almost a third of the vote and seven seats were won by independents and by a wide variety of fringe parties.

Results

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

¹ Liberals: One member elected by acclamation. One candidate, J. Oliver, who contested and was elected in both Delta and Victoria City is counted twice.

² Includes Liberty League of B.C., Vancouver Ratepayers Association, and Women's Freedom League candidates.

³ Includes those candidates not directly nominated by, but supported by the Federated Labour Party.

⁴ Includes the Prince Rupert Labour candidate running on a Socialist Party platform.

⁵ Sometimes referred to as a triple alliance of "Farmer-Labour-Soldier" with Soldier-Farmer candidates running in rural Districts (five candidates, 3361 votes) and Soldier-Labour candidates running in urban ones (six candidates, 7419 votes).

⁶ Some GAUV candidates ran on a joint Soldier-Labour ticket.

Results by Riding

ee also

*List of British Columbia political parties

Further reading & references

*"In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia", Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC.

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Durant Motors

International Sugar Organization

Look at other dictionaries:

British Columbia general election, 2001 — 1996 ← May 16, 2001 → 2005 … Wikipedia

40th British Columbia general election — 2009 ← members On or before May 14, 2013 (2013 05 14 … Wikipedia

List of British Columbia general elections — Number of seats won by major parties at each election This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of British Columbia s unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.… … Wikipedia

British Columbia Conservative Party — Active provincial party Leader John Martin Cummins President … Wikipedia

British Columbia Liberal Party — Infobox Canada Political Party party name = British Columbia Liberal Party status = active class = prov party wikicolourid = Liberal party leader = Gordon Campbell president = Mickey Patryluk foundation = 1903 dissolution = ideology =… … Wikipedia

Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) — Infobox Canada Political Party party name = Socialist Party of British Columbia party wikicolourid = Socialist status = defunct class = prov party leader = president = foundation = 1901 (refounded 1932) dissolution = merges with other parties to… … Wikipedia

Election generale britanno-colombienne de 2001 — Élection générale britanno colombienne de 2001 L élection générale britanno colombienne de 2001 fut déclenchée le 18 avril 2001 et fut tenue le 16 mai afin d élire les députés de la 37e législature à l Assemblée législative de la Colombie… … Wikipédia en Français

Election generale britanno-colombienne de 1903 — Élection générale britanno colombienne de 1903 L élection britanno colombienne de 1903 est tenue le 3 octobre 1903 afin d élire à l Assemblée législative de la Colombie Britannique (Canada) les députés de la 10e législature. Il s agit de la 10e… … Wikipédia en Français

Election generale britanno-colombienne de 1996 — Élection générale britanno colombienne de 1996 L élection générale britanno colombienne de 1996 fut déclenchée le 30 avril et tenue le 28 mai 1996 afin d élire les députés de la 36e législature de l Assemblée législative de la Colombie… … Wikipédia en Français

Election generale britanno-colombienne de 1945 — Élection générale britanno colombienne de 1945 L élection générale britanno colombienne de 1945 fut déclenchée le 31 août 1945 et fut tenue le 25 octobre afin d élire les députés de la 21e législature à l Assemblée législative de la Colombie… … Wikipédia en Français

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

British Columbia general election, 1920

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Wikipedia

British Columbia general election, 1920

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link