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1907 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1907 British Columbia general election
country	British Columbia
type	Parliamentary
vote_type	Popular
previous_election	1903 British Columbia general election
previous_year	1903
election_date
next_election	1909 British Columbia general election
next_year	1909
seats_for_election	42 seats to the 11th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
majority_seats	23
outgoing_members	10th Parliament of British Columbia
elected_members	11th Parliament of British Columbia
image1	File:Richard McBride (cropped).jpg
image1_size	100px
colour1	294296
nominee1
candidate1
leader1	Sir Richard McBride
party1
leader_since1	1903
leaders_seat1	Dewdney
seats_before1	22
seats1	26
seat_change1	4
popular_vote1	30,781
percentage1	48.70%
swing1	2.27pp
image2	LIB
colour2	A51B12
leader2	James Alexander MacDonald
party2
leader_since2	1903
leaders_seat2	Rossland City
seats_before2	17
seats2	13
seat_change2	4
popular_vote2	23,481
percentage2	37.15%
swing2	0.63pp
image3	SOC
colour3	FFD700
leader3	No leader
party3
seats_before3	2
seats3	3
seat_change3	1
popular_vote3	5,603
percentage3	8.87%
swing3	0.91pp
title	Premier
before_election	Sir Richard McBride
before_party
posttitle	Premier
after_election	Sir Richard McBride
after_party

The 1907 British Columbia general election was the eleventh general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election called on December 24, 1906, and held on February 2, 1907. The new legislature met for the first time on March 7, 1907.

The governing Conservative party won a second term in government, with almost half the popular vote, and a majority of the seats in the legislature, increasing its number of seats by 4 to 26.

The Liberal Party lost 4 seats in the legislature, despite winning about the same share of the popular vote that it had in the 1903 election.

The Socialist Party won one additional seat to bring its total to three.

Results

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1903 !1907 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) | 42 || 22 || 26 || 4 || 30,781 || 2,868 || 48.70% || 2.27 | 40 || 17 || 13 || 4 || 23,481 || 766 || 37.15% || 0.63 | 20 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 5,603 || 816 || 8.87% || 0.91 | 6 || 1 || – || 1 || 2,495 || 1,926 || 3.95% || 3.41 | 2 || – || – || – || 487 || 487 || 0.77% ||New | 1 || – || – || – || 211 || 211 || 0.33% ||New | 1 || – || – || – || 147 || 147 || 0.23% ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |112||42 ! " colspan="2"|42 ! " colspan="2"|63,205 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |}

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
			{{bartable	2.27
			{{bartable	-0.63
			{{bartable	0.91
			{{bartable	-3.41
			{{bartable	0.86

Results by riding

The following MLAs were elected:

Synopsis of results

Riding	Winning party	Votes	Name	1903	Party	Votes	Share	Margin
#	Margin
%	Con	Lib	Soc	C-Lab	Oth	Total
Alberni		Lib		Lib	236	48.86%	32	6.62%	204	236	43	–	–	483
Atlin		Con		Con	78	62.90%	32	25.80%	78	46	–	–	–	124
Chilliwhack		Lib		Lib	331	51.64%	21	3.28%	310	331	–	–	–	641
Columbia		Lib		Con	254	56.57%	59	13.14%	254	195	–	–	–	449
Comox		Con		Con	372	56.02%	80	12.04%	372	292	–	–	–	664
Cowichan		Lib		Con	123	53.95%	18	7.90%	123	105	–	–	–	228
Cranbrook		Lib		Lib	473	44.54%	95	8.95%	378	473	–	–	211	1,062
Delta		Lib		Lib	430	62.23%	169	24.46%	261	430	–	–	–	691
Dewdney		Con		Con	384	61.44%	143	22.88%	384	241	–	–	–	625
Esquimalt		Con		Lib	297	58.58%	87	17.16%	210	297	–	–	–	507
Fernie		Con		Con	350	49.93%	65	9.27%	350	66	285	–	–	701
Grand Forks		Con		Soc	323	43.77%	68	9.22%	255	160	323	–	–	738
Greenwood		Lib		Lib	217	37.22%	27	4.63%	190	217	176	–	–	583
The Islands		Lib		Con	179	49.31%	6	1.65%	179	173	11	–	–	363
Kamloops		Con		Con	534	54.88%	95	9.76%	534	439	–	–	–	973
Kaslo		Con		Con	233	55.21%	44	10.42%	233	189	–	–	–	422
Lillooet		Con		Lib	123	51.68%	8	3.36%	115	123	–	–	–	238
Nanaimo City		Soc		Soc	455	50.22%	165	18.21%	161	290	455	–	–	906
Nelson City		Con		Lib	314	43.67%	5	0.69%	309	314	96	–	–	719
Newcastle		Soc		Soc	259	46.67%	62	11.17%	99	197	259	–	–	555
New Westminster City		Con		Con	675	49.31%	128	9.35%	675	547	–	147	–	1,369
Okanagan		Con		Con	893	54.85%	250	15.35%	893	643	92	–	–	1,628
Revelstoke		Con		Con	440	54.79%	171	21.29%	440	269	94	–	–	803
Richmond		Con		Con	417	48.04%	14	1.61%	417	403	48	–	–	868
Rossland City		Lib		Lib	241	45.90%	55	10.47%	186	241	98	–	–	525
Saanich		Lib		Con	275	51.69%	18	3.38%	275	257	–	–	–	532
Similkameen		Con		Con	298	56.55%	98	18.60%	298	200	29	–	–	527
Skeena		Con		Lib	188	61.44%	70	22.88%	118	188	–	–	–	306
Slocan		Lab		Con	193	49.11%	74	18.83%	193	119	81	–	–	393
Yale		Lib		Lib	289	58.27%	82	16.54%	207	289	–	–	–	496
Ymir		Con		Con	325	45.71%	86	12.10%	325	239	–	–	147	711

: = open seat : = winning candidate was in previous Legislature : = incumbent had switched allegiance : = incumbency arose from byelection gain : = other incumbents renominated : = Independent Labour candidate

Party	Cariboo	Vancouver City	Victoria City	Votes	Share	Change		Votes	Share	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Total	654	100.00%	30,173	100.00%	12,548	100.00%	Seats won	Incumbents returned	1	4	–	Seat change	–	–
287	43.88%	-1.78%	15,503	51.38%	2.81%	5,965	47.54%	6.01%	367	56.12%	1.78%	10,956	36.31%	10.23%	4,474	35.66%	-17.37%	–	–	–	3,032	10.05%	0.91%	443	3.53%	-1.92%

Notes

References

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