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1909 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1909 British Columbia general election
popular_vote1	53,074
previous_election	1907 British Columbia general election
previous_year	1907
next_election	1912 British Columbia general election
next_year	1912
country	British Columbia
leader1	Sir Richard McBride
leader2	John Oliver
last_election1	26 seats, 48.70%
last_election3	3 seats, 8.87%
seat_change2	11
last_election2	13 seats, 37.15%
popular_vote3	11,665
popular_vote2	33,675
percentage1	52.33%
percentage2	33.21%
percentage3	11.50%
swing1	3.63pp
swing2	3.94pp
swing3	2.63pp
seat_change1	12
seat_change3	1
ongoing	No
type	parliamentary
party3
image2	[[File:JohnOliver.jpg	x100px]]
leader3	No leader
seats1	38
seats2	2
seats3	2
leaders_seat1	Victoria City
Yale
leaders_seat2	*Ran in Delta (lost)
Victoria City (lost)*
party1
party2
colour1
colour3
image1	[[File:Richard McBride (cropped).jpg	x100px]]
colour2
title	Premier
posttitle	Premier after election
seats_for_election	42 seats to the 12th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
elected_members	12th Parliament of British Columbia#Members of the 12th General Assembly
outgoing_members	11th Parliament of British Columbia#Members of the 11th General Assembly
election_date	November 25, 1909
before_election	Richard McBride
after_election	Richard McBride
after_party
image3	SPC
before_party

Yale Victoria City (lost)*

22 seats were needed for a majority

The governing Conservative Party won its third consecutive term in government with over half of the popular vote and all but four of the 42 seats in the legislature, effectively a rout for the popular incumbent Premier, Sir Richard McBride.

Ten days after the dissolution of the Legislature, James Alexander MacDonald announced his retirement from the leadership of the Liberal Party to become Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court, and John Oliver was selected to take his place. Despite winning almost one-third of the popular vote, the Liberals won only two seats, the same number won by the Socialist Party with only 11.5% of the vote.

The first-past-the-post allocation of seats, combined with the multi-member constituencies in effect at the time, ensured that the Conservatives won with a lead of 34 seats, instead of only a lead of two seats that its proportion of the popular vote should have granted it.

Two candidates campaigned in multiple ridings. McBride won in both Yale and Victoria City, while Oliver was defeated in Delta and Victoria City.

Results

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1907 !1909 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) | 42 || 26 || 38 || 12 || 53,074 || 22,293 || 52.33% || 3.63 | 36 || 13 || 2 || 11 || 33,675 || 10,194 || 33.21% || 3.94 | 20 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 11,665 || 6,062 || 11.50% || 2.63 | 3 || – || – || – || 2,625 || 2,478 || 2.59% || 2.36 | 1 || – || – || – || 165 || 2,330 || 0.16% || 3.79 | 1 || – || – || – || 154 || 154 || 0.15% ||New | 1 || – || – || – || 57 || 430 || 0.06% || 0.71 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |104||42 ! " colspan="2"|42 ! " colspan="2"|101,415 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |}

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
			{{bartable	3.63
			{{bartable	-3.94
			{{bartable	2.63
			{{bartable	-3.79
			{{bartable	1.47

Results by riding

The following MLAs were elected:

Synopsis of results

Riding	Winning party	Votes	Name	1907	Party	Votes	Share	Margin
#	Margin
%	Con	Lib	Soc	Ind	Oth	Total
Alberni		Lib		Lib	293	53.37%	37	6.74%	256	293	–	–	–	549
Atlin		Con		Con	107	62.21%	42	24.42%	107	65	–	–	–	172
Chilliwhack		Lib		Con	604	54.07%	91	8.14%	604	513	–	–	–	1,117
Columbia		Con		Con	262	51.68%	17	3.36%	262	245	–	–	–	507
Comox		Con		Con	451	45.88%	245	24.92%	451	172	206	–	154	983
Cowichan		Con		Con	365	67.59%	190	35.18%	365	175	–	–	–	540
Cranbrook		Lib		Con	761	54.16%	260	18.50%	761	501	143	–	–	1,405
Delta		Lib		Con	765	58.13%	214	16.26%	765	551	–	–	–	1,316
Dewdney		Con		Con	625	67.42%	323	34.84%	625	302	–	–	–	927
Esquimalt		Lib		Lib	436	54.64%	74	9.28%	362	436	–	–	–	798
Fernie		Con		Con	795	43.00%	146	7.90%	795	405	649	–	–	1,849
Grand Forks		Soc		Con	516	51.60%	182	18.20%	516	150	334	–	–	1,000
Greenwood		Lib		Con	260	42.07%	56	9.06%	260	154	204	–	–	618
The Islands		Con		Con	270	56.60%	63	13.20%	270	207	–	–	–	477
Kamloops		Con		Con	872	64.40%	390	28.80%	872	482	–	–	–	1,354
Kaslo		Con		Con	293	68.62%	159	37.24%	293	134	–	–	–	427
Lillooet		Lib		Con	167	58.80%	50	17.60%	167	117	–	–	–	284
Nanaimo City		Soc		Soc	786	62.88%	322	25.76%	464	–	786	–	–	1,250
Nelson City		Lib		Con	565	54.54%	242	23.36%	565	323	148	–	–	1,036
Newcastle		Soc		Soc	379	52.64%	105	14.58%	274	–	379	67	–	720
New Westminster City		Con		Con	881	52.98%	264	25.88%	881	617	–	–	165	1,663
Okanagan		Con		Con	1,538	62.34%	797	32.30%	1,538	741	188	–	–	2,467
Revelstoke		Con		Con	758	62.18%	418	34.29%	758	–	121	340	–	1,219
Richmond		Con		Con	918	57.92%	251	15.84%	918	667	–	–	–	1,585
Rossland City		Lib		Con	237	38.60%	20	3.26%	237	217	160	–	–	614
Saanich		Con		Con	412	57.62%	109	15.24%	412	303	–	–	–	715
Similkameen		Con		Con	440	68.22%	235	36.44%	440	205	–	–	–	645
Skeena		Lib		Con	822	60.35%	445	32.67%	822	377	163	–	–	1,362
Slocan		Con		Con	309	57.43%		%	309	–	172	–	57	538
Yale		Lib		Con	455	63.19%	190	26.38%	455	265	–	–	–	720
Ymir		Con		Con	699	65.63%	333	31.26%	699	–	366	–	–	1,065

: = open seat : = turnout is above provincial average : = winning candidate was in previous Legislature : = incumbent had switched allegiance : = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature : = incumbency arose from byelection gain : = other incumbents renominated : = endorsed by the Liberals : = multiple candidates

Party	Cariboo	Vancouver City	Victoria City	Votes	Share	Change		Votes	Share	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Total	857	100.00%	51,316	100.00%	19,320	100.00%	Seats won	Incumbents returned	–	3	4	Seat change	–	–
540	63.01%	19.13%	25,710	50.10%	-1.28%	10,321	53.42%	5.88%	317	36.99%	-19.13%	18,619	36.28%	-0.03%	6,122	31.69%	-3.97%	–	–	–	6,987	13.62%	3.57%	659	3.41%	-0.12%

Notes

References

Hooper, R.H.. (September 29, 1915). "Proportional Representation". [[Grain Growers Guide]].

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