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1912 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1912 British Columbia general election
country	British Columbia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1909 British Columbia general election
previous_year	1909
next_election	1916 British Columbia general election
next_year	1916
seats_for_election	42 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
majority_seats	22
election_date	March 28, 1912
image1	Richard McBride (cropped).jpg
image1_size	x100px
colour1
leader1	Sir Richard McBride
party1
leaders_seat1	Victoria City
last_election1	38
seats1	39
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	50,423
percentage1	59.65%
swing1	7.32pp
image2	SPC
colour2
leader2	none
party2
last_election2	2
seats2	1
seat_change2	1
popular_vote2	9,366
percentage2	11.08%
swing2	0.42pp
image4	SDP
colour4
leader4	none
party4
last_election4	Did not contest
seats4	1
seat_change4	1
popular_vote4	621
percentage4	0.74%
swing4	new
image5	Harlan Carey Brewster.jpg
image5_size	x160px
colour5
leader5	Harlan Carey Brewster
party5
last_election5	2
seats5	0
seat_change5	2
popular_vote5	21,443
percentage5	25.37%
swing5	7.84pp
title	Premier
before_election	Richard McBride
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	Richard McBride
after_party
outgoing_members	12th Parliament of British Columbia
elected_members	13th Parliament of British Columbia

The 1912 British Columbia general election was the thirteenth 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 February 27, 1912, and held on March 28, 1912. The new legislature met for the first time on January 16, 1913.

The governing Conservative Party increased its share of the popular vote to almost 60%, and swept all but 3 of the 42 seats in the legislature. Of the remaining three, one (Harold Ernest Forster in Columbia) was formally listed as an Independent but was a Conservative who had missed the filing date. He campaigned and sat in full support of the McBride government.

The Liberal Party's share of the vote fell from one-third to one-quarter, and it lost both of its seats in the legislature.

The remaining two seats were won by the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party in the coal-mining ridings of Nanaimo City and Newcastle.

Results

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1909 !1912 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) | 42 || 38 || 39 || 1 || 50,423 || 2,651 || 59.65% || 7.32 | 17 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 9,366 || 2,299 || 11.08% || 0.42 | 7 || – || 1 || 1 || 1,163 || 1,009 || 1.37% || 1.22 | 1 || – || 1 || 1 || 621 || 621 || 0.74% ||New | 19 || 2 || – || 2 || 21,433 || 12,242 || 25.37% || 7.84 | 2 || – || – || – || 1,513 || 1,112 || 1.79% || 0.80 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |88||42 ! " colspan="2"|42 ! " colspan="2"|84,529 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |}

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
			{{bartable	7.32
			{{bartable	-7.34
			{{bartable	-0.42
			{{bartable	0.44

Results by riding

The following MLAs were elected:

Synopsis of results

Riding	Winning party	Votes	Name	1909	Party	Votes	Share	Margin
#	Margin
%	Con	Lib	Soc	I-Con	SD	Total
Alberni		Lib		Con	acclaimed
Atlin		Con		Con	acclaimed
Chilliwhack		Con		Con	acclaimed
Columbia		Con		I-Con	282	51.74%	19	3.48%	263	–	–	282	–	545
Comox		Con		Con	694	66.16%	339	32.32%	694	–	355	–	–	1,049
Cowichan		Con		Con	441	80.04%	331	60.08%	441	110	–	–	–	551
Cranbrook		Con		Con	acclaimed
Delta		Con		Con	748	70.83%	440	41.66%	748	308	–	–	–	1,056
Dewdney		Con		Con	803	80.54%	609	61.08%	803	–	–	194	–	997
Esquimalt		Lib		Con	398	46.50%	212	24.77%	398	151	25	282The incumbent John Jardine received 96 votes	–	856
Fernie		Con		Con	1,067	58.31%	304	16.62%	1,067	–	763	–	–	1,830
Grand Forks		Con		Con	acclaimed
Greenwood		Con		Con	364	78.11%	262	56.22%	364	–	102	–	–	466
The Islands		Con		Con	345	75.66%	234	51.32%	345	–	–	111	–	456
Kamloops		Con		Con	931	70.11%	534	40.22%	931	397	–	–	–	1,328
Kaslo		Con		Con	acclaimed
Lillooet		Con		Con	200	71.17%	119	42.34%	200	81	–	–	–	281
Nanaimo City		Soc		SD	621	39.45%	43	2.73%	578	375	–	–	621	1,574
Nelson City		Con		Con	527	59.08%	339	38.00%	527	–	177	188	–	892
Newcastle		Soc		Soc	386	50.86%	13	1.72%	373	–	386	–	–	759
New Westminster City		Con		Con	1,004	72.28%	619	44.56%	1,004	385	–	–	–	1,389
Okanagan		Con		Con	1,388	82.37%	1,091	64.74%	1,388	–	297	–	–	1,685
Revelstoke		Con		Con	acclaimed
Richmond		Con		Con	acclaimed
Rossland City		Con		Con	336	56.09%	168	28.04%	336	168	95	–	–	599
Saanich		Con		Con	392	69.01%	216	38.02%	392	176	–	–	–	568
Similkameen		Con		Con	acclaimed
Skeena		Con		Con	940	51.00%	420	22.79%	940	520	277	106	–	1,843
Slocan		Con		Con	373	65.32%	175	30.64%	373	–	198	–	–	571
Yale		Con		Con	524	65.26%	245	30.52%	524	279	–	–	–	803
Ymir		Con		Con	1,024	79.69%	763	59.38%	1,024	–	261	–	–	1,285

: = open seat : = winning candidate was in previous Legislature : = incumbent had switched allegiance : = previously incumbent in another riding : = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature : = incumbency arose from byelection gain : = other incumbents renominated : = multiple candidates

Party	Cariboo	Vancouver City	Victoria City	Votes	Share	Change		Votes	Share	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Total	827	100.00%	46,285	100.00%	16,034	100.00%	Seats won	Incumbents returned	2	5	4	Seat change	–	–	–
645	77.99%	14.98%	25,338	54.74%	4.64%	10,727	66.90%	13.48%	182	22.01%	-14.98%	14,283	30.86%	-5.42%	4,028	25.12%	-6.57%	–	–	–	5,767	12.46%	-1.16%	663	4.13%	0.72%	–

Notes

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