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1920 British Columbia general election
Canadian provincial election
Canadian provincial election
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1920 British Columbia general election |
| country | British Columbia |
| type | parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| party_colour | no |
| party_name | no |
| previous_election | 1916 British Columbia general election |
| previous_year | 1916 |
| next_election | 1924 British Columbia general election |
| next_year | 1924 |
| seats_for_election | 47 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
| majority_seats | 24 |
| election_date | December 1, 1920 |
| image1 | JohnOliver (cropped).jpg |
| image1_size | x160px |
| colour1 | |
| leader1 | John Oliver |
| party1 | |
| leaders_seat1 | Victoria City |
| last_election1 | 36 |
| seats1 | 26 |
| seat_change1 | 10 |
| popular_vote1 | 134,167 |
| percentage1 | 37.89% |
| swing1 | 12.11pp |
| image2 | William John Bowser (cropped).jpg |
| image2_size | x160px |
| colour2 | |
| leader2 | William John Bowser |
| party2 | |
| leaders_seat2 | Vancouver City |
| last_election2 | 9 |
| seats2 | 14 |
| seat_change2 | 5 |
| popular_vote2 | 110,475 |
| percentage2 | 31.20% |
| swing2 | 9.32pp |
| image4 | FLP |
| colour4 | |
| party4 | Federated Labour |
| last_election4 | Did not contest |
| seats4 | 3 |
| seat_change4 | 3 |
| popular_vote4 | 32,230 |
| percentage4 | 9.10% |
| swing4 | new |
| image5 | PP |
| colour5 | |
| party5 | People's |
| last_election5 | Did not contest |
| seats5 | 1 |
| seat_change5 | 1 |
| popular_vote5 | 1,354 |
| percentage5 | 0.38% |
| swing5 | new |
| title | Premier |
| before_election | John Oliver |
| before_party | |
| posttitle | Premier after election |
| after_election | John Oliver |
| after_party | |
| outgoing_members | 14th Parliament of British Columbia |
| elected_members | 15th Parliament of British Columbia#Members of the 15th General Assembly |
The 1920 British Columbia general election 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.
This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office.
Results
|-
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party
! rowspan=2 | Party leader
! colspan=4 | MLAs
! colspan=4 | Votes
|-
! Candidates
!1920
!±
!#
! ±
!%
! ± (pp)
|-
|45 ||36 ||26 ||10 ||134,167 ||44,275 ||37.89 || 12.11
|42 ||9 ||14 ||5 ||110,475 ||37,633 ||31.20 ||9.32
|-
Includes candidates from the Liberty League of B.C. (2,466 votes), Vancouver Ratepayers Association (3,291 votes), and Women's Freedom League (4,166 votes).
|
|18 ||1 ||3 ||2 ||36,736 ||31,810 ||10.37 ||7.63
|-
Includes candidates not directly nominated, but supported by, the Federated Labour Party.
|
|14 ||– ||3 ||3 ||32,230 ||32,230 ||9.10 ||
|-
|
|1 ||– ||1 ||1 ||1,354 ||1,354 ||0.38 ||
|-
|
|1 ||1 ||– ||1 ||419 ||902 ||0.12 ||0.62
|-
Includes John Henry Burrough, a Labour candidate in Prince Rupert running on a Socialist Party platform.
|
|7 ||– ||– || ||12,386 ||10,280 ||3.50 ||2.33
|-
Soldier-Farmer candidates ran in rural Districts (five candidates, 3361 votes) and Soldier-Labour candidates ran in urban ones (six candidates, 7419 votes).
|
|11 ||– ||– ||– ||10,780 ||10,780 ||3.04 ||
|-
|
|2 ||– ||– ||– ||5,441 ||5,441 ||1,54 ||
|-
|
|3 ||– ||– || ||3,433 ||1,915 ||0.97 ||0.13
|-
|
|2 ||– ||– ||– ||3,178 ||3,178 ||0.90 ||
|-
|
|2 ||– ||– || ||1,602 ||1,412 ||0.45 ||1.23
|-
|
|2 ||– ||– ||– ||907 ||907 ||0.26 ||
|-
|
|3 ||– ||– ||– ||526 ||526 ||0.15 ||
|-
|
|1 ||– ||– ||– ||424 ||424 ||0.12 ||
|-
|
|1 ||– ||– || ||30 ||2,955 ||0.01 ||1.65
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total
| 155
| 47
! colspan="2"| 47
! colspan="2"|354,088
! colspan="2"| 100.00%
|}
| Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{bartable | -12.11 | |||
| {{bartable | -9.32 | |||
| {{bartable | 9.10 | |||
| {{bartable | 7.63 | |||
| /GUAV | {{bartable | 4.58 | ||
| {{bartable | 2.33 | |||
| {{bartable | -2.21 |
MLAs elected
Synopsis of results
| Riding | Winning party | Votes | Name | 1916 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Margin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| % | Lib | Con | FLP | PP | Soc | SolCandidates in Esquimalt, New Westminster and Saanich were Soldier-Labour; others were Soldier-Farmer | UF | I-Lib | I-Con | Ind | Oth | Total | ||||||||||
| Alberni | Lib | Ind | 841 | 43.94% | 166 | 8.67% | 398 | – | – | – | – | 675 | – | – | – | 841 | – | 1,914 | ||||
| Atlin | Lib | Lib | 390 | 36.69% | 90 | 8.47% | 390 | 229 | 300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 114 | 30 | 1,063 | ||||
| Cariboo | Lib | Lib | 561 | 61.65% | 212 | 28.30% | 561 | 349 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 910 | ||||
| Chilliwhack | Lib | Lib | 1,911 | 53.16% | 227 | 6.32% | 1,911 | 1,684 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,595 | ||||
| Columbia | Lib | Lib | 584 | 60.58% | 204 | 21.16% | 584 | 380 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 964 | ||||
| Comox | Lib | PP | 1,354 | 32.83% | 121 | 2.93% | 806 | 1,233 | – | 1,354 | – | – | – | 731 | – | – | – | 4,124 | ||||
| Cowichan | Ind | Ind | 1,145 | 52.60% | 113 | 5.20% | – | 1,032 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,145 | – | 2,177 | ||||
| Cranbrook | Lib | Lib | 941 | 50.98% | 36 | 1.96% | 941 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 905 | – | – | 1,846 | ||||
| Delta | Con | Lib | 1,334 | 37.50% | 218 | 6.13% | 1,334 | 1,116 | – | – | – | 1,107 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,557 | ||||
| Dewdney | Lib | Con | 1,535 | 45.45% | 166 | 4.91% | 1,369 | 1,535 | 473 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,377 | ||||
| Esquimalt | Con | Con | 1,158 | 49.87% | 473 | 20.37% | 685 | 1,158 | – | – | – | 479 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,322 | ||||
| Fernie | Lib | FLP | 932 | 38.37% | 158 | 6.51% | 723 | 774 | 932 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,429 | ||||
| Fort George | Con | Lib | 1,140 | 55.18% | 353 | 17.09% | 1,140 | 787 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 139 | 2,066 | ||||
| Grand Forks | Lib | Lib | 390 | 50.39% | 6 | 0.78% | 390 | 384 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 774 | ||||
| Greenwood | Lib | Lib | 392 | 49.06% | 100 | 12.51% | 392 | 292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 115 | 799 | ||||
| The Islands | Lib | Lib | 581 | 40.86% | 100 | 7.03% | 581 | 481 | – | – | – | 360 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,422 | ||||
| Kamloops | Lib | Lib | 1,617 | 37.43% | 209 | 4.84% | 1,617 | 1,295 | – | – | – | – | 1,408 | – | – | – | – | 4,320 | ||||
| Kaslo | Lib | Con | 760 | 50.53% | 16 | 1.06% | 744 | 760 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,504 | ||||
| Lillooet | Con | Con | 339 | 47.48% | 126 | 17.65% | 213 | 339 | – | – | – | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | 714 | ||||
| Nanaimo | Lib | Lib | 1,370 | 41.19% | 199 | 5.98% | 1,370 | 785 | 1,171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,326 | ||||
| Nelson | Con | Con | 1,232 | 61.75% | 469 | 23.50% | 763 | 1,232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,995 | ||||
| Newcastle | I-Soc | FLP | 704 | 42.00% | 280 | 16.7% | – | – | 704 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 972The incumbent James Hurst Hawthornthwaite (Ind-Soc), elected in a 1918 byelection, and formerly the Socialist MLA for Nanaimo City, came in third with 419 votes. | 1,676 | ||||
| New Westminster | Lib | Lib | 1,980 | 43.07% | 369 | 8.03% | 1,980 | 1,006 | – | – | – | 1,611 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,597 | ||||
| North Okanagan | Lib | Lib | 2,037 | 53.51% | 267 | 7.02% | 2,037 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,770 | – | – | – | – | 3,807 | ||||
| North Vancouver | Lib | Ind | 2,681 | 54.68% | 1,501 | 30.61% | 913 | 1,180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,810The incumbent George Samuel Hanes, formerly elected as a Liberal, was the winning candidate with 2,681 votes. His candidacy was endorsed by the local Liberal association and the Great War Veterans Association. | – | 4,903 | ||||
| Omineca | Lib | Lib | 630 | 60.87% | 357 | 34.49% | 630 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 132 | – | 1,035 | ||||
| Prince Rupert | Lib | Lib | 1,501 | 43.70% | 804 | 23.41% | 1,501 | 561 | – | – | 676 | – | – | – | 697 | – | – | 3,435 | ||||
| Revelstoke | Lib | Lib | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | Lib | Con | 2,863 | 37.89% | 151 | 2.00% | 2,712 | 2,863 | 1,499 | – | – | 272 | – | – | – | 210 | – | 7,556 | ||||
| Rossland | Lib | Con | 257 | 38.02% | 18 | 2.66% | 180 | 257 | 239 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 676 | ||||
| Saanich | Lib | Lib | 1,858 | 39.78% | 102 | 2.19% | 1,858 | 1,756 | – | – | – | 1,057 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,671 | ||||
| Similkameen | Con | Con | 1,354 | 51.72% | 90 | 3.44% | 1,264 | 1,354 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,618 | ||||
| Slocan | Lib | Con | 568 | 41.55% | 97 | 7.09% | 471 | 568 | 328 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,367 | ||||
| South Okanagan | Con | Con | 1,882 | 56.77% | 449 | 13.54% | 1,433 | 1,882 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,315 | ||||
| South Vancouver | Lib | FLP | 3,255 | 37.75% | 811 | 9.41% | 1,969 | 2,444 | 3,255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 955 | – | 8,623 | ||||
| Trail | Con | Con | 1,315 | 60.80% | 467 | 21.60% | 848 | 1,315 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,163 | ||||
| Yale | Lib | Con | 913 | 39.58% | 176 | 7.63% | 737 | 913 | – | – | – | – | – | 657 | – | – | – | 2,307 |
: = 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 : = candidate repudiated by local association : = multiple candidates
| Party | Vancouver City | Victoria City | Votes | Share | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Total | 202,205 | 100.00% | 53,936 | 100.00% | Seats won | Incumbents returned | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78,789 | 38.96% | -10.42% | 19,933 | 36.96% | -14.33% | 60,570 | 29.95% | -10.85% | 17,688 | 32.79% | -4.11% | 22,117 | 10.97% | New |
References
- [https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/womenVote Women's Right to Vote in Canada]
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