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1986 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1986 British Columbia general election
country	British Columbia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1983 British Columbia general election
previous_year	1983
next_election	1991 British Columbia general election
next_year	1991
seats_for_election	69 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
35 seats were needed for a majority
election_date	October 22, 1986
outgoing_members	33rd Parliament of British Columbia
elected_members	34th Parliament of British Columbia
turnout	65.8% 4.7 pp
image1	SC
colour1
leader1	Bill Vander Zalm
leader_since1	1986
party1
leaders_seat1	Richmond
last_election1	35
seats1	47
seat_change1	12
popular_vote1	954,516
percentage1	49.32
swing1	0.44
image2	Bob Skelly, 1985.jpg
colour2
leader2	Bob Skelly
leader_since2	1984
party2
leaders_seat2	Alberni
last_election2	22
seats2	22
seat_change2
popular_vote2	824,544
percentage2	42.60
swing2	2.34
image3	[[File:ArthurJLee.png	150x150px]]
colour3
leader3	Art Lee
leader_since3	1984
party3
leaders_seat3	Ran in Vancouver-Little Mountain (lost)
last_election3	0
seats3	0
seat_change3
popular_vote3	130,505
percentage3	6.74
swing3	4.05
map_image	File:1986 British Columbia General Election.png
map_size	400px
map_caption	Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
title	Premier
before_election	Bill Vander Zalm
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	Bill Vander Zalm
after_party

35 seats were needed for a majority 1,366,193 voted.

The 1986 British Columbia general election was the 34th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The sitting Social Credit government was re-elected.

The election was called on September 24, 1986. The election was held on October 22, 1986, and the new legislature met for the first time on March 9, 1987.

The governing British Columbia Social Credit Party (Socreds) had seen a leadership change just months before the election, with Bill Bennett standing down in favour of Bill Vander Zalm. Promising a fresh start after the Bennett years, Vander Zalm led the Socreds to a fourth consecutive majority government, although with winning less than half of the popular vote. 12 new seats had been created in the legislature for this election. Social Credit coincidentally won 12 additional seats, while the social democratic New Democratic Party, led by Bob Skelly, won the same number it had in the previous election. No other parties won seats. In fact the two leading parties together - SC and NDP - took more than 90 percent of the votes.

In addition to 35 single member districts, there were 17 two-member constituencies in this election. Voters in these places were allowed two votes (Block Voting), and generally used them both on the same party, with the largest group (even if not a majority) taking both seats.

Only one district elected both a SC and a NDP MLA. This was Vancouver-Point Grey where two women, an NDP member and a Socred (Kim Campbell, later a Canadian prime minister), were elected.

All other districts elected either two Socreds (12 districts) or two NDP members (four districts), with no representation given to the minority vote in the district. That helped ensure the government's capture of the most seats.

It was the last election to be held with multi-member districts since BC moved to all single-member districts prior to the next election.

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Last day
of survey	Source	BCSC	BCNDP	BCLP	PCBC	Other	ME	Sample	BC	Social Credit}};" data-sort-type="number"	BC	NDP}};" data-sort-type="number"	BC	Liberal}};" data-sort-type="number"	BC	PC}};" data-sort-type="number"	CA	Indépendant}};" data-sort-type="number"
Election 1986	October 22, 1986		49.32	42.60	6.74	0.73	0.61
United Communications Research	October 1986	title=NDP edges closer to Socreds in polls	date=October 11, 1986	page=A13	work=The Ottawa Citizen}}	48	30	6	4
United Communications Research	September 1986		50	29	6	3
[Election 1983](1983-british-columbia-general-election)	May 5, 1983		49.76	44.94	2.69	1.16	1.45

Results

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References

"B.C. Voter Participation: 1983 to 2013". [[Elections BC]].
(October 11, 1986). "NDP edges closer to Socreds in polls". The Ottawa Citizen.
"Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986 Part One 34th General Election 1986".

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