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1996 British Columbia general election
Canadian provincial election
Canadian provincial election
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1996 British Columbia general election | |
| country | British Columbia | |
| type | parliamentary | |
| ongoing | no | |
| party_colour | no | |
| party_name | no | |
| previous_election | 1991 British Columbia general election | |
| previous_year | 1991 | |
| next_election | 2001 British Columbia general election | |
| next_year | 2001 | |
| seats_for_election | 75 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | |
| 38 seats were needed for a majority | ||
| election_date | May 28, 1996 | |
| outgoing_members | 35th Parliament of British Columbia | |
| elected_members | 36th Parliament of British Columbia | |
| turnout | 59.11% 4.92 pp | |
| image1 | [[File:Glen Clark 2011 NDP convention crop.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour1 | ||
| leader1 | Glen Clark | |
| leader_since1 | February 18, 1996 | |
| party1 | ||
| leaders_seat1 | Vancouver Kingsway | |
| last_election1 | 51 seats | |
| seats1 | 39 | |
| seat_change1 | 12 | |
| popular_vote1 | 624,395 | |
| percentage1 | 39.45% | |
| swing1 | 1.26 | |
| image2 | [[File:Gordon Campbell 2.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour2 | ||
| leader2 | Gordon Campbell | |
| leader_since2 | September 11, 1993 | |
| party2 | ||
| leaders_seat2 | Vancouver-Point Grey | |
| last_election2 | 17 seats | |
| seats2 | 33 | |
| seat_change2 | 16 | |
| popular_vote2 | 661,929 | |
| percentage2 | 41.82% | |
| swing2 | 8.58 | |
| image4 | **Ref** | |
| colour4 | ||
| leader4 | Jack Weisgerber | |
| leader_since4 | January 15, 1995 | |
| party4 | ||
| leaders_seat4 | Peace River South | |
| last_election4 | 0 seats | |
| seats4 | 2 | |
| seat_change4 | 2 | |
| popular_vote4 | 146,734 | |
| percentage4 | 9.27% | |
| swing4 | 9.09 | |
| image5 | **PDA** | |
| colour5 | ||
| leader5 | Gordon Wilson | |
| leader_since5 | December 5, 1993 | |
| party5 | ||
| leaders_seat5 | Powell River-Sunshine Coast | |
| last_election5 | *pre-creation* | |
| seats5 | 1 | |
| seat_change5 | 1 | |
| popular_vote5 | 90,797 | |
| percentage5 | 5.74% | |
| swing5 | 5.74 | |
| title | Premier | |
| before_election | Glen Clark | |
| before_party | ||
| posttitle | Premier after election | |
| after_election | Glen Clark | |
| after_party |
38 seats were needed for a majority
The 1996 British Columbia general election was the 36th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 30, 1996, and held on May 28, 1996. Voter turnout was 59.1 per cent of all eligible voters.
New Democratic Party leader and provincial premier Mike Harcourt had resigned as the result of a fundraising scandal involving one of the members of his caucus. Glen Clark was chosen by the party to replace Harcourt. While polling prior to Harcourt's resignation had shown the NDP to be on-track for a landslide defeat, Clark was able to turn their fortunes around and led the party to a second majority government, defeating the Liberal Party of Gordon Campbell, who had become leader of the Liberal Party after Gordon Wilson had been forced out of the position because of his relationship with another Liberal member of the legislature, Judi Tyabji.
After Wilson was defeated by Campbell in the convention to choose a new leader, he and Tyabji left the Liberal Party to establish the Progressive Democratic Alliance. Wilson was able to win re-election, but Tyabji was not, who went down to defeat with all of the other candidates fielded by the new party.
The once-dominant Social Credit Party collapsed. It elected Grace McCarthy as its leader in 1993, but she was unable to make a bid to get into the legislature until 1994, when she lost a by-election in the longtime Socred stronghold of Matsqui. Soon afterward, four of its remaining six members defected to Reform BC, leaving Social Credit without official status in the legislature. One more seat was lost in a by-election, reducing the party's representation to one MLA, Cliff Serwa. Serwa retired before the election, however, leaving the party with no incumbents. Party leader Larry Gillanders withdrew from the race while the campaign was in progress, saying that all right-wing parties should unite to topple the ruling NDP. The Socreds won only 0.4% of the vote and were completely shut out of the legislature. While the party still nominally existed until 2023 (with a hiatus from 2013 to 2016), it never elected another MLA.
Reform BC held on to two of its four seats.
Although the Liberals won the largest share of the popular vote, most of their votes were wasted in the outer regions of the province, and it won only 8 seats in the Vancouver area. Additionally, they suffered from vote-splitting with Reform, the Progressive Democrats, and what little remained of the Socreds. These factors allowed the NDP to win 6 more seats than the opposition Liberals, eking out a majority government. This was the last election to return an NDP majority until 2020, 24 years later.
This was also the first provincial election held in BC since the voting age was lowered from 19 to 18 in 1992.
Opinion polls
| Polling firm | Last day | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| of survey | Source | BCNDP | BCLP | RPBC | PDA | BCSC | Other | ME | Sample | BC | NDP}};" data-sort-type="number" | BC | Liberal}};" data-sort-type="number" | BC | Reform}};" data-sort-type="number" | BC | PDA}};" data-sort-type="number" | BC | Social Credit}};" data-sort-type="number" | CA | Indépendant}};" data-sort-type="number" | ||||||
| *Election 1996* | May 28, 1996 | 39.45 | **41.82** | 9.27 | 5.74 | 0.40 | 3.32 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| McIntyre & Mustel | May 23, 1996 | **43.3** | 40.9 | 9.9 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid | May 14, 1996 | 40 | **41** | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| McIntyre & Mustel | May 11, 1996 | **45** | 35.4 | 14.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid | title=B.C. NDP, Liberals in dead heat poll shows | date=May 16, 1996 | page=A9 | work=The Gazette}} | **45** | 33 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| McIntyre & Mustel | May 1, 1996 | {{cite news | last=McInnes | first=Craig | title=NDP climbs into lead in B.C. poll Support for opposition drops as new Premier pulls party past early-favourite Liberals | page=A8 | work=The Globe and Mail}} | **44** | 36 | 16 | 1.6 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||
| **Election called (April 30, 1996)** |
| Polling firm | Last day | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| of survey | Source | BCNDP | BCLP | RPBC | PDA | BCSC | Other | ME | Sample | BC | NDP}};" data-sort-type="number" | BC | Liberal}};" data-sort-type="number" | BC | Reform}};" data-sort-type="number" | BC | PDA}};" data-sort-type="number" | BC | Social Credit}};" data-sort-type="number" | CA | Indépendant}};" data-sort-type="number" | ||||||
| Marktrend | April 14, 1996 | {{cite news | last=Hauka | first=Don | title=Poll surge heartens NDP: Premier urged to drop writ as voters sour on Liberals | page=A5 | work=The Province}} | **38** | 32 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid | March 12, 1996 | **40** | 38 | 16 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| McIntyre & Mustel | March 1996 | last=McInnes | first=Craig | title=NDP climbs into lead in B.C. poll: Support for opposition drops as new Premier pulls party past early-favourite Liberals | date=May 3, 1996 | page=A8 | work=The Globe and Mail}} | **38** | **38** | 20 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| MarkTrend | February 23, 1996 | 29 | **38** | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Viewpoints | January 17, 1996 | title=New poll shows NDP closing gap on Grits | date=January 24, 1996 | work=The Times Colonist | page=A4, 1}} | 34.9 | **40.6** | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| MarkTrend | January 1996 | 28 | **37** | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| **Glen Clark becomes leader of the NDP and Premier (February 22, 1996)** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid | December 12, 1995 | 35 | **40** | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| **Mike Harcourt announces resignation as Premier and leader of the NDP (November 15, 1995)** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid | November 8, 1995 | 24 | **49** | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| McIntyre & Mustel | March 1995 | {{cite news | title=Poll rains on hopes of NDP in B.C. Liberals get twice the backing no matter who takes over | page=N4 | work=The Globe and Mail}} | 28 | **47** | 21 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| **Jack Weisgerber becomes leader of the BC Reform Party (January 15, 1995)** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MarkTrend | December 1994 | 25 | **41** | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| McIntyre & Mustel | December 1994 | 31 | **42** | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Viewpoints | November 1994 | 30 | **42** | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| McIntyre & Mustel | September 1994 | 25 | **41** | 26 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid | September 1994 | 30 | **44** | 19 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| McIntyre & Mustel | June 5, 1994 | 21 | **39** | 28 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Viewpoints | June 1994 | title=Two polls put B.C. Liberals on top | page=1 | work=Times Colonist}} | 30 | **39** | 24 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marktrend | June 1994 | 23 | **38** | 34 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid | March 1994 | 25 | **53** | 7 | 0.4{{cite news | last=Hunter | first=Justine | title=Harcourt's popularity on rise, poll says: Liberals still first with voters, Reform party shows gains | page=A3 | work=The Vancouver Sun}} | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| March 1994 | {{cite news | last=Cernetig | first=Miro | title=Socreds' collapse creates a political vacuum | page=A4 | work=The Globe and Mail}} | 25 | **38** | 21 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid | December 1993 | {{cite news | last=Leyne | first=Les | title=B.C. Liberals keep big lead in Reid poll | page=1 | work=Times Colonist}} | 21 | **47** | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| McIntyre & Mustel | December 1993 | last1=McLintock | first1=Barbara | last2=Colebourn | first2=John | title=Campbell's Grits No. 1: NDP, Socreds eat Liberals' dust | page=A6 | work=The Province}} | 20 | **49** | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| **PDA founded (December 5, 1993)** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid | September 1993 | last=Hunter | first=Justine | title=Socred support plummets to only 14%, Reid poll shows | page=A6 | work=The Vancouver Sun}} | 26 | **48** | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| **Gordon Campbell becomes leader of the BC Liberals (September 11, 1993)** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McIntyre & Mustel | September 1993 | {{cite news | last=McLintock | first=Barbara | title=We like Gordon Campbell best, for now: Poll | page=A5 | work=The Province}} | 27 | **50** | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid | June 1993 | 27 | **42** | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid | March 10, 1993 | last=Baldrey | first=Keith | title=B.C. Liberals dive in poll: Leader thought taking party down with him | page=A1 | work=The Vancouver Sun}} | **42** | 32 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid | November 1992 | 31 | **47** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid-Southam News | August 31, 1992 | last=O'Neil | first=Peter | title=Honeymoon over – or blip in poll | page=A4 | work=The Vancouver Sun}} | 33 | **46** | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Reid-Southam News | July 1992 | **48** | 32 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| *[Election 1991](1991-british-columbia-general-election)* | October 17, 1991 | **40.71** | 33.25 | 0.18 | - | 24.27 | 1.59 |
Results
| Party | Leader | Candidates | Votes | Seats | # | ± | % | Change (pp) | [1991](1991-british-columbia-general-election) | 1996 | ± | 1,582,704 | 100.00% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Clark | 75 | 624,395 | 29,004 | 39.45 | {{bartable | -1.26 | −2 | 1em | background:red}} | 51 | 12 | Gordon Campbell | 75 | 661,929 | 175,721 | |
| **Total** | 513 | |||||||||||||||
| Rejected ballots | 9,951 | 20,782 | ||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 1,592,655 | 99,455 | 71.50% | 3.57 | ||||||||||||
| Registered voters | 2,227,424 | 238,370 |
Vote and seat summaries
|File:Ternary BC1991.svg |1991 |File:Ternary BC1996.svg |1996
MLAs elected
Synopsis of results
Main article: Results of the 1996 British Columbia general election by riding
| Riding | Winning party | Turnout | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| including spoilt ballots | Votesparties receiving more than 1% of the popular vote, or fielding candidates in at least half of the constituencies, are listed separately. Family Coalition is also shown separately, as it received more votes than Natural Law while fielding fewer candidates. | Name | **[1991](1991-british-columbia-general-election)** | Party | Votes | Share | Margin | |||||||||||||||
| # | Margin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| % | NDP | Lib | Ref | PD | Grn | SC | FCP | NLP | Ind | Oth | Total | |||||||||||
| Abbotsford | SC | Lib | 10,998 | 50.24% | 5,593 | 25.55% | 69.25% | 5,405 | 10,998 | 4,086 | 1,126 | 274 | – | – | – | – | – | 21,889 | ||||
| Alberni | NDP | NDP | 7,398 | 52.01% | 2,299 | 16.16% | 73.32% | 7,398 | 5,099 | 823 | 578 | 195 | – | – | 58 | – | 72 | 14,223 | ||||
| Bulkley Valley-Stikine | NDP | NDP | 4,779 | 37.02% | 1,053 | 8.16% | 71.05% | 4,779 | 3,726 | 3,473 | 624 | 151 | 155 | – | – | – | – | 12,908 | ||||
| Burnaby-Edmonds | NDP | NDP | 9,912 | 46.45% | 1,142 | 5.35% | 70.63% | 9,912 | 8,770 | 1,008 | 1,067 | 387 | 120 | – | 77 | – | – | 21,341 | ||||
| Burnaby North | NDP | NDP | 8,926 | 45.47% | 766 | 3.90% | 72.70% | 8,926 | 8,160 | 1,081 | 976 | 395 | – | – | 62 | – | 31 | 19,631 | ||||
| Burnaby-Willingdon | NDP | NDP | 10,501 | 45.54% | 823 | 3.57% | 71.73% | 10,501 | 9,678 | 999 | 1,161 | 458 | – | – | 74 | – | 190 | 23,061 | ||||
| Cariboo North | NDP | Lib | 5,533 | 40.87% | 353 | 2.61% | 70.05% | 5,180 | 5,533 | 2,561 | – | 168 | – | – | – | – | 97 | 13,539 | ||||
| Cariboo South | NDP | NDP | 6,372 | 41.45% | 322 | 2.09% | 70.88% | 6,372 | 6,050 | 2,684 | – | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | 15,373 | ||||
| Chilliwack | Lib | Lib | 9,273 | 37.90% | 3,284 | 13.42% | 68.57% | 5,989 | 9,273 | 3,237 | – | 232 | – | – | – | 5,736 | – | 24,467 | ||||
| Columbia River-Revelstoke | NDP | NDP | 6,264 | 42.52% | 1,092 | 7.41% | 71.04% | 6,264 | 5,172 | 2,687 | 282 | 270 | – | – | 58 | – | – | 14,733 | ||||
| Comox Valley | NDP | NDP | 13,230 | 42.76% | 2,509 | 8.11% | 72.86% | 13,230 | 10,721 | 3,451 | 1,039 | 1,296 | – | 398 | – | 804 | – | 30,939 | ||||
| Coquitlam-Maillardville | NDP | NDP | 10,812 | 45.91% | 1,372 | 5.83% | 72.33% | 10,812 | 9,440 | 1,434 | 1,289 | – | 133 | – | 123 | – | 320 | 23,551 | ||||
| Cowichan-Ladysmith | NDP | NDP | 12,249 | 49.85% | 4,466 | 18.18% | 73.97% | 12,249 | 7,783 | 2,434 | 1,459 | 645 | – | – | – | – | – | 24,570 | ||||
| Delta North | NDP | Lib | 9,305 | 45.50% | 648 | 3.17% | 74.88% | 8,657 | 9,305 | 755 | 1,385 | 347 | – | – | – | – | – | 20,449 | ||||
| Delta South | Lib | Lib | 13,415 | 58.78% | 7,431 | 32.56% | 74.55% | 5,984 | 13,415 | 1,371 | 1,215 | 333 | 200 | 304 | – | – | – | 22,822 | ||||
| Esquimalt-Metchosin | NDP | NDP | 13,833 | 59.54% | 7,063 | 30.40% | 68.16% | 13,833 | 6,770 | 1,179 | 921 | 376 | – | – | 60 | 58 | 35 | 23,232 | ||||
| Fort Langley-Aldergrove | Lib | Lib | 12,005 | 47.30% | 4,636 | 18.26% | 76.09% | 7,369 | 12,005 | 3,484 | 1,737 | 472 | – | 316 | – | – | – | 25,383 | ||||
| Kamloops | NDP | NDP | 10,135 | 44.30% | 862 | 3.77% | 69.56% | 10,135 | 9,273 | 1,721 | 1,241 | – | 508 | – | – | – | – | 22,878 | ||||
| Kamloops-North Thompson | NDP | Lib | 7,313 | 43.43% | 368 | 2.19% | 72.65% | 6,945 | 7,313 | 1,710 | – | 401 | 468 | – | – | – | – | 16,837 | ||||
| Kootenay | NDP | NDP | 6,398 | 38.59% | 511 | 3.08% | 68.15% | 6,398 | 5,887 | 3,718 | – | 363 | – | – | – | 215 | – | 16,581 | ||||
| Langley | Lib | Lib | 9,277 | 46.62% | 3,482 | 17.50% | 73.19% | 5,795 | 9,277 | 3,224 | 1,195 | 262 | 148 | – | – | – | – | 19,901 | ||||
| Malahat-Juan de Fuca | NDP | NDP | 10,686 | 48.63% | 3,130 | 14.24% | 72.91% | 10,686 | 7,556 | 1,887 | 1,061 | 601 | – | – | – | 98 | 84 | 21,973 | ||||
| Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | NDP | NDP | 12,946 | 46.07% | 1,986 | 7.07% | 73.30% | 12,946 | 10,960 | 1,470 | 2,011 | 464 | – | – | 90 | – | 158 | 28,099 | ||||
| Matsqui | SC | Lib | 10,903 | 50.81% | 5,554 | 25.88% | 68.41% | 5,349 | 10,903 | 4,405 | – | 216 | – | 385 | 199 | – | – | 21,457 | ||||
| Mission-Kent | NDP | NDP | 8,232 | 44.16% | 1,120 | 6.01% | 70.92% | 8,232 | 7,112 | 1,618 | 1,243 | 324 | – | – | – | 113 | – | 18,642 | ||||
| Nanaimo | NDP | NDP | 11,210 | 48.75% | 3,538 | 15.39% | 69.79% | 11,210 | 7,672 | 1,867 | 1,337 | 486 | – | 311 | – | – | 113 | 22,996 | ||||
| Nelson-Creston | NDP | NDP | 9,179 | 44.90% | 2,745 | 13.43% | 75.20% | 9,179 | 6,434 | 2,114 | – | 2,282 | – | 360 | 73 | – | – | 20,442 | ||||
| New Westminster | NDP | NDP | 10,418 | 46.69% | 1,827 | 8.19% | 70.41% | 10,418 | 8,591 | 1,446 | 1,121 | 488 | – | – | 107 | 142 | – | 22,313 | ||||
| North Coast | NDP | NDP | 7,298 | 64.82% | 4,399 | 39.07% | 63.33% | 7,298 | 2,899 | 830 | – | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | 11,259 | ||||
| North Island | NDP | NDP | 8,385 | 45.80% | 1,604 | 8.76% | 69.55% | 8,385 | 6,781 | 1,776 | 887 | 479 | – | – | – | – | – | 18,308 | ||||
| North Vancouver-Lonsdale | NDP | Lib | 9,325 | 46.37% | 2,174 | 10.81% | 71.16% | 7,151 | 9,325 | 1,241 | 1,736 | 417 | – | – | 93 | – | 149 | 20,112 | ||||
| North Vancouver-Seymour | Lib | Lib | 14,165 | 56.35% | 7,489 | 29.79% | 76.91% | 6,676 | 14,165 | 1,737 | 1,713 | 645 | 105 | – | 44 | – | 54 | 25,139 | ||||
| Oak Bay-Gordon Head | NDP | Lib | 12,340 | 46.59% | 640 | 2.42% | 79.49% | 11,700 | 12,340 | 675 | 937 | 566 | 48 | 56 | 47 | 118 | – | 26,487 | ||||
| Okanagan-Boundary | NDP | Lib | 7,011 | 38.35% | 27 | 0.15% | 75.05% | 6,984 | 7,011 | 2,810 | 775 | 356 | 183 | – | 163 | – | – | 18,282 | ||||
| Okanagan East | Lib | Lib | 9,382 | 38.37% | 2,950 | 12.06% | 70.24% | 5,176 | 9,382 | 3,116 | 6,432 | 347 | – | – | – | – | – | 24,453 | ||||
| Okanagan-Penticton | NDP | Lib | 10,661 | 43.07% | 1,569 | 6.34% | 73.41% | 9,092 | 10,661 | 2,976 | 1,444 | 464 | – | – | 113 | – | – | 24,750 | ||||
| Okanagan-Vernon | SC | Lib | 9,776 | 39.06% | 2,279 | 9.11% | 71.03% | 7,497 | 9,776 | 5,356 | 1,839 | 334 | 227 | – | – | – | – | 25,029 | ||||
| Okanagan West | SC | Lib | 15,575 | 46.00% | 7,294 | 21.54% | 71.02% | 8,281 | 15,575 | 4,858 | 4,225 | 519 | 399 | – | – | – | – | 33,857 | ||||
| Parksville-Qualicum | NDP | Lib | 13,459 | 41.19% | 483 | 1.48% | 77.12% | 12,976 | 13,459 | 3,955 | 1,669 | 422 | – | – | 110 | – | 81 | 32,672 | ||||
| Peace River North | SC | Ref | 5,299 | 48.41% | 2,162 | 19.75% | 60.49% | 1,975 | 3,137 | 5,299 | 169 | – | 240 | – | – | 125 | – | 10,945 | ||||
| Peace River South | SC | Ref | 3,901 | 31.89% | 123 | 1.01% | 62.60% | 3,778 | 3,774 | 3,901 | 183 | 145 | 452 | – | – | – | – | 12,233 | ||||
| Port Coquitlam | NDP | NDP | 14,767 | 46.37% | 1,457 | 4.58% | 73.48% | 14,767 | 13,310 | 1,335 | 1,789 | 417 | 124 | – | – | – | 102 | 31,844 | ||||
| Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain | NDP | Lib | 10,272 | 44.73% | 468 | 2.04% | 73.40% | 9,804 | 10,272 | 1,039 | 1,408 | 441 | – | – | – | – | – | 22,964 | ||||
| Powell River-Sunshine Coast | Lib | PD | 10,833 | 49.05% | 4,745 | 21.49% | 75.37% | 6,088 | 3,911 | 677 | 10,833 | 518 | – | – | – | – | 57 | 22,084 | ||||
| Prince George-Mount Robson | NDP | NDP | 4,713 | 40.67% | 949 | 8.19% | 63.84% | 4,713 | 3,764 | 2,076 | 788 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | 11,588 | ||||
| Prince George North | NDP | NDP | 5,837 | 39.58% | 914 | 6.20% | 66.75% | 5,837 | 4,923 | 2,430 | 891 | 173 | – | – | – | 495 | – | 14,749 | ||||
| Prince George-Omineca | SC | Lib | 5,514 | 36.88% | 308 | 2.06% | 67.79% | 5,206 | 5,514 | 2,998 | 1,023 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,950 | ||||
| Richmond Centre | Lib | Lib | 9,925 | 55.52% | 4,202 | 23.51% | 68.67% | 5,723 | 9,925 | 614 | 996 | 235 | 154 | – | 38 | 65 | 126 | 17,876 | ||||
| Richmond East | Lib | Lib | 10,205 | 55.60% | 4,442 | 24.20% | 71.62% | 5,763 | 10,205 | 792 | 1,093 | 235 | 139 | – | 43 | – | 83 | 18,353 | ||||
| Richmond-Steveston | Lib | Lib | 9,643 | 56.65% | 4,602 | 27.04% | 74.36% | 5,041 | 9,643 | 556 | 919 | 188 | 88 | – | 38 | 450 | 99 | 17,022 | ||||
| Rossland-Trail | NDP | NDP | 8,635 | 50.74% | 2,712 | 15.94% | 74.99% | 8,635 | 5,923 | 1,366 | 660 | 434 | – | – | – | – | – | 17,018 | ||||
| Saanich North and the Islands | Lib | Lib | 13,374 | 47.57% | 2,828 | 10.06% | 77.89% | 10,546 | 13,374 | 1,627 | 1,533 | 898 | – | – | 72 | – | 63 | 28,113 | ||||
| Saanich South | NDP | NDP | 11,394 | 46.11% | 527 | 2.13% | 77.16% | 11,394 | 10,867 | 676 | 1,198 | 343 | – | – | 86 | – | 144 | 24,708 | ||||
| Shuswap | NDP | Lib | 8,596 | 34.55% | 727 | 2.92% | 72.79% | 7,869 | 8,596 | 5,617 | 1,325 | 237 | 221 | – | – | 1,014 | – | 24,879 | ||||
| Skeena | NDP | NDP | 5,353 | 40.34% | 635 | 4.79% | 70.72% | 5,353 | 4,718 | 2,744 | – | 205 | 249 | – | – | – | – | 13,269 | ||||
| Surrey-Cloverdale | Lib | Lib | 14,297 | 48.27% | 5,466 | 18.46% | 74.75% | 8,831 | 14,297 | 2,690 | 2,417 | 366 | 306 | 709 | – | – | – | 29,616 | ||||
| Surrey-Green Timbers | NDP | NDP | 10,278 | 50.11% | 3,348 | 16.32% | 69.40% | 10,278 | 6,930 | 1,183 | 1,150 | 228 | 114 | 255 | 32 | 101 | 241 | 20,512 | ||||
| Surrey-Newton | NDP | NDP | 13,969 | 49.54% | 4,181 | 14.83% | 71.33% | 13,969 | 9,788 | 1,244 | 1,841 | 340 | 174 | 577 | 48 | – | 217 | 28,198 | ||||
| Surrey-Whalley | NDP | NDP | 7,396 | 50.14% | 2,820 | 19.12% | 65.38% | 7,396 | 4,576 | 1,302 | 968 | 243 | 115 | – | 70 | – | 82 | 14,752 | ||||
| Surrey-White Rock | Lib | Lib | 18,039 | 58.04% | 9,824 | 31.61% | 75.89% | 8,215 | 18,039 | 2,519 | 1,110 | 677 | 226 | – | – | 295 | – | 31,081 | ||||
| Vancouver-Burrard | NDP | NDP | 10,646 | 49.70% | 2,671 | 12.47% | 62.68% | 10,646 | 7,975 | 671 | 1,014 | 563 | – | – | 93 | – | 458 | 21,420 | ||||
| Vancouver-Fraserview | NDP | NDP | 8,774 | 45.97% | 380 | 1.99% | 71.94% | 8,774 | 8,394Gulzar Singh Cheema was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | 643 | 815 | 225 | 177 | – | 57 | – | – | 19,085 | ||||
| Vancouver-Hastings | NDP | NDP | 9,894 | 54.01% | 3,549 | 19.37% | 67.96% | 9,894 | 6,345 | 568 | 824 | 486 | 137 | – | 64 | – | – | 18,318 | ||||
| Vancouver-Kensington | NDP | NDP | 9,496 | 50.74% | 1,888 | 10.09% | 70.25% | 9,496 | 7,608 | 472 | 537 | 349 | 135 | 119 | – | – | – | 18,716 | ||||
| Vancouver-Kingsway | NDP | NDP | 10,525 | 55.46% | 3,528 | 18.59% | 71.07% | 10,525 | 6,997 | 367 | 518 | 264 | 75 | – | 65 | 69 | 98 | 18,978 | ||||
| Vancouver-Langara | Lib | Lib | 11,038 | 60.20% | 5,523 | 30.12% | 68.66% | 5,515 | 11,038 | 519 | 839 | 337 | – | – | 89 | – | – | 18,337 | ||||
| Vancouver-Little Mountain | NDP | Lib | 12,036 | 50.25% | 2,646 | 11.05% | 68.32% | 9,390 | 12,036 | 489 | 1,062 | 714 | 85 | – | 82 | 96 | – | 23,954 | ||||
| Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | NDP | NDP | 11,155 | 64.05% | 6,912 | 39.69% | 60.50% | 11,155 | 4,243 | 354 | 584 | 759 | 86 | – | 114 | – | 121 | 17,416 | ||||
| Vancouver-Point Grey | NDP | Lib | 12,637 | 48.86% | 1,563 | 6.04% | 71.03% | 11,074 | 12,637 | 406 | 857 | 683 | – | 62 | 76 | – | 70 | 25,865 | ||||
| Vancouver-Quilchena | Lib | Lib | 15,509 | 68.68% | 10,532 | 46.64% | 75.71% | 4,977 | 15,509 | 495 | 827 | 627 | 91 | – | 57 | – | – | 22,583 | ||||
| Victoria-Beacon Hill | NDP | NDP | 11,960 | 52.51% | 4,324 | 18.98% | 68.17% | 11,960 | 7,636 | 654 | 1,093 | 1,008 | 96 | – | 64 | 73 | 194 | 22,778 | ||||
| Victoria-Hillside | NDP | NDP | 11,585 | 53.32% | 4,723 | 21.74% | 67.53% | 11,585 | 6,862 | 979 | 1,227 | 790 | – | – | 97 | – | 188 | 21,728 | ||||
| West Vancouver-Capilano | Lib | Lib | 16,675 | 71.29% | 13,189 | 56.38% | 76.63% | 3,486 | 16,675 | 1,326 | 1,182 | 461 | – | 174 | 47 | – | 40 | 23,391 | ||||
| West Vancouver-Garibaldi | Lib | Lib | 12,326 | 57.17% | 6,038 | 28.00% | 73.03% | 6,288 | 12,326 | 1,430 | 693 | 532 | 98 | – | 36 | – | 159 | 21,562 | ||||
| Yale-Lillooet | NDP | NDP | 7,080 | 41.06% | 1,168 | 6.77% | 72.21% | 7,080 | 5,912 | 3,419 | 706 | – | – | 124 | – | – | – | 17,241 |
: = Open seat : = turnout is above provincial average : = 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 by-election gain : = other incumbents renominated : = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada : = Multiple candidates
Summary analysis
| Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | NDP | Lib | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 39 | ||||
| 32 | 1 | 33 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 40 | 1 | 75 |
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 34 | 2 | |||
| 33 | 40 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 44 | 24 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 24 | 37 | 3 | |
| 2 | 9 | 52 | |||
| 1 | 4 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | ||||
| 1 | 5 | ||||
| 2 |
Seats changing hands
Of the 75 seats, 23 were open, of which 21 had members who chose not to stand for reelection, and two arose from MLAs campaigning in another riding. Voters in only 20 seats changed allegiance from the previous election in 1991:
; NDP to Liberal (12)
- Cariboo North
- Delta North
- Kamloops-North Thompson
- North Vancouver-Lonsdale
- Oak Bay-Gordon Head
- Okanagan-Boundary
- Okanagan-Penticton
- Parksville-Qualicum
- Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain
- Shuswap
- Vancouver-Little Mountain
- Vancouver-Point Grey
; Social Credit to Liberal (5)
- Abbotsford
- Matsqui
- Okanagan-Vernon
- Okanagan West
- Prince George-Omineca
; Social Credit to Reform (2)
- Peace River North
- Peace River South
; Liberal to Progressive Democrat (1)
- Powell River-Sunshine Coast
| Source | Party | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | **NDP** | **Lib** | align="center" | **Ref** |
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 28 | ||
| Open seats held | 11 | 5 | ||
| Ouster of incumbents changing affiliation | 3 | |||
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | |||
| Open seats gained – new MLAs | 5 | |||
| Open seats gained – taken by MLAs previously incumbent in another riding | 2 | |||
| Byelection gains held | 2 | |||
| Incumbents changing allegiance | ||||
| **Total** | 39 | 33 |
References
References
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