British Columbia general election, 1949

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The British Columbia general election of 1949 was the 22nd general 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 16 1949, and held on June 15 1949. The new legislature met for the first time on February 14 1950.

The centre-right coalition formed by the Liberal and Conservative parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1945 election increased its share of the vote and its majority in the legislature.

Three different social credit groupings nominated or endorsed candidates in the election: the Social Credit Party, the Social Credit League, and the Union of Electors.

Results

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Party	Party leader	# of candidates	Seats	Popular vote
1945	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change \|- \|bgcolor="lightcoral"\|	Liberal	Coalition	Byron Ingemar Johnson	48	37	39	rowspan="2" align="right"
428,773	61.35%	+5.52% \|- \|bgcolor="#9999FF"\|	Progressive Conservative	Royal Maitland \|- \|bgcolor="#EEDDAA"\|	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Harold Winch	48	10	7	align="right"
245,284	35.10%	-2.52% \|- \|bgcolor="gainsboro"\|	Independent	7	align="right"
1		5,163	0.74%	+0.41% \|- \|bgcolor=#EEBBBB\|	Labour	Tom Uphill	1	1	1	-	1,483	0.21%	-0.07% \|- \|bgcolor="lightgreen"\|	Social Credit Party¹	7	*	-	*	8,464	1.21%	* \|- \|bgcolor="lightgreen"\|	Social Credit League¹	9	*	-	*	3,072	0.44%	* \|- \|bgcolor="lightgreen"\|	Union of Electors¹	12	*	-	*	2,790	0.40%	* \|- \|bgcolor="tomato"\|	Labour Progressive	2	-	-	-	1,660	0.24%	-3.28% \|- \|bgcolor="#8CBAFE"\|	(Independent) Conservative²	1	*	-	*	1,241	0.18%	* \|- \|bgcolor="#E5DBC3"\|	People's CCF	1	-	-	-
Total	138	48	48	-	698,823	100%
Sources: [Elections BC]

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

¹ Various social credit groups nominated 16 candidates in the 1945 election as part of a Social Credit "alliance". These candidates won 6,627 votes, 1.42% of the popular vote in that election.

² The candidate, running independently from the Liberal-PC Coalition, is listed as "Conservative" rather than "Progressive Conservative" in the Statement of Votes.

Results by Riding

|- |bgcolor="#32C5D6"| |align="center" |John Groves Gould |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|

|- |bgcolor="#32C5D6"| |align="center" |John Groves Gould |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|

|- |bgcolor="#32C5D6"| |align="center" |Gordon Sylvester Wismer |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|

|- |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |align="center" |Albert Reginald MacDougall |align="center" rowspan=3 |Vancouver-Point Grey
Coalition |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |- |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |align="center" |Tilly Jean Rolston |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |- |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |align="center" |Leigh Forbes Stevenson |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |- |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |align="center" |Nancy Hodges |align="center" rowspan=3 |Victoria City
Coalition |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |- |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |align="center" |Daniel John Proudfoot |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |- |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |align="center" |William Thomas Straith |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |- |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |align="center" |John Joseph Alban Gillis |align="center" |Yale
Coalition |bgcolor="#32C5D6"|     |- |- | |align="center"|¹ Premier-Elect and Incumbent | | | | |- | |align="center"|² Leader of the Opposition |- | align="center" colspan="10"|Source: [Elections BC] |- |}

British Columbia general election, 1949

Results

Results by Riding

See also