British Columbia general election, 1960

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The British Columbia general election of 1960 was the 26th 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 August 3 1960, and held on September 12 1960. The new legislature met for the first time on January 26 1961.

The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fourth term in government despite losing seven percentage points of the popular vote and seven of its seats in the legislature.

The opposition Co-operative Commonwealth Federation increased both its share of the popular vote and its number of seats.

The British Columbia Liberal Party lost a small part of its popular vote, but managed to double its caucus from two to four members.

The Progressive Conservative Party doubled its share of the popular vote to almost 7%, but won no seats in the legislature.

Results

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Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1956	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|	Social Credit	W.A.C. Bennett	52	39	32	-17.9%	386,886	38.83%	align="right"
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Bob Strachan	52	10	16	+60.0%	326,094	32.73%	+4.41% |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	Liberal	Ray Perrault	50	2	4	+100%	208,249	20.90%	-0.87% |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	Progressive Conservative	Davie Fulton	52	align="right"
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-	66,943	6.72%	+3.61% |- |bgcolor="tomato"|	Communist		19	align="right"
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-	5,675	0.57%	+0.16% |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Independent		5	align="right"
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-	2,557	0.25%	-0.12%
Total			230	52	52	align="right"
996,404	100%
Sources: [Elections BC]

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Results by riding

|- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|William Collins Speare
|align="center" |Cariboo
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" |Alberni
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Stanley John Squire
|bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|William Kenneth Kiernan
|align="center" |Chilliwack
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" |Atlin
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Frank Arthur Calder |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Richard Orr Newton
|align="center" |Columbia
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" rowspan=2 |Burnaby
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Cedric Cox |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Daniel Robert John Campbell |align="center" |Comox
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center"|Gordon Hudson Dowding |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Herbert Joseph Bruch |align="center" |Esquimalt
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" |Cowichan-Newcastle
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Robert Martin Strachan² |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Ray Gillis Williston |align="center" |Fort George
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" |Cranbrook
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Leo Thomas Nimsick |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Philip Arthur Gaglardi
|align="center" |Kamloops
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" rowspan=2 |Delta
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Camille Mildred Mather
|bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Donald Frederick Robinson |align="center" |Lillooet
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center"|James Henry Rhodes |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Earle Cathers Westwood |align="center" |Nanaimo and the Islands
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" |Dewdney
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|David Barrett |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Wesley Drewett Black |align="center" |Nelson-Creston
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" |Grand Forks-Greenwood
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Lois Mabel Haggen |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Lorne Hugh Shantz |align="center" |North Okanagan
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" |Kaslo-Slocan
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Randolph Harding |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Jacob Francis Huhn |align="center" |North Peace River
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" |Mackenzie
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Anthony John Gargrave |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Cyril Morley Shelford |align="center" |Omineca
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" |New Westminster
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|John McRae (Rae) Eddie |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|William Harvey Murray |align="center" |Prince Rupert
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" |Revelstoke
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|George Hobbs |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Donald Leslie Brothers |align="center" |Rossland-Trail
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver East
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Alexander Barrett MacDonald |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle |align="center" |Saanich
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |align="center"|Arthur James Turner |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Willis Franklin Jefcoat |align="center" |Salmon Arm
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     |align="center" |Fernie
Liberal |align="center"|Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Francis Xavier Richter
|align="center" |Similkameen
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     |align="center" rowspan=2 |North Vancouver
Liberal |align="center"|James Gordon Gibson |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Dudley George Little |align="center" |Skeena
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     |align="center"|Raymond Joseph Perrault |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|William Andrew Cecil Bennett¹ |align="center" |South Okanagan
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     |align="center" |Oak Bay
Liberal |align="center"|Alan Brock MacFarlane |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Stanley Carnell
|align="center" |South Peace River
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|    

|- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin
|align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver-Burrard
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|    

|- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Herbert Price
|bgcolor="lightblue"|    

|- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Alexander Small Matthew |align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver Centre
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Leslie Raymond Peterson |bgcolor="lightblue"|    

|- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Thomas Audley Bate |align="center" rowspan=3 |Vancouver-Point Grey
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Robert William Bonner |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Buda Hosmer Brown |bgcolor="lightblue"|    

|- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|William Neelands Chant |align="center" rowspan=3 |Victoria City
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Waldo McTavish Skillings |bgcolor="lightblue"|    

|- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|John Donald Smith |bgcolor="lightblue"|    

|- |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |align="center"|Irvine Finlay Corbett
|align="center" |Yale
Social Credit |bgcolor="lightblue"|     |- | |align="center"|¹ Premier-Elect |align="center"|² Leader of the Opposition |- |- | align="center" colspan="10"|Source: [Elections BC] |- |}

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