The British Columbia Social Credit Party, a conservative political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, did not hold any leadership conventions until 1973. The provincial Social Credit movement was divided in its early years, and did not have a functional leadership before forming a minority government in 1952. On July 15, 1952, the party's members of the legislative assembly (MLAs), who had just won election, chose William A.C. Bennett over Philip Gaglardi as the party's first leader, 10 votes to 9.

In 1973, the party elected W.A.C. Bennett's son, Bill Bennett, on the first ballot.

All of the party's leadership conventions before 1993 were delegated, i.e., local party riding associations selected delegates to attend a convention and elect a leader by secret ballot.

The 1993 leadership election was determined by a "one_member, one_vote" system, using mail_in preferential ballots. The 1994 leadership election used the same system, but did not incorporate preferential balloting as there were only two candidates.

1973 leadership convention

(Held on November 24, 1973.)

First Ballot:

• BENNETT, William R. 833
• MCCLELLAND, Bob 269
• SCHROEDER, Harvey 204
• CHABOT, James 97
• SMITH, Ed 74
• MASON, James 10

1986 leadership convention

(Held on July 29-30, 1986.)

First Ballot:

• VANDER ZALM, Bill 367
• MCCARTHY, Grace 244
• SMITH, Bud 202
• SMITH, Brian 196
• NIELSEN, Jim 54
• REYNOLDS, John 54
• ROGERS, Stephen 43
• WENMAN, Bob 40
• MICHEL, Cliff 32
• RITCHIE, Bill 28
• COUVELIER, Mel 20
• CAMPBELL, Kim 14

Second Ballot (Campbell eliminated, five others withdraw):

• VANDER ZALM, Bill 457
• MCCARTHY, Grace 280
• SMITH, Brian 255
• SMITH, Bud 219
• REYNOLDS, John 39
• NIELSEN, Jim 30

Third Ballot (Nielsen eliminated, Reynolds and Bud Smith withdraw):

• VANDER ZALM, Bill 625
• SMITH, Brian 342
• MCCARTHY, Grace 305

Fourth Ballot (McCarthy eliminated):

• VANDER ZALM, Bill 801
• SMITH, Brian 454

1991 interim leadership

On April 2, 1991, Rita Johnston was elected by the party's MLAs as their interim leader, defeating Russ Fraser by 21 votes to 17 on the fourth ballot. Claude Richmond, Norm Jacobsen and Mel Couvelier had previously been eliminated.

1991 leadership convention

(Held on July 20, 1991.)

First Ballot:

• MCCARTHY, Grace 659
• JOHNSTON, Rita 652
• COUVELIER, Mel 331
• JACOBSEN, Norm 169
• CRANDELL, Duane 35

Second Ballot (Couvelier supports Johnston):

• JOHNSTON, Rita 941
• MCCARTHY, Grace 881

1993 leadership election

(Held on November 6, 1993.)

First Ballot:

• MCCARTHY, Grace 7,338
• BRUCE, Graham 5,321
• RICHMOND, Claude 2,083
• TURNER, Jim 91

Second Ballot:

• MCCARTHY, Grace 7,351
• BRUCE, Graham 5,352
• RICHMOND, Claude 2,099

Third Ballot:

• MCCARTHY, Grace 7,700
• BRUCE, Graham 6,245

1994 leadership election

(Announced on November 4, 1994.)

First Ballot:

• GILLANDERS, Larry 1,034
• CALEB, John 787