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The British Columbia general election of 1920 was the fifteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on October 23, 1920, and held on December 1, 1920. The new legislature met for the first time on February 8, 1921. Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) - Land 925,186 km² - Water 19,549 km² (2. ...
Legislature Building in Victoria, BC The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is located in Victoria. ...
October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ...
1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...
December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...
February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Although it lost eleven seats in the legislature, and fell from 50% of the popular vote to under 38%, the governing Liberal Party was able to hold on to a slim majority in the legislature for its second consecutive term in government. The British Columbia Liberal Party is a right-of-centre provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada, differing from some other right-of-centre parties in being fiscally conservative and socially moderate (or neoliberal). ...
In the Westminster System, a majority government is one in which the government enjoys an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or Parliament. ...
The Conservative Party also lost a significant share of its popular vote, but won six additional seats for a total of fifteen, and formed the official opposition. The British Columbia Conservative Party is a conservative political party in Canada. ...
The Parliamentary Opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ...
Almost a third of the vote and seven seats were won by independents and by a wide variety of fringe parties.
Results | Party | Party Leader | # of
candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | | 1916 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | | | Liberal1 | | 45 | 36 | 25 | -30.6% | 134,167 | 37.89% | -12.11% | | | Conservative | | 42 | 9 | 15 | +66.7% | 110,475 | 31.20% | -9.32% | | | Independent2 | 18 | 1 | 3 | +200% | 36,736 | 10.37% | +7.63% | | | Federated Labour3 | | 14 | * | 3 | * | 32,230 | 9.10% | * | | | People's | | 1 | * | 1 | * | 1,354 | 0.38% | * | | | Socialist4 | | 7 | - | - | - | 12,386 | 3.50% | +2.33% | | | Soldier-Farmer/Soldier-Labour5 | | 11 | * | - | * | 10,780 | 3.04% | * | | | Grand Army of United Veterans6 | | 2 | * | - | * | 5,441 | 1.54% | * | | | Independent Liberal | 3 | - | - | - | 3,433 | 0.97% | +0.13% | | | United Farmers | | 2 | * | - | * | 3,178 | 0.90% | * | | | Independent Conservative | 2 | - | - | - | 1,602 | 0.45% | -1.23% | | | Independent Soldier | 2 | * | - | * | 907 | 0.26% | * | | | Independent Farmer | 3 | * | - | * | 526 | 0.15% | * | | | Liberal/Conservative | | 1 | * | - | * | 424 | 0.12% | * | | | Independent Socialist | 1 | 1 | - | -100% | 419 | 0.12% | -0.62% | | | Independent Labour | 1 | - | - | - | 30 | 0.01% | -1.65% | | Total | 155 | 47 | 47 | - | 354,088 | 100% | | | Source: Elections BC (http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html) | Notes: The British Columbia Liberal Party is a right-of-centre provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada, differing from some other right-of-centre parties in being fiscally conservative and socially moderate (or neoliberal). ...
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a conservative political party in Canada. ...
The Socialist Party of Canada (SPC) was formed in 1904 when the Socialist Party of British Columbia merged with the Canadian Socialist League. ...
The United Farmers movement in Canada rose to prominence after World War I with the failure of the wartime Union government to alter a tariff structure that hurt farmers, various farmers movements across Canada became more radical and entered the political arena. ...
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
1 Liberals: One member elected by acclamation. One candidate, J. Oliver, who contested and was elected in both Delta and Victoria City is counted twice.
2 Includes Liberty League of B.C., Vancouver Ratepayers Association, and Women's Freedom League candidates.
3 Includes those candidates not directly nominated by, but supported by the Federated Labour Party.
4 Includes the Prince Rupert Labour candidate running on a Socialist Party platform.
5 Sometimes referred to as a triple alliance of "Farmer-Labour-Soldier" with Soldier-Farmer candidates running in rural Districts (five candidates, 3361 votes) and Soldier-Labour candidates running in urban ones (six candidates, 7419 votes).
6 Some GAUV candidates ran on a joint Soldier-Labour ticket.
See also
A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ...
The British Columbia general election of 1916 was the fourteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. ...
British Columbia is a province of Canada. ...
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