The 21st general election for the Province of 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 (2.1%) Population ( 2004)  - Population... British Columbia, Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. Bordering the United States, its territorial claims extend north into the Arctic Ocean as far as the North Pole. Canada is a federation of ten provinces... Canada was called on August 31, 1945, and held on October 25, 1945. The new legislature met for the first time on February 21, 1946.

A centre-right coalition was formed by the 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 party has often remained separate from the federal Liberal Party of Canada, and is currently... Liberal and The British Columbia Conservative Party is a conservative political party in Canada. Its current leader is Barry E. Chilton. Founding of the BC Conservative Party The BC Conservative Party was created by Sir Richard McBride in 1903. McBride believed that the system of non-partisan government that the province had... Conservative parties in order to defeat the Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. During the early and mid-20th century, social democrats were in favor... social democratic The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a democratic socialist political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is the provincial arm of the New Democratic Party of Canada. Unlike other parties in Canada, where provincial and federal politics are strictly separated and members of one are not necessarily members... Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

Although the Coalition won fewer votes than the Liberal and Conservative parties won in total in the previous election, the Coalition still won over half of the votes, and was able to form a In the Westminster System, a majority government is one in which the government enjoys an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or Parliament. This is as opposed to a minority government where one political party only wins a plurality of seats and thus must constantly bargain for support from... majority government.

Notes:

(1) Compared to Liberal + Conservative total from previous election

(2) Thomas Dufferin (Duff) Pattullo (January 19, 1873 - March 30, 1956) was premier of British Columbia, Canada from 1933 to 1941. The Pattullo Bridge is named in his honour. Pattullos early career was as a journalist with two newspapers in Ontario: the Woodstock Sentinel in the 1890s, and as editor... Thomas Dufferin Pattullo (Prince Rupert), former premier and Liberal Party leader, ran as an Independent, and is included as such.

(3) Includes L.H. MacQueen (Saanich), classified as an Independent PC since the Progressive Conservative Party, formerly the Conservative Party, was officially running as part of the Coalition and did not consider MacQueen as a legitimate party candidate.

(4) Various groups joined forces under the Social Credit name to contest the election.

n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election