1907 British Columbia general election

The 1907 British Columbia general election was the eleventh general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election called on December 24, 1906, and held on February 2, 1907. The new legislature met for the first time on March 7, 1907.

The governing Conservative party won a second term in government, with almost half the popular vote, and a majority of the seats in the legislature, increasing its number of seats by 4 to 26.

The Liberal Party lost 4 seats in the legislature, despite winning about the same share of the popular vote that it had in the 1903 election.

The Socialist Party won one additional seat to bring its total to three.

Results

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party

! rowspan=2 | Party leader

! colspan=4 | MLAs

! colspan=4 | Votes

! Candidates

!1903

!1907

!±

! ±

! ± (pp)

|style="text-align:left;"|Richard McBride

| 42 || 22 || 26 || 4 || 30,781 || 2,868 || 48.70% || 2.27

|style="text-align:left;"|James Alexander MacDonald

| 40 || 17 || 13 || 4 || 23,481 || 766 || 37.15% || 0.63

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 20 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 5,603 || 816 || 8.87% || 0.91

|style="text-align:left;"|Canadian Labour

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 6 || 1 || – || 1 || 2,495 || 1,926 || 3.95% || 3.41

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 2 || – || – || – || 487 || 487 || 0.77% ||New

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 1 || – || – || – || 211 || 211 || 0.33% ||New

|style="text-align:left;"|

| 1 || – || – || – || 147 || 147 || 0.23% ||New

! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total

|112||42

! " colspan="2"|42

! " colspan="2"|63,205

! " colspan="2"| 100.00%

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|+ Seats and popular vote by party

! Party !! Seats !! Votes !! colspan="3" | Change (pp)

| style="text-align:left;" |

Results by riding

The following MLAs were elected:

Synopsis of results

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|+ Results by riding - 1907 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)

! scope="col" | Riding

! scope="col" colspan="8" | Winning party

! scope="col" colspan="6" | Votes

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Name

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | 1903

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" |Party

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Votes

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Share

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin<br>#

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin<br>%

! scope="col" | Con

! scope="col" | Lib

! scope="col" | Soc

! scope="col" |

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Total

! scope="col" style="background-color:#294296;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#A51B12;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#FFD700;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|

!   !! colspan="2"| !! colspan="2"| !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

|style="text-align:left"| Alberni

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 236 || 48.86% || 32 || 6.62% || style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|204 || 236 || 43 || – || – || 483

|style="text-align:left"| Atlin

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 78 || 62.90% || 32 || 25.80% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|78 || 46 || – || – || – || 124

|style="text-align:left"| Chilliwhack

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 331 || 51.64% || 21 || 3.28% || 310 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|331 || – || – || – || 641

|style="text-align:left"| Columbia

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 254 || 56.57% || 59 || 13.14% || 254 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|195 || – || – || – || 449

|style="text-align:left"| Comox

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 372 || 56.02% || 80 || 12.04% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|372 || 292 || – || – || – || 664

|style="text-align:left"| Cowichan

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 123 || 53.95% || 18 || 7.90% || 123 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|105 || – || – || – || 228

|style="text-align:left"| Cranbrook

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 473 || 44.54% || 95 || 8.95% || 378 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|473 || – || – || 211 || 1,062

|style="text-align:left"| Delta

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 430 || 62.23% || 169 || 24.46% || 261 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|430 || – || – || – || 691

|style="text-align:left"| Dewdney

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 384 || 61.44% || 143 || 22.88% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|384 || 241 || – || – || – || 625

|style="text-align:left"| Esquimalt

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 297 || 58.58% || 87 || 17.16% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|210 || 297 || – || – || – || 507

|style="text-align:left"| Fernie

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 350 || 49.93% || 65 || 9.27% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|350 || 66 || 285 || – || – ||701

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Grand Forks

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#FFD700;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Soc

| 323 || 43.77% || 68 || 9.22% || 255 || 160 || 323 || – || – || 738

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Greenwood

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 217 || 37.22% || 27 || 4.63% || 190 || 217 || 176 || – || – || 583

|style="text-align:left"| The Islands

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 179 || 49.31% || 6 || 1.65% || 179 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|173 || 11 || – || – || 363

|style="text-align:left"| Kamloops

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 534 || 54.88% || 95 || 9.76% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|534 || 439 || – || – || – || 973

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Kaslo

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 233 || 55.21% || 44 || 10.42% || 233 || 189 || – || – || – || 422

|style="text-align:left"| Lillooet

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 123 || 51.68% || 8 || 3.36% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|115 || 123 || – || – || – || 238

|style="text-align:left"| Nanaimo City

| style="background-color:#FFD700;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Soc

| 455 || 50.22% || 165 || 18.21% || 161 || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|290 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|455 || – || – || 906

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Nelson City

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 314 || 43.67% || 5 || 0.69% || 309 || 314 || 96 || – || – || 719

|style="text-align:left"| Newcastle

| style="background-color:#FFD700;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Soc

| 259 || 46.67% || 62 || 11.17% || 99 || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|197 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|259 || – || – || 555

|style="text-align:left"| New Westminster City

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 675 || 49.31% || 128 || 9.35% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|675 || 547 || – || 147 || – ||1,369

|style="text-align:left"| Okanagan

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 893 || 54.85% || 250 || 15.35% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|893 || 643 || 92 || – || – || 1,628

|style="text-align:left"| Revelstoke

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 440 || 54.79% || 171 || 21.29% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|440 || 269 || 94 || – || – || 803

|style="text-align:left"| Richmond

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 417 || 48.04% || 14 || 1.61% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|417 || 403 || 48 || – || – || 868

|style="text-align:left"| Rossland City

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 241 || 45.90% || 55 || 10.47% || 186 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|241 || 98 || – || – || 525

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"|Saanich

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 275 || 51.69% || 18 || 3.38% || 275 || 257 || – || – || – || 532

|style="text-align:left"| Similkameen

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 298 || 56.55% || 98 || 18.60% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|298 || 200 || 29 || – || – || 527

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Skeena

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 188 || 61.44% || 70 || 22.88% || 118 || 188 || – || – || – || 306

|style="text-align:left"| Slocan

| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lab

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 193 || 49.11% || 74 || 18.83% || 193 || 119 || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|81 || – || – || 393

|style="text-align:left"| Yale

| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 289 || 58.27% || 82 || 16.54% || 207 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|289 || – || – || – || 496

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Ymir

| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 325 || 45.71% || 86 || 12.10% || 325 || 239 || – || – || 147 ||711

: = open seat

: = winning candidate was in previous Legislature

: = incumbent had switched allegiance

: = incumbency arose from byelection gain

: = other incumbents renominated

: = Independent Labour candidate

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Results by riding - 1907 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)

!rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Party !!colspan="3" | Cariboo !!colspan="3" | Vancouver City !!colspan="3" | Victoria City

! Votes !! Share !! Change || Votes !! Share !! Change !! Votes !! Share !! Change

| 287 || 43.88% || -1.78% || 15,503 || 51.38% || 2.81% || 5,965 || 47.54% || 6.01%

| 367 || 56.12% || 1.78% || 10,956 || 36.31% || 10.23% || 4,474 || 35.66% || -17.37%

| – || – || – || 3,032 || 10.05% || 0.91% || 443 || 3.53% || -1.92%

|style="text-align:left;"|Canadian Labour

| – || – || – || 682 || 2.26% || -12.81% || 1,666 || 13.28% || 13.28%

| – || – || – || – || – || -1.14% || – || – || –

!style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Total !! 654 !!colspan="2" | 100.00% !! 30,173 !!colspan="2" | 100.00% !! 12,548 !!colspan="2" | 100.00%

!style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Seats won !! colspan="3" | !! colspan="3" | !!colspan="3" |

!style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Incumbents returned !! colspan="3" | 1 !! colspan="3" |4 !!colspan="3" | –

!style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Seat change !! colspan="3" | – !! colspan="3" |– !!colspan="3" |

1907 British Columbia general election

Results

Results by riding

Synopsis of results

See also

Further reading

Notes

References