1941 British Columbia general election

The 1941 British Columbia general election was the twentieth 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 September 9, 1941, and held on October 21, 1941.

No party took a majority of votes, and no party took a majority of seats. After the election, Conservative and Liberal members voted to form a Coalition government. Liberal Party leader Thomas Dufferin Pattullo objected, stepped down as leader and sat as a Liberal separate from the Coalition. This reduced the Coalition caucus to thirty two MLAs.

1938 redistribution of ridings

An Act was passed in 1938 providing for a rearrangement of certain seats in the Assembly, maintaining the total at 48, upon the next election. The following changes were made:

{| class="wikitable"

! Abolished ridings !! New ridings

! colspan="2"|Reorganization of districts

Alberni-Nanaimo
The Islands

Alberni
Nanaimo and the Islands

! colspan="2"|Division of district

Victoria City (4 MLAs)

Oak Bay
Victoria City (3 MLAs)

Results

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party

! rowspan=2 | Party leader

! colspan=4 | MLAs

! colspan=4 | Votes

! Candidates

!1937

!1941

!±

! ±

! ± (pp)

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

|rowspan="4" |  

|style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Coalition

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

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

| 47 || 31 || 20 || 11 || 147,844 || 8,230 || 32.57 || 4.77

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

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

| 43 || 8 || 12 || 4 || 140,282 || 20,761 || 30.91 || 2.31

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

|style="text-align:left;" colspan="4"|Coalition total

| 32 || 7 || 288,126 || 12,531 || 63.48 || 2.46

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

| 45 || 7 || 14 || 7 || 151,440 || 32,040 || 33.36 || 4.79

| || 1 || – || 1 || 1 || 1,681 || 1,681 || 0.37 ||Not part of Coalition

(all factions)

| || 6 || 1 || 1 || || 7,141 || 5,354 || 1.57 || 1.14

| || 1 || – || – || – || 2,161 || 2,161 || 0.48 ||New

| || 4 || 1 || – || 1 || 1,638 || 5,703 || 0.36 || 1.40

| || 4 || – || – || – || 683 || 683 || 0.15 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 388 || 388 || 0.09 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 265 || 265 || 0.06 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 209 || 209 || 0.05 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 105 || 105 || 0.02 ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 56 || 56 || 0.01 ||Returned

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

| 156

| 48

! colspan="2"| 48

! colspan="2"|453,893

! colspan="2"| 100.00%

| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots

| 4,797 ||654

| colspan="2"|

| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who voted

| 303,901 ||38,455

| 72.73% || 1.53

| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters

| 417,839 ||45,058

| colspan="2"|

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

|+ Seats and popular vote by party

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

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

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:right; font-size:85%"

|+ Results by riding - 1941 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" | 1937

! 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" | Lib

! scope="col" | Con

! scope="col" | CCF

! scope="col" |

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

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

| 2,067 || 49.17% || 164 || 3.90% || 2,067 || – || 1,903 || – || 234 || 4,204

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

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

| 454 || 54.83% || 80 || 9.66% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|454 || – || – || – || 374 || 828

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

| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" | || style="text-align:left;" | CCF

| 6,444 || 49.50% || 2,682 || 20.60% || 3,762 || 2,707 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|6,444 || – || 105 || 13,018

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

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

| 1,429 || 50.16% || 1,008 || 35.38% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,429 || 421 || 338 || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|661 || – || 2,849

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

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

| 2,704 || 37.78% || 60 || 0.84% || 2,644 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,704 || 1,810 || – || – || 7,158

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

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

| 648 || 42.66% || 161 || 10.60% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|648 || 384 || 487 || – || – || 1,519

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

| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" | || style="text-align:left;" | CCF

| 3,126 || 45.31% || 968 || 14.03% || 2,158 || 1,615 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,126 || – || – || 6,899

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

| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" | || style="text-align:left;" | CCF

| 2,757 || 47.22% || 1,018 || 17.44% || 1,739 || 1,343 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,757 || – || – || 5,839

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

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

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

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

| 1,615 || 35.35% || 67 || 1.46% || 1,405 || 1,615 || 1,548 || – || – || 4,568

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

| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" | || style="text-align:left;" | CCF

| 5,153 || 42.29% || 1,599 || 13.12% || 3,554 || 3,478 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|5,153 || – || – || 12,185

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

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

| 2,995 || 37.13% || 456 || 5.65% || style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|2,532 || 2,995 || 2,539 || – || – || 8,066

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

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

| 1,554 || 40.42% || 206 || 5.36% || 1,348 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,554 || 943 || – || – || 3,845

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

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

| 1,719 || 53.39% || 505 || 15.69% || 1,214 || – || 287 || – || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,719 || 3,220

|style="text-align:left"| Fort George

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

| 1,334 || 51.15% || 406 || 15.57% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,334 || 346 || 928 || – || – || 2,608

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

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

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

| 642 || 39.05% || 5 || 0.30% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|637 || 642 || 365 || – || – || 1,644

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

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

| 1,933 || 40.14% || 221 || 4.59% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,933 || 1,138 || 1,712 || 14 || 19 || 4,816

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

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

| 941 || 42.18% || 187 || 8.38% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|941 || 754 || 536 || – || – || 2,231

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

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

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

| 1,017 || 38.39% || 176 || 6.64% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|791 || 1,017 || 841 || – || – || 2,649

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" | || style="text-align:left;" | CCF

| 2,909 || 45.75% || 830 || 13.05% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,079 || 1,370 || 2,909 || – || – || 6,358

|style="text-align:left"| Nanaimo and the Islands

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

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

| 2,175 || 43.52% || 560 || 11.21% || style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|2,175 || 1,208 || 1,615 || – || – || 4,998

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

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

| 2,144 || 33.46% || 4 || 0.25% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,144 || 2,140 || 2,124 || – || – || 6,408

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

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

| 3,694 || 41.74% || 1,307 || 14.77% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,694 || 1,923 || 2,387 || – || 845 ||8,849

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

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

| 2,508 || 42.52% || 188 || 3.19% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,508 || 2,320 || 1,071 || – || – || 5,899

|style="text-align:left"| North Vancouver

| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" | || style="text-align:left;" | CCF

| 4,209 || 40.37% || 1,264 || 12.13% || 2,945 || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|1,056 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,209 || – || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|2,217 || 10,427

|style="text-align:left"| Oak Bay

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

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

| 2,676 || 55.88% || 1,156 || 24.14% || 1,520 || style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|2,676 || 593 || – || – || 4,789

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

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

| 839 || 49.50% || 285 || 16.82% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|839 || 302 || 554 || – || – || 1,695

|style="text-align:left"| Peace River

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

| 1,436 || 51.16% || 453 || 16.14% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,436 || – || 983 || – || 388 || 2,807

|style="text-align:left"| Prince Rupert

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

| 1,681 || 51.82% || 118 || 3.64% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,681 || – || 1,563 || – || – || 3,244

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

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

| 1,065 || 49.08% || 387 || 17.84% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,065 || 427 || 678 || – || – || 2,170

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" | || style="text-align:left;" | CCF

| 3,621 || 49.40% || 1,738 || 23.71% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,789 || 1,883 || 3,621 || – || 37 || 7,330

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

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

| 3,017 || 36.17% || 78 || 0.93% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,017 || style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|2,939 || 2,385 || – || – || 8,341

|style="text-align:left"| Salmon Arm

| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Ind

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

| 1,561 || 60.22% || 998 || 38.50% || 468 || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|1,561 || 563 || – || – || 2,592

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEDDAA;" | || style="text-align:left;" | CCF

| 2,601 || 41.16% || 636 || 10.06% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,965 || 1,753 || 2,601 || – || – || 6,319

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

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

| 877 || 61.89% || 337 || 23.78% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|877 || 540 || – || – || – || 1,417

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

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

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

| 2,009 || 37.69% || 240 || 4.50% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,769 || 2,009 || 1,552 || – || – || 5,330

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

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

| 1,148 || 65.08% || 532 || 30.16% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,148 || 616 || – || – || – || 1,764

: = open seat

: = winning candidate was in previous Legislature

: = incumbent had switched allegiance

: = previously incumbent in another riding

: = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

: = incumbency arose from byelection gain

: = other incumbents renominated

: = candidate repudiated by party

: = multiple candidates

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:85%"

|+ Results by riding - 1941 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)

! colspan="2" | Riding

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Winning party

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

! rowspan="2" |Name

! rowspan="2" |MLAs

! rowspan="2" | 1937

! rowspan="2" |1941

! scope="col" | Lib

! scope="col" | Con

! scope="col" | CCF

! scope="col" |

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

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

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

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

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

|style="text-align:left"| Vancouver-Burrard

|2 || ||

| 14,781 || 16,564 || 18,998 || – || 267 || 50,610

|style="text-align:left"| Vancouver Centre

|2 || ||

| 13,723 || 12,523 || 14,805 || – || 602 || 41,653

|style="text-align:left"| Vancouver East

|2 || ||

| 9,495 || 7,332 || 23,328 || – || 3,936 || 44,091

|style="text-align:left"| Vancouver-Point Grey

|3 || ||

| 29,046 || 42,400 || 23,448 || – || 265 || 95,159

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

|3 || ||

| 18,771 || 14,027 || 9,736 || 963 || – || 43,497

1941 British Columbia general election

1938 redistribution of ridings

Results

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

See also

Notes

References

Sources