1928 British Columbia general election

The 1928 British Columbia general election was the seventeenth 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 June 7, 1928, and held on July 18, 1928. The new legislature met for the first time on January 22, 1929.

The Conservative Party defeated the governing Liberal Party, taking over half the popular vote, and 35 of the 48 seats in the legislature. The Liberals' popular vote also increased significantly, but because of the disappearance of the Provincial Party and the Canadian Labour Party, which had won over 35% of the vote together in the previous election, the Liberals were defeated. To date this remains the final election in British Columbia history where the Conservative Party would achieve power in its own right.

Results

|style="text-align:left;" |Simon Fraser Tolmie | 48 || 17 || 35 || 18 || 192,867 || 91,102 || 53.30 || 23.85

|style="text-align:left;" |John Duncan MacLean | 45 || 23 || 12 || 11 || 144,872 || 36,549 || 40.04 || 8.70

|style="text-align:left;" | | 10 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 18,224 || 20,820 || 5.04 || 6.26

| || – || 3 || – || 3 || – || 83,517 || – || 24.16

| || 2 || 2 || – || 2 || 1,001 || 2,548 || 0.28 || 0.75

| || 9 || – || – || – || 3,658 || 1,138 || 1.01 || 0.28

| || 2 || – || – || – || 1,064 || 982 || 0.29 || 0.30

| || 1 || – || – || – || 128 || 128 || 0.04 ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 117 | 48 ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|361,814 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots ! colspan="2"|3,259 ! colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who voted ! colspan="2"|174,934 ! colspan="2"| 71.33% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters ! colspan="2"|245,240 ! colspan="2"|

+ Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp) /Canadian Labour

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results + Results by riding – 1928 British Columbia general election (single-member districts) Riding Winning party VotesName 1924Party Votes Share Margin #Margin % Con Lib Total Alberni I-Lib Lib 1,208 48.71% 186 7.50% 1,022 1,208 250 – – 2,480 Atlin Lib Lib 587 50.56% 45 3.88% 542 587 – 32 – 1,161 Burnaby CLP Con 2,144 40.81% 365 6.94% 2,144 1,779 1,330 – – 5,253 Cariboo Prov Con 623 44.00% 223 15.75% 623 400 – 393 – 1,416 Chilliwack Lib Con 2,595 55.51% 515 11.02% 2,595 2,080 – – – 4,675 Columbia Lib Lib 659 50.23% 32 2.44% 627 659 – 26 – 1,312 Comox I-Lib Con 2,058 53.85% 561 14.68% 2,058 1,497 267 – – 3,822 Cowichan-Newcastle Con Con 2,360 58.17% 753 18.56% 2,360 – 1,607 90 – 4,057 Cranbrook Con Lib 1,833 52.46% 172 4.92% 1,661 1,833 – – – 3,494 Creston Con Con 1,184 54.76% 206 9.52% 1,184 978 – – – 2,162 Delta Lib Con 2,562 55.73% 527 11.46% 2,562 2,035 – – – 4,597 Dewdney Con Con 2,751 58.57% 805 17.14% 2,751 1,946 – – – 4,697 Esquimalt Con Con 1,806 62.10% 729 25.06% 1,806 1,077 – – 25 2,908 Fernie CLP ILP 1,639 59.80% 537 19.60% 1,102 – 1,639 – – 2,741 Fort George Lib Con 1,487 51.61% 93 3.22% 1,487 1,394 – – – 2,881 Grand Forks-Greenwood Con Con 888 52.92% 98 5.84% 888 790 – – – 1,678 The Islands Con Con 1,148 62.70% 465 25.40% 1,148 683 – – – 1,831 Kamloops Lib Con 1,531 50.25% 15 0.50% 1,531 1,516 – – – 3,047 Kaslo-Slocan Lib Con 1,169 51.23% 56 2.46% 1,169 1,113 – – – 2,282 Lillooet Lib Con 1,237 54.61% 209 9.22% 1,237 1,028 – – – 2,265 Mackenzie Con Con 1,266 51.03% 51 2.06% 1,266 1,215 – – – 2,481 Nanaimo Lib Lib 1,366 40.67% 65 1.94% 1,301 1,366 585 107 – 3,359 Nelson Lib Con 1,338 53.07% 155 6.14% 1,338 1,183 – – – 2,521 New Westminster Lib Lib 3,262 56.16% 716 12.32% 2,546 3,262 – – – 5,808 North Okanagan Lib Con 2,361 54.03% 480 10.99% 2,361 1,881 – – 128 4,370 North Vancouver Lib Lib 2,498 46.60% 32 0.60% 2,466 2,498 – 397 – 5,361 Omineca Lib Lib 889 57.21% 224 14.42% 665 889 – – – 1,554 Prince Rupert Lib Lib 1,370 51.78% 94 3.56% 1,276 1,370 – – – 2,646 Revelstoke Lib Lib 1,170 56.36% 264 12.72% 906 1,170 – – – 2,076 Richmond-Point Grey Prov Con 5,414 62.16% 2,118 24.32% 5,414 3,296 – – – 8,710 Rossland-Trail Con Con 1,686 58.12% 471 16.24% 1,686 1,215 – – – 2,901Saanich Con Con 2,379 56.44% 543 12.88% 2,379 1,836 – – – 4,215 Salmon Arm Con Con 1,706 73.25% 1,083 46.50% 1,706 623 – – – 2,329 Similkameen Con Con 2,079 55.53% 414 11.06% 2,079 1,665 – – – 3,744 Skeena Lib Lib 910 54.33% 145 8.66% 765 910 – – – 1,675 South Okanagan Con Con 2,145 56.08% 465 12.16% 2,145 – – 1,680 – 3,825 South Vancouver CLP Con 2,452 47.45% 471 9.12% 2,452 696 1,981 39 – 5,168 Yale Lib Lib 1,514 57.22% 382 14.44% 1,132 1,514 – – – 2,646

= open seat = turnout is above provincial average = 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 = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada = multiple candidates

+ Results by riding – 1928 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts) Party Vancouver City Victoria City Votes Share Change Votes Share Change 98,382 54.59% 30.51% 30,105 52.40% 7.74% 70,602 39.18% 8.47% 25,078 43.65% 14.24% Independent Labour 10,249 5.69% -9.94% 316 0.55 -4.56% 976 0.54% 0.42% – – – – – -0.15% 1,064 1.85% 1.85% – – -0.40% 894 1.56% -1.76% – – -27.19% – – -17.51% – – -1.73% – – –Total 180,209 100.00% 57,457 100.00%Seats won Incumbents returned –

See also List of British Columbia political parties

Notes

References

1928 British Columbia general election

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