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

|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 LabourComparison is with combined totals of local Labour candidates in 1903 |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%

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

Results by riding The following MLAs were elected:

Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1907 British Columbia general election (single-member districts) Riding Winning party VotesName 1903Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Con Lib Soc Total Alberni Lib Lib 236 48.86% 32 6.62% 204 236 43 – – 483 Atlin Con Con 78 62.90% 32 25.80% 78 46 – – – 124 Chilliwhack Lib Lib 331 51.64% 21 3.28% 310 331 – – – 641 Columbia Lib Con 254 56.57% 59 13.14% 254 195 – – – 449 Comox Con Con 372 56.02% 80 12.04% 372 292 – – – 664 Cowichan Lib Con 123 53.95% 18 7.90% 123 105 – – – 228 Cranbrook Lib Lib 473 44.54% 95 8.95% 378 473 – – 211 1,062 Delta Lib Lib 430 62.23% 169 24.46% 261 430 – – – 691 Dewdney Con Con 384 61.44% 143 22.88% 384 241 – – – 625 Esquimalt Con Lib 297 58.58% 87 17.16% 210 297 – – – 507 Fernie Con Con 350 49.93% 65 9.27% 350 66 285 – – 701 Grand Forks Con Soc 323 43.77% 68 9.22% 255 160 323 – – 738 Greenwood Lib Lib 217 37.22% 27 4.63% 190 217 176 – – 583 The Islands Lib Con 179 49.31% 6 1.65% 179 173 11 – – 363 Kamloops Con Con 534 54.88% 95 9.76% 534 439 – – – 973 Kaslo Con Con 233 55.21% 44 10.42% 233 189 – – – 422 Lillooet Con Lib 123 51.68% 8 3.36% 115 123 – – – 238 Nanaimo City Soc Soc 455 50.22% 165 18.21% 161 290 455 – – 906 Nelson City Con Lib 314 43.67% 5 0.69% 309 314 96 – – 719 Newcastle Soc Soc 259 46.67% 62 11.17% 99 197 259 – – 555 New Westminster City Con Con 675 49.31% 128 9.35% 675 547 – 147 – 1,369 Okanagan Con Con 893 54.85% 250 15.35% 893 643 92 – – 1,628 Revelstoke Con Con 440 54.79% 171 21.29% 440 269 94 – – 803 Richmond Con Con 417 48.04% 14 1.61% 417 403 48 – – 868 Rossland City Lib Lib 241 45.90% 55 10.47% 186 241 98 – – 525Saanich Lib Con 275 51.69% 18 3.38% 275 257 – – – 532 Similkameen Con Con 298 56.55% 98 18.60% 298 200 29 – – 527 Skeena Con Lib 188 61.44% 70 22.88% 118 188 – – – 306 Slocan Lab Con 193 49.11% 74 18.83% 193 119 81 – – 393 Yale Lib Lib 289 58.27% 82 16.54% 207 289 – – – 496 Ymir Con 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

+ Results by riding - 1907 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts) Party Cariboo Vancouver City 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%Canadian Labour – – – 682 2.26% -12.81% 1,666 13.28% 13.28% – – – – – -1.14% – – –Total 654 100.00% 30,173 100.00% 12,548 100.00%Seats won Incumbents returned 1 4 –Seat change – –

See also List of British Columbia political parties Richard McBride

1907 British Columbia general election

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