Election Name: | 1963 British Columbia general election |
Country: | British Columbia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | no |
Party Name: | no |
Previous Election: | 1960 British Columbia general election |
Previous Year: | 1960 |
Next Election: | 1966 British Columbia general election |
Next Year: | 1966 |
Outgoing Members: | 26th Parliament of British Columbia |
Elected Members: | 27th Parliament of British Columbia |
Seats For Election: | 52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 27 seats were needed for a majority |
Election Date: | September 30, 1963 |
Leader1: | W. A. C. Bennett |
Leader Since1: | 1952 |
Leaders Seat1: | South Okanagan |
Last Election1: | 32 seats, |
Seats1: | 33 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 395,079 |
Percentage1: | 40.83% |
Swing1: | 2.00 |
Leader2: | Robert Strachan |
Leader Since2: | 1956 |
Leaders Seat2: | Cowichan-Newcastle |
Last Election2: | 16 seats, |
Seats2: | 14 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 269,004 |
Percentage2: | 27.80% |
Swing2: | 4.93 |
Image4: | BCLP |
Leader4: | Ray Perrault |
Leader Since4: | 1959 |
Leaders Seat4: | North Vancouver |
Last Election4: | 4 seats, |
Seats4: | 5 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 193,363 |
Percentage4: | 19.98% |
Swing4: | 0.92 |
Leader5: | Davie Fulton |
Leader Since5: | 1960 |
Leaders Seat5: | Ran in Kamloops (lost) |
Last Election5: | 0 seats, |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | 0 |
Popular Vote5: | 109,090 |
Percentage5: | 11.27% |
Swing5: | 4.55 |
Premier | |
Before Election: | W. A. C. Bennett |
Posttitle: | Premier after election |
After Election: | W. A. C. Bennett |
The 1963 British Columbia general election was the 27th 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 August 22, 1963, and held on September 30, 1963. The new legislature met for the first time on January 23, 1964.
The conservative Social Credit Party of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fifth term in government. The party increased its share of the popular vote and number of seats in the legislature marginally.
The opposition New Democratic Party (formerly the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) had small losses both in popular vote and number of seats.
The Liberals won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of five.
The Progressive Conservative Party won no seats in the legislature increasing its share of the popular vote by four-and-half percentage points to over 11%.
|-! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party! rowspan=2 | Party leader! colspan=4 | MLAs! colspan=4 | Votes|-! Candidates!1960!1963!±!#! ±!%! ± (pp)|style="text-align:left;" |W.A.C. Bennett| 52 || 32 || 33 || 1 || 395,079 || 8,193 || 40.83 || 2.00 [1] |style="text-align:left;" |Bob Strachan| 52 || 16 || 14 || 2 || 269,004 || 57,090 || 27.80 || 4.93|style="text-align:left;" |Ray Perrault| 51 || 4 || 5 || 1 || 193,363 || 14,886 || 19.98 || 0.92|style="text-align:left;" |Davie Fulton| 44 || – || – || – || 109,090 || 42,147 || 11.27 || 4.55| || 4 || – || – || – || 849 || 4,826 || 0.09 || 0.48[2] | || 2 || – || – || – || 290 || 2,267 || 0.03 || 0.22|-! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total| 205| 52! colspan="2"| 52! colspan="2"|967,675! colspan="2"| 100.00%|-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots| 6,132 ||3,730| colspan="2"||-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who voted| 608,672 ||23,359| 69.71% || 2.13|-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters| 873,140 ||1,127| colspan="2"||}
Riding | Winning party | Votes | ||||||||||||||
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Name | 1960 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | NDP | Lib | PC | Total | ||||||
Alberni | CCF | NDP | 4,249 | 48.14% | 743 | 8.42% | 3,506 | 4,249 | – | 1,071 | – | – | 8,826 | |||
Atlin | CCF | NDP | 549 | 54.46% | 241 | 23.90% | 308 | 549 | 151 | – | – | – | 1,008 | |||
Cariboo | SC | SC | 3,015 | 41.98% | 1,464 | 20.38% | 3,015 | 1,482 | 1,134 | 1,551 | – | – | 7,182 | |||
Chilliwack | SC | SC | 10,031 | 58.44% | 6,906 | 40.23% | 10,031 | 3,125 | 2,252 | 1,757 | – | – | 17,165 | |||
Columbia | SC | SC | 1,305 | 40.08% | 213 | 6.54% | 1,305 | 467 | 392 | 1,092 | – | – | 3,256 | |||
Comox | SC | SC | 6,598 | 42.38% | 360 | 2.32% | 6,598 | 6,238 | 1,259 | 1,475 | – | – | 15,570 | |||
Cowichan-Newcastle | CCF | NDP | 5,422 | 50.47% | 1,846 | 17.18% | 3,576 | 5,422 | 904 | 840 | – | – | 10,742 | |||
Cranbrook | CCF | NDP | 2,563 | 39.09% | 930 | 14.19% | 1,633 | 2,563 | 835 | 1,526 | – | – | 6,557 | |||
Dewdney | CCF | NDP | 11,625 | 41.95% | 1,119 | 4.04% | 10,506 | 11,625 | 4,051 | 1,532 | – | – | 27,714 | |||
Esquimalt | SC | SC | 4,951 | 48.28% | 2,145 | 20.92% | 4,951 | 2,806 | 1,398 | 1,099 | – | – | 10,254 | |||
Fernie | Lib | Lib | 1,226 | 41.67% | 189 | 6.42% | 679 | 1,037 | 1,226 | – | – | – | 2,942 | |||
Fort George | SC | SC | 5,308 | 60.78% | 3,583 | 41.03% | 5,308 | 1,725 | 961 | 739 | – | – | 8,733 | |||
Grand Forks-Greenwood | CCF | NDP | 919 | 38.45% | 153 | 6.40% | 705 | 919 | 766 | – | – | – | 2,390 | |||
Kamloops | SC | SC | 5,669 | 47.17% | 1,196 | 9.95% | 5,669 | 1,297 | 580 | 4,473 | – | – | 12,019 | |||
Kaslo-Slocan | CCF | NDP | 1,242 | 45.07% | 149 | 5.41% | 1,093 | 1,242 | 301 | 120 | – | – | 2,756 | |||
Lillooet | SC | SC | 1,425 | 33.77% | 309 | 7.32% | 1,425 | 1,116 | 977 | 702 | – | – | 4,220 | |||
Mackenzie | CCF | NDP | 4,323 | 41.61% | 403 | 3.88% | 3,920 | 4,323 | 2,147 | – | – | – | 10,390 | |||
Nanaimo and the Islands | SC | NDP | 4,278 | 42.44% | 19 | 0.18% | 4,259 | 4,278 | 960 | 582 | – | – | 10,079 | |||
Nelson-Creston | SC | SC | 4,047 | 44.65% | 2,104 | 23.21% | 4,047 | 1,943 | 1,600 | 1,474 | – | – | 9,064 | |||
New Westminster | CCF | NDP | 5,035 | 37.57% | 318 | 2.38% | 4,717 | 5,035 | 2,335 | 1,316 | – | – | 13,403 | |||
North Okanagan | SC | SC | 4,157 | 41.55% | 2,081 | 20.80% | 4,157 | 2,008 | 2,076 | 1,765 | – | – | 10,006 | |||
North Peace River | SC | SC | 2,310 | 69.43% | 1,707 | 51.31% | 2,310 | 414 | 603 | – | – | – | 3,327 | |||
Oak Bay | Lib | Lib | 4,457 | 42.77% | 687 | 6.60% | 3,770 | 469 | 4,457 | 1,726 | – | – | 10,422 | |||
Omineca | SC | SC | 1,936 | 55.09% | 1,157 | 32.92% | 1,936 | 779 | 528 | 271 | – | – | 3,514 | |||
Prince Rupert | SC | SC | 2,357 | 42.07% | 439 | 7.84% | 2,357 | 1,918 | 1,328 | – | – | – | 5,603 | |||
Revelstoke | CCF | SC | 1,176 | 41.36% | 105 | 3.69% | 1,176 | 1,071 | 385 | 211 | – | – | 2,843 | |||
Rossland-Trail | SC | SC | 5,474 | 51.02% | 2,828 | 26.36% | 5,474 | 2,646 | 1,139 | 1,470 | – | – | 10,729 | |||
SC | SC | 10,657 | 49.02% | 5,879 | 27.04% | 10,657 | 4,778 | 3,049 | 3,180 | – | 75 | 21,739 | ||||
Salmon Arm | SC | SC | 2,058 | 41.55% | 413 | 8.34% | 2,058 | 1,645 | 245 | 1,005 | – | – | 4,953 | |||
Similkameen | SC | SC | 5,093 | 48.71% | 2,457 | 23.50% | 5,093 | 2,636 | 1,423 | 1,303 | – | – | 10,455 | |||
Skeena | SC | SC | 2,963 | 50.23% | 988 | 16.75% | 2,963 | 1,975 | 961 | – | – | – | 5,899 | |||
South Okanagan | SC | SC | 8,485 | 63.69% | 5,997 | 45.01% | 8,485 | 1,707 | 642 | 2,488 | – | – | 13,322 | |||
South Peace River | SC | SC | 3,365 | 68.81% | 2,540 | 51.94% | 3,365 | 825 | 700 | – | – | – | 4,890 | |||
Yale | SC | NDP | 1,697 | 37.13% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,691 | 1,697 | 599 | 584 | – | – | 4,571 |
= 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
Riding | Winning party | Votes | Voters who voted | |||||||||
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Name | MLAs | 1960 | 1963 | NDP | Lib | PC | Total | |||||
Burnaby | 2 | 14,650 | 14,750 | 5,472 | 2,343 | – | – | 73,598 | 41,669 | |||
14,070 | 14,409 | 5,641 | 2,263 | – | – | |||||||
Delta | 2 | 22,504 | 18,690 | 5,553 | 4,461 | – | – | 100,327 | 55,073 | |||
22,067 | 17,661 | 5,342 | 4,049 | – | – | |||||||
North Vancouver | 2 | 13,215 | 5,764 | 16,153 | 3,567 | 190 | – | 73,337 | 37,901 | |||
11,883 | 5,409 | 14,068 | 3,088 | – | – | |||||||
Vancouver-Burrard | 2 | 11,181 | 10,345 | 5,798 | – | – | 58,657 | 29,534 | ||||
10,612 | 8,998 | 5,291 | – | – | ||||||||
Vancouver Centre | 2 | 8,060 | 5,806 | 3,477 | 2,741 | 266 | – | 39,777 | 21,312 | |||
7,594 | 5,538 | 3,467 | 2,588 | 240 | – | |||||||
Vancouver East | 2 | 17,031 | 20,424 | 3,996 | 2,308 | – | 215 | 87,294 | 51,781 | |||
16,867 | 20,292 | 3,901 | 2,260 | – | – | |||||||
Vancouver-Point Grey | 3 | 23,172 | 8,663 | 25,592[3] | 15,719 | – | – | 179,472 | 59,871 | |||
20,962 | 8,072 | 17,641 | 7,643 | – | – | |||||||
20,267 | 8,018 | 16,510 | 7,213 | – | – | |||||||
Victoria City | 3 | 9,736 | 3,557 | 4,440 | 2,528 | 153 | – | 58,670 | 22,387 | |||
9,347 | 3,324 | 4,355 | 2,282 | – | – | |||||||
9,118 | 3,275 | 4,302 | 2,253 | – | – |
= winning candidate