The 1924 British Columbia general election was the sixteenth general election in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on May 10, 1924, and held on June 20, 1924. The new legislature met for the first time on November 3, 1924.
The Liberal Party was re-elected to its third term in government, falling just short of a majority in the legislature even though it won less than a third of the popular vote. Two Independent Liberals were also elected. Premier John Oliver lost his own seat in Victoria City, but remained Premier until 1927.
An Act was passed in 1923, providing for an increase in the seats in the Assembly from 47 to 48 upon the next election.[1] The following changes were made:
The Provincial Party, which nominated candidates only in 1924, was formed by a group of British Columbia Conservative Party dissidents known as the "Committee of 100", led and funded by the wealthy General Alexander McRae and political elements from the United Farmers of British Columbia. McRae claimed that the Liberal government of John Oliver and the previous administrations of Conservative Premier William John Bowser, then the opposition leader, were corrupt. Many of his allegations were related to the funding of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway plan to reach Prince George in the Northern interior of the province, which was not achieved until many years later. He claimed that there were kickbacks, patronage and various wrongdoings. His allegations were never proven. The election was bitterly fought with sensational allegations against all three leaders. McRae was not elected. Both Bowser and Oliver lost their seats but Oliver continued to lead his Liberal Party as Premier of a minority government after the election.[2]
In the single-member districts, there was only one two-way contest, and most were either two- or three-way battles:
All three major party leaders had lost their races. In McRae's case, he missed becoming MLA in Vancouver City only because his fellow candidate Andrew McCreight Creery obtained 63 more votes.[4] In an August byelection, Oliver gained a seat in Nelson when Kenneth Campbell chose to stand aside.[4] Bowser decided to retire from politics, and Robert Henry Pooley (Esquimalt) was selected as the new Conservative leader.[4]
The Provincial and Labour members would support critical portions of the Liberal legislative programme in the following session of the Legislature.[4]
Hopkins, J. Castell, ed. (1925). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1924–25. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1924 British Columbia general election news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message The 1924 British Columbia general election was the sixteenth general election in the Canadian province of British Columbia It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The election was called on May 10 1924 and held on June 20 1924 The new legislature met for the first time on November 3 1924 1924 British Columbia general election 1920 June 20 1924 1928 outgoing memberselected members 48 seats to the 16th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 25 seats were needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader John Oliver William John Bowser Alexander Duncan McRae Party Liberal Conservative Provincial Last election 25 seats 37 89 15 seats 31 20 Did not contest Seats won 23 17 3 Seat change 2 2 3 Popular vote 108 323 101 765 83 517 Percentage 31 34 29 45 24 16 Swing 6 55pp 1 75pp Did not contest Fourth party Fifth party CLP IL Party Canadian Labour Independent Liberal Last election Did not contest 0 seats 0 97 Seats won 3 2 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 39 044 3 549 Percentage 11 30 1 03 Swing Did not contest 0 06ppPremier before election John Oliver Liberal Premier after election John Oliver LiberalThe Liberal Party was re elected to its third term in government falling just short of a majority in the legislature even though it won less than a third of the popular vote Two Independent Liberals were also elected Premier John Oliver lost his own seat in Victoria City but remained Premier until 1927 The Conservative Party formed the official opposition while two new parties the Provincial Party and the Canadian Labour Party won three seats each and a total of 35 of the vote Contents 1 1923 redistribution of ridings 2 Campaign 3 Aftermath 4 Results 5 MLAs elected 5 1 Synopsis of results 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading1923 redistribution of ridings editAn Act was passed in 1923 providing for an increase in the seats in the Assembly from 47 to 48 upon the next election 1 The following changes were made Abolished ridings New ridings Drawn from other ridings Creston a 1 Mackenzie Salmon Arm Burnaby a 2 Skeena Merger of districts Kaslo Slocan Kaslo Slocan Cowichan Newcastle Cowichan Newcastle Grand Forks Greenwood Grand Forks Greenwood Rossland Trail Rossland Trail Renaming of districts Richmond Richmond Point Grey from part of Nelson from part of New WestminsterCampaign editThe Provincial Party which nominated candidates only in 1924 was formed by a group of British Columbia Conservative Party dissidents known as the Committee of 100 led and funded by the wealthy General Alexander McRae and political elements from the United Farmers of British Columbia McRae claimed that the Liberal government of John Oliver and the previous administrations of Conservative Premier William John Bowser then the opposition leader were corrupt Many of his allegations were related to the funding of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway plan to reach Prince George in the Northern interior of the province which was not achieved until many years later He claimed that there were kickbacks patronage and various wrongdoings His allegations were never proven The election was bitterly fought with sensational allegations against all three leaders McRae was not elected Both Bowser and Oliver lost their seats but Oliver continued to lead his Liberal Party as Premier of a minority government after the election 2 In the single member districts there was only one two way contest and most were either two or three way battles Candidate contests in the ridings 3 Candidates nominated Ridings Party Lib Con Prov Lab Ind Lib Ind Soc Ind Con Farm Lab Totals Single member districts 2 1 1 1 2 3 26 24 25 24 1 2 1 1 78 4 10 10 10 10 5 2 1 2 40 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 Multiple member districts Vancouver 6 MLAs 1 6 6 6 5 1 1 1 1 27 Victoria 4 MLAs 1 4 4 4 3 1 16 Total 40 46 47 45 15 5 3 2 4 1 168Aftermath editAll three major party leaders had lost their races In McRae s case he missed becoming MLA in Vancouver City only because his fellow candidate Andrew McCreight Creery obtained 63 more votes 4 In an August byelection Oliver gained a seat in Nelson when Kenneth Campbell chose to stand aside 4 Bowser decided to retire from politics and Robert Henry Pooley Esquimalt was selected as the new Conservative leader 4 The Provincial and Labour members would support critical portions of the Liberal legislative programme in the following session of the Legislature 4 Results editElections to the 16th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1924 5 Political party Party leader MLAs Votes Candidates 1920 1924 pp Liberal John Oliver 46 25 23 2 nbsp 108 323 25 844 nbsp 31 34 6 55 nbsp Conservative William Bowser 47 15 17 2 nbsp 101 765 8 710 nbsp 29 45 1 75 nbsp Provincial Alexander Duncan McRae 45 3 3 nbsp 83 517 83 517 nbsp 24 16 New Canadian Labour a 1 15 3 3 nbsp 39 044 6 814 nbsp 11 30 2 20 nbsp Independent Liberal 5 2 2 nbsp 3 549 116 nbsp 1 03 0 06 nbsp Independent 3 3 3 nbsp 2 520 34 216 nbsp 0 73 9 64 nbsp People s Party 1 1 nbsp Did not campaign Socialist 2 4 364 8 022 nbsp 1 26 2 24 nbsp Independent Conservative 4 2 046 444 nbsp 0 59 0 14 nbsp Farmer Labour 1 478 478 nbsp 0 14 New Total 168 47 48 345 608 100 00 compared with 1920 results for its predecessor Federated Labour Seats and popular vote by party 5 Party Seats Votes Change pp Liberal 23 48 31 34 6 55 Conservative 17 48 29 45 1 75 Provincial 3 48 24 16 24 16 24 16 Federated Labour Canadian Labour 3 48 11 30 2 20 2 2 Socialist 0 48 1 26 2 24 Independent 0 48 0 73 9 64 Soldier GAUV 0 48 0 00 4 58 Other 2 48 1 76 1 60 MLAs elected edit Alberni Richard John Burde I Lib Atlin Herbert Frederick Kergin Burnaby Francis Aubrey Browne CLP Cariboo David Alexander Stoddart Chilliwack Edward Dodsley Barrow Columbia John Andrew Buckham Comox Paul Phillips Harrison I Lib Cowichan Newcastle Cyril Francis Davie Cranbrook Noel Wallinger Creston Fred W Lister Delta Alexander McDonald Paterson Dewdney John Alexander Catherwood Esquimalt Robert Henry Pooley Fernie Thomas Aubert Uphill CLP Fort George Henry George Thomas Perry Grand Forks Greenwood John McKie The Islands Cyrus Wesley Peck Kamloops James Reginald Colley Kaslo Slocan Charles Sidney Leary Lillooet Albert Edward Munn Mackenzie Michael Manson Nanaimo William Sloan Nelson Kenneth Campbell New Westminster Edwin James Rothwell North Okanagan K C MacDonald North Vancouver John Melvin Bryan Sr Omineca Alexander Malcolm Manson Prince Rupert Duff Pattullo Revelstoke William Henry Sutherland Richmond Point Grey George Alexander Walkem Rossland Trail James Hargrave Schofield Saanich Thomas George Coventry Salmon Arm Rolf Wallgren Bruhn Similkameen William Alexander McKenzie Skeena Horace Cooper Wrinch South Okanagan James William Jones South Vancouver Robert Henry Neelands CLP Vancouver City Ian Alistair MacKenzie Vancouver City Christopher McRae Vancouver City Victor Odlum Vancouver City Mary Ellen Smith Vancouver City Charles Woodward Vancouver City Andrew McCreight Creery Victoria City Reginald Hayward Victoria City Joshua Hinchcliffe Victoria City Gus Lyons Victoria City Harold Despard Twigg Yale John Duncan MacLean Synopsis of results edit Results by riding 1924 British Columbia general election single member districts 6 Riding Winning party Votes Name 1920 Party Votes Share Margin Margin Lib Con Prov CLP I Lib Ind Oth Total Alberni Ind I Lib 828 42 48 46 2 35 339 781 828 1 949 Atlin Lib Lib 463 38 71 83 6 94 463 353 380 1 196 Burnaby New CLP 1 567 31 22 243 4 85 1 324 974 1 155 1 567 5 020 Cariboo Lib Prov 493 37 81 79 6 06 414 397 493 1 304 Chilliwack Lib Lib 1 429 37 83 148 3 91 1 429 1 067 1 281 3 777 Columbia Lib Lib 644 56 84 350 30 89 644 294 195 1 133 Comox PP I Lib 1 261 43 95 446 15 54 815 793 1 261 2 869 Cowichan Newcastle New Con 1 246 31 26 114 2 86 738 1 246 870 1 132 3 986 Cranbrook Lib Con 1 326 55 53 264 11 06 1 062 1 326 2 388 Creston New Con 879 49 97 396 22 51 483 879 397 1 759 Delta Lib Lib 1 677 46 13 424 11 66 1 677 1 253 633 72 3 635 Dewdney Con Con 1 259 36 60 13 0 38 1 246 1 259 935 3 440 Esquimalt Con Con 1 280 46 36 655 23 72 625 1 280 515 341 2 761 Fernie FLP CLP 1 002 40 18 151 6 06 641 851 1 002 2 494 Fort George Lib Lib 1 080 46 67 52 2 24 1 080 1 028 206 2 314 Grand Forks Greenwood New Con 750 43 53 108 6 27 642 750 331 1 723 The Islands Lib Con 583 34 17 2 0 11 542 583 581 1 706 Kamloops Lib Lib 1 212 41 38 215 7 34 1 212 997 720 2 929 Kaslo Slocan New Lib 799 39 11 199 9 74 799 384 600 260 2 043 Lillooet Con Lib 626 42 56 104 7 07 626 323 522 1 471 Mackenzie New Con 742 41 45 95 5 27 647 742 401 1 790 Nanaimo Lib Lib 1 612 46 35 529 15 21 1 612 642 141 1 083 3 478 Nelson Con Lib 902 43 14 191 9 14 902 711 478 2 091 New Westminster Lib Lib 1 564 37 61 254 6 10 1 564 1 310 591 693 4 158 North Okanagan Lib Lib 1 362 33 20 292 7 12 1 362 907 1 070 764 4 103 North Vancouver Ind Lib 1 283 31 34 120 2 93 1 283 442 1 151 1 163 55 4 094 Omineca Lib Lib 592 44 08 139 10 35 592 298 453 1 343 Prince Rupert Lib Lib 920 55 89 255 15 49 920 61 665 1 646 Revelstoke Lib Lib 1 099 59 05 505 27 13 1 099 594 168 1 861 Richmond Point Grey Con Prov 2 141 35 34 78 1 29 1 855 2 063 2 141 6 059 Rossland Trail New Con 938 48 88 393 20 48 545 938 436 1 919 Saanich Lib Con 1 433 47 43 521 17 24 912 1 433 676 3 021 Salmon Arm New Con 920 36 83 96 3 84 754 920 824 2 498 Similkameen Con Con 1 306 39 56 82 2 48 771 1 306 1 224 3 301 Skeena New Lib 794 50 41 259 16 44 794 246 535 1 575 South Okanagan Con Con 2 009 52 98 691 18 22 1 318 2 009 340 125 3 792 South Vancouver FLP CLP 1 971 38 74 687 13 50 1 141 1 284 692 1 971 5 088 Yale Con Lib 1 148 46 09 383 15 38 1 148 765 578 2 491 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 endorsed by Provincial Party endorsed by Conservative Party previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada multiple candidates Results by riding 1924 British Columbia general election multiple member districts 6 Party Vancouver City Victoria City Votes Share Change Votes Share Change Liberal 58 261 30 71 8 26 15 195 29 40 7 55 Provincial 51 596 27 19 New 9 050 17 51 New Conservative 45 685 24 08 5 88 23 075 44 65 11 86 Canadian Labour 29 654 15 63 4 69 2 640 5 11 2 86 Socialist 3 281 1 73 4 06 Independent 750 0 40 7 58 1 715 3 32 5 00 Independent Conservative 276 0 15 New Independent Liberal 225 0 12 New 3 79 Grand Army of United Veterans 2 69 Women s Freedom League 2 06 Vancouver Ratepayers Association 1 63 Soldier Labour 9 88 Liberty League of BC 4 57 Independent Soldier 1 44 Total 189 728 100 00 51 675 100 00 Seats won 5 1 4 Incumbents returned 2 1See also editList of British Columbia political partiesReferences edit Constitution Act Amendment Act 1923 S B C 1923 c 6 Margaret A Ormsby 1958 British Columbia A History MacMillan Vancouver p 420 Elections BC 1988 pp 151 155 a b c d Hopkins 1925 p 444 a b Elections BC 1988 pp 139 149 a b Elections BC 1988 pp 141 144 151 155 Further reading editAn Electoral History of British Columbia 1871 1986 PDF Victoria Elections British Columbia 1988 ISBN 0 7718 8677 2 In the Sea of Sterile Mountains The Chinese in British Columbia Joseph Morton J J Douglas Vancouver 1974 Despite its title a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC Hopkins J Castell ed 1925 The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs 1924 25 Toronto The Annual Review Company Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1924 British Columbia general 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