The 1960 British Columbia general election was the 26th 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 3, 1960, and held on September 12, 1960. The new legislature met for the first time on January 26, 1961.
The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fourth term in government despite losing seven percentage points of the popular vote and seven of its seats in the legislature.
Saywell, John T., ed. (1961). Canadian Annual Review for 1960. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
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The 1960 British Columbia general election was the 26th 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 3 1960 and held on September 12 1960 The new legislature met for the first time on January 26 1961 1960 British Columbia general election 1956 September 12 1960 1963 52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 27 seats were needed for a majority First party Second party CCFLeader W A C Bennett Robert StrachanParty Social Credit Co operative CommonwealthLeader s seat South Okanagan Cowichan NewcastleLast election 39 seats 45 84 10 seats 28 32 Seats won 32 16Seat change 7 6Popular vote 386 886 326 094Percentage 38 83 32 73 Swing 7 01pp 4 41pp Third party Fourth party BCLP PCLeader Ray Perrault Deane FinlaysonParty Liberal Progressive ConservativeLeader s seat North Vancouver Ran in North Vancouver lost Last election 2 seats 21 77 0 seats 3 11 Seats won 4 0Seat change 2 0Popular vote 208 249 66 943Percentage 20 90 6 72 Swing 0 87pp 3 61ppPremier before electionW A C BennettSocial Credit Premier after election W A C BennettSocial CreditThe conservative Social Credit of Premier W A C Bennett was re elected with a majority in the legislature to a fourth term in government despite losing seven percentage points of the popular vote and seven of its seats in the legislature The opposition Co operative Commonwealth Federation increased both its share of the popular vote and its number of seats The British Columbia Liberal Party lost a small part of its popular vote but managed to double its caucus from two to four members The Progressive Conservative Party doubled its share of the popular vote to almost 7 but won no seats in the legislature Contents 1 Results 2 Results by riding 3 See also 4 Further readingResults EditParty Party leader ofcandidates Seats Popular vote1956 Elected Change ChangeSocial Credit W A C Bennett 52 39 32 17 9 386 886 38 83 7 01 CCF Bob Strachan 52 10 16 60 0 326 094 32 73 4 41 Liberal Ray Perrault 50 2 4 100 208 249 20 90 0 87 Progressive Conservative Deane Finlayson 52 66 943 6 72 3 61 Communist 19 5 675 0 57 0 16 Independent 5 2 557 0 25 0 12 Total 230 52 52 996 404 100 Sources Elections BCNote Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election Popular voteSocial Credit 38 83 CCF 32 73 Liberal 20 90 PC 6 72 Others 0 82 Popular voteSocial Credit 61 54 CCF 30 77 Liberal 7 69 Results by riding EditResults of British Columbia general election 1960Government OppositionMember Riding amp party Riding amp party Member William Collins Speare CaribooSocial Credit AlberniCCF Stanley John Squire William Kenneth Kiernan ChilliwackSocial Credit AtlinCCF Frank Arthur Calder Richard Orr Newton ColumbiaSocial Credit BurnabyCCF Cedric Cox Daniel Robert John Campbell ComoxSocial Credit Gordon Dowding Herbert Joseph Bruch EsquimaltSocial Credit Cowichan NewcastleCCF Robert Martin Strachan2 Ray Gillis Williston Fort GeorgeSocial Credit CranbrookCCF Leo Thomas Nimsick Philip Arthur Gaglardi KamloopsSocial Credit DeltaCCF Camille Mather Donald Frederick Robinson LillooetSocial Credit James Henry Rhodes Earle Cathers Westwood Nanaimo and the IslandsSocial Credit DewdneyCCF Dave Barrett Wesley Drewett Black Nelson CrestonSocial Credit Grand Forks GreenwoodCCF Lois Haggen Lorne Shantz North OkanaganSocial Credit Kaslo SlocanCCF Randolph Harding Jacob Francis Huhn North Peace RiverSocial Credit MackenzieCCF Anthony John Gargrave Cyril Morley Shelford OminecaSocial Credit New WestminsterCCF Rae Eddie William Harvey Murray Prince RupertSocial Credit RevelstokeCCF George Hobbs Donald Leslie Brothers Rossland TrailSocial Credit Vancouver EastCCF Alexander Barrett MacDonald John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle SaanichSocial Credit Arthur James Turner Willis Franklin Jefcoat Salmon ArmSocial Credit FernieLiberal Henry Cartmell Harry McKay Frank Richter Jr SimilkameenSocial Credit North VancouverLiberal James Gordon Gibson Dudley George Little SkeenaSocial Credit Ray Perrault William Andrew Cecil Bennett1 South OkanaganSocial Credit Oak BayLiberal Alan Brock MacFarlane Stanley Carnell South Peace RiverSocial Credit Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin Vancouver BurrardSocial Credit Herbert Price Alexander Small Matthew Vancouver CentreSocial Credit Leslie Raymond Peterson Thomas Audley Bate Vancouver Point GreySocial Credit Robert William Bonner Buda Hosmer Brown William Neelands Chant Victoria CitySocial Credit Waldo McTavish Skillings John Donald Smith Irvine Finlay Corbett YaleSocial Credit 1 Premier Elect 2 Leader of the OppositionSource Elections BCSee also EditList of British Columbia political partiesFurther reading EditSaywell John T ed 1961 Canadian Annual Review for 1960 Toronto University of Toronto Press Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1960 British Columbia general election amp oldid 1074195975, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
