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.
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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
editPolitical party | Party leader | MLAs | Votes | |||||||
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Candidates | 1903 | 1907 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | |||
Conservative | Richard McBride | 42 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 30,781 | 2,868 | 48.70% | 2.27 | |
Liberal | James Alexander MacDonald | 40 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 23,481 | 766 | 37.15% | 0.63 | |
Socialist | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5,603 | 816 | 8.87% | 0.91 | ||
Canadian Labour[a 1] | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | 2,495 | 1,926 | 3.95% | 3.41 | ||
Independent Labour[a] | 2 | – | – | – | 487 | 487 | 0.77% | New | ||
Independent Socialist | 1 | – | – | – | 211 | 211 | 0.33% | New | ||
Independent | 1 | – | – | – | 147 | 147 | 0.23% | New | ||
Total | 112 | 42 | 42 | 63,205 | 100.00% |
- ^ Comparison is with combined totals of local Labour candidates in 1903
Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
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█ Conservative | 26 / 42
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2.27 | |||
█ Liberal | 13 / 42
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-0.63 | |||
█ Socialist | 3 / 42
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0.91 | |||
█ Labour | 0 / 42
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-3.41 | |||
█ Other | 0 / 42
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0.86 |
Results by riding
editThe following MLAs were elected:[3]
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Synopsis of results
editRiding | Winning party | Votes | ||||||||||||
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Name | 1903 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Con | Lib | Soc | C-Lab | Oth | Total | ||
Alberni | Lib | Lib | 236 | 48.86% | 32 | 6.62% | 204 | 236 | 43 | – | – | 483 | ||
Atlin[c] | 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 | – | – | 525 | ||
Saanich | 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
Party | Cariboo | Vancouver City | Victoria City | |||||||
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Votes | Share | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Votes | Share | Change | ||
Conservative | 287 | 43.88% | -1.78% | 15,503 | 51.38% | 2.81% | 5,965 | 47.54% | 6.01% | |
Liberal | 367 | 56.12% | 1.78% | 10,956 | 36.31% | 10.23% | 4,474 | 35.66% | -17.37% | |
Socialist | – | – | – | 3,032 | 10.05% | 0.91% | 443 | 3.53% | -1.92% | |
Canadian Labour | – | – | – | 682 | 2.26% | -12.81% | 1,666 | 13.28% | 13.28% | |
Socialist Labour | – | – | – | – | – | -1.14% | – | – | – | |
Total | 654 | 100.00% | 30,173 | 100.00% | 12,548 | 100.00% | ||||
Seats won | 2 |
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Incumbents returned | 1 | 4 | – | |||||||
Seat change | – | – | 4
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974).
- Hopkins, J. Castell (1908). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1907. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.
- Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871–1986 (PDF). Elections BC. 1988. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.
Notes
edit- ^ Described as Liberal-Labour candidates by the Conservative press, and no Liberal candidates were nominated in their districts. They were repudiated by Canadian Labour's Victoria branch.[2]
- ^ McBride also won a seat in Victoria. He renounced Dewdney, and William J. Manson (Con) would win in the subsequent byelection.
- ^ Results are incomplete. Several polling places were unreported.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Elections BC 1988, pp. 91, 99.
- ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 104.
- ^ Elections BC 1988, pp. 101–103.
- ^ a b Elections BC 1988, pp. 96–99, 101–103.
- ^ Elections BC 1988, pp. 101, 104.