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British Columbia general election, 1912

The 13th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on February 27, 1912, and held on March 28, 1912. The new legislature met for the first time on January 16, 1913.

The governing Conservative Party increased its share of the popular vote to almost 60%, and won all but 3 of the 42 seats in the legislature.

The Liberal Party's share of the vote fell from one-third to one-quarter, and it lost both of its seats in the legislature.

The remaining three seats were won by the Socialist Party, an Independent Conservative, and the Social Democratic Party.


Party Party Leader # of candidates Seats Popular Vote
Previous After % Change # % Change
Conservative (1) 42 38 39 +2.6% 50,423 59.65% +7.32%
Socialist 17 0 1 - 9,366 11.08% -0.42%
Independent Conservative 7 0 1 - 1,163 1.37% +1.22%
Social Democratic 1 n.a. 1 n.a. 621 0.74% n.a.
Liberal 19 2 0 -100% 21,443 25.37% -7.84%
Independent 2 0 0 - 1,513 1.79% -0.80%
Total 88 42 42 - 84,529 100% -
Sources: Elections BC

Notes:

(1) Since 9 Conservatives were elected by acclamation, i.e., without any polling of votes, the total votes for the Conservative Party and the overall total as well as the popular vote are somewhat misleading. A potential 14,086 voters did not have the opportunity to exercise their franchise. Given a voter turnout of almost 50% in other ridings, the total number of votes could have been about 7,000 more.

n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election

Preceded by:
1909 BC election

List of British Columbia elections

Followed by:
1916 BC election

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