The 14th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on July 5, 1916, and held on September 14, 1916. The new legislature met for the first time on March 1, 1917.

The Liberal Party defeated the governing Conservative Party, winning 50% of the vote, almost double its share from the previous election. The Liberals won 36 of the 47 seats in the legislature.

The Conservatives' popular vote fell from almost 60% to just over 40%, and took nine seats, forming the official opposition.

Two other seats were won by independents.

Party	Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
			Previous	After	% Change	#	%	Change
Liberal (1)		45	0	36	-	89,892	50.00%	+24.63%
Conservative (2)		46	39	9	-76.9%	72,842	40.52%	-19.13%
Independent		7	0	1	-	4,926	2.74%	+0.95%
Independent Socialist		3	n.a.	1	n.a.	1,321	0.74%	n.a.
Independent Conservative		4	1	0	-100%	3,014	1.68%	+0.31%
Independent Labour		2	n.a.	0	n.a.	2,985	1.66%	n.a.
Socialist		4	1	0	-100%	2,106	1.17%	-9.91%
Independent Liberal		1	n.a.	0	n.a.	1,518	0.84%	n.a.
Social Democratic		3	1	0	-100%	1,012	0.56%	-0.18%
Independent Progressive		1	n.a.	0	n.a.	158	0.09%	n.a.
Total		116	42	47	+11.9%	179,774	100%	-
Sources: Elections BC

Notes:

(1) One candidate, H.C. Brewster (Liberal) who contested and was elected in both Alberni and Victoria City, is counted twice.

(2) Also included as a candidate is R. McBride (Conservative, Richmond) who withdrew before the 14 September polling day but received some overseas votes.

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

Preceded by: 1912 BC election

List of British Columbia elections

Followed by: 1920 BC election