The 19th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on April 14, 1937, and held on June 1, 1937. The new legislature met for the first time on October 26, 1937.
The governing Liberal Party , despite winning only 37% of the popular vote, benefited from the split in the vote between the Conservative Party and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and won a solid majority of the seats in the legislature.
The rift in the Conservative Party that led to its decision not to nominate candidates in the 1933 election had been resolved, and the party was able to form the official opposition.
The Conservatives and CCF each won about 29% of the vote, and only 8 seats and 7 seats, respectively. The remaining two seats were won by Labour and Independent candidates.
| Party
| Party Leader
| # of candidates
| Seats
| Popular Vote
|
| Previous
| After
| % Change
| #
| %
| Change
|
| Liberal
|
| 48
| 34
| 31
| -8.8%
| 156,074
| 37.34%
| -4.40%
|
| Conservative (1)
|
| 43
| 2
| 8
| +300%
| 119,521
| 28.60%
| +24.55%
|
| Co-operative Commonwealth
|
| 46
| 7
| 7
| -
| 119,400
| 28.57%
| -2.96%
|
| Independent
|
| 11
| 2
| 1
| -50.0%
| 7,341
| 1.76%
| -5.98%
|
| Labour
|
| 2
| 1
| 1
| -
| 1,787
| 0.43%
| -0.19%
|
| Constructive
|
| 14
| n.a.
| 0
| n.a.
| 8,086
| 1.93%
| n.a.
|
| Social Credit League
|
| 18
| n.a.
| 0
| n.a.
| 4,812
| 1.15%
| n.a.
|
| Communist
|
| 1
| n.a.
| 0
| n.a.
| 567
| 0.14%
| n.a.
|
| Socialist
|
| 2
| n.a.
| 0
| n.a.
| 287
| 0.07%
| n.a.
|
| Financial Justice
|
| 1
| n.a.
| 0
| n.a.
| 54
| 0.01%
| n.a.
|
| Total
|
| 186
| 47
| 48
| +2.1%
| 417,929
| 100%
| -
|
| Sources: Elections BC
|
Note:
(1) results compared to those of Unionist Party of British Columbia in previous election.
n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election
Last updated: 06-06-2005 04:13:53