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British Columbia general election, 1941

The 20th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on September 9, 1941, and held on October 21, 1941.

After the election, a Coalition government was formed by the Conservative and Liberal members. Liberal Party leader Thomas Dufferin Patullo objected, stepped down, and sat as a Liberal, giving the Coalition 32 seats.

Party Party Leader # of candidates Seats Popular Vote
Previous After % Change # % Change
Liberal T.D. Patullo 48 31 21 -32.3% 149,525 32.94% -4.40%
Co-operative Commonwealth Harold Winch 45 7 14 +100% 151,440 33.36% +4.79%
Conservative (1) R.L. Maitland 43 8 12 +50.0% 140,282 30.91% +2.31%
Labour/Independent Labour 6 1 1 - 7,141 1.57% +1.14%
Official Conservative (1) 1 n.a. 0 n.a. 2,161 0.48% n.a.
Independent 4 1 0 -100% 1,638 0.36% -1.40%
Socialist Labour 4 n.a. 0 n.a. 683 0.15% n.a.
Independent Farmer 1 n.a. 0 n.a. 388 0.09% n.a.
Emancipation 1 n.a. 0 n.a. 265 0.06% n.a.
Victory Without Debt 1 n.a. 0 n.a. 209 0.05% n.a.
Religious Political Brotherhood 1 n.a. 0 n.a. 105 0.02% n.a.
Independent Socialist 1 n.a. 0 n.a. 56 0.01% n.a.
Total 156 48 48 - 453,893 100% -
Sources: Elections BC

Note:

(1) J. Hinchliffe was nominated by the North Vancouver Conservative Association but when he disagreed with the party's road policy, he was repudiated by the party leader, R.L. Maitland. A group called the Conservative Active Club nominated A. H. Bayne who was approved by Maitland. Bayne, however, could not run as a Conservative since Hinchliffe's nomination papers had been filed. Consequently, Hinchliffe's votes are included in the Conservative Party total and Bayne, who ran as an "Official Conservative", is listed separately.

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

Preceded by:
1937 BC election

List of British Columbia elections

Followed by:
1945 BC election

Last updated: 06-06-2005 04:13:57
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