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