26th General Election 1960 for the province of British Columbia, Canada

The 26th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on August 3, 1960, and held on September 12, 1960. The new legislature met for the first time on January 26, 1961.

The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fourth term in government despite losing sven percentage points of the popular vote and seven of its seats in the legislature.

The opposition Co-operative Commonwealth Federation increased both its share of the popular vote and its number of seats.

The British Columbia Liberal Party lost a small part of its popular vote, but managed to double its caucus from two to four members.

The Progressive Conservative Party doubled iots share of the popular vote to almost 7%, but won no seats in the legislature

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