The Ultimate British Columbia general election, 1991 - American History Information Guide and Reference

The 35th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, was called on September 19, 1991, and held on October 17, 1991. The incumbent Social Credit Party of British Columbia, which had been beset by scandals during Bill Vander Zalm's last term as premier, was defeated by the New Democratic Party of Mike Harcourt. The new legislature met for the first time on March 17, 1992. Liberal Party leader Gordon Wilson surprised observers by leading his party to winning one-third of the votes cast, and forming the official opposition in the legislature.

Election Results

Party	Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party	Party Leader	# of candidates	Previous	After	% Change	#	%	Change
New Democratic	Michael Harcourt	75	22	51	+131.8%	595,391	40.71%	-1.89%
Liberal	Gordon Wilson	71	-	17		486,208	33.25%	+26.51%
Social Credit	Rita Johnston	74	47	7	-85.1%	351,660	24.05%	-25.27%
Green		42	-	-	-	12,650	0.86%	+0.62%
Independent		16	-	-	-	10,281	0.70%	+0.57%
Reform	Ron Gamble	4	n.a.	-	n.a.	2,673	0.18%	n.a.
Family Coalition		8	n.a.	-	n.a.	1,310	0.09%	n.a.
Libertarian		11	-	-	-	860	0.06%	+0.04%
Western Canada Concept	Doug Christie	5	-	-	-	651	0.04%	+0.02%
Conservative		4	-	-	-	426	0.03%	-0.70%
Human Race		2	n.a.	-	n.a.	110	0.01%	n.a.
Green Go (Green Wing/Rhino)		1	n.a.	-	n.a.	93	0.01%	n.a.
Communist League		3	-	-	-	92	0.01%	-0.02%
Interdependence Party		1	n.a.	-	n.a.	62	x	n.a.
Total		317	69	75	+8.7%	1,462,467	100%	-

Notes:

x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote.

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

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