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British Columbia general election, 1924
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The British Columbia general election of 1924 was the sixteenth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on May 10, 1924, and held on June 20, 1924. The new legislature met for the first time on November 3, 1924.
The Liberal Party was re-elected to its third term in government, falling just short of a majority in the legislature even though it won less than a third of the popular vote. Two Independent Liberals were also elected. Premier John Oliver lost his own seat in Victoria City, but remained Premier until 1927.
The Conservative Party formed the official opposition, while two new parties, the Provincial Party and the Canadian Labour Party won three seats each, and a total of 35% of the vote.
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| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
| Liberal | 46 | 25 | 23 | -8.0% | 108,323 | 31.34% | -6.55% | ||
| Conservative | 47 | 15 | 17 | +13.3% | 101,765 | 29.45% | -1.75% | ||
| Provincial | 45 | * | 3 | * | 83,517 | 24.16% | * | ||
| Canadian Labour1 | 15 | * | 3 | * | 39,044 | 11.30% | * | ||
| Independent Liberal | 5 | - | 2 | - | 3,549 | 1.03% | +0.06% | ||
| Socialist2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4,364 | 1.26% | -2.24% | ||
| Independent | 3 | 3 | - | -100.0% | 2,520 | 0.73% | -9.64% | ||
| Independent Conservative | ? | - | - | - | 2,046 | 0.59% | +0.14% | ||
| Farmer-Labour | 1 | * | - | * | 478 | 0.14% | * | ||
| Total | 168 | 47 | 48 | +2.1% | 345,608 | 100% | |||
| Source: Elections BC | |||||||||
Notes:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
1 Not the same as the Canadian Labour Party of B.C. which contested the 1906 and 1909 general elections. Organized in British Columbia in 1924.
2 Includes joint Socialist Party of Canada - Workers' Party of Canada candidate.
| Results of British Columbia general election, 1924 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||
| Member | Riding & party |
Riding & party |
Member | ||||||||||
| Herbert Frederick Kergin | Atlin Liberal |
Cowichan-Newcastle Conservative |
Cyril Francis Davie | ||||||||||
| Edward Dodsley Barrow | Chilliwack Liberal |
Cranbrook Conservative |
Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger | ||||||||||
| John Andrew Buckham | Columbia Liberal |
Creston Conservative |
Fred W. Lister | ||||||||||
| Alexander McDonald Paterson | Delta Liberal |
Dewdney Conservative |
John Alexander Catherwood | ||||||||||
| James Reginald Colley | Kamloops Liberal |
Esquimalt Conservative |
Robert Henry Pooley | ||||||||||
| Henry George Thomas Perry | Fort George Liberal |
Grand Forks-Greenwood Conservative |
John McKie | ||||||||||
| Charles Sidney Lister | Kaslo-Slocan Liberal |
The Islands Conservative |
Cyrus Wesley Peck | ||||||||||
| Albert Edward Munn | Lillooet Liberal |
Mackenzie Conservative |
Michael Manson | ||||||||||
| William Sloan | Nanaimo | Rossland-Trail Conservative |
James Hargraves Schofield | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Campbell | Nelson | Saanich Conservative |
Thomas George Coventry | ||||||||||
| Edwin James Rothwell | New Westminster | Salmon Arm Conservative |
Wolf Wallgren Bruhn | ||||||||||
| John Melvin Bryan Sr. | North Vancouver Liberal |
Similkameen Conservative |
William Alexander McKenzie | ||||||||||
| Alexander Malcolm Manson | Omineca Liberal |
South Okanagan Conservative |
James William Jones | ||||||||||
| Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | Prince Rupert Liberal |
Victoria City Conservative |
Reginald Hayward | ||||||||||
| William Henry Sutherland | Revelstoke Liberal |
Joshua Hinchcliffe | |||||||||||
| Horace Cooper Wrinch | Skeena Liberal |
Robert Allan Gus Lyons | |||||||||||
| Ian Alistair MacKenzie | Vancouver City Liberal |
Harold Despard Twigg | |||||||||||
| Christopher McRae | Cariboo Provincial |
David Alexander Stoddart | |||||||||||
| Victor Wentworth Odlum | Richmond-Point Grey Provincial |
George Alexander Walkem | |||||||||||
| Mary Ellen Smith | Vancouver City Provincial |
Andrew McCreight Creery | |||||||||||
| Charles Woodward | Alberni Independent Liberal |
Richard John Burde | |||||||||||
| John Duncan MacLean | Yale Liberal |
Comox Independent Liberal |
Paul Philips Harrison | ||||||||||
| Burnaby Canadian Labour Party |
Francis Aubrey Browne | ||||||||||||
| Fernie Canadian Labour Party |
Thomas Aubert Uphill | ||||||||||||
| South Vancouver Canadian Labour Party |
Robert Henry Neelands | ||||||||||||
| Source: Elections BC | |||||||||||||
- In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC.
| Preceded by 1920 |
British Columbia general elections | Succeeded by 1928 |