British Columbia general election, 1960

The British Columbia general election of 1960 was the 26th 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 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

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	1956	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Social Credit	W.A.C. Bennett	52	39	32	-17.9%	386,886	38.83%	-7.01%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bob Strachan	52	10	16	+60.0%	326,094	32.73%	+4.41%
	Liberal	Ray Perrault	50	2	4	+100%	208,249	20.90%	-0.87%
	Progressive Conservative	Davie Fulton	52	-	-	-	66,943	6.72%	+3.61%
	Communist		19	-	-	-	5,675	0.57%	+0.16%
	Independent		5	-	-	-	2,557	0.25%	-0.12%
Total			230	52	52	-	996,404	100%
Sources: Elections BC

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

British Columbia general election, 1960

Results

See also