BRITISH COLUMBIA GENERAL ELECTION, 1912

The 'British Columbia general election of 1912' was the thirteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on February 27 1912, and held on 'March 28 1912'. The new legislature met for the first time on January 16 1913.
The governing Conservative Party increased its share of the popular vote to almost 60%, and swept all but 3 of the 42 seats in the legislature. Of the remaining three, one (Harold Ernest Forster in Columbia) was formally listed as an Independent but was a Conservative who had missed the filing date. He campaigned and sat in full support of the McBride government.
The Liberal Party's share of the vote fell from one-third to one-quarter, and it lost both of its seats in the legislature.
The remaining two seats were won by the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party in the coal-mining ridings of Nanaimo City and Newcastle.

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Results

Results by Riding

See also

Further reading & references

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1909	'Elected'	% Change	#	%	% Change	Conservative 1		42	38	'39'	+2.6%	50,423	59.65%	+7.32%	Socialist		17	-	'1'	-	9,366	11.08%	-0.42%	Independent Conservative		7	-	'1'	-	1,163	1.37%	+1.22%	Social Democratic		1	★	'1'	★	621	0.74%	★	Liberal		19	2	-	-100%	21,443	25.37%	-7.84%	Independent		2	-	-	-	1,513	1.79%	-0.80%
'Total'			88	42	42	-	84,529	100%
'Source:' Elections BC

'Notes:'

★ Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
¹ Since 9 Conservatives were elected by acclamation, i.e., without any polling of votes, the total votes for the Conservative Party and the overall total as well as the popular vote are somewhat misleading. A potential 14,086 voters did not have the opportunity to exercise their franchise. Given a voter turnout of almost 50% in other ridings, the total number of votes could have been about 7,000 more.

Results by Riding

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|align="center" |Henry Esson Young
|align="center" |Atlin
Conservative
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|align="center" |Nanaimo City
Social Democrat
|align="center"|John Thomas Wilmot Place
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|align="center"|John George Corry Wood
|align="center" |Alberni
Liberal
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|align="center" |Newcastle
Socialist
|align="center"|Parker Williams
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|align="center"|Michael Callanan
|align="center" rowspan=2 |Cariboo
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|align="center"|John Anderson Fraser
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|align="center"|Samuel Arthur Cawley
|align="center" |Chilliwhack
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|align="center"|Henry George Parson ¹
|align="center" |Columbia
Independent Conservative
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|align="center"|Michael Manson
|align="center" |Comox
Conservative
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|align="center"|William Henry Hayward
|align="center" |Cowichan
Conservative
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|align="center"|Thomas Donald Caven
|align="center" |Cranbrook
Conservative
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|align="center"|Francis James Anderson MacKenzie
|align="center" |Delta
Conservative
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|align="center"|William J. Manson
|align="center" |Dewdney
Conservative
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|align="center"|Robert Henry Pooley
|align="center" |Esquimalt
Liberal
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|align="center"|William Roderick Ross
|align="center" |Fernie
Conservative
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|align="center"|Ernest Miller
|align="center" |Grand Forks
Conservative
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|align="center"|John Robert Jackson
|align="center" |Greenwood
Conservative
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|align="center"|Albert Edward McPhillips
|align="center" |The Islands
Conservative
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|align="center"|James Pearson Shaw
|align="center" |Kamloops
Conservative
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|align="center"|Neil Franklin MacKay
|align="center" |Kaslo
Conservative
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|align="center"|Archibald MacDonald
|align="center" |Lillooet
Conservative
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|align="center"|William Ross MacLean
|align="center" |Nelson City
Conservative
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|align="center"|Thomas Gifford
|align="center" |New Westminster City
Conservative
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|align="center"|Price Ellison
|align="center" |Okanagan
Conservative
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|align="center"|Thomas Taylor
|align="center" |Revelstoke
Conservative
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|align="center"|Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton
|align="center" |Richmond
Conservative
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|align="center"|Lorne Argyle Campbell
|align="center" |Rossland City
Conservative
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|align="center"|David McEwen Eberts
|align="center" |Saanich
Conservative
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|align="center"|Lytton Wilmot Shatford
|align="center" |Similkameen
Conservative
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|align="center"|William Manson
|align="center" |Skeena
Conservative
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|align="center"|William Hunter
|align="center" |Slocan
Conservative
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|align="center"|William John Bowser
|align="center" rowspan=5 |Vancouver City
Conservative
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|align="center"|Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan
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|align="center"|George Albert McGuire
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|align="center"|Charles Edward Tisdall
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|align="center"|Henry Holgate Watson
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|align="center"|Henry Frederick William Behnsen
|align="center" rowspan=4 |Victoria City
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|align="center"|Frederick Davey
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|align="center"|Richard McBride ²
Premier
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|align="center"|Henry Broughton Thomson
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|align="center"|Alexander Lucas
|align="center" |Yale
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|align="center"|James Hargrave Schofield
|align="center" |Ymir
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|align-left"|¹ Identified as a Conservative but listed by the Chief Electoral Officer as an Independent. When he failed to obtain the official nomination, Forster ran as an Independent Conservative but in full support of the McBride government.
|align-left"|² Incumbent Premier.
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See also

★ List of British Columbia political parties

Further reading & references

★ ''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.