BRITISH COLUMBIA GENERAL ELECTION, 1916

The 'British Columbia general election of 1916' was the fourteenth 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 July 5 1916, and held on 'September 14 1916'. The new legislature met for the first time on March 1 1917.
The Liberal Party defeated the governing Conservative Party, winning 50% of the vote, almost double its share from the previous election. The Liberals won 36 of the 47 seats in the legislature.
The Conservatives' popular vote fell from almost 60% to just over 40%, and took nine seats, forming the official opposition.
Two other seats were won by independents.

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Results

Results by Riding

See also

Further reading & references

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1912	'Elected'	% Change	#	%	% Change	Liberal 1		45	-	'36'		89,892	50.00%	+24.63%	Conservative 2		46	39	'9'	-76.9%	72,842	40.52%	-19.13%	Independent		7	-	'1'	-	4,926	2.74%	+0.95%	Independent Socialist		3	★	'1'	★	1,321	0.74%	★	Independent Conservative		4	1	-	-100%	3,014	1.68%	+0.31%	Independent Labour		2	★	-	★	2,985	1.66%	★	Socialist		4	1	-	-100%	2,106	1.17%	-9.91%	Independent Liberal		1	★	-	★	1,518	0.84%	★	Social Democratic		3	1	-	-100%	1,012	0.56%	-0.18%	Independent Progressive		1	★	-	★	158	0.09%	★
'Total'			116	42	47	+11.9%	179,774	100%
'Sources:' Elections BC

'Notes:'

★ Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
¹ One candidate, H.C. Brewster (Liberal) who contested and was elected in both Alberni and Victoria City, is counted twice.
² Also included as a candidate is R. McBride (Conservative, Richmond) who withdrew before the 14 September polling day but received some overseas votes.

Results by Riding

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|align="center"|Harlan Carey Brewster ¹
|align="center" |Alberni
Liberal
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|align="center" |Cowichan
Independent Conservative
|align="center"|William Henry Hayward
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|align="center" |Frank Harry Mobley
|align="center" |Atlin
Liberal
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|align="center" |Delta
Conservative
|align="center"|Francis James Anderson MacKenzie
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|align="center"|John MacKay Yorston
|align="center" |Cariboo
Liberal
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|align="center" |Esquimalt
Liberal
|align="center"|Robert Henry Pooley
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|align="center"|Edward Dodsley Barrow
|align="center" |Chilliwhack
Liberal
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|align="center" |Fort George
Conservative
|align="center"|William Roderick Ross
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|align="center"|John Andrew Buckham
|align="center" |Columbia
Liberal
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|align="center" |Lillooet
Conservative
|align="center"|Archibald MacDonald
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|align="center"|Hugh Stewart
|align="center" |Comox
Liberal
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|align="center" |Nelson
Conservative
|align="center"|William Oliver Rose
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|align="center"|James Horace King
|align="center" |Cranbrook
Liberal
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|align="center" |Similkameen
Conservative
|align="center"|Lytton Wilmot Shatford
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|align="center"|John Oliver
|align="center" |Dewdney
Liberal
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|align="center" |South Okanagan
Conservative
|align="center"|James William Jones
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|align="center"|Alexander Ingram Fisher
|align="center" |Fernie
Liberal
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|align="center" |Trail
Conservative
|align="center"|James Hargrave Schofield
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|align="center"|James Edwin Wallace Thompson
|align="center" |Grand Forks
Liberal
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|align="center" rowspan=|Vancouver City
Conservative
|align="center"|William John Bowser ²
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|align="center"|John Duncan MacLean
|align="center" |Greenwood
Liberal
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|align="center" |Newcastle
Socialist
|align="center"|Parker Williams
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|align="center"|Malcolm Bruce Jackson
|align="center" |The Islands
Liberal
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|align="center"|Frederick William Anderson
|align="center" |Kamloops
Liberal
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|align="center"|John Keen
|align="center" |Kaslo

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|align="center"|William Sloan
|align="center" |Nanaimo
Liberal
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|align="center"|David Whiteside
|align="center" |New Wesminster
Liberal
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|align="center"|Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald
|align="center" |North Okanagan
Liberal
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|align="center"|George Samuel Hanes
|align="center" |North Vancouver
Liberal
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|align="center"|Alexander Malcolm Manson
|align="center" |Omineca
Liberal
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|align="center"|Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
|align="center" |Prince Rupert
Liberal
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|align="center"|William Henry Sutherland
|align="center" |Revelstoke
Liberal
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|align="center"|Gerald Grattan McGeer
|align="center" |Richmond
Liberal
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|align="center"|William David Wilson
|align="center" |Rossland
Liberal
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|align="center"|Frederick Arthur Pauline
|align="center" |Saanich
Liberal
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|align="center"|Charles Franklin Nelson
|align="center" |Slocan
Liberal
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|align="center"|John Walter Weart
|align="center" |South Vancouver
Liberal
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|align="center"|John Sedgwick Cowper
|align="center" rowspan=5 |Vancouver City
Liberal
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|align="center"|John Wallace deBeque Farris
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|align="center"|Malcolm Archibald MacDonald
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|align="center"|John William McIntosh
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|align="center"|Ralph Smith
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|align="center"|George Bell
|align="center" rowspan=4 |Victoria City
Liberal
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|align="center"|Harlan Carey Brewster ¹
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|align="center"|Henry Charles Hall ²
Premier
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|align="center"|John Hart
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|align="center"|Joseph Walters
|align="center" |Yale
Liberal
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|align-left"|¹ Premier Elect.
|align-left"|² Incumbent Premier.
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| align="center" colspan="10"|'Source:' Elections BC
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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.