BRITISH COLUMBIA GENERAL ELECTION, 1933

The 'British Columbia general election of 1933' was the eighteenth 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 September 13 1933, and held on 'November 2 1933'. The new legislature met for the first time on February 20 1934.
The Liberal Party won a majority government.
The official opposition was formed by the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, which was contesting its first election.
Because of internal discord, the provincial executive of the Conservative Party decided not to contest the election officially each local association was to act on its own. Some candidates ran as 'Independents', some as 'Independent Conservatives'. Those supporting the premier, Simon Fraser Tolmie, ran as 'Unionist Party of British Columbia', and those grouped around William John Bowser, a former premier, ran as the 'Non-Partisan Independent Group'. When Bowser died and the elections in Vancouver Centre and Victoria City were postponed, 4 Non-partisan and 2 Unionist candidates withdrew.

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Results

Results by Riding

See also

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1928	'Elected'	% Change	#	%	% Change	Liberal		47	12	'34'	+183.3%	159,131	41.74%	+1.70%	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.		46	★	'7'	★	120,185	31.53%	★	Non Partisan Independent Group		30	★	'2'	★	38,836	10.19%	★	Independent1		29	-	'2'	-	29,506	7.74%	+6.73%	Unionist2		12	35	'1'	-97.1%	15,445	4.05%	-49.25%	Labour/Independent Labour		4	★	'1'	★	2,357	0.62%	★	Independent Conservative		6	-	-	-	7,114	1.87%	+1.58%	United Front (Workers and Farmers) Party3		20	★	-	★	4,584	1.20%	★	Independent CCF		8	★	-	★	2,266	0.59%	★	Independent Liberal		2	★	-	★	1,076	0.28%	★	Socialist		5	★	-	★	370	0.10%	★	Progressive Liberal		1	★	-	★	353	0.09%	★
'Total'			210	48	47	-2.1%	381,223	100%
'Source:' Elections BC

'Notes:'

★ Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
¹ Includes Conservatives who ran as Independents.
² Results compared to those of Conservative Party in previous election.
³ One United Front candidate, C.J. McKendrick, ran in two ridings (Dewdney and Vancouver Centre) and is counted as two candidates.

Results by Riding

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|align="center" |George Sharratt Pearson
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Liberal
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|align="center" |Burnaby
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|align="center" |Ernest Edward Winch
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|align="center" |William James Asseltine
|align="center" |Atlin
Liberal
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|align="center" |Delta
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|align="center" |Robert Blatchford Swailes
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|align="center" |Donald Morrison MacKay
|align="center" |Cariboo
Liberal
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|align="center" |Mackenzie
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|align="center" |Ernest Bakewell
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|align="center" |Edward Dodsley Barrow
|align="center" |Chilliwack
Liberal
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|align="center" |North Vancouver
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|align="center" |Harley Christian Erskine Anderson
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|align="center" |William Henry Sutherland
|align="center" |Columbia-Revelstoke
Liberal
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|align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver East
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|align="center" |John Price
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|align="center" |Laurence Arnold Hanna
|align="center" |Comox
Liberal
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|align="center" |Harold Edward Winch
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|align="center" |Frank Mitchell MacPherson
|align="center" |Cranbrook
Liberal
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|align="center" |Victoria City
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|align="center" |Robert Connell ²
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|align="center" |David William Strachan
|align="center" |Dewdney
Liberal
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|align="center" |Fernie
Independent Labour Party
|align="center" |Thomas Aubert Uphill
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|align="center" |Henry George Thomas Perry
|align="center" |Fort George
Liberal
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|align="center" |Peace River
Non-Partisan Independent Group
|align="center" |Robert Henry Pooley
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|align="center" |Dougald MacPherson
|align="center" |Grand Forks-Greenwood
Liberal
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|align="center" |Salmon Arm
Non-Partisan Independent Group
|align="center" |Rolf Wallgren Bruhn
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|align="center" |Alexander McDonald
|align="center" |The Islands
Liberal
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|align="center" |Cowichan-Newcastle
Oxford Group Movement
|align="center" |Hugh George Egioke Savage
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|align="center" |Robert Henry Carson
|align="center" |Kamloops
Liberal
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|align="center" |Esquimalt
Unionist
|align="center" |Robert Henry Pooley
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|align="center" |Charles Sidney Leary
|align="center" |Kaslo-Slocan
Liberal
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|align="center" |Victoria City
Independent
|align="center" |Herbert Anscomb
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|align="center" |George Matheson Murray
|align="center" |Lillooet
Liberal
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|align="center" |Frank Putnam
|align="center" |Nelson-Creston
Liberal
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|align="center" |Arthur Wellesley Gray
|align="center" |New Westminster
Liberal
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|align="center" |Kenneth Cattanch MacDonald
|align="center" |North Okanagan
Liberal
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|align="center" |Alexander Malcolm Manson
|align="center" |Omineca
Liberal
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|align="center" |Thomas Dufferin Pattullo¹
|align="center" |Prince Rupert
Liberal
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|align="center" |Richard Ronald Burns
|align="center" |Rossland-Trail
Liberal
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|align="center" |Norman William Whittaker
|align="center" |Saanich
Liberal
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|align="center" |Charles Herbert Percy Tupper
|align="center" |Similkameen
Liberal
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|align="center" |Edward Tourtellotte Kennedy
|align="center" |Skeena
Liberal
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|align="center" |Joseph Allen Harris
|align="center" |South Okanagan
Liberal
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|align="center" |Gerald Grattan McGeer
|align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver-Burrard
Liberal
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|align="center" |Helen Douglas Smith
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|align="center" |Gordon McGregor Sloan
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Liberal
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|align="center" |Gordon Sylvester Wismer
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|align="center" |George Moir Weir
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Liberal
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|align="center" |Robert Wilkinson
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|align="center" |John Joseph Alban Gillis
|align="center" |Yale
Liberal
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See also

★ List of British Columbia political parties