BRITISH COLUMBIA GENERAL ELECTION, 1937

The 'British Columbia general election of 1937' was the nineteenth 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 April 14 1937, and held on 'June 1 1937'. The new legislature met for the first time on October 26 1937.
The governing Liberal Party , despite winning only 37% of the popular vote, benefited from the split in the vote between the Conservative Party and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and won a solid majority of the seats in the legislature.
The rift in the Conservative Party that led to its decision not to nominate candidates in the 1933 election had been resolved, and the party was able to form the official opposition.
The Conservatives and CCF each won about 29% of the vote, and only 8 seats and 7 seats, respectively. The remaining two seats were won by Labour and Independent candidates.

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Results

Results by Riding

See also

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1933	'Elected'	% Change	#	%	% Change	Liberal		48	34	'31'	-8.8%	156,074	37.34%	-4.40%	Conservative1		43	2	'8'	+300%	119,521	28.60%	+24.55%	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.		46	7	'7'	-	119,400	28.57%	-2.96%	Independent		11	2	'1'	-50.0%	7,341	1.76%	-5.98%	Labour		2	1	'1'	-	1,787	0.43%	-0.19%	Constructivist	Robert Connell	14	★	-	★	8,086	1.93%	★	Social Credit League		18	★	-	★	4,812	1.15%	★	Communist		1	★	-	★	567	0.14%	★	Socialist		2	★	-	★	287	0.07%	★	Financial Justice		1	★	-	★	54	0.01%	★
'Total'			186	47	48	+2.1%	417,929	100%
'Source:' Elections BC

'Notes:'

★ Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
¹ Results compared to those of Unionist Party of British Columbia in previous election.

Results by Riding

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Liberal
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|align="center" |Chilliwack
Conservative
|align="center" |Leslie Harvey Eyres
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|align="center" |William James Asseltine
|align="center" |Atlin
Liberal
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|align="center" |Dewdney
Conservative
|align="center" |Frank Porter Patterson
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|align="center" |Louis LeBourdais
|align="center" |Cariboo
Liberal
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|align="center" |Esquimalt
Conservative
|align="center" |Elmer Victor Finland
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|align="center" |Thomas King
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Liberal
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|align="center" |The Islands
Conservative
|align="center" |Macgregor Fullarton MacIntosh
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|align="center" |Frank Mitchell MacPherson
|align="center" |Cranbrook
Liberal
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Conservative
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|align="center" |Henry George Thomas Perry
|align="center" |Fort George
Liberal
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|align="center" |James Alexander Paton
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|align="center" |Robert Henry Carson
|align="center" |Kamloops
Liberal
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Conservative
|align="center" |Herbert Anscomb
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|align="center" |Ezra Churchill Henniger
|align="center" |Grand Forks-Greenwood
Liberal
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|align="center" |Joseph Douglas Hunter
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|align="center" |Charles Sidney Leary
|align="center" |Kaslo-Slocan
Liberal
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|align="center" |Burnaby
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|align="center" |Ernest Edward Winch
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|align="center" |George Matheson Murray
|align="center" |Lillooet
Liberal
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|align="center" |Comox
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|align="center" |Colin Cameron
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|align="center" |John Melvin Bryan Sr.
|align="center" |Mackenzie
Liberal
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|align="center" |Cowichan-Newcastle
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|align="center" |Samuel Guthrie
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|align="center" |Frank Putnam
|align="center" |Nelson-Creston
Liberal
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|align="center" |Delta
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|align="center" |Leonard Alec Shepherd
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|align="center" |Arthur Wellesley Gray
|align="center" |New Westminster
Liberal
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|align="center" |North Vancouver
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|align="center" |Dorothy Gretchen Steeves
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|align="center" |Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald
|align="center" |North Okanagan
Liberal
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Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|align="center" |James Lyle Telford
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|align="center" |Mark Matthew Connelly
|align="center" |Omineca
Liberal
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|align="center" |Harold Edward Winch
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|align="center" |Glen Everton Braden
|align="center" |Peace River
Liberal
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|align="center" |Fernie
Labour (Party)
|align="center" |Thomas Aubert Uphill
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|align="center" |Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
|align="center" |Prince Rupert
Liberal
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|align="center" |Salmon Arm
Independent
|align="center" |Rolf Wallgren Bruhn
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|align="center" |Harry Johnston
|align="center" |Revelstoke
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" |Cecil Robert Bull
|align="center" |South Okanagan
Liberal
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|align="center" |John Howard Forester
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Liberal
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|align="center" |Helen Douglas Smith
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|align="center" |Fred Crone
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Liberal
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|align="center" |Gordon Sylvester Wismer
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|align="center" |George Moir Weir
|align="center" |Vancouver-Point Grey
Liberal
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|align="center" |John Hart ¹
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Liberal
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|align="center" |William Thomas Straith
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|align="center" |John Joseph Alban Gillis
|align="center" |Yale
Liberal
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|align="center"|¹ Premier-Elect and Incumbent
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See also

★ List of British Columbia political parties