1963 British Columbia general election

The 1963 British Columbia general election was the 27th 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 22, 1963, and held on September 30, 1963. The new legislature met for the first time on January 23, 1964.

The conservative Social Credit Party of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fifth term in government. The party increased its share of the popular vote and number of seats in the legislature marginally.

The opposition New Democratic Party (formerly the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) had small losses both in popular vote and number of seats.

The Liberals won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of five.

The Progressive Conservative Party won no seats in the legislature, increasing its share of the popular vote by four-and-half percentage points to over 11%.

The Social Credit Party spent more than all the other parties combined to win government, with a combined expenditure of $292,802. The Progressive Conservatives spent $83,667; the Liberals, $57,915; and the official opposition New Democratic Party, $49,417.["Socreds Big Spenders in Election"], Victoria Daily Times, 21 March 1964

Results

|style="text-align:left;" |W.A.C. Bennett | 52 || 32 || 33 || 1 || 395,079 || 8,193 || 40.83 || 2.00 successor to the CCF |style="text-align:left;" |Bob Strachan | 52 || 16 || 14 || 2 || 269,004 || 57,090 || 27.80 || 4.93

|style="text-align:left;" |Ray Perrault | 51 || 4 || 5 || 1 || 193,363 || 14,886 || 19.98 || 0.92

|style="text-align:left;" |Davie Fulton | 44 || – || – || – || 109,090 || 42,147 || 11.27 || 4.55

| || 4 || – || – || – || 849 || 4,826 || 0.09 || 0.48 Including one Socialist candidate in Saanich. | || 2 || – || – || – || 290 || 2,267 || 0.03 || 0.22 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 205 | 52 ! colspan="2"| 52 ! colspan="2"|967,675 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 6,132 ||3,730 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who voted | 608,672 ||23,359 | 69.71% || 2.13 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters | 873,140 ||1,127 | colspan="2"|

+ Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp)

MLAs elected

Single-member districts

Multi-member districts

Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1963 British Columbia general election (single-member districts) Riding Winning party VotesName 1960Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% NDP Lib PC Total Alberni CCF NDP 4,249 48.14% 743 8.42% 3,506 4,249 – 1,071 – – 8,826 Atlin CCF NDP 549 54.46% 241 23.90% 308 549 151 – – – 1,008 Cariboo SC SC 3,015 41.98% 1,464 20.38% 3,015 1,482 1,134 1,551 – – 7,182 Chilliwack SC SC 10,031 58.44% 6,906 40.23% 10,031 3,125 2,252 1,757 – – 17,165 Columbia SC SC 1,305 40.08% 213 6.54% 1,305 467 392 1,092 – – 3,256 Comox SC SC 6,598 42.38% 360 2.32% 6,598 6,238 1,259 1,475 – – 15,570 Cowichan-Newcastle CCF NDP 5,422 50.47% 1,846 17.18% 3,576 5,422 904 840 – – 10,742 Cranbrook CCF NDP 2,563 39.09% 930 14.19% 1,633 2,563 835 1,526 – – 6,557 Dewdney CCF NDP 11,625 41.95% 1,119 4.04% 10,506 11,625 4,051 1,532 – – 27,714 Esquimalt SC SC 4,951 48.28% 2,145 20.92% 4,951 2,806 1,398 1,099 – – 10,254 Fernie Lib Lib 1,226 41.67% 189 6.42% 679 1,037 1,226 – – – 2,942 Fort George SC SC 5,308 60.78% 3,583 41.03% 5,308 1,725 961 739 – – 8,733 Grand Forks-Greenwood CCF NDP 919 38.45% 153 6.40% 705 919 766 – – – 2,390 Kamloops SC SC 5,669 47.17% 1,196 9.95% 5,669 1,297 580 4,473 – – 12,019 Kaslo-Slocan CCF NDP 1,242 45.07% 149 5.41% 1,093 1,242 301 120 – – 2,756 Lillooet SC SC 1,425 33.77% 309 7.32% 1,425 1,116 977 702 – – 4,220 Mackenzie CCF NDP 4,323 41.61% 403 3.88% 3,920 4,323 2,147 – – – 10,390 Nanaimo and the Islands SC NDP 4,278 42.44% 19 0.18% 4,259 4,278 960 582 – – 10,079 Nelson-Creston SC SC 4,047 44.65% 2,104 23.21% 4,047 1,943 1,600 1,474 – – 9,064 New Westminster CCF NDP 5,035 37.57% 318 2.38% 4,717 5,035 2,335 1,316 – – 13,403 North Okanagan SC SC 4,157 41.55% 2,081 20.80% 4,157 2,008 2,076 1,765 – – 10,006 North Peace River SC SC 2,310 69.43% 1,707 51.31% 2,310 414 603 – – – 3,327 Oak Bay Lib Lib 4,457 42.77% 687 6.60% 3,770 469 4,457 1,726 – – 10,422 Omineca SC SC 1,936 55.09% 1,157 32.92% 1,936 779 528 271 – – 3,514 Prince Rupert SC SC 2,357 42.07% 439 7.84% 2,357 1,918 1,328 – – – 5,603 Revelstoke CCF SC 1,176 41.36% 105 3.69% 1,176 1,071 385 211 – – 2,843 Rossland-Trail SC SC 5,474 51.02% 2,828 26.36% 5,474 2,646 1,139 1,470 – – 10,729Saanich SC SC 10,657 49.02% 5,879 27.04% 10,657 4,778 3,049 3,180 – 75 21,739 Salmon Arm SC SC 2,058 41.55% 413 8.34% 2,058 1,645 245 1,005 – – 4,953 Similkameen SC SC 5,093 48.71% 2,457 23.50% 5,093 2,636 1,423 1,303 – – 10,455 Skeena SC SC 2,963 50.23% 988 16.75% 2,963 1,975 961 – – – 5,899 South Okanagan SC SC 8,485 63.69% 5,997 45.01% 8,485 1,707 642 2,488 – – 13,322 South Peace River SC SC 3,365 68.81% 2,540 51.94% 3,365 825 700 – – – 4,890 Yale SC NDP 1,697 37.13% 6 0.14% 1,691 1,697 599 584 – – 4,571

= open seat = turnout is above provincial average = winning candidate was in previous Legislature = incumbent had switched allegiance = previously incumbent in another riding = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature = incumbency arose from byelection gain = other incumbents renominated = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada = multiple candidates

+ Results by riding - 1963 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts) Riding Winning party Votes Voterswho votedNameMLAs 19601963 NDP Lib PC Total Burnaby2 14,650 14,750 5,472 2,343 – –73,598 41,66914,070 14,409 5,641 2,263 – – Delta2 22,504 18,690 5,553 4,461 – –100,327 55,07322,067 17,661 5,342 4,049 – – North Vancouver2 13,215 5,764 16,153 3,567 190 –73,337 37,90111,883 5,409 14,068 3,088 – – Vancouver-Burrard2 11,181 10,345 5,798 – –58,657 29,53410,612 8,998 5,291 – – Vancouver Centre2 8,060 5,806 3,477 2,741 266 –39,777 21,3127,594 5,538 3,467 2,588 240 – Vancouver East2 17,031 20,424 3,996 2,308 – 21587,294 51,78116,867 20,292 3,901 2,260 – – Vancouver-Point Grey3 23,172 8,663 25,592Pat McGeer was elected in a 1962 byelection. 15,719 – –179,472 59,87120,962 8,072 17,641 7,643 – –20,267 8,018 16,510 7,213 – – Victoria City3 9,736 3,557 4,440 2,528 153 –58,670 22,3879,347 3,324 4,355 2,282 – –9,118 3,275 4,302 2,253 – –

= winning candidate

See also List of British Columbia political parties

References

1963 British Columbia general election

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