1912 British Columbia general election

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March 28, 1912

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42 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party
		SPC
Leader	Sir Richard McBride	none
Party	Conservative	Socialist
Leader's seat	Victoria City
Last election	38	2
Seats won	39	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	50,423	9,366
Percentage	59.65%	11.08%
Swing	7.32pp	0.42pp

	Third party	Fourth party
	SDP
Leader	none	Harlan Carey Brewster
Party	Social Democratic	Liberal
Last election	Did not contest	2
Seats won	1	0
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	621	21,443
Percentage	0.74%	25.37%
Swing	new	7.84pp

Premier before election

Richard McBride
Conservative

Premier after election

Richard McBride
Conservative

The 1912 British Columbia general election 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.

Results

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1912)
Political party		Party leader	MLAs				Votes
Political party		Party leader	Candidates	1909	1912	±	#	±	%	± (pp)
	Conservative	Richard McBride	42	38	39	1	50,423	2,651	59.65%	7.32
	Socialist		17	2	1	1	9,366	2,299	11.08%	0.42
	Independent Conservative		7	–	1	1	1,163	1,009	1.37%	1.22
	Social Democratic		1	–	1	1	621	621	0.74%	New
	Liberal	Harlan Carey Brewster	19	2	–	2	21,433	12,242	25.37%	7.84
	Independent		2	–	–	–	1,513	1,112	1.79%	0.80
Total			88	42	42		84,529		100.00%

Seats and popular vote by party
Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
█ Conservative	39 / 42	59.65%	7.32	7.32
█ Liberal	0 / 42	25.37%	-7.34
█ Socialist	1 / 42	11.08%	-0.42
█ Other	2 / 42	3.90%	0.44	0.44

Results by riding

The following MLAs were elected:

Alberni: John George Corry Wood Atlin: Henry Esson Young Cariboo: Michael Callanan Cariboo: John Anderson Fraser Chilliwhack: Samuel Arthur Cawley Columbia: Harold Ernest Forster (I-Con) Comox: Michael Manson Cowichan: William Henry Hayward Cranbrook: Thomas Donald Caven Delta: Francis James Anderson MacKenzie Dewdney: William J. Manson Esquimalt: Robert Henry Pooley Fernie: William Roderick Ross Grand Forks: Ernest Miller

Greenwood: John Robert Jackson The Islands: Albert Edward McPhillips Kamloops: James Pearson Shaw Kaslo: Neil Franklin MacKay Lillooet: Archibald McDonald Nanaimo City: John Thomas Wilmot Place Nelson City: William Ross MacLean Newcastle: Parker Williams New Westminster City: Thomas Gifford Okanagan: Price Ellison Revelstoke: Thomas Taylor Richmond: Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton Rossland City: Lorne Argyle Campbell Saanich: David McEwen Eberts

Similkameen: Lytton Wilmot Shatford Skeena: William Manson Slocan: William Hunter Vancouver City: Charles William John Bowser Vancouver City: Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan Vancouver City: George Albert McGuire Vancouver City: Charles Edward Tisdall Vancouver City: Henry Holgate Watson Victoria City: Henry Frederick William Behnsen Victoria City: Frederick Davey Victoria City: Richard McBride Victoria City: Henry Broughton Thomson Yale: Alexander Lucas Ymir: James Hargrave Schofield

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1912 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)
Riding	Winning party								Votes
Name	1909		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	Con	Lib	Soc	I-Con	SD	Total
Name	1909		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %						Total

Alberni		Lib		Con	acclaimed
Atlin		Con		Con	acclaimed
Chilliwhack		Con		Con	acclaimed
Columbia		Con		I-Con	282	51.74%	19	3.48%	263	–	–	282	–	545
Comox		Con		Con	694	66.16%	339	32.32%	694	–	355	–	–	1,049
Cowichan		Con		Con	441	80.04%	331	60.08%	441	110	–	–	–	551
Cranbrook		Con		Con	acclaimed
Delta		Con		Con	748	70.83%	440	41.66%	748	308	–	–	–	1,056
Dewdney		Con		Con	803	80.54%	609	61.08%	803	–	–	194	–	997
Esquimalt		Lib		Con	398	46.50%	212	24.77%	398	151	25	282	–	856
Fernie		Con		Con	1,067	58.31%	304	16.62%	1,067	–	763	–	–	1,830
Grand Forks		Con		Con	acclaimed
Greenwood		Con		Con	364	78.11%	262	56.22%	364	–	102	–	–	466
The Islands		Con		Con	345	75.66%	234	51.32%	345	–	–	111	–	456
Kamloops		Con		Con	931	70.11%	534	40.22%	931	397	–	–	–	1,328
Kaslo		Con		Con	acclaimed
Lillooet		Con		Con	200	71.17%	119	42.34%	200	81	–	–	–	281
Nanaimo City		Soc		SD	621	39.45%	43	2.73%	578	375	–	–	621	1,574
Nelson City		Con		Con	527	59.08%	339	38.00%	527	–	177	188	–	892
Newcastle		Soc		Soc	386	50.86%	13	1.72%	373	–	386	–	–	759
New Westminster City		Con		Con	1,004	72.28%	619	44.56%	1,004	385	–	–	–	1,389
Okanagan		Con		Con	1,388	82.37%	1,091	64.74%	1,388	–	297	–	–	1,685
Revelstoke		Con		Con	acclaimed
Richmond		Con		Con	acclaimed
Rossland City		Con		Con	336	56.09%	168	28.04%	336	168	95	–	–	599
Saanich		Con		Con	392	69.01%	216	38.02%	392	176	–	–	–	568
Similkameen		Con		Con	acclaimed
Skeena		Con		Con	940	51.00%	420	22.79%	940	520	277	106	–	1,843
Slocan		Con		Con	373	65.32%	175	30.64%	373	–	198	–	–	571
Yale		Con		Con	524	65.26%	245	30.52%	524	279	–	–	–	803
Ymir		Con		Con	1,024	79.69%	763	59.38%	1,024	–	261	–	–	1,285

The incumbent John Jardine received 96 votes

= open seat

= 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

= multiple candidates

Results by riding - 1912 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)
Party		Cariboo			Vancouver City			Victoria City
Party		Votes	Share	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Votes	Share	Change
	Conservative	645	77.99%	14.98%	25,338	54.74%	4.64%	10,727	66.90%	13.48%
	Liberal	182	22.01%	-14.98%	14,283	30.86%	-5.42%	4,028	25.12%	-6.57%
	Socialist	–	–	–	5,767	12.46%	-1.16%	663	4.13%	0.72%
	Independent	–	–	–	897	1.94%	1.94%	616	3.84%	-7.64%
Total		827	100.00%		46,285	100.00%		16,034	100.00%
Seats won		2			5			4
Incumbents returned		2			5			4
Seat change		–			–			–

Notes

^ Elections BC 1988, pp. 109, 115.
Elections BC 1988, pp. 117–119.
^ Elections BC 1988, pp. 111–113, 117–119.

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