1920 British Columbia general election

1920 British Columbia general election

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47 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader John Oliver William John Bowser Party Liberal Conservative Leader's seat Victoria City[a] Vancouver City Last election 36 9 Seats won 26 14 Seat change 10 5 Popular vote 134,167 110,475 Percentage 37.89% 31.20% Swing 12.11pp 9.32pp   Third party Fourth party   FLP PP Party Federated Labour People's Last election Did not contest Did not contest Seats won 3 1 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 32,230 1,354 Percentage 9.10% 0.38% Swing new new
Premier before election John Oliver Liberal Premier after election John Oliver Liberal

The 1920 British Columbia general election was the fifteenth 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 October 23, 1920, and held on December 1, 1920. The new legislature met for the first time on February 8, 1921.

Although it lost eleven seats in the legislature, and fell from 50% of the popular vote to under 38%, the governing Liberal Party was able to hold on to a slim majority in the legislature for its second consecutive term in government.

The Conservative Party also lost a significant share of its popular vote, but won six additional seats for a total of fifteen, and formed the Official Opposition.

Almost a third of the vote and seven seats were won by independents and by a wide variety of fringe parties.

This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office.^[1]

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