1960 British Columbia general election

1960 British Columbia general election

← 1956 September 12, 1960 1963 →

52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
27 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader W. A. C. Bennett Robert Strachan
Party Social Credit Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since 1952 1956
Leader's seat South Okanagan Cowichan-Newcastle
Last election 39 seats, 45.84% 10 seats, 28.32%
Seats won 32 16
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 6
Popular vote 386,886 326,094
Percentage 38.83% 32.73%
Swing Decrease 7.01pp Increase 4.41pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
BCLP
PC
Leader Ray Perrault Deane Finlayson
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since 1959 1952
Leader's seat North Vancouver Ran in North Vancouver (lost)
Last election 2 seats, 21.77% 0 seats, 3.11%
Seats won 4 0
Seat change Increase 2 Steady 0
Popular vote 208,249 66,943
Percentage 20.90% 6.72%
Swing Decrease 0.87pp Increase 3.61pp

Premier before election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

Premier after election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

The 1960 British Columbia general election was the 26th 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 3, 1960, and held on September 12, 1960. The new legislature met for the first time on January 26, 1961.

The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fourth term in government despite losing seven percentage points of the popular vote and seven of its seats in the legislature.

The opposition Co-operative Commonwealth Federation increased both its share of the popular vote and its number of seats.

The British Columbia Liberal Party lost a small part of its popular vote, but managed to double its caucus from two to four members.

The Progressive Conservative Party doubled its share of the popular vote to almost 7%, but won no seats in the legislature.