1960 British Columbia general election

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.

Results

|style="text-align:left;" |W.A.C. Bennett | 52 || 39 || 32 || 7 || 386,886 || 12,175 || 38.83 || 7.01

|style="text-align:left;" |Bob Strachan | 52 || 10 || 16 || 6 || 326,094 || 94,583 || 32.73 || 4.41

|style="text-align:left;" |Ray Perrault | 50 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 208,249 || 30,327 || 20.90 || 0.87

|style="text-align:left;" |Deane Finlayson | 52 || – || – || – || 66,943 || 41,570 || 6.72 || 3.61

|style="text-align:left;" |Tom Uphill | – || 1 || – || 1 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Retired Previously known as Labor-Progressive | || 19 || – || – || – || 5,675 || 2,294 || 0.57 || 0.16

| || 5 || – || – || – || 2,557 || 621 || 0.25 || 0.14 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 230 | 52 ! colspan="2"| 52 ! colspan="2"|996,404 ! colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 9,862 ||3,220 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who voted | 628,031 ||118,622 | 71.84% || 6.41 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters | 874,267 ||95,680 | 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 - 1960 British Columbia general election (single-member districts) Riding Winning party VotesName 1956Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% CCF Lib PC Total Alberni CCF CCF 4,093 45.05% 1,127 12.40% 2,966 4,093 1,305 514 207 – 9,085 Atlin SC CCF 444 53.30% 177 21.25% 267 444 – 122 – – 833 Cariboo SC SC 3,091 40.90% 1,018 13.47% 3,091 1,842 2,073 552 – – 7,558 Chilliwack SC SC 10,051 54.30% 5,928 32.03% 10,051 4,123 3,163 1,173 – – 18,510 Columbia SC SC 1,115 42.35% 340 12.92% 1,115 775 593 150 – – 2,633 Comox SC SC 6,100 38.63% 28 0.18% 6,100 6,072 2,759 653 207 – 15,791 Cowichan-Newcastle CCF CCF 6,261 58.68% 3,228 30.25% 3,033 6,261 – 1,206 170 – 10,670 Cranbrook CCF CCF 2,786 44.18% 1,086 17.22% 1,700 2,786 1,475 345 – – 6,306 Dewdney SC CCF 12,637 43.73% 1,924 6.66% 10,713 12,637 4,512 803 233 – 28,898 Esquimalt SC SC 4,429 40.38% 1,046 9.54% 4,429 3,383 2,165 991 – – 10,968 Fernie Lab Lib 1,126 36.23% 199 6.40% 927 864 1,126 191 – – 3,108 Fort George SC SC 5,066 55.28% 2,730 29.79% 5,066 2,336 1,416 346 – – 9,164 Grand Forks-Greenwood CCF CCF 1,115 42.35% 363 13.79% 752 1,115 564 202 – – 2,633 Kamloops SC SC 4,777 45.86% 1,949 18.71% 4,777 2,828 1,437 1,374 – – 10,416 Kaslo-Slocan CCF CCF 1,298 50.35% 565 21.92% 733 1,298 303 244 – – 2,578 Lillooet SC SC 1,695 39.56% 364 8.50% 1,695 1,331 923 336 – – 4,285 Mackenzie CCF CCF 4,952 46.44% 1,785 16.74% 3,167 4,952 2,058 487 – – 10,664 Nanaimo and the Islands SC SC 4,599 42.34% 51 0.47% 4,599 4,548 1,036 607 72 – 10,862 Nelson-Creston SC SC 4,501 49.37% 1,837 20.15% 4,501 2,664 1,222 730 – – 9,117 New Westminster CCF CCF 6,496 41.25% 1,455 9.24% 5,041 6,496 2,519 1,691 – – 15,747 North Okanagan SC SC 4,553 43.01% 1,525 14.41% 4,553 3,028 1,817 1,098 91 – 10,587 North Peace River SC SC 1,651 46.21% 693 19.40% 1,651 769 958 114 – 81 3,573 Oak Bay Lib Lib 4,558 44.46% 778 7.59% 3,780 701 4,558 1,212 – – 10,251 Omineca SC SC 1,633 45.88% 514 14.44% 1,633 1,119 529 278 – – 3,559 Prince Rupert SC SC 2,367 40.87% 228 3.94% 2,367 2,139 1,087 199 – – 5,792 Revelstoke SC CCF 1,417 44.12% 472 14.70% 945 1,417 585 265 – – 3,212 Rossland-Trail SC SC 5,562 51.12% 3,026 27.81% 5,562 2,536 2,034 608 141 – 10,881Saanich SC SC 10,165 44.23% 3,653 15.90% 10,165 6,512 4,451 1,782 73 – 22,983 Salmon Arm SC SC 1,979 41.75% 312 6.58% 1,979 1,667 481 613 – – 4,740 Similkameen SC SC 4,797 46.84% 1,646 16.07% 4,797 3,151 1,454 840 – – 10,242 Skeena SC SC 2,379 41.19% 242 4.19% 2,379 2,137 848 411 – – 5,775 South Okanagan SC SC 8,058 59.89% 5,156 38.32% 8,058 2,902 1,238 1,256 – – 13,454 South Peace River SC SC 3,133 59.39% 1,794 34.01% 3,133 1,339 303 500 – – 5,275 Yale SC SC 1,103 31.24% 29 1.82% 1,103 1,074 964 390 – – 3,531

= 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 - 1956 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts) Riding Winning party Votes Voterswho votedNameMLAs 19561960 CCF Lib PC Total Burnaby2 13,469 17,659 7,601 1,075 409 –79,309 41,66913,394 17,522 7,111 1,069 – – Delta2 21,011 21,839 8,529 2,280 505 2,010Gordon Lionel Gibson was elected as a Socred MLA in a 1957 byelection.106,328 55,07317,291 21,559 8,517 2,159 408 220 North Vancouver2 12,804 6,746 14,408 3,260Deane Finlayson, PC party leader 242 –72,331 37,90112,276 6,720 13,287Gordon Gibson, Sr. had previously been MLA for Lillooet from 1953 to 1955. 2,397 191 – Vancouver-Burrard2 10,642 9,505 5,744 2,611 339 8756,382 29,53410,231 9,333 5,715 1,904 271 – Vancouver Centre2 8,516 6,530 3,726 1,421 420 –40,733 21,3128,227 6,378 3,724 1,411 380 – Vancouver East2 16,622 25,610 5,906 1,080 718 15999,479 51,78116,379 25,580 5,828 999 598 – Vancouver-Point Grey3 24,273Robert Bonner was previously an MLA for the district. 12,702 17,438 6,774 – –172,832 59,87123,950 12,158 15,107 6,453 – –23,583 11,538 14,827 4,029 – – Victoria City3 9,864 4,598 7,278 2,236 – –65,329 22,3878,855 4,516 6,083 1,959 – –8,671 4,262 5,464 1,543 – –

= winning candidate

See also List of British Columbia political parties

1960 British Columbia general election

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