1960 British Columbia general election information
1960 British Columbia general election
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September 12, 1960
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52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party
Second party
CCF
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
7
6
Popular vote
386,886
326,094
Percentage
38.83%
32.73%
Swing
7.01pp
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
2
0
Popular vote
208,249
66,943
Percentage
20.90%
6.72%
Swing
0.87pp
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.
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