The 1907 British Columbia general election was the eleventh general election for the Province of
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...
, Canada. It was held to elect members of the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia () is the deliberative assembly of the Legislature of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The other component of the Legislature is the lieutenant governor of British Columbi ...
. The election called on December 24, 1906, and held on February 2, 1907. The new legislature met for the first time on March 7, 1907.
The governing
Conservative party won a second term in government, with almost half the popular vote, and a
majority
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of the seats in the legislature, increasing its number of seats by 4 to 26.
The
Liberal Party
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lost 4 seats in the legislature, despite winning about the same share of the popular vote that it had in the
1903 election.
The
Socialist Party
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won one additional seat to bring its total to three.
Results
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1903
Events January
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Richard McBride
Sir Richard McBride, (December 15, 1870 – August 6, 1917) was a British Columbia politician and is often considered the founder of the British Columbia Conservative Party. McBride was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 1898 ...
, 42 , , 22 , , 26 , , 4 , , 30,781 , , 2,868 , , 48.70% , , 2.27
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James Alexander MacDonald
, 40 , , 17 , , 13 , , 4 , , 23,481 , , 766 , , 37.15% , , 0.63
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, 20 , , 2 , , 3 , , 1 , , 5,603 , , 816 , , 8.87% , , 0.91
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Canadian Labour[Comparison is with combined totals of local Labour candidates in 1903]
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, 6 , , 1 , , – , , 1 , , 2,495 , , 1,926 , , 3.95% , , 3.41
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, 2 , , – , , – , , – , , 487 , , 487 , , 0.77% , , ''New''
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, 1 , , – , , – , , – , , 211 , , 211 , , 0.33% , , ''New''
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, 1 , , – , , – , , – , , 147 , , 147 , , 0.23% , , ''New''
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Results by riding
The following MLAs were elected:
Synopsis of results
: = open seat
: = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
: = incumbent had switched allegiance
: = incumbency arose from byelection gain
: = other incumbents renominated
: =
Independent Labour
The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British political party of the left, established in 1893 at a conference in Bradford, after local and national dissatisfaction with the Liberals' apparent reluctance to endorse working-class candidate ...
candidate
See also
*
List of British Columbia political parties
*
Richard McBride
Sir Richard McBride, (December 15, 1870 – August 6, 1917) was a British Columbia politician and is often considered the founder of the British Columbia Conservative Party. McBride was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 1898 ...
Further reading
*''
In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia'', Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974).
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Notes
References
{{British Columbia elections
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...
1907 elections in Canada
1907 in British Columbia
February 1907 in Canada