The 1920 British Columbia general election was the fifteenth general election for the Province of

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, 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

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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.Women's Right to Vote in Canada
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Results

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and Victoria City. He would opt to resign from the Delta seat. , 45 , , 36 , , 26 , , 10 , , 134,167 , , 44,275 , , 37.89 , , 12.11 , style="text-align:left;" , William Bowser , 42 , , 9 , , 14 , , 5 , , 110,475 , , 37,633 , , 31.20 , , 9.32 , - Includes candidates from the Liberty League of B.C. (2,466 votes), Vancouver Ratepayers Association (3,291 votes), and Women's Freedom League (4,166 votes). , , 18 , , 1 , , 3 , , 2 , , 36,736 , , 31,810 , , 10.37 , , 7.63 , - Includes candidates not directly nominated, but supported by, the Federated Labour Party. , , 14 , , – , , 3 , , 3 , , 32,230 , , 32,230 , , 9.10 , , , - , style="text-align:left", People's Party , , 1 , , – , , 1 , , 1 , , 1,354 , , 1,354 , , 0.38 , , , - , , 1 , , 1 , , – , , 1 , , 419 , , 902 , , 0.12 , , 0.62 , - Includes John Henry Burrough, a Labour candidate in Prince Rupert running on a Socialist Party platform. , , 7 , , – , , – , , , , 12,386 , , 10,280 , , 3.50 , , 2.33 , - Soldier-Farmer candidates ran in rural Districts (five candidates, 3361 votes) and Soldier-Labour candidates ran in urban ones (six candidates, 7419 votes). , , 11 , , – , , – , , – , , 10,780 , , 10,780 , , 3.04 , , , - , style="text-align:left", Grand Army of United VeteransSome GAUV candidates ran on a joint Soldier-Labour ticket. , , 2 , , – , , – , , – , , 5,441 , , 5,441 , , 1,54 , , , - , , 3 , , – , , – , , , , 3,433 , , 1,915 , , 0.97 , , 0.13 , - , , 2 , , – , , – , , – , , 3,178 , , 3,178 , , 0.90 , , , - , , 2 , , – , , – , , , , 1,602 , , 1,412 , , 0.45 , , 1.23 , - , , 2 , , – , , – , , – , , 907 , , 907 , , 0.26 , , , - , , 3 , , – , , – , , – , , 526 , , 526 , , 0.15 , , , - , , 1 , , – , , – , , – , , 424 , , 424 , , 0.12 , , , - , , 1 , , – , , – , , , , 30 , , 2,955 , , 0.01 , , 1.65 , - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 155 , 47 ! colspan="2", 47 ! colspan="2", 354,088 ! colspan="2", 100.00%

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

: = open seat : = 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 : = candidate repudiated by local association : = multiple candidates

Notes and references

Notes

References

{{British Columbia elections 1920 1920 elections in Canada 1920 in British Columbia December 1920 in Canada