The 1941 British Columbia general election was the twentieth general election in the Province of

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, Canada. It was held to elect members of the

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. The election was called on September 9, 1941, and held on October 21, 1941. No party took a majority of votes, and no party took a majority of seats. After the election, Conservative and Liberal members voted to form a Coalition government. Liberal Party leader

Thomas Dufferin Pattullo Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo (January 19, 1873 – March 30, 1956) was a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd premier of British Columbia from 1933 to 1941 as a member of the Liberal Party and served as the member of the Legislative ...

objected, stepped down as leader and sat as a Liberal separate from the Coalition. This reduced the Coalition caucus to thirty two MLAs.

1938 redistribution of ridings

An Act was passed in 1938 providing for a rearrangement of certain seats in the Assembly, maintaining the total at 48, upon the next election. The following changes were made:

Results

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, 43 , , 8 , , 12 , , 4 , , 140,282 , , 20,761 , , 30.91 , , 2.31 , - style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , style="text-align:left;" colspan="4", Coalition total , 32 , , 7 , , 288,126 , , 12,531 , , 63.48 , , 2.46 , style="text-align:left;" , Harold Winch , 45 , , 7 , , 14 , , 7 , , 151,440 , , 32,040 , , 33.36 , , 4.79 , , , 1 , , – , , 1 , , 1 , , 1,681 , , 1,681 , , 0.37 , , ''Not part of Coalition'' (all factions) , , , 6 , , 1 , , 1 , , , , 7,141 , , 5,354 , , 1.57 , , 1.14 , , , 1 , , – , , – , , – , , 2,161 , , 2,161 , , 0.48 , , ''New'' , , , 4 , , 1 , , – , , 1 , , 1,638 , , 5,703 , , 0.36 , , 1.40 , , , 4 , , – , , – , , – , , 683 , , 683 , , 0.15 , , ''New'' , , , 1 , , – , , – , , – , , 388 , , 388 , , 0.09 , , ''New'' , , , 1 , , – , , – , , – , , 265 , , 265 , , 0.06 , , ''New'' , , , 1 , , – , , – , , – , , 209 , , 209 , , 0.05 , , ''New'' , , , 1 , , – , , – , , – , , 105 , , 105 , , 0.02 , , ''New'' , , , 1 , , – , , – , , – , , 56 , , 56 , , 0.01 , , ''Returned'' , - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 156 , 48 ! colspan="2", 48 ! colspan="2", 453,893 ! colspan="2", 100.00% , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Rejected ballots , 4,797 , , 654 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Actual voters who voted , 303,901 , , 38,455 , 72.73% , , 1.53 , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Registered voters , 417,839 , , 45,058 , colspan="2",

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 party : = multiple candidates

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