1937 British Columbia general election
June 1, 1937
48 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
CCF
Leader Thomas Dufferin Pattullo Frank Porter Patterson None[lower-alpha 1]
Party Liberal Conservative Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since 1928 1936
Leader's seat Prince Rupert Dewdney
Last election 34 1[lower-alpha 2] 7
Seats won 31 8 7
Seat change Decrease3 Increase7[lower-alpha 3] Steady
Popular vote 156,074 119,521 119,400
Percentage 37.34% 28.60% 28.57%
Swing Decrease4.40pp Increase24.55pp[lower-alpha 3] Decrease2.96pp
Premier before election

Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
Liberal

 Premier after election

Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
Liberal

The 1937 British Columbia general election was the nineteenth 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 April 14, 1937, and held on June 1, 1937. The new legislature met for the first time on October 26, 1937.

The governing Liberal Party, despite winning only 37% of the popular vote, benefited from the split in the vote between the Conservative Party and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and won a solid majority of the seats in the legislature.

The rift in the Conservative Party that led to its decision not to nominate candidates in the 1933 election had been resolved, and the party was able to form the official opposition.

The Conservatives and CCF each won about 29% of the vote, and only 8 seats and 7 seats, respectively. The remaining two seats were won by Labour and Independent candidates.

Results

Elections to the 19th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1937)[1]
Political party Party leader MLAs Votes
Candidates 1933[a 1] 1937 ± # ± % ± (pp)
Liberal Duff Pattullo 4835314Decrease156,0743,057Decrease37.344.40Decrease
Conservative[a 2] Frank Porter Patterson 43484Increase119,52154,278Increase28.6011.48Increase
  CCF split
█ Co-operative Commonwealth None[a 3] 4677Steady119,400785Decrease28.572.96Decrease
█ Social Constructive Robert Connell 14–––8,0868,086Increase1.93New
Independent 1111Steady7,34118,317Decrease1.764.97Decrease
Labour (all factions) 211Steady1,787570Decrease0.430.19Decrease
Social Credit League Andrew Henry Jukes 18–––4,8124,812Increase1.15New
Communist 1–––567567Increase0.14New
Socialist 2–––287287Increase0.07Returned
Financial Justice 1–––5454Increase0.01New
Total 186 48 48 417,929 100.00%
Rejected ballots[2] 4,143763Increase
Actual voters who voted[2] 265,44629,031Increase 71.20%1.87Decrease
Registered voters[2] 372,78149,241Increase
  1. ↑ Assembly was increased mid-term by the division of Columbia-Revelstoke, thus reviving the previous districts of Columbia and Revelstoke.
  2. ↑ Compared to the 1933 aggregate of all Conservative factions.
  3. ↑ CCF leader Robert Connell was expelled from the party over doctrinal differences.
Seats and popular vote by party[1]
PartySeatsVotesChange (pp)
█ Liberal
31 / 48
37.34%
 -4.40
 
█ Conservative (all factions)
8 / 48
28.60%
 11.48 11.48
 
█ Co-operative Commonwealth
7 / 48
28.57%
 -2.96
 
█ Social Constructive
0 / 48
1.93%
 1.93 1.93
 
█ Independent
1 / 48
1.76%
 -4.97
 
█ Social Credit League
0 / 48
1.15%
 1.15 1.15
 
█ Other
1 / 48
0.65%
 -2.23
 

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1937 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)[3]
Riding Winning party Votes
Name 1933 Party Votes Share Margin
#		 Margin
%		 Lib Con CCF SCP SCL Ind Oth Total
 
Alberni-Nanaimo Lib Lib 3,61644.34%4875.98%3,6161,0143,129[a 1]397–––8,156
Atlin Lib Lib 56254.56%29929.03%562205263––––1,030
Burnaby CCF CCF 5,90844.03%2,52918.85%3,3792,3075,9086441361,073–13,417
Cariboo Lib Lib 1,92174.57%1,26649.14%1,921––––655–2,576
Chilliwack Lib Con 2,52440.08%3044.83%2,2202,5241,554––––6,298
Columbia Lib Lib 92157.06%55034.07%921371322––––1,614
Comox Lib CCF 2,33644.83%4608.83%1,8769992,336––––5,211
Cowichan-Newcastle OG CCF 1,56033.58%3367.23%1,2246391,560––1,222–4,645
Cranbrook Lib Lib 3,11076.73%2,16753.46%3,110–943––––4,053
Delta CCF CCF 3,19232.93%900.92%3,1022,8153,192583–––9,692
Dewdney Lib Con 1,87039.27%2525.29%1,6181,8701,274––––4,762
Esquimalt Un Con 1,64241.60%2265.72%1,4161,642765–5767–3,947
Fernie ILP ILP 1,70153.64%2317.28%1,470–––––1,7013,171
Fort George Lib Lib 1,49351.54%32311.15%1,4932341,170––––2,897
Grand Forks-Greenwood Lib Lib 72241.93%191.11%722703164133–––1,722
The Islands Lib Con 95345.12%25912.26%694953414–51––2,112
Kamloops Lib Lib 1,78638.89%3257.07%1,7861,4611,345––––4,592
Kaslo-Slocan Lib Lib 1,06438.86%1354.93%1,064715929–30––2,738
Lillooet Lib Lib 1,17639.78%2518.49%1,176925855––––2,956
Mackenzie CCF Lib 1,82833.93%1673.10%1,8281,6611,625152122––5,388
Nelson-Creston Lib Lib 2,14939.17%2484.52%2,1491,9011,121–177139–5,487
New Westminster Lib Lib 4,05552.02%2,28929.36%4,0551,7661,321–––6537,795
North Okanagan Lib Lib 2,68952.64%97018.99%2,6891,719700––––5,108
North Vancouver CCF CCF 2,74932.23%3634.25%1,8471,5222,749––2,411[lower-alpha 4]–8,529
Omineca Lib Lib 1,01350.90%23011.55%1,013194783––––1,990
Peace River NP Lib 1,16842.61%2639.59%1,168434905––234–2,741
Prince Rupert Lib Lib 1,44649.55%65022.27%1,446662796–14––2,918
Revelstoke Lib Lib 1,16261.16%62933.11%1,162533205––––1,900
Rossland-Trail Lib Lib 1,87746.70%62615.57%1,8771,251891––––4,019
Saanich Lib Lib 2,10636.14%4477.67%2,1061,6591,53122427137–5,828
Salmon Arm NP Ind 1,53348.33%64920.46%884–755––1,533[a 2]–3,172
Similkameen Lib Lib 2,26643.55%1362.61%2,2662,130807––––5,203
Skeena Lib Lib 1,00659.74%32819.48%1,006–678––––1,684
South Okanagan Lib Lib 2,38845.02%2875.41%2,3882,101815––––5,304
Yale Lib Lib 96859.94%54633.81%968225422––––1,615
  1. ↑ James Lyle Telford was nominated by the local CCF Club, but suspended and repudiated by provincial Executive
  2. ↑ supported and endorsed by SCP
  = 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
  = multiple candidates
Results by riding - 1937 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)[3]
Riding Winning party Votes
Name MLAs 1933 1937 Lib Con CCF SCP SCL Ind Oth Total
Vancouver-Burrard 2
  2
  2
 16,90313,50314,423765581–5446,229
Vancouver Centre 2
  2
  2
 12,8218,26111,461891922–23434,590
Vancouver East 2
  2
  2
 10,3145,91423,1021,146389–5340,918
Vancouver-Point Grey 3
  3
  2
  1
 27,24329,13418,589–1,001––75,967
Victoria City 4
  2
  1
  1
  2
  2
 26,57125,5749,5983,1511,061––65,955

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ CCF leader Robert Connell had been expelled from the party over doctrinal differences. Connell contested the election as leader of the British Columbia Social Constructive Party.
  2. ↑ Result for the Unionist Party of British Columbia.
  3. 1 2 Compared to the Unionist Party of British Columbia.
  4. ↑ Joseph Bentley Leyland, Reeve of West Vancouver and a driving force behind the construction of the Lions Gate Bridge, came in second with 2,386 votes.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Elections BC 1988, pp. 173, 183.
  2. 1 2 3 Elections BC 1988, p. 2.
  3. 1 2 Elections BC 1988, pp. 175–180, 185–189.
  4. ↑ "Leyland, Joseph B." MemoryBC. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

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