1963 British Columbia general election

The 1963 British Columbia general election was the 27th 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 22, 1963, and held on September 30, 1963. The new legislature met for the first time on January 23, 1964.

1963 British Columbia general election
September 30, 1963
52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
27 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
NDP
Leader W. A. C. Bennett Robert Strachan
Party Social Credit New Democratic
Leader since 1952 1956
Leader's seat South Okanagan Cowichan-Newcastle
Last election 32 seats, 38.83% 16 seats, 32.73%
Seats won 33 14
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 395,079 269,004
Percentage 40.83% 27.80%
Swing Increase 2.00pp Decrease 4.93pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
BCLP
Leader Ray Perrault Davie Fulton
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since 1959 1960
Leader's seat North Vancouver Ran in Kamloops (lost)
Last election 4 seats, 20.90% 0 seats, 6.72%
Seats won 5 0
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0
Popular vote 193,363 109,090
Percentage 19.98% 11.27%
Swing Decrease 0.92pp Increase 4.55pp
Premier before election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

 Premier after election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

The conservative Social Credit Party of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fifth term in government. The party increased its share of the popular vote and number of seats in the legislature marginally.

The opposition New Democratic Party (formerly the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) had small losses both in popular vote and number of seats.

The Liberals won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of five.

The Progressive Conservative Party won no seats in the legislature increasing its share of the popular vote by four-and-half percentage points to over 11%.

Results
Elections to the 27th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1963)[1]
Political party Party leader MLAs Votes
Candidates 1960 1963 ± # ± % ± (pp)
Social Credit W.A.C. Bennett 5232331Increase395,0798,193Increase40.832.00Increase
New Democratic[a 1] Bob Strachan 5216142Decrease269,00457,090Decrease27.804.93Decrease
Liberal Ray Perrault 51451Increase193,36314,886Decrease19.980.92Decrease
Progressive Conservative Davie Fulton 44–––109,09042,147Increase11.274.55Increase
Communist 4–––8494,826Decrease0.090.48Decrease
Independent[a 2] 2–––2902,267Decrease0.030.22Decrease
Total 205 52 52 967,675 100.00%
Rejected ballots[2] 6,1323,730Decrease
Actual voters who voted[2] 608,67223,359Decrease 69.71%2.13Decrease
Registered voters[2] 873,1401,127Decrease
  1. successor to the CCF
  2. Including one Socialist candidate in Saanich.
Seats and popular vote by party[1]
PartySeatsVotesChange (pp)
█ Social Credit
33 / 52
40.83%
 2.00 2
 
█ New Democratic
14 / 52
27.80%
 -4.93
 
█ Liberal
5 / 52
19.98%
 -0.92
 
█ Progressive Conservative
0 / 52
11.27%
 4.55 4.55
 
█ Other
0 / 52
0.12%
 -0.70
 

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results
Results by riding - 1963 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)[3]
Riding Winning party Votes
Name 1960 Party Votes Share Margin
#		 Margin
%		 SC NDP Lib PC Comm Ind Total
 
Alberni CCF NDP 4,24948.14%7438.42%3,5064,249–1,071––8,826
Atlin CCF NDP 54954.46%24123.90%308549151–––1,008
Cariboo SC SC 3,01541.98%1,46420.38%3,0151,4821,1341,551––7,182
Chilliwack SC SC 10,03158.44%6,90640.23%10,0313,1252,2521,757––17,165
Columbia SC SC 1,30540.08%2136.54%1,3054673921,092––3,256
Comox SC SC 6,59842.38%3602.32%6,5986,2381,2591,475––15,570
Cowichan-Newcastle CCF NDP 5,42250.47%1,84617.18%3,5765,422904840––10,742
Cranbrook CCF NDP 2,56339.09%93014.19%1,6332,5638351,526––6,557
Dewdney CCF NDP 11,62541.95%1,1194.04%10,50611,6254,0511,532––27,714
Esquimalt SC SC 4,95148.28%2,14520.92%4,9512,8061,3981,099––10,254
Fernie Lib Lib 1,22641.67%1896.42%6791,0371,226–––2,942
Fort George SC SC 5,30860.78%3,58341.03%5,3081,725961739––8,733
Grand Forks-Greenwood CCF NDP 91938.45%1536.40%705919766–––2,390
Kamloops SC SC 5,66947.17%1,1969.95%5,6691,2975804,473––12,019
Kaslo-Slocan CCF NDP 1,24245.07%1495.41%1,0931,242301120––2,756
Lillooet SC SC 1,42533.77%3097.32%1,4251,116977702––4,220
Mackenzie CCF NDP 4,32341.61%4033.88%3,9204,3232,147–––10,390
Nanaimo and the Islands SC NDP 4,27842.44%190.18%4,2594,278960582––10,079
Nelson-Creston SC SC 4,04744.65%2,10423.21%4,0471,9431,6001,474––9,064
New Westminster CCF NDP 5,03537.57%3182.38%4,7175,0352,3351,316––13,403
North Okanagan SC SC 4,15741.55%2,08120.80%4,1572,0082,0761,765––10,006
North Peace River SC SC 2,31069.43%1,70751.31%2,310414603–––3,327
Oak Bay Lib Lib 4,45742.77%6876.60%3,7704694,4571,726––10,422
Omineca SC SC 1,93655.09%1,15732.92%1,936779528271––3,514
Prince Rupert SC SC 2,35742.07%4397.84%2,3571,9181,328–––5,603
Revelstoke CCF SC 1,17641.36%1053.69%1,1761,071385211––2,843
Rossland-Trail SC SC 5,47451.02%2,82826.36%5,4742,6461,1391,470––10,729
Saanich SC SC 10,65749.02%5,87927.04%10,6574,7783,0493,180–7521,739
Salmon Arm SC SC 2,05841.55%4138.34%2,0581,6452451,005––4,953
Similkameen SC SC 5,09348.71%2,45723.50%5,0932,6361,4231,303––10,455
Skeena SC SC 2,96350.23%98816.75%2,9631,975961–––5,899
South Okanagan SC SC 8,48563.69%5,99745.01%8,4851,7076422,488––13,322
South Peace River SC SC 3,36568.81%2,54051.94%3,365825700–––4,890
Yale SC NDP 1,69737.13%60.14%1,6911,697599584––4,571
      = open seat
      = turnout is above provincial average
      = 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
      = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
      = multiple candidates
    Results by riding - 1963 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts)[3]
    Riding Winning party Votes Voters
    who voted[4]
    Name MLAs 1960 1963 SC NDP Lib PC Comm Ind Total
    Burnaby 2
      2
      1
      1
    		 14,65014,7505,4722,343–– 73,59841,669
    14,07014,4095,6412,263––
    Delta 2
      2
      2
    		 22,50418,6905,5534,461–– 100,32755,073
    22,06717,6615,3424,049––
    North Vancouver 2
      2
      2
    		 13,2155,76416,1533,567190– 73,33737,901
    11,8835,40914,0683,088––
    Vancouver-Burrard 2
      2
      2
    		 11,18110,3455,798–– 58,65729,534
    10,6128,9985,291––
    Vancouver Centre 2
      2
      2
    		 8,0605,8063,4772,741266– 39,77721,312
    7,5945,5383,4672,588240–
    Vancouver East 2
      2
      2
    		 17,03120,4243,9962,308–215 87,29451,781
    16,86720,2923,9012,260––
    Vancouver-Point Grey 3
      3
      2
      1
    		 23,1728,66325,592[a 1]15,719–– 179,47259,871
    20,9628,07217,6417,643––
    20,2678,01816,5107,213––
    Victoria City 3
      3
      3
    		 9,7363,5574,4402,528153– 58,67022,387
    9,3473,3244,3552,282––
    9,1183,2754,3022,253––
    1. Pat McGeer was elected in a 1962 byelection.
      = winning candidate


    See also

    Further reading
    • Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871–1986 (PDF). Elections BC. 1988. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.
    • Saywell, John T., ed. (1964). Canadian Annual Review for 1963. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
    1. Elections BC 1988, pp. 275, 285.
    2. Elections BC 1988, pp. 2–3.
    3. Elections BC 1988, pp. 277–282, 287–292.
    4. Elections BC 1988, p. 537.
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