1941 British Columbia general election

The 1941 British Columbia general election was the twentieth 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 September 9, 1941, and held on October 21, 1941.

1941 British Columbia general election

October 21, 1941
48 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 25 seats needed for a majority
CCF Con Leader Thomas Dufferin Pattullo Harold Winch Royal Lethington Maitland Party Liberal Co-operative Commonwealth Conservative Leader since 1928 1938 1938 Leader's seat Prince Rupert Vancouver East Vancouver-Point Grey Last election 31 7 8 Seats won 21 14 12 Seat change 10 7 4 Popular vote 149,525 151,440 140,282 Percentage 32.94% 33.36% 30.91% Swing 4.40pp 4.79pp 2.31pp
Premier before election Thomas Dufferin Pattullo Liberal Premier after election Thomas Dufferin Pattullo Liberal

After the election, a Coalition government was formed by the Conservative and Liberal members. Liberal Party leader Thomas Dufferin Pattullo objected, stepped down, and sat as a Liberal, giving the Coalition thirty two seats.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1937	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal	T.D. Pattullo	48	31	21	-32.3%	149,525	32.94%	-4.40%
	CCF	Harold Winch	45	7	14	+100%	151,440	33.36%	+4.79%
	Conservative^1	Royal Lethington Maitland	43	8	12	+50.0%	140,282	30.91%	+2.31%
	Labour/Independent Labour		6	1	1	-	7,141	1.57%	+1.14%
	Official Conservative^1		1	*	-	*	2,161	0.48%	*
	Independent		4	1	-	-100%	1,638	0.36%	-1.40%
	Socialist Labour		4	*	-	*	683	0.15%	*
	Independent Farmer		1	*	-	*	388	0.09%	*
	Emancipation		1	*	-	*	265	0.06%	*
	Victory Without Debt		1	*	-	*	209	0.05%	*
	Religious Political Brotherhood		1	*	-	*	105	0.02%	*
	Independent Socialist		1	*	-	*	56	0.01%	*
Total			156	48	48	-	453,893	100%
Source: Elections BC

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

¹ J. Hinchliffe was nominated by the North Vancouver Conservative Association but when he disagreed with the party's road policy, he was repudiated by the party leader, R.L. Maitland. A group called the Conservative Active Club nominated A. H. Bayne who was approved by Maitland. Bayne, however, could not run as a Conservative since Hinchliffe's nomination papers had been filed. Consequently, Hinchliffe's votes are included in the Conservative Party total and Bayne, who ran as an "Official Conservative", is listed separately.

Popular vote CCF   33.36% Liberal   32.94% Conservative   30.91% Labour   1.57% Others   1.22%

Seats summary Liberal   43.75% CCF   29.17% Conservative   25.00% Labour   2.08%

Results by riding

Results of British Columbia general election, 1941
Government				Opposition
	Member	Riding & party		Riding & party		Member
	James Mowat	Alberni Liberal			Burnaby CCF	Ernest Edward Winch
	William James Asselstine	Atlin Liberal			Comox CCF	Colin Cameron
	Louis LeBourdais	Cariboo Liberal			Cowichan-Newcastle CCF	Samuel Guthrie
	Thomas King	Columbia Liberal			Delta CCF	Leonard Alec Shepherd
	Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George Liberal			Mackenzie CCF	Herbert Gargrave
	Robert Henry Carson	Kamloops Liberal			North Vancouver CCF	Dorothy Steeves
	Charles Sidney Leary	Kaslo-Slocan Liberal			Rossland-Trail CCF	Herbert Wilfred Herridge
	George Sharratt Pearson	Nanaimo and the Islands Liberal			Similkameen CCF	Bernard George Webber
	Frank Putnam	Nelson-Creston Liberal			Vancouver-Burrard CCF	Winona Grace MacInnis
	Arthur Wellesley Gray	New Westminster Liberal				Charles Grant MacNeil
	Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan Liberal			Vancouver Centre CCF	Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson
	Mark Matthew Connelly	Omineca Liberal				Wallis Walter LeFeaux
	Glen Everton Braden	Peace River Liberal			Vancouver East CCF	James Lyle Telford
	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert Liberal				Harold Edward Winch^2
	Harry Johnston	Revelstoke Liberal			Chilliwack	Leslie Harvey Eyres
	Norman William Whittaker	Saanich Liberal			Cranbrook Conservative	Frank William Green
	Edward Tourtellotte Kenney	Skeena Liberal			Dewdney Conservative	Roderick Charles MacDonald
	John Hart ^1	Victoria City Liberal			Esquimalt Conservative	Elmer Victor Finland
	Nancy Hodges				Grand Forks-Greenwood Conservative	Thomas Alfred Love
	William Thomas Straith				Lillooet Conservative	Ernest Crawford Carson
	John Joseph Alban Gillis	Yale Liberal			Oak Bay Conservative	Herbert Anscomb
	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie Labour (Party)			South Okanagan Conservative	William Andrew Cecil Bennett
	Rolf Wallgren Bruhn	Salmon Arm Independent			Vancouver-Point Grey Conservative	Royal Lethington Maitland
						James Alexander Paton
						Tilly Rolston
	^1 Premier-Elect and Incumbent				^2 Leader of the Opposition

Sources:

1. Elections BC

2. SUMMARIES OF PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS AND BY-ELECTIONS, BRITISH COLUMBIA 1928 TO 1969.By: BRITISH COLUMBIA. CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, Published: 1969, McMaster University Government Publications.

See also

• List of British Columbia political parties