1907 British Columbia general election explained

Election Name:1907 British Columbia general election
Country:British Columbia
Type:Parliamentary
Vote Type:Popular
Previous Election:1903 British Columbia general election
Previous Year:1903
Election Date: -->
Next Election:1909 British Columbia general election
Next Year:1909
Seats For Election:42 seats to the 11th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Majority Seats:23
Image1:File:Richard McBride (cropped).jpg
Image1 Size:100px
Colour1:294296
Leader1:Sir Richard McBride
Leader Since1:1903
Leaders Seat1:Dewdney
Seats Before1:22
Seats1:26
Seat Change1:4
Popular Vote1:30,781
Percentage1:48.70%
Swing1:2.27pp
Colour2:A51B12
Leader2:James Alexander MacDonald
Leader Since2:1903
Leaders Seat2:Rossland City
Seats Before2:17
Seats2:13
Seat Change2:4
Popular Vote2:23,481
Percentage2:37.15%
Swing2:0.63pp
Image3:SOC
Colour3:FFD700
Leader3:No leader
Seats Before3:2
Seats3:3
Seat Change3:1
Popular Vote3:5,603
Percentage3:8.87%
Swing3:0.91pp
Premier
Before Election:Sir Richard McBride
Posttitle:Premier
After Election:Sir Richard McBride

The 1907 British Columbia general election was the eleventh general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election called on December 24, 1906, and held on February 2, 1907. The new legislature met for the first time on March 7, 1907.

The governing Conservative party won a second term in government, with almost half the popular vote, and a majority of the seats in the legislature, increasing its number of seats by 4 to 26.

The Liberal Party lost 4 seats in the legislature, despite winning about the same share of the popular vote that it had in the 1903 election.

The Socialist Party won one additional seat to bring its total to three.

Results

|-! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party! rowspan=2 | Party leader! colspan=4 | MLAs! colspan=4 | Votes|-! Candidates!1903!1907!±!#! ±!%! ± (pp)|style="text-align:left;"|Richard McBride| 42 || 22 || 26 || 4 || 30,781 || 2,868 || 48.70% || 2.27|style="text-align:left;"|James Alexander MacDonald| 40 || 17 || 13 || 4 || 23,481 || 766 || 37.15% || 0.63|style="text-align:left;"|| 20 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 5,603 || 816 || 8.87% || 0.91|style="text-align:left;"|Canadian Labour[1] |style="text-align:left;"|| 6 || 1 || – || 1 || 2,495 || 1,926 || 3.95% || 3.41|style="text-align:left;"|| 2 || – || – || – || 487 || 487 || 0.77% ||New|style="text-align:left;"|| 1 || – || – || – || 211 || 211 || 0.33% ||New|style="text-align:left;"|| 1 || – || – || – || 147 || 147 || 0.23% ||New|-! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total|112||42! " colspan="2"|42! " colspan="2"|63,205! " colspan="2"| 100.00%|}

Results by riding

The following MLAs were elected:

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1907 British Columbia general election (single-member districts)
RidingWinning partyVotes
Name1903Party Votes Share Margin
#
Margin
%
ConLibSocTotal
 
AlberniLibLib236 48.86% 32 6.62% 204 236 43 483
AtlinConCon78 62.90% 32 25.80% 78 46 124
ChilliwhackLibLib331 51.64% 21 3.28% 310 331 641
ColumbiaLibCon254 56.57% 59 13.14% 254 195 449
ComoxConCon372 56.02% 80 12.04% 372 292 664
CowichanLibCon123 53.95% 18 7.90% 123 105 228
CranbrookLibLib473 44.54% 95 8.95% 378 473 211 1,062
DeltaLibLib430 62.23% 169 24.46% 261 430 691
DewdneyConCon384 61.44% 143 22.88% 384 241 625
EsquimaltConLib297 58.58% 87 17.16% 210 297 507
FernieConCon350 49.93% 65 9.27% 350 66 285 701
Grand ForksConSoc323 43.77% 68 9.22% 255 160 323 738
GreenwoodLibLib217 37.22% 27 4.63% 190 217 176 583
The IslandsLibCon179 49.31% 6 1.65% 179 173 11 363
KamloopsConCon534 54.88% 95 9.76% 534 439 973
KasloConCon233 55.21% 44 10.42% 233 189 422
LillooetConLib123 51.68% 8 3.36% 115 123 238
Nanaimo CitySocSoc455 50.22% 165 18.21% 161 290 455 906
Nelson CityConLib314 43.67% 5 0.69% 309 314 96 719
NewcastleSocSoc259 46.67% 62 11.17% 99 197 259 555
New Westminster CityConCon675 49.31% 128 9.35% 675 547 147 1,369
OkanaganConCon893 54.85% 250 15.35% 893 643 92 1,628
RevelstokeConCon440 54.79% 171 21.29% 440 269 94 803
RichmondConCon417 48.04% 14 1.61% 417 403 48 868
Rossland CityLibLib241 45.90% 55 10.47% 186 241 98 525
LibCon275 51.69% 18 3.38% 275 257 532
SimilkameenConCon298 56.55% 98 18.60% 298 200 29 527
SkeenaConLib188 61.44% 70 22.88% 118 188 306
SlocanLabCon193 49.11% 74 18.83% 193 119 81 393
YaleLibLib289 58.27% 82 16.54% 207 289 496
YmirConCon325 45.71% 86 12.10% 325 239 147 711

= open seat

= winning candidate was in previous Legislature

= incumbent had switched allegiance

= incumbency arose from byelection gain

= other incumbents renominated

= Independent Labour candidate

Party !!colspan="3"
Cariboo !Victoria City
Votes Share Change Votes !Share Change Votes Share Change287 43.88% -1.78% 15,503 51.38% 2.81% 5,965 47.54% 6.01%367 56.12% 1.78% 10,956 36.31% 10.23% 4,474 35.66% -17.37%3,032 10.05% 0.91% 443 3.53% -1.92%Canadian Labour682 2.26% -12.81% 1,666 13.28% 13.28%-1.14%
Total 654 100.00% 30,173 100.00% 12,548 100.00%
Seats won
Incumbents returned 1 4
Seat change

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Comparison is with combined totals of local Labour candidates in 1903