1969 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election

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1969 British Columbia general election

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55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
28 seats were needed for a majority
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BCLP

Leader  | W. A. C. Bennett | Thomas R. Berger | Pat McGeer
Party  | Social Credit | New Democratic | Liberal
Leader since  | 1952  | 1969  | 1968
Leader's seat  | South Okanagan | Vancouver-Burrard (lost re-election) | Vancouver-Point Grey
Last election  | 33 seats, 45.59% | 16 seats, 33.62% | 6 seats, 20.24%
Seats won  | 38 | 12  | 5
Seat change  |  5  |  4  |  1
Popular vote  | 457,777 | 331,813  | 186,235
Percentage  | 46.79% | 33.92%  | 19.03%
Swing  |  1.20pp |  0.30pp |  1.21pp

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| Premier before election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

| Premier after election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

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The 1969 British Columbia general election was the 29th 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 July 21, 1969, and held on August 27, 1969. The new legislature met for the first time on January 22, 1970.

The conservative Social Credit Party of British Columbia was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a seventh term in government. It won over 46% of the popular vote.

The opposition New Democratic Party of British Columbia won about one-third of the popular vote, roughly the same as in the previous election, but lost four of its 16 seats in the legislature.

The Liberal Party of British Columbia lost one of its six seats.

## Results

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Party  | Party leader  | # of
candidates  | Seats  | Popular vote

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1966 | Elected  | % Change  | #  | %  | % Change
| Social Credit | W.A.C. Bennett | 55  | 33  | 38 | +15.2%  | 457,777  | 46.79%  | +1.20%
| New Democrats | Tom Berger | 55  | 16  | 12 | -25.0%  | 331,813  | 33.92%  | +0.30%
| Liberal | Patrick Lucey McGeer | 55  | 6  | 5 | -16.7%  | 186,235  | 19.03%  | -1.21%
| Progressive Conservative | John de Wolf | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1,087  | 0.11%  | -0.07%
| Independent  | 6  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 831  | 0.08%  | -0.15%
| Communist |  | 4  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 482  | 0.05%  | -0.09%
| Social Conservative |  | 1  | *  | \-  | *  | 131  | 0.01%  | *
Total | 177  | 55  | 55  | \-  | 978,356  | 100%  |
Source:[1]

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

| Popular vote

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Social Credit |

| 46.79%
NDP |

| 33.92%
Liberal |

| 19.03%
PC |

| 0.11%
Others |

| 0.15%

| Seats summary

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Social Credit |

| 69.09%
NDP |

| 21.82%
Liberal |

| 9.09%

## See also

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* List of British Columbia political parties

## References

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1. ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. p. 303.

## Further reading

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* Saywell, John, ed. (1970). Canadian Annual Review for 1969. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-1736-9.

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