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1941 British Columbia general election

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48 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   CCF Leader John Hart Harold Winch Royal Lethington Maitland Party Liberal Co-operative Commonwealth Conservative Leader since 1928 1938 1938 Leader's seat Victoria City 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 Duff Pattullo Liberal Premier after election John Hart Coalition

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.

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.

1938 redistribution of ridings

An Act was passed in 1938 providing for a rearrangement of certain seats in the Assembly, maintaining the total at 48, upon the next election. The following changes were made:

Results

Elections to the 20th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1941)

Political party		Party leader	MLAs				Votes
			Candidates	1937	1941	±	#	±	%	± (pp)
	Coalition
	█ Liberal	John Hart	47	31	20	11	147,844	8,230	32.57	4.77
	█ Conservative	Royal Maitland	43	8	12	4	140,282	20,761	30.91	2.31
	Coalition total				32	7	288,126	12,531	63.48	2.46
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Winch	45	7	14	7	151,440	32,040	33.36	4.79
	Liberal		1	–	1	1	1,681	1,681	0.37	Not part of Coalition
	Labour (all factions)		6	1	1		7,141	5,354	1.57	1.14
	Official Conservative		1	–	–	–	2,161	2,161	0.48	New
	Independent		4	1	–	1	1,638	5,703	0.36	1.40
	Socialist Labour		4	–	–	–	683	683	0.15	New
	Independent Farmer		1	–	–	–	388	388	0.09	New
	Emancipation		1	–	–	–	265	265	0.06	New
	Victory Without Debt		1	–	–	–	209	209	0.05	New
	Religious Political Brotherhood		1	–	–	–	105	105	0.02	New
	Independent Socialist		1	–	–	–	56	56	0.01	Returned
Total			156	48	48		453,893		100.00%
Rejected ballots							4,797	654
Actual voters who voted							303,901	38,455	72.73%	1.53
Registered voters							417,839	45,058

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

1. Francis Walker was previously an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
2. Joshua Hinchcliffe had previously been an MLA for Victoria City
3. A.H. Bayne, the Official Conservative candidate supported by the Conservative Party, received 2,161 votes

  = 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

  = candidate repudiated by party

  = multiple candidates

See also

• List of British Columbia political parties

Notes

1. Took over as party leader and Premier after Duff Pattullo refused to be part of the new Coalition.
2. Duff Pattullo stepped aside as party leader and Premier, after refusing to participate in the formation of the Coalition. He would remain as a Liberal outside that group as MLA for Prince Rupert. 1941 Liberal numbers are adjusted to reflect the departure.
3. Joshua Hinchcliffe was nominated by the North Vancouver Conservative Association, but when he disagreed with the party's road policy, he was repudiated by Maitland. A group called the Conservative Active Club nominated A. H. Bayne who received the party's support. Bayne, however, could not run as a Conservative since Hinchcliffe's nomination papers had already been filed.

References

1. Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1938, S.B.C. 1938, c. 8
2. ^ Elections BC 1988, pp. 173, 183.
3. ^ Elections BC 1988, p. 2.
4. ^ Elections BC 1988, pp. 175–180, 185–189.

Sources

• Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871–1986 (PDF). Elections BC. 1988. ISBN 0-7718-8677-2.

• Elections in British Columbia
• 1941 elections in Canada
• 1941 in British Columbia
• October 1941 events in Canada