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British Columbia General Election, 1903The Tenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on September 5th, 1903, and held on October 3rd, 1903. The new legislature met for the first time on November 26, 1903. This was the first election in British Columbia that was fought by political parties. Prior to this election, British Columbia politics were non-partisan. The first election was dominated by the Conservative and Liberal parties, which were affiliated with existing parties at the federal level. (See Conservative Party of Canada and Liberal Party of Canada.) The Conservative Party won over 46.4% of the popular vote and a slim majority of the seats in the legislature. | arty | Party Leader | # of candidates | align="center"|Seats | align="center"|Popular Vote | align="center"|% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Conservative-Party" title="British Columbia Conservative Party">Conservative (1) | align="center"| | align="right"|41 | align="right"|22 | align="right"|27,913 | align="right"| 46.43 % | | a href="/encyclopedia/Liberal-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Liberal Party of British Columbia">Liberal (1) | align="center"| | align="right"|39 | align="right"|17 | align="right"|22,715 | align="right"| 37.78% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Socialist-Party-of-Canada" title="Socialist Party of Canada">Socialist | align="center"| | align="right"|10 | align="right"|2 | align="right"|4,787 | align="right"| 7.96% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Labour-Parties-of-British-Columbia" title="Labour Parties of British Columbia">Labour (2) | align="center"| | align="right"|5 | align="right"|1 | align="right"|4,421 | align="right"| 7.36% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Socialist-Labour-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Socialist Labour Party of British Columbia">Socialist Labour | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|284 | align="right"| 0.47% | | otal | !95 !42 !60,120 ! 100% | | | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: Elections BC | Notes: (1) The Conservative Party and the Liberal Party each elected one candidate by acclamation. (2) There was no provincial "Labour Party" as such. Each of the three Electoral Districts with a Labour candidate (Nanaimo, Slocan, and Vancouver City) had a local, autonomous Labour Party. As well, some Liberal candidates appear to have run on a "Liberal-Labour" platform (Atlin, Victoria and Ymir).
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