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British Columbia General Election, 1909The 12th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on October 20, 1909, and held on November 25, 1909. The new legislature met for the first time on January 20, 1910. The governing Conservative Party won its third consecutive term in government with over half of the popular vote and all but four of the 42 seats in the legislature. Despite winning almost one-third of the popular vote, the Liberal Party own only two seats, the same number won by the Socialist Party with only 11.5% of the vote. | owspan="2"|Party | rowspan="2"|Party Leader | rowspan="2"|# of candidates | colspan="3"|Seats | colspan="3"|Popular Vote | | lign="center"|Previous | align="center"|After | align="center"|% Change | align="center"|# | align="center"|% | align="center"|Change | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Conservative-Party" title="British Columbia Conservative Party">Conservative (1) | align="center"| | align="right"|42 | align="right"|26 | align="right"|38 | align="right"| +46.2% | align="right"|53,074 | align="right"| 52.33% | align="right"| +3.63% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Liberal-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Liberal Party of British Columbia">Liberal (1) | align="center"| | align="right"|36 | align="right"|13 | align="right"|2 | align="right"| -84.6% | align="right"|33,675 | align="right"| 33.21% | align="right"| -3.94% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Socialist-Party-of-Canada" title="Socialist Party of Canada">Socialist | align="center"| | align="right"|20 | align="right"|3 | align="right"|2 | align="right"| -33.3% | align="right"|11,665 | align="right"| 11.50% | align="right"| +2.63% | | ndependent | align="center"| | align="right"|3 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|2,625 | align="right"| 2.59% | align="right"| +2.36% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Labour-Parties-of-British-Columbia" title="Labour Parties of British Columbia">Canadian Labour (2) | align="right"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|165 | align="right"| 0.16% | align="right"| -3.79% | | ndependent Conservative | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|154 | align="right"| 0.15% | align="right"| n.a. | | ndependent Labour | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|57 | align="right"| 0.06% | align="right"| -0.71% | | otal | !104 ! 42 !42 ! - !101,415 ! 100% | - | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: Elections BC | Notes: (1) Two candidates are counted twice: R. McBride (Conservative), who contested and was elected in both Victoria City and Yale, and J. Oliver (Liberal) who contested but was defeated in both Delta and Victoria City. (2) Organized in 1906. Not the same as the CLP which contested the 1924 election.
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