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British Columbia General Election, 1912The 13th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on February 27, 1912, and held on March 28, 1912. The new legislature met for the first time on January 16, 1913. The governing Conservative Party increased its share of the popular vote to almost 60%, and won all but 3 of the 42 seats in the legislature. The Liberal Party's share of the vote fell from one-third to one-quarter, and it lost both of its seats in the legislature. The remaining three seats were won by the Socialist Party, an Independent Conservative, and the Social Democratic Party. | 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"|38 | align="right"|39 | align="right"| +2.6% | align="right"|50,423 | align="right"| 59.65% | align="right"| +7.32% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Socialist-Party-of-Canada" title="Socialist Party of Canada">Socialist | align="center"| | align="right"|17 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|1 | align="right"| - | align="right"|9,366 | align="right"| 11.08% | align="right"| -0.42% | | ndependent Conservative | align="center"| | align="right"|7 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|1 | align="right"| - | align="right"|1,163 | align="right"| 1.37% | align="right"| +1.22% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Social-Democratic-Party-of-Canada" title="Social Democratic Party of Canada">Social Democratic | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|621 | align="right"| 0.74% | align="right"| n.a. | | a href="/encyclopedia/Liberal-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Liberal Party of British Columbia">Liberal | align="center"| | align="right"|19 | align="right"|2 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| -100% | align="right"|21,443 | align="right"| 25.37% | align="right"| -7.84% | | ndependent | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|1,513 | align="right"| 1.79% | align="right"| -0.80% | | otal | !88 ! 42 !42 ! - !84,529 ! 100% | - | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: Elections BC | Notes: (1) Since 9 Conservatives were elected by acclamation, i.e., without any polling of votes, the total votes for the Conservative Party and the overall total as well as the popular vote are somewhat misleading. A potential 14,086 voters did not have the opportunity to exercise their franchise. Given a voter turnout of almost 50% in other ridings, the total number of votes could have been about 7,000 more. n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election
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