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British Columbia General Election, 1916The 14th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on July 5, 1916, and held on September 14, 1916. The new legislature met for the first time on March 1, 1917. The Liberal Party defeated the governing Conservative Party, winning 50% of the vote, almost double its share from the previous election. The Liberals won 36 of the 47 seats in the legislature. The Conservatives' popular vote fell from almost 60% to just over 40%, and took nine seats, forming the official opposition. Two other seats were won by independents. | 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/Liberal-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Liberal Party of British Columbia">Liberal (1) | align="center"| | align="right"|45 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|36 | align="right"| - | align="right"|89,892 | align="right"| 50.00% | align="right"| +24.63% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Conservative-Party" title="British Columbia Conservative Party">Conservative (2) | align="center"| | align="right"|46 | align="right"|39 | align="right"|9 | align="right"| -76.9% | align="right"|72,842 | align="right"| 40.52% | align="right"| -19.13% | | ndependent | align="center"| | align="right"|7 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|1 | align="right"| - | align="right"|4,926 | align="right"| 2.74% | align="right"| +0.95% | | ndependent Socialist | align="center"| | align="right"|3 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|1,321 | align="right"| 0.74% | align="right"| n.a. | | ndependent Conservative | align="center"| | align="right"|4 | align="right"|1 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| -100% | align="right"|3,014 | align="right"| 1.68% | align="right"| +0.31% | | ndependent Labour | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|2,985 | align="right"| 1.66% | align="right"| n.a. | | a href="/encyclopedia/Socialist-Party-of-Canada" title="Socialist Party of Canada">Socialist | align="center"| | align="right"|4 | align="right"|1 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| -100% | align="right"|2,106 | align="right"| 1.17% | align="right"| -9.91% | | ndependent Liberal | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|1,518 | align="right"| 0.84% | align="right"| n.a. | | a href="/encyclopedia/Social-Democratic-Party-of-Canada" title="Social Democratic Party of Canada">Social Democratic | align="center"| | align="right"|3 | align="right"|1 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| -100% | align="right"|1,012 | align="right"| 0.56% | align="right"| -0.18% | | ndependent Progressive | |align="right"|1 |align="right"|n.a. |align="right"|0 |align="right"| n.a. |align="right"|158 |align="right"| 0.09% |align="right"| n.a. | | otal | !116 !42 !47 ! +11.9% !179,774 ! 100% | - | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: Elections BC | Notes: (1) One candidate, H.C. Brewster (Liberal) who contested and was elected in both Alberni and Victoria City, is counted twice. (2) Also included as a candidate is R. McBride (Conservative, Richmond) who withdrew before the 14 September polling day but received some overseas votes. n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election
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