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British Columbia General Election, 1924The 16th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on May 10, 1924, and held on June 20, 1924. The new legislature met for the first time on November 3, 1924. The Liberal Party was re-elected to its third term in government, falling just short of a majority in the legislature even though it won less than a third of the popular vote. Two Independent Liberals were also elected. The Conservative Party formed the official opposition, while two new parties, the Provinicial Party and the Canadian Labour Party won three seats each, and a total of 35% 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/Liberal-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Liberal Party of British Columbia">Liberal | align="center"| | align="right"|46 | align="right"|25 | align="right"|23 | align="right"| -8.0% | align="right"|108,323 | align="right"| 31.34% | align="right"| -6.55% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Conservative-Party" title="British Columbia Conservative Party">Conservative | align="center"| | align="right"|47 | align="right"|15 | align="right"|17 | align="right"| +13.3% | align="right"|101,765 | align="right"| 29.45% | align="right"| -1.75% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Provincial-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Provincial Party of British Columbia">Provinicial | align="center"| | align="right"|45 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|3 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|83,517 | align="right"| 24.16% | align="right"|n.a. | | a href="/encyclopedia/Labour-Parties-of-British-Columbia" title="Labour Parties of British Columbia">Canadian Labour (1) | align="center"| | align="right"|15 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|3 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|39,044 | align="right"| 11.30% | align="right"| n.a. | | ndependent Liberal | align="center"| | align="right"|5 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|2 | align="right"| - | align="right"|3,549 | align="right"| 1.03% | align="right"| +0.06% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Socialist-Party-of-Canada" title="Socialist Party of Canada">Socialist(2) | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|4,364 | align="right"| 1.26% | align="right"| -2.24% | | ndependent | align="center"| | align="right"|3 | align="right"|3 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| -100.0% | align="right"|2,520 | align="right"| 0.73% | align="right"| -9.64% | | ndependent Conservative | align="center"| | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"| - | align="right"|2,046 | align="right"| 0.59% | align="right"| +0.14% | | armer-Labour | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|478 | align="right"| 0.14% | align="right"| n.a. | | otal | align="center"| | 168 | 47 | 48 | +2.1% | 345,608 | 100% | - | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: Elections BC | Notes: (1) Not the same as the Canadian Labour Party of B.C. which contested the 1906 and 1909 general elections. Organized in British Columbia in 1924. (2) Includes joint Socialist Party of Canada - Workers' Party of Canada candidate. n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election
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