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British Columbia General Election, 1928The 17th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on June 7, 1928, and held on July 18, 1928. The new legislature met for the first time on January 22, 1929. The Conservative Party defeated the governing Liberal Party, taking over half the popular vote, and 35 of the 48 seats in the legislature. The Liberals' popular vote also increased significantly, but because of the disappearance of the Provincial Party and the Canadian Labour Party, which had won over 35% of the vote together in the previous election, the Liberals were defeated. | 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 | align="center"| | align="right"|48 | align="right"|17 | align="right"|35 | align="right"| +105.9% | align="right"|192,867 | align="right"| 53.30% | align="right"| +23.85% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Liberal-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Liberal Party of British Columbia">Liberal | align="center"| | align="right"|45 | align="right"|23 | align="right"|12 | align="right"| -47.8% | align="right"|144,872 | align="right"| 40.04% | align="right"| +8.70% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Labour-parties-of-British-Columbia" title="Labour parties of British Columbia">Independent Labour Party | align="center"| | align="right"|9 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|17,908 | align="right"| 4.95% | align="right"| n.a. | | ndependent | align="center"| | align="right"|9 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|3,658 | align="right"| 1.01% | align="right"| +0.28% | | ndependent Conservative | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|1,064 | align="right"| 0.29% | align="right"| -0.30% | | ndependent Liberal | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"|2 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| -100% | align="right"|1,001 | align="right"| 0.28% | align="right"| -0.75% | | ndependent Labour | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|316 | align="right"| 0.09% | align="right"| n.a. | | ndependent Farmer | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|128 | align="right"| 0.04% | align="right"| n.a. | | otal | align="center"| | 117 | 48 | 48 | - | 361,814 | 100% | - | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: Elections BC | Note: n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election
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