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British Columbia General Election, 1933The 18th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on September 13, 1933, and held on November 2, 1933. The new legislature met for the first time on February 20, 1934. The Liberal Party won a majority government. The official opposition was formed by the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, which was contesting its first election. Because of internal discord, the provincial executive of the Conservative Party decided not to contest the election officially each local association was to act on its own. Some candidates ran as Independents, some as Independent Conservatives. Those supporting the premier, Simon Fraser Tolmie, ran as Unionist Party of British Columbia, and those grouped around William John Bowser, a former premier, ran as the Non-Partisan Independent Group. When Bowser died and the elections in Vancouver Centre and Victoria City were postponed, 4 Non-partisan and 2 Unionist candidates withdrew. | 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"|47 | align="right"|12 | align="right"|34 | align="right"| +183.3% | align="right"|159,131 | align="right"| 41.74% | align="right"| +1.70% | | a href="/encyclopedia/New-Democratic-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="New Democratic Party of British Columbia">Co-operative Commonwealth | align="center"| | align="right"|46 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|7 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|120,185 | align="right"| 31.53% | align="right"| n.a. | | a href="/encyclopedia/Non-Partisan-Independent-Group" title="Non Partisan Independent Group">Non Partisan Independent Group | align="center"| | align="right"|30 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|2 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|38,836 | align="right"| 10.19% | align="right"| n.a. | | ndependent (1) | align="center"| | align="right"|29 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|2 | align="right"| - | align="right"|29,506 | align="right"| 7.74% | align="right"| +6.73% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Unionist-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Unionist Party of British Columbia">Unionist(3) | align="center"| | align="right"|12 | align="right"| 35 | align="right"|1 | align="right"| -97.1% | align="right"|15,445 | align="right"| 4.05% | align="right"| -49.25% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Labour-Parties-of-British-Columbia" title="Labour Parties of British Columbia">Labour/Independent Labour | align="center"| | align="right"|4 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|2,357 | align="right"| 0.62% | align="right"| n.a. | | ndependent Conservative | align="center"| | align="right"|6 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|7,114 | align="right"| 1.87% | align="right"| +1.58% | | a href="/encyclopedia/United-Front-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="United Front Party of British Columbia">United Front(2) | align="center"| | align="right"|20 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|4,584 | align="right"| 1.20% | align="right"| n.a. | | ndependent CCF | align="center"| | align="right"|8 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|2,266 | align="right"| 0.59% | align="right"| n.a. | | ndependent Liberal | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|1,076 | align="right"| 0.28% | align="right"| n.a. | | a href="/encyclopedia/Socialist-Party-of-Canada" title="Socialist Party of Canada">Socialist | align="center"| | align="right"|5 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|370 | align="right"| 0.10% | align="right"| n.a. | | rogressive Liberal | |align="right"|1 |align="right"| n.a. |align="right"|0 |align="right"| n.a. |align="right"|353 |align="right"| 0.09% |align="right"| n.a. | | otal | align="center"| | 210 | 48 | 47 | -2.1% | 381,223 | 100% | - | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: Elections BC | Notes: (1) Includes Conservatives who chose to run as Independents. (2) One United Front candidate, C.J. McKendrick, ran twice (Dewdney and Vancouver Centre) and is counted as two candidates. (3) Results compared to those of Conservative Party in previous election. n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election
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