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British Columbia General Election, 1941The 20th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on September 9, 1941, and held on October 21, 1941. After the election, a Coalition government was formed by the Conservative and Liberal members. Liberal Party leader Thomas Dufferin Patullo objected, stepped down, and sat as a Liberal, giving the Coalition 32 seats. | 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 | T.D. Patullo | align="right"|48 | align="right"|31 | align="right"|21 | align="right"| -32.3% | align="right"|149,525 | align="right"| 32.94% | align="right"| -4.40% | | a href="/encyclopedia/New-Democratic-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="New Democratic Party of British Columbia">Co-operative Commonwealth | Harold Winch | align="right"|45 | align="right"|7 | align="right"|14 | align="right"| +100% | align="right"|151,440 | align="right"| 33.36% | align="right"| +4.79% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Conservative-Party" title="British Columbia Conservative Party">Conservative (1) | R.L. Maitland | align="right"|43 | align="right"|8 | align="right"|12 | align="right"| +50.0% | align="right"|140,282 | align="right"| 30.91% | align="right"| +2.31% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Labour-Parties-of-British-Columbia" title="Labour Parties of British Columbia">Labour/Independent Labour | align="center"| | align="right"|6 | align="right"|1 | align="right"|1 | align="right"| - | align="right"|7,141 | align="right"| 1.57% | align="right"| +1.14% | | fficial Conservative (1) | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|2,161 | align="right"| 0.48% | align="right"| n.a. | | ndependent | align="center"| | align="right"|4 | align="right"|1 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| -100% | align="right"|1,638 | align="right"| 0.36% | align="right"| -1.40% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Socialist-Labour-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Socialist Labour Party of British Columbia">Socialist Labour | align="center"| | align="right"|4 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|683 | align="right"| 0.15% | align="right"| n.a. | | ndependent Farmer | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|388 | align="right"| 0.09% | align="right"| n.a. | | a href="/encyclopedia/Emancipation-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Emancipation Party of British Columbia">Emancipation | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|265 | align="right"| 0.06% | align="right"| n.a. | | a href="/encyclopedia/Victory-Without-Debt-Party" title="Victory Without Debt Party">Victory Without Debt | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|209 | align="right"| 0.05% | align="right"| n.a. | | a href="/encyclopedia/Religious-Political-Brotherhood" title="Religious Political Brotherhood">Religious Political Brotherhood | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|105 | align="right"| 0.02% | align="right"| n.a. | | ndependent Socialist | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|56 | align="right"| 0.01% | align="right"| n.a. | | otal | align="center"| | 156 | 48 | 48 | - | 453,893 | 100% | - | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: Elections BC | Note: (1) J. Hinchliffe was nominated by the North Vancouver Conservative Association but when he disagreed with the party's road policy, he was repudiated by the party leader, R.L. Maitland. A group called the Conservative Active Club nominated A. H. Bayne who was approved by Maitland. Bayne, however, could not run as a Conservative since Hinchliffe's nomination papers had been filed. Consequently, Hinchliffe's votes are included in the Conservative Party total and Bayne, who ran as an "Official Conservative", is listed separately. n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election
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