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British Columbia General Election, 1949The 22nd general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on April 16, 1949, and held on June 15, 1949. The new legislature met for the first time on February 14, 1950. The centre-right coalition formed by the Liberal and Conservative parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1945 election increased its share of the vote and its majority in the legislature. Three different social credit groupings nominated or endorsed candidates in the election: the Social Credit Party, the Social Credit League, and the Union of Electors. | owspan="2" colspan="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 | | gcolor="lightcoral"|Liberal | rowspan="2"|Coalition | bgcolor="lightcoral"|Byron Ingemar Johnson | rowspan="2" align="right"|48 | rowspan="2" align="right"|37 | rowspan="2" align="right"|39 | rowspan="2" align="right"| +5.4% | rowspan="2" align="right"|428,773 | rowspan="2" align="right"| 61.35% | rowspan="2" align="right"| +5.52% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Conservative-Party" title="British Columbia Conservative Party">Progressive Conservative | | | olspan="2"|Co-operative Commonwealth | Harold Winch | align="right"|48 | align="right"|10 | align="right"|7 | align="right"| -30.0% | align="right"|245,284 | align="right"| 35.10% | align="right"| -2.52% | | olspan="2"|Independent | align="center"| | align="right"|7 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|1 | align="right"| - | align="right"|5,163 | align="right"| 0.74% | align="right"| +0.41% | | olspan="2"|Labour | Tom Uphill | align="right"|1 | align="right"|1 | align="right"|1 | align="right"| - | align="right"|1,483 | align="right"| 0.21% | align="right"| -0.07% | | olspan="2"|Social Credit Party (1) | align="center"| | align="right"|7 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|8,464 | align="right"| 1.21% | align="right"|n.a. | | olspan="2"|Social Credit League (1) | align="center"| | align="right"|9 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|3,072 | align="right"| 0.44% | align="right"| n.a. | | olspan="2"|Union of Electors (1) | align="center"| | align="right"|12 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|2,790 | align="right"| 0.40% | align="right"| n.a. | | olspan="2"|Labour Progressive | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|1,660 | align="right"| 0.24% | align="right"| -3.28% | | olspan="2"|(Independent) Conservative (3) | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|1,241 | align="right"| 0.18% | align="right"| n.a. | | olspan="2"|People's CCF | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|470 | align="right"| 0.07% | align="right"| -0.53% | | olspan="2"|Socialist Labour | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|286 | align="right"| 0.04% | align="right"| -0.02% | | olspan="2"|People's | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|137 | align="right"| 0.02% | align="right"| n.a. | | olspan="2"|Total | align="center"| | 138 | 48 | 48 | - | 698,823 | 100% | - | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: Elections BC | Notes: (1) Various social credit groups nominated 16 candidates in the previous election as part of a Social Credit "alliance". These candidates won 6,627 votes, 1.42% of the popular vote. (2) The candidate, running independently from the Liberal-PC Coalition, is listed as "Conservative" rather than "Progressive Conservative" in the Statement of Votes. n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election
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