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British Columbia General Election, 1956The 25th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on August 13, 1956, and held on September 19, 1956. The new legislature met for the first time on February 7, 1957. The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a third term in government with over 45% of the popular vote. The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation formed the official opposition. The British Columbia Liberal Party lost two of its four seats despite winning over 20% of the popular vote. The Progressive Conservative Party lost its single seat in the legislature, and would not win a seat again until the 1972 election. One seat was won by a Labour candidate, Tom Uphill of Fernie. | 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 | | Social Credit | W.A.C. Bennett | align="right"|52 | align="right"|28 | align="right"|39 | align="right"| 39.3% | align="right"|374,711 | align="right"| 45.84% | align="right"| +8.09% | | a href="/encyclopedia/New-Democratic-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="New Democratic Party of British Columbia">Co-operative Commonwealth | Bob Strachan | align="right"|51 | align="right"|14 | align="right"|10 | align="right"| -28.6% | align="right"|231,511 | align="right"| 28.32% | align="right"| -2.53% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Liberal-Party" title="British Columbia Liberal Party">Liberal | Arthur Laing | align="right"|52 | align="right"|4 | align="right"|2 | align="right"| -50.0% | align="right"|177,922 | align="right"| 21.77% | align="right"| -1.82% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Labour-Parties-of-British-Columbia" title="Labour Parties of British Columbia">Labour | Tom Uphill | align="right"|1 | align="right"|1 | align="right"|1 | align="right"| - | align="right"|1,321 | align="right"| 0.16% | align="right"| -0.06% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Conservative-Party" title="British Columbia Conservative Party">Progressive Conservative | |align="right"|22 |align="right"|1 |align="right"|0 |align="right"| -100% |align="right"|25,373 |align="right"| 3.11% |align="right"| -2.49% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Communist-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Communist Party of British Columbia">Labour Progressive | align="center"| | align="right"|14 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|3,381 | align="right"| 0.41% | align="right"| -0.62% | | ndependent | align="center"| | align="right"|6 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|3,005 | align="right"| 0.37% | align="right"| +0.10% | | a href="/encyclopedia/People's-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="People's Party of British Columbia">People's/Common Herd | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|173 | align="right"| 0.02% | align="right"| n.a. | | otal | align="center"| | 199 | 48 | 52 | 8.3% | 817,397 | 100% | - | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: Elections BC | Note: n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election
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