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British Columbia General Election, 1966The 28th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on August 5, 1966, and held on September 12, 1966. The new legislature met for the first time on January 24, 1967. The conservative Social Credit Party was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a sixth term in government. It increased its share of the popular vote by close to five percentage points to over 45%, and winning the same number of seats (33) as in the previous election. The opposition New Democratic Party also increased its share of the popular vote by over five percentage points, but won only two additional seats. The Liberal Party won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of six. The Progressive Conservative Party was virtually wiped out: it nominated only three candidates (down from 44 in the previous election), and its share of the popular vote fell from over 11% to a negligible amount. | 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"|55 | align="right"|33 | align="right"|33 | align="right"| - | align="right"|342,751 | align="right"| 45.59% | align="right"|+4.76% | | a href="/encyclopedia/New-Democratic-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="New Democratic Party of British Columbia">New Democratic | Bob Strachan | align="right"|55 | align="right"|14 | align="right"|16 | align="right"| +14.3% | align="right"|252,753 | align="right"|33.62% | align="right"|+5.82% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Liberal-Party" title="British Columbia Liberal Party">Liberal | Ray Perrault | align="right"|53 | align="right"|5 | align="right"|6 | align="right"| +20.0% | align="right"|152,155 | align="right"|20.24% | align="right"|+0.26% | | ndependent | align="center"| | align="right"|6 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|1,711 | align="right"| 0.23% | align="right"| +0.21% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Conservative-Party" title="British Columbia Conservative Party">Progressive Conservative | |align="right"|3 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"| - |align="right"|1,409 |align="right"| 0.18% |align="right"| -11.09% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Communist-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Communist Party of British Columbia">Communist | align="center"| | align="right"|6 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|1,097 | align="right"| 0.14% | align="right"|+0.05% | | otal | align="center"| | 178 | 52 | 55 | +5.8% | 751,876 | 100% | - | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: Elections BC | Note: n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election
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