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British Columbia General Election, 1969The 29th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on July 21, 1969, and held on August 27, 1969. The new legislature met for the first time on January 22, 1970. The conservative Social Credit Party of British Columbia was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a seventh term in government. It won over 46% of the popular vote. The opposition New Democratic Party of British Columbia won about one-third of the popular vote, roughly the same as in the previous election, but lost four of its 16 seats in the legislature. The Liberal Party of British Columbia lost one of its six 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 | | Social Credit | W.A.C. Bennett | align="right"|55 | align="right"|33 | align="right"|38 | align="right"|+15.2% | align="right"|457,777 | align="right"|46.79% | align="right"| +1.20% | | a href="/encyclopedia/New-Democratic-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="New Democratic Party of British Columbia">New Democratic | Tom Berger | align="right"|55 | align="right"|16 | align="right"|12 | align="right"| -25.0% | align="right"|331,813 | align="right"|33.92% | align="right"| +0.30% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Liberal-Party" title="British Columbia Liberal Party">Liberal | Pat McGeer | align="right"|55 | align="right"|6 | align="right"|5 | align="right"|-16.7% | align="right"|186,235 | align="right"|19.03% | align="right"| -1.21% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Conservative-Party" title="British Columbia Conservative Party">Progressive Conservative | |align="right"|1 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"| - |align="right"|1,087 |align="right"| 0.11% |align="right"| -0.07% | | ndependent | align="center"| | align="right"|6 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|831 | align="right"|0.08% | align="right"|-0.15% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Communist-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Communist Party of British Columbia">Communist | align="center"| | align="right"|4 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|482 | align="right"| 0.05% | align="right"| -0.09% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Social-Conservative-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Social Conservative Party of British Columbia">Social Conservative | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|0 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|131 | align="right"| 0.01% | align="right"|n.a. | | otal | !177 !55 !55 ! - !978,356 !100% | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: Elections BC | Note: n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election
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