British Columbia General Election, 1969

The 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
Preceded by:
1966 BC election
List of British Columbia elections Followed by:
1972 BC election

 

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