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British Columbia General Election, 1991The 35th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, was called on September 19, 1991, and held on October 17, 1991. The incumbent Social Credit Party of British Columbia, which had been beset by scandals during Bill Vander Zalm's last term as premier, was defeated by the New Democratic Party of Mike Harcourt. The new legislature met for the first time on March 17, 1992. Liberal Party leader Gordon Wilson surprised observers by leading his party to winning one-third of the votes cast, and forming the official opposition in the legislature. Election Results | 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 | a href="/encyclopedia/New-Democratic-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="New Democratic Party of British Columbia">New Democratic | Michael Harcourt | align="right"|75 | align="right"|22 | align="right"|51 | align="right"| +131.8% | align="right"| 595,391 | align="right"| 40.71% | align="right"| -1.89% | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Liberal-Party" title="British Columbia Liberal Party">Liberal | Gordon Wilson | align="right"|71 | align="right"|- | align="right"|17 | align="right"| | align="right"| 486,208 | align="right"| 33.25% | align="right"| +26.51% | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Social-Credit-Party" title="British Columbia Social Credit Party">Social Credit | Rita Johnston | align="right"|74 | align="right"|47 | align="right"|7 | align="right"| -85.1% | align="right"| 351,660 | align="right"| 24.05% | align="right"| -25.27% | a href="/encyclopedia/Green-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Green Party of British Columbia">Green | align="center"| | align="right"|42 | align="right"|- | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| 12,650 | align="right"| 0.86% | align="right"| +0.62% | ndependent | align="center"| | align="right"|16 | align="right"|- | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| 10,281 | align="right"| 0.70% | align="right"| +0.57% | a href="/encyclopedia/Reform-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Reform Party of British Columbia">Reform | Ron Gamble | align="right"|4 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 2,673 | align="right"| 0.18% | align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/Family-Coalition-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Family Coalition Party of British Columbia">Family Coalition | |align="right"|8 |align="right"|n.a. |align="right"|- |align="right"| n.a. |align="right"| 1,310 |align="right"| 0.09% |align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/Libertarian-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Libertarian Party of British Columbia">Libertarian | |align="right"|11 |align="right"|- |align="right"|- |align="right"| - |align="right"| 860 |align="right"| 0.06% |align="right"| +0.04% | a href="/encyclopedia/Western-Canada-Concept" title="Western Canada Concept">Western Canada Concept | Doug Christie | align="right"|5 | align="right"|- | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| 651 | align="right"| 0.04% | align="right"| +0.02% | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Conservative-Party" title="British Columbia Conservative Party">Conservative | align="center"| | align="right"|4 | align="right"|- | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| 426 | align="right"| 0.03% | align="right"| -0.70% | a href="/encyclopedia/Human-Race-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Human Race Party of British Columbia">Human Race | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 110 | align="right"| 0.01% | align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/Green-Go-(Green-Wing/Rhino)" title="Green Go (Green Wing/Rhino)">Green Go (Green Wing/Rhino) | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 93 | align="right"| 0.01% | align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/Communist-Party-of-Canada-(British-Columbia)" title="Communist Party of Canada (British Columbia)">Communist League | align="center"| | align="right"|3 | align="right"|- | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| 92 | align="right"| 0.01% | align="right"| -0.02% | a href="/encyclopedia/Interdependence-Party" title="Interdependence Party">Interdependence Party | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"|n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 62 | align="right"| x | align="right"| n.a. | | otal | align="center"| | align="right"|317 | align="right"|69 | align="right"|75 | align="right"| +8.7% | align="right"| 1,462,467 | align="right"| 100% | align="right"| - | Notes: x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote. n.a. - not applicable: the party was not recognized at the previous election. External links
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