1907 British Columbia general election

The 1907 British Columbia general election was the eleventh general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election called on December 24, 1906, and held on February 2, 1907. The new legislature met for the first time on March 7, 1907.

1907 British Columbia general election
February 2, 1907 (1907-02-02) -->
42 seats to the 11th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
LIB
SOC
Leader Sir Richard McBride James Alexander MacDonald No leader
Party Conservative Liberal Socialist
Leader since 1903 1903
Leader's seat Dewdney Rossland City
Seats before 22 17 2
Seats won 26 13 3
Seat change 4 4 1
Popular vote 30,781 23,481 5,603
Percentage 48.70 37.15 8.87
Swing 2.27 0.63 0.91
Premier before election

Sir Richard McBride
Conservative

 Premier

Sir Richard McBride
Conservative

The governing Conservative party won a second term in government, with almost half the popular vote, and a majority of the seats in the legislature, increasing its number of seats by 4 to 26.

The Liberal Party lost 4 seats in the legislature, despite winning about the same share of the popular vote that it had in the 1903 election.

The Socialist Party won one additional seat to bring its total to three.

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