1945 British Columbia general election

The 1945 British Columbia general election was the 21st general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on August 31, 1945, and held on October 25, 1945. The new legislature met for the first time on February 21, 1946.

1945 British Columbia general election

October 25, 1945

48 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
CCF
Leader John Hart (Liberal leader) Harold Winch
Party Liberal-Conservative Coalition Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since 1941 1938
Leader's seat Victoria City Vancouver East
Last election 33 14
Seats won 37 10
Seat change 4 4
Popular vote 261,147 175,960
Percentage 55.83% 37.62%
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Premier before election

John Hart
Coalition

Premier after election

John Hart
Coalition

A centre-right coalition was formed by the Liberal and Conservative (now called the Progressive Conservative) parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

Although the Coalition won fewer votes than the Liberal and Conservative parties won in total in the previous election, the Coalition still won over half of the votes, and was able to form a majority government.

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