British Columbia general election, 1991
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The British Columbia general election of 1991 was the 35th provincial 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 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.
Results
| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1986 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | New Democratic | Michael Harcourt | 75 | 22 | 51 | +131.8% | 595,391 | 40.71% | -1.89% | Liberal | Gordon Wilson | 71 | - | 17 | 486,208 | 33.25% | +26.51%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/BC Social Credit/row | Social Credit | Rita Johnston | 74 | 47 | 7 | -85.1% | 351,660 | 24.05% | -25.27% | Green | 42 | - | - | - | 12,650 | 0.86% | +0.62% | Independents | 16 | - | - | - | 10,281 | 0.70% | +0.57% | Reform | Ron Gamble | 4 | * | - | * | 2,673 | 0.18% | * | Family Coalition | 8 | * | - | * | 1,310 | 0.09% | * | Libertarian | 11 | - | - | - | 860 | 0.06% | +0.04%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Western Canada Concept/row | Western Canada Concept | Doug Christie | 5 | - | - | - | 651 | 0.04% | +0.02%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Conservative | 4 | - | - | - | 426 | 0.03% | -0.70% | Human Race | 2 | * | - | * | 110 | 0.01% | * | Green Go (Green Wing/Rhino) | 1 | * | - | * | 93 | 0.01% | * | Communist League | 3 | - | - | - | 92 | 0.01% | -0.02% | Interdependence Party | 1 | * | - | * | 62 | x | * | ||||||||||
| Total | 317 | 69 | 75 | +8.7% | 1,462,467 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Elections BC (http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote.
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
See also
External links
- Elections BC 1991 Election (http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov_toc.htm)