British Columbia general election, 1991

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
1986 Elected % Change # % % Change

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New Democratic Michael Harcourt 75 22 51 +131.8% 595,391 40.71% -1.89%

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Liberal Gordon Wilson 71 - 17   486,208 33.25% +26.51%

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Social Credit Rita Johnston 74 47 7 -85.1% 351,660 24.05% -25.27%

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Green   42 - - - 12,650 0.86% +0.62%

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Independents 16 - - - 10,281 0.70% +0.57%

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Reform Ron Gamble 4 * - * 2,673 0.18% *

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Family Coalition   8 * - * 1,310 0.09% *

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Libertarian   11 - - - 860 0.06% +0.04%

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Western Canada Concept Doug Christie 5 - - - 651 0.04% +0.02%

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Conservative   4 - - - 426 0.03% -0.70%

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Human Race   2 * - * 110 0.01% *

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Green Go (Green Wing/Rhino)   1 * - * 93 0.01% *

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Communist League   3 - - - 92 0.01% -0.02%

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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.

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