British Columbia general election, 1916

The British Columbia general election of 1916 was the fourteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on July 5 1916, and held on September 14 1916. The new legislature met for the first time on March 1 1917.

The Liberal Party defeated the governing Conservative Party, winning 50% of the vote, almost double its share from the previous election. The Liberals won 36 of the 47 seats in the legislature.

The Conservatives' popular vote fell from almost 60% to just over 40%, and took nine seats, forming the official opposition.

Two other seats were won by independents.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1912	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Liberal 1		45	-	36		89,892	50.00%	+24.63%	Conservative 2		46	39	9	-76.9%	72,842	40.52%	-19.13%	colspan="2"|Independent	7	-	1	-	4,926	2.74%	+0.95%	colspan="2"|Independent Socialist	3	*	1	*	1,321	0.74%		colspan="2"|Independent Conservative	4	1	-	-100%	3,014	1.68%	+0.31%	colspan="2"|Independent Labour	2	*	-	*	2,985	1.66%		Socialist		4	1	-	-100%	2,106	1.17%	-9.91%	colspan="2"|Independent Liberal	1	*	-	*	1,518	0.84%		Social Democratic		3	1	-	-100%	1,012	0.56%	-0.18%	colspan="2"|Independent Progressive	1	*	-	*	158	0.09%	*
Total			116	42	47	+11.9%	179,774	100%
Sources: Elections BC

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

¹ One candidate, H.C. Brewster (Liberal) who contested and was elected in both Alberni and Victoria City, is counted twice.

² Also included as a candidate is R. McBride (Conservative, Richmond) who withdrew before the 14 September polling day but received some overseas votes.

Results by Riding