1996 British Columbia general election





British Columbia general election, 1996





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75 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
38 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout59.11%[1]Decrease 4.92 pp









































































 
First party
Second party
 

Glen Clark 2011 NDP convention crop.jpg

Gordon Campbell 2.jpg
Leader

Glen Clark

Gordon Campbell
Party

New Democratic

Liberal
Leader since
1996
1993
Leader's seat

Vancouver Kingsway

Vancouver-Point Grey
Last election

51 seats, 40.71%
17 seats, 33.25%
Seats won

39
33
Seat change

Decrease12

Increase16
Popular vote
624,395

661,929
Percentage
39.45

41.82
Swing

Decrease1.26

Increase8.58

 
Third party
Fourth party
 
Ref
PDA
Leader

Jack Weisgerber

Gordon Wilson
Party

Reform

Progressive Democrat
Leader since
1995
1993
Leader's seat

Peace River South

Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Last election
0 seats, 0.18%

pre-creation
Seats won
2
1
Seat change

Increase2

Increase1
Popular vote
146,734
90,797
Percentage
9.27
5.74
Swing

Increase9.09

Increase5.74





Premier before election

Glen Clark
New Democratic



Premier-designate

Glen Clark
New Democratic


The British Columbia general election of 1996 was the thirty sixth 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 April 30, 1996, and held on May 28, 1996. Voter turnout was 59.1 per cent of all eligible voters. The election is notable for producing a "false-winner" outcome, rewarding a party that got second in the popular vote with a majority government.


New Democratic Party leader and provincial premier Mike Harcourt had resigned as the result of a fundraising scandal involving one of the members of his caucus. Glen Clark was chosen by the party to replace Harcourt. Clark led the party to a second majority government, defeating the Liberal Party of Gordon Campbell. Campbell had become leader of the Liberal Party after Gordon Wilson had been forced out of the position because of his relationship with another Liberal member of the legislature, Judi Tyabji.


After Wilson was defeated by Campbell in the convention to choose a new leader, he and Tyabji left the Liberal Party to establish the Progressive Democratic Alliance. Wilson was able to win re-election, but Tyabji was not, going down to defeat with all of the other candidates fielded by the new party.


The once-dominant Social Credit Party collapsed. It elected Grace McCarthy as its leader in 1993, but she was unable to make a bid to get into the legislature until 1994, when she lost a by-election in the longtime Socred stronghold of Matsqui. Soon afterward, four of its remaining six members defected to Reform BC, leaving Social Credit without official status in the legislature. One more seat was lost in a by-election, reducing the party's one representation to one MLA, Cliff Serwa. However, Serwa retired before the election, leaving the party with no incumbents. Party leader Larry Gillanders withdrew from the race while the campaign was in progress, saying that all right wing parties should unite to topple the ruling NDP. The Socreds won only 0.4 percent of the vote and were completely shut out of the legislature. While the party still nominally exists, it has never elected another MLA, and even lost its registration from 2013 to 2016.


Reform BC held on to two of its four seats.


Although the Liberals won a larger share of the popular vote, most of their votes were wasted in the outer regions of the province; they only won eight seats in the Vancouver area. This allowed the NDP to win 6 more seats than the opposition Liberals, eking out a majority government.




Contents





  • 1 Results


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Results













39

33

2

1

New Democratic

Liberal

Ref

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Party
Party leader
# of
candidates
Seats
Popular vote

1991
Elected
% Change
#
%
% Change
 

New Democrats

Glen Clark
75
51

39
-23.53%
624,395
39.45%
-1.26%


Liberal

Gordon Campbell
75
17

33
+94.12%
661,929
41.82%
+8.58%


Reform

Jack Weisgerber
75
-

2
 
146,734
9.27%
+9.09%


Progressive Democrat

Gordon Wilson
66
*
1
*
90,797
5.74%
*


Green

Stuart Parker
71
-
-
-
31,511
1.99%
+1.13%
 
Independent/No affiliation
23
-
-
-
10,067
0.64%
-0.07%


Social Credit

Larry Gillanders
38
7
-
-100%
6,276
0.40%
-23.65%


Family Coalition
 
14
-
-
-
4,150
0.26%
+0.17%
 

Natural Law
 
38
*
-
*
2,919
0.18%
*
 

Libertarian
 
17
-
-
-
2,041
0.13%
+0.07%
 

Conservative

Peter B. Macdonald
8
-
-
-
1,002
0.06%
+0.03%
 

Western Canada Concept

Doug Christie
5
-
-
-
374
0.02%
-0.02%
 

Common Sense, Community, Family
 
5
*
-
*
291
0.02%
*
 

Communist
 
3
-
-
-
218
0.01%
+0.01%
Total
513
75
75
-
1,582,704
100%
 

Source: Elections BC

Notes:


* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.



See also


  • List of political parties in British Columbia


References




  1. ^ "B.C. Voter Participation: 1983 to 2013" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 11, 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em




External links


  • Elections BC 1996 Election

  • Losing the vote, winning the election, CBC video








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