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The 1949 British Columbia general election was the 22nd 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 April 16, 1949, and held on June 15, 1949. The new legislature met for the first time on February 14, 1950.
The centre-right coalition formed by the Liberal and Conservative parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1945 election increased its share of the vote and its majority in the legislature.
Three different social credit groupings nominated or endorsed candidates in the election: the Social Credit Party, the Social Credit League, and the Union of Electors.
Results
| Political party | Party leader | MLAs | Votes | |||||||
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| Candidates | 1945 | 1949 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | |||
| Coalition | 48 | 37 | 39 | 2 | 428,773 | 167,626 | 61.35 | 5.52 | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harold Winch | 48 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
245,284 | 69,324 | 35.10 | 2.52
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| Labour | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |
1,483 | 88 | 0.21 | 0.09
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| Independent | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | 5,163 | 3,631 | 0.74 | 0.41 | ||
| Social Credit alliance split[a 1] | ||||||||||
| █ Social Credit League | 9 | – | – | – | 7,112 | 1.02 | ||||
| █ Social Credit | 7 | – | – | – | 4,424 | 0.63 | ||||
| █ Union of Electors | 12 | – | – | – | 2,790 | 0.40 | ||||
| Social Credit total | 14,326 | 7,699 |
2.05 | 0.63
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| Labour Progressive | 2 | – | – | – | 1,660 | 14,819 | 0.24 | 3.28
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| Independent Conservative | 1 | – | – | – | 1,241 | 1,241 | 0.18 | New | ||
| People's CCF | 1 | – | – | – | 470 | 2,316 | 0.07 | 0.53
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| Socialist Labour | 1 | – | – | – | 286 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.02
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| People's Party of BC | 1 | – | – | – | 137 | 137 | 0.02 | New | ||
| Total | 138 | 48 | 48 | 698,823 | 100.00% | |||||
| Rejected ballots[2] | 9,891 | 5,992
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| Actual voters who voted[2] | 477,999 | 179,612
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73.64% | 10.98
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| Registered voters[2] | 649,019 | 172,797
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- ^ Elections BC summary table tabulation errors corrected for SCP and SCL
| Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
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| █ Coalition | 39 / 48
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61.35% |
5.52 | ||
| █ Co-operative Commonwealth | 7 / 48
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35.10% |
-2.52 | ||
| █ Social Credit | 0 / 48
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2.05% |
0.63 | ||
| █ Labour Progressive | 0 / 48
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0.24% |
-3.28 | ||
| █ Other | 2 / 48
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1.26% |
-0.35 | ||
MLAs elected
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