1960 British Columbia general election

The 1960 British Columbia general election was the 26th 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 August 3, 1960, and held on September 12, 1960. The new legislature met for the first time on January 26, 1961.

1960 British Columbia general election

September 12, 1960
52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   CCF Leader W. A. C. Bennett Robert Strachan Party Social Credit Co-operative Commonwealth Leader since 1952 1956 Leader's seat South Okanagan Cowichan-Newcastle Last election 39 seats, 45.84% 10 seats, 28.32% Seats won 32 16 Seat change 7 6 Popular vote 386,886 326,094 Percentage 38.83% 32.73% Swing 7.01pp 4.41pp   Third party Fourth party   BCLP PC Leader Ray Perrault Deane Finlayson Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since 1959 1952 Leader's seat North Vancouver Ran in North Vancouver (lost) Last election 2 seats, 21.77% 0 seats, 3.11% Seats won 4 0 Seat change 2 0 Popular vote 208,249 66,943 Percentage 20.90% 6.72% Swing 0.87pp 3.61pp
Premier before election W. A. C. Bennett Social Credit Premier after election W. A. C. Bennett Social Credit

The conservative Social Credit of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fourth term in government despite losing seven percentage points of the popular vote and seven of its seats in the legislature.

The opposition Co-operative Commonwealth Federation increased both its share of the popular vote and its number of seats.

The British Columbia Liberal Party lost a small part of its popular vote, but managed to double its caucus from two to four members.

The Progressive Conservative Party doubled its share of the popular vote to almost 7%, but won no seats in the legislature.