1920 British Columbia general election

The 1920 British Columbia general election was the fifteenth 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 October 23, 1920, and held on December 1, 1920. The new legislature met for the first time on February 8, 1921.

Although it lost eleven seats in the legislature, and fell from 50% of the popular vote to under 38%, the governing Liberal Party was able to hold on to a slim majority in the legislature for its second consecutive term in government.

The Conservative Party also lost a significant share of its popular vote, but won six additional seats for a total of fifteen, and formed the Official Opposition.

Almost a third of the vote and seven seats were won by independents and by a wide variety of fringe parties.

This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office.

Results
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes ! Candidates !1916 !1920 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp)


 * style="text-align:left;" |John Oliver
 * 45 ||36 ||26 ||10 ||134,167 ||44,275 ||37.89  || 12.11


 * style="text-align:left;" |William Bowser
 * 42 ||9 ||14 ||5 ||110,475 ||37,633 ||31.20 ||9.32
 * 18 ||1 ||3 ||2 ||36,736 ||31,810 ||10.37 ||7.63
 * 18 ||1 ||3 ||2 ||36,736 ||31,810 ||10.37 ||7.63
 * 14 ||– ||3 ||3 ||32,230 ||32,230 ||9.10 ||New
 * 14 ||– ||3 ||3 ||32,230 ||32,230 ||9.10 ||New


 * style="text-align:left"| People's Party
 * 1 ||– ||1 ||1 ||1,354 ||1,354 ||0.38 ||New
 * 1 ||– ||1 ||1 ||1,354 ||1,354 ||0.38 ||New


 * 1 ||1 ||– ||1 ||419 ||902 ||0.12 ||0.62
 * 1 ||1 ||– ||1 ||419 ||902 ||0.12 ||0.62
 * 7 ||– ||– || ||12,386 ||10,280 ||3.50 ||2.33
 * 7 ||– ||– || ||12,386 ||10,280 ||3.50 ||2.33
 * 11 ||– ||– ||– ||10,780 ||10,780 ||3.04 ||New
 * 11 ||– ||– ||– ||10,780 ||10,780 ||3.04 ||New


 * style="text-align:left"| Grand Army of United Veterans
 * 2 ||– ||– ||– ||5,441 ||5,441 ||1,54 ||New
 * 2 ||– ||– ||– ||5,441 ||5,441 ||1,54 ||New


 * 3 ||– ||– || ||3,433 ||1,915 ||0.97 ||0.13
 * 3 ||– ||– || ||3,433 ||1,915 ||0.97 ||0.13


 * 2 ||– ||– ||– ||3,178 ||3,178 ||0.90 ||New
 * 2 ||– ||– ||– ||3,178 ||3,178 ||0.90 ||New


 * 2 ||– ||– || ||1,602 ||1,412 ||0.45 ||1.23
 * 2 ||– ||– || ||1,602 ||1,412 ||0.45 ||1.23


 * 2 ||– ||– ||– ||907 ||907 ||0.26 ||New
 * 2 ||– ||– ||– ||907 ||907 ||0.26 ||New


 * 3 ||– ||– ||– ||526 ||526 ||0.15 ||New
 * 3 ||– ||– ||– ||526 ||526 ||0.15 ||New


 * 1 ||– ||– ||– ||424 ||424 ||0.12 ||New
 * 1 ||– ||– ||– ||424 ||424 ||0.12 ||New

! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total ! colspan="2"| 47 ! colspan="2"|354,088 ! colspan="2"| 100.00%
 * 1 ||– ||– || ||30 ||2,955 ||0.01 ||1.65
 * 1 ||– ||– || ||30 ||2,955 ||0.01 ||1.65
 * 155
 * 47
 * }

MLAs elected
{{legend|#DCDCDC|Alberni: Richard John Burde (Ind)}} {{legend|#A51B12|Atlin: Herbert Frederick Kergin}} {{legend|#A51B12|Cariboo: John MacKay Yorston}} {{legend|#A51B12|Chilliwhack: Edward Dodsley Barrow}} {{legend|#A51B12|Columbia: John Andrew Buckham}} {{legend|#EEBBBB|Comox: Thomas Menzies (PP)}} {{legend|#DCDCDC|Cowichan: Kenneth Forrest Duncan (Ind)}} {{legend|#A51B12|Cranbrook: James Horace King}} {{legend|#A51B12|Delta: John Oliver}} {{legend|#294296|Dewdney: John Alexander Catherwood}} {{legend|#294296|Esquimalt: Robert Henry Pooley}} {{legend|#EEBBBB|Fernie: Thomas Aubert Uphill (FLP)}} {{legend|#A51B12|Fort George: Henry George Thomas Perry}} {{legend|#A51B12|Grand Forks: Ezra Churchill Henniger}} {{legend|#A51B12|Greenwood: John Duncan MacLean}} {{legend|#A51B12|The Islands: Malcolm Bruce Jackson}}

{{legend|#A51B12|Kamloops: Frederick William Anderson}} {{legend|#294296|Kaslo: Fred W. Lister}} {{legend|#294296|Lillooet: Archibald McDonald}} {{legend|#A51B12|Nanaimo: William Sloan}} {{legend|#294296|Nelson: William Oliver Rose}} {{legend|#EEBBBB|Newcastle: Samuel Guthrie (FLP)}} {{legend|#A51B12|New Westminster: David Whiteside}} {{legend|#A51B12|North Okanagan: Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald}} {{legend|#DCDCDC|North Vancouver: George Samuel Hanes (Ind)}} {{legend|#A51B12|Omineca: Alexander Malcolm Manson}} {{legend|#A51B12|Prince Rupert: Thomas Dufferin Pattullo}} {{legend|#A51B12|Revelstoke: William Henry Sutherland}} {{legend|#294296|Richmond: Thomas Pearson}} {{legend|#294296|Rossland: William Kemble Esling}} {{legend|#A51B12|Saanich: Frederick Arthur Pauline}} {{legend|#294296|Similkameen: William Alexander McKenzie}}

{{legend|#294296|Slocan: William Hunter}} {{legend|#294296|South Okanagan: James William Jones}} {{legend|#EEBBBB|South Vancouver: Robert Henry Neelands (FLP)}} {{legend|#294296|Trail: James Hargrave Schofield}} {{legend|#A51B12|Vancouver City: John Wallace deBeque Farris}} {{legend|#A51B12|Vancouver City: Malcolm Archibald Macdonald}} {{legend|#A51B12|Vancouver City: Ian Alistair MacKenzie}} {{legend|#A51B12|Vancouver City: James Ramsay}} {{legend|#A51B12|Vancouver City: Mary Ellen Smith}} {{legend|#294296|Vancouver City: William John Bowser}} {{legend|#A51B12|Victoria City: Joseph Badenoch Clearihue}} {{legend|#A51B12|Victoria City: John Hart}} {{legend|#A51B12|Victoria City: John Oliver}} {{legend|#294296|Victoria City: Joshua Hinchcliffe}} {{legend|#294296|Yale: John McRae}}

Synopsis of results

 * = open seat
 * = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
 * = incumbent had switched allegiance
 * = previously incumbent in another riding
 * = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
 * = incumbency arose from byelection gain
 * = other incumbents renominated
 * = candidate repudiated by local association
 * = multiple candidates