1949 British Columbia general election

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
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes ! Candidates !1945 !1949 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp)


 * style="text-align:left;" |{{legend|#A51B12|Boss Johnson}}{{legend|#9999FF|Herbert Anscomb}}
 * 48 || 37  || 39  || 2  || 428,773  || 167,626  || 61.35  || 5.52


 * style="text-align:left;" |Harold Winch
 * 48 || 10  || 7  || 3 || 245,284  || 69,324  || 35.10  || 2.52


 * || 1 || 1  || 1  ||   || 1,483  || 88  || 0.21  || 0.09


 * || 7 || – || 1  || 1  || 5,163  || 3,631  || 0.74  || 0.41
 * - style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
 * rowspan="5" |
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Social Credit alliance split
 * style="text-align:left;" |
 * || 9 || – || – || – || 7,112  || rowspan="3"|   || 1.02  || rowspan="3"|
 * style="text-align:left;" |
 * || 7 || – || – || – || 4,424  || 0.63
 * style="text-align:left;" |
 * || 12 || – || – || – || 2,790  || 0.40
 * - style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="6"|Social Credit total
 * 14,326 || 7,699 || 2.05 || 0.63
 * - style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="6"|Social Credit total
 * 14,326 || 7,699 || 2.05 || 0.63


 * || 2 || – || – || – || 1,660  || 14,819 || 0.24  || 3.28


 * || 1 || – || – || – || 1,241  || 1,241  || 0.18  ||New


 * || 1 || – || – || – || 470  || 2,316 || 0.07  || 0.53


 * || 1 || – || – || – || 286  || 1  || 0.04  || 0.02

! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total ! colspan="2"| 48 ! colspan="2"|698,823 ! colspan="2"| 100.00%
 * || 1 || – || – || – || 137  || 137  || 0.02  ||New
 * 138
 * 48
 * colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots
 * 9,891 ||5,992
 * colspan="2"|
 * colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who voted
 * 477,999 ||179,612
 * 73.64% || 10.98
 * colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters
 * 649,019 ||172,797
 * colspan="2"|
 * }
 * 649,019 ||172,797
 * colspan="2"|
 * }

MLAs elected
{{legend|#DCDCDC|Alberni: James Mowat}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Atlin: Frank Calder}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Burnaby: Ernest Winch}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Cariboo: Angus MacLean}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Chilliwack: Leslie Harvey Eyres}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Columbia: Thomas King}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Comox: Herbert John Welch}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Cowichan-Newcastle: Andrew Mowatt Whisker}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Cranbrook: Leo Nimsick}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Delta: Alexander Campbell Hope}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Dewdney: Roderick Charles MacDonald}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Esquimalt: Charles Taschereau Beard}} {{legend|#EEBBBB|Fernie: Thomas Aubert Uphill}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Fort George: Henry Robson Bowman}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Grand Forks-Greenwood: Rupert Haggen}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Kamloops: Sidney John Smith}}

{{legend|#EEDDAA|Kaslo-Slocan: Randolph Harding}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Lillooet: Ernest Crawford Carson}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Mackenzie: B. Milton MacIntyre}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Nanaimo and the Islands: George Sharratt Pearson}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Nelson-Creston: Walter Hendricks}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|New Westminster: Boss Johnson}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|North Okanagan: Charles William Morrow}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|North Vancouver: John Henry Cates}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Oak Bay: Herbert Anscomb}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Omineca: Robert Cecil Steele}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Peace River: Glen Everton Braden}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Prince Rupert: John Duncan McRae}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Revelstoke: Arvid Lundell}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Rossland-Trail: Alexander Douglas Turnbull}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Saanich: Arthur James Richard Ash}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Salmon Arm: Arthur Brown Ritchie}}

{{legend|#A9A9A9|Similkameen: Maurice Finnerty}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Skeena: Edward Tourtellotte Kenney}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|South Okanagan: W. A. C. Bennett}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Vancouver-Burrard: Donald Cameron Brown}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Vancouver-Burrard: John Groves Gould}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Vancouver Centre: Allan James McDonell}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Vancouver Centre: Gordon Sylvester Wismer}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Vancouver East: Arthur James Turner}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Vancouver East: Harold Winch}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Vancouver-Point Grey: Albert Reginald MacDougall}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Vancouver-Point Grey: Tilly Rolston}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Vancouver-Point Grey: Leigh Stevenson}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Victoria City: Nancy Hodges}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Victoria City: Daniel John Proudfoot}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Victoria City: William Thomas Straith}} {{legend|#A9A9A9|Yale: John J. Gillis}}

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
 * = part of 1945 Social Credit alliance
 * = multiple candidates