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.

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.

Results
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes ! Candidates !1956 !1960 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp)


 * style="text-align:left;" |W.A.C. Bennett
 * 52 || 39  || 32  || 7 || 386,886  || 12,175  || 38.83  || 7.01


 * style="text-align:left;" |Bob Strachan
 * 52 || 10  || 16  || 6  || 326,094  || 94,583  || 32.73  || 4.41


 * style="text-align:left;" |Ray Perrault
 * 50 || 2  || 4  || 2  || 208,249  || 30,327  || 20.90  || 0.87


 * style="text-align:left;" |Deane Finlayson
 * 52 || – || – || – || 66,943  || 41,570  || 6.72  || 3.61


 * style="text-align:left;" |Tom Uphill
 * – || 1 || – || 1 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Retired
 * || 19 || – || – || – || 5,675  || 2,294  || 0.57  || 0.16

! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total ! colspan="2"| 52 ! colspan="2"|996,404 ! colspan="2"| 100.00%
 * || 5 || – || – || – || 2,557  || 621 || 0.25  || 0.14
 * 230
 * 52
 * colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots
 * 9,862 ||3,220
 * colspan="2"|
 * colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Actual voters who voted
 * 628,031 ||118,622
 * 71.84% || 6.41
 * colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters
 * 874,267 ||95,680
 * colspan="2"|
 * }
 * 874,267 ||95,680
 * colspan="2"|
 * }

MLAs elected
{{legend|#EEDDAA|Alberni: Stanley John Squire}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Atlin: Frank Calder}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Cariboo: William C. Speare}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Chilliwack: William Kenneth Kiernan}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Columbia: Richard Orr Newton}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Comox: Daniel Campbell}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Cowichan-Newcastle: Robert Strachan}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Cranbrook: Leo Nimsick}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Dewdney: Dave Barrett}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Esquimalt: Herbert Joseph Bruch}} {{legend|#A51B12|Fernie: Harry McKay}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Fort George: Ray Williston}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Grand Forks-Greenwood: Lois Haggen}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Kamloops: Phil Gaglardi}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Kaslo-Slocan: Randolph Harding}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Lillooet: Don Robinson}}
 * Single-member districts

{{legend|#EEDDAA|Mackenzie: Anthony Gargrave}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Nanaimo and the Islands: Earle Cathers Westwood}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Nelson-Creston: Wesley Drewett Black}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|New Westminster: Rae Eddie}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|North Okanagan: Lorne Shantz}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|North Peace River: Jacob Francis Huhn}} {{legend|#A51B12|Oak Bay: Alan MacFarlane}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Omineca: Cyril Morley Shelford}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Prince Rupert: William Harvey Murray}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Revelstoke: George Hobbs}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Rossland-Trail: Donald Leslie Brothers}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Saanich: John Douglas Tisdalle}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Salmon Arm: Willis Franklin Jefcoat}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Similkameen: Frank Richter, Jr.}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Skeena: Dudley George Little}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|South Okanagan: W. A. C. Bennett}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|South Peace River: Stanley Carnell}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Yale: Irvine Finlay Corbett}}

{{legend|#EEDDAA|Burnaby: Cedric Cox}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Burnaby: Gordon Dowding}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Delta: Camille Mather}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Delta: James Rhodes}} {{legend|#A51B12|North Vancouver: Gordon Gibson, Sr.}} {{legend|#A51B12|North Vancouver: Ray Perrault}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Vancouver-Burrard: Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Vancouver-Burrard: Bert Price}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Vancouver Centre: Alexander Small Matthew}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Vancouver Centre: Leslie Peterson}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Vancouver East: Alexander Macdonald}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Vancouver East: Arthur James Turner}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Vancouver-Point Grey: Thomas Audley Bate}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Vancouver-Point Grey: Robert Bonner}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Vancouver-Point Grey: Buda Brown}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Victoria City: William Chant}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Victoria City: Waldo McTavish Skillings}} {{legend|#ADD8E6|Victoria City: John Donald Smith}}
 * Multi-member districts

Synopsis of results

 * = open seat
 * = turnout is above provincial average
 * = 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
 * = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
 * = multiple candidates


 * = winning candidate