British Columbia general election, 1966

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September 12, 1966

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55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
28 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	W. A. C. Bennett	Robert Strachan	Ray Perrault
Party	Social Credit	New Democratic	Liberal
Leader since	1952	1956	1959
Leader's seat	South Okanagan	Cowichan-Malahat	North Vancouver-Capilano
Last election	33	14	5
Seats won	33	16	6
Seat change	0	2	1
Popular vote	342,751	252,753	152,155
Percentage	45.59	33.62	20.24
Swing	4.76	5.82	0.26

Premier before election

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

Premier-designate

W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit

The British Columbia general election of 1966 was the 28th 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 5, 1966 and held on September 12, 1966. The new legislature met for the first time on January 24, 1967.

The conservative Social Credit Party was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a sixth term in government. It increased its share of the popular vote by close to five percentage points to over 45%, and winning the same number of seats (33) as in the previous election.

The opposition New Democratic Party also increased its share of the popular vote by over five percentage points, but won only two additional seats.

The Liberal Party won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of six.

The Progressive Conservative Party was virtually wiped out: it nominated only three candidates (down from 44 in the previous election), and its share of the popular vote fell from over 11% to a negligible amount.

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

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