British Columbia general election, 1986

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October 22, 1986

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69 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
35 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout

65.8%

4.7 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Bill Vander Zalm	Bob Skelly	Art Lee
Party	Social Credit	New Democratic	Liberal
Leader since	1986	1984	1984
Leader's seat	Richmond	Alberni	Ran in Vancouver-Little Mountain (lost)
Last election	35	22	0
Seats won	47	22	0
Seat change	12	0	0
Popular vote	954,516	824,544	130,505
Percentage	49.32	42.60	6.74
Swing	0.44	2.34	4.05

Premier before election

Bill Vander Zalm
Social Credit

Premier-designate

Bill Vander Zalm
Social Credit

The British Columbia general election of 1986 was the 34th 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 September 24, 1986. The election was held on October 22, 1986, and the new legislature met for the first time on March 9, 1987.

The governing British Columbia Social Credit Party (Socreds) had seen a leadership change just months before the election, with Bill Bennett standing down in favour of Bill Vander Zalm. Promising a fresh start after the Bennett years, Vander Zalm led the Socreds to a fourth consecutive majority government, and won almost half of the popular vote. 12 new seats had been created in the legislature for this election. Social Credit coincidentally won 12 additional seats, while the social democratic New Democratic Party, led by Bob Skelly, won the same number it had in the previous election.

No other parties won seats.

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

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