1941 British Columbia general election

1941 British Columbia general election

October 21, 1941

48 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
CCF
Leader John Hart Harold Winch Royal Lethington Maitland
Party Liberal Co-operative Commonwealth Conservative
Leader since 1928 1938 1938
Leader's seat Victoria City Vancouver East Vancouver-Point Grey
Last election 31 7 8
Seats won 21 14 12
Seat change 10 7 4
Popular vote 149,525 151,440 140,282
Percentage 32.94% 33.36% 30.91%
Swing 4.40pp 4.79pp 2.31pp

Premier before election

Duff Pattullo
Liberal

Premier after election

John Hart
Coalition

The 1941 British Columbia general election was the twentieth 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 9, 1941, and held on October 21, 1941.

No party took a majority of votes, and no party took a majority of seats. After the election, Conservative and Liberal members voted to form a Coalition government. Liberal Party leader Thomas Dufferin Pattullo objected, stepped down as leader and sat as a Liberal separate from the Coalition. This reduced the Coalition caucus to thirty two MLAs.