British Columbia general election, 1941

The British Columbia general election, 1941 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.

After the election, a Coalition government was formed by the Conservative and Liberal members. Liberal Party leader Thomas Dufferin Pattullo objected, stepped down, and sat as a Liberal, giving the Coalition thirty two seats.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1937	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Liberal	T.D. Pattullo	48	31	21	-32.3%	149,525	32.94%	-4.40%	Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.	Harold Winch	45	7	14	+100%	151,440	33.36%	+4.79%	Conservative1	Royal Maitland	43	8	12	+50.0%	140,282	30.91%	+2.31%	Labour/Independent Labour		6	1	1	-	7,141	1.57%	+1.14%	Official Conservative1		1	*	-	*	2,161	0.48%	*	colspan="2"|Independent	4	1	-	-100%	1,638	0.36%	-1.40%	Socialist Labour		4	*	-	*	683	0.15%	*	colspan="2"|Independent Farmer	1	*	-	*	388	0.09%	*	Emancipation		1	*	-	*	265	0.06%	*	Victory Without Debt		1	*	-	*	209	0.05%	*	Religious Political Brotherhood		1	*	-	*	105	0.02%	*	colspan="2"|Independent Socialist	1	*	-	*	56	0.01%	*
Total			156	48	48	-	453,893	100%
Source: Elections BC

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

¹ J. Hinchliffe was nominated by the North Vancouver Conservative Association but when he disagreed with the party's road policy, he was repudiated by the party leader, R.L. Maitland. A group called the Conservative Active Club nominated A. H. Bayne who was approved by Maitland. Bayne, however, could not run as a Conservative since Hinchliffe's nomination papers had been filed. Consequently, Hinchliffe's votes are included in the Conservative Party total and Bayne, who ran as an "Official Conservative", is listed separately.

Results by Riding