# 1963 British Columbia general election

The 1963 British Columbia general election was the 27th 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 22, 1963, and held on September 30, 1963. The new legislature met for the first time on January 23, 1964.
The conservative Social Credit Party of Premier W.A.C. Bennett was re-elected with a majority in the legislature to a fifth term in government. The party increased its share of the popular vote and number of seats in the legislature marginally.
The opposition New Democratic Party (formerly the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) had small losses both in popular vote and number of seats.
The Liberals won about 20% of the popular vote, and one additional seat, for a total of five.
The Progressive Conservative Party won no seats in the legislature increasing its share of the popular vote by four-and-half percentage points to over 11%.

## Results

Elections to the 27th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1963) :
| Political party | Political party | Party leader | MLAs | MLAs | MLAs | MLAs | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Political party | Political party | Party leader | Candidates | 1960 | 1963 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) |
| | Social Credit | W.A.C. Bennett | 52 | 32 | 33 | 1 | 395,079 | 8,193 | 40.83 | 2.00 |
| | New Democratic | Bob Strachan | 52 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 269,004 | 57,090 | 27.80 | 4.93 |
| | Liberal | Ray Perrault | 51 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 193,363 | 14,886 | 19.98 | 0.92 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Davie Fulton | 44 | – | – | – | 109,090 | 42,147 | 11.27 | 4.55 |
| | Communist | | 4 | – | – | – | 849 | 4,826 | 0.09 | 0.48 |
| | Independent | | 2 | – | – | – | 290 | 2,267 | 0.03 | 0.22 |
| Total | Total | Total | 205 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 967,675 | 967,675 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6,132 | 3,730 | | |
| Actual voters who voted | Actual voters who voted | Actual voters who voted | Actual voters who voted | Actual voters who voted | Actual voters who voted | Actual voters who voted | 608,672 | 23,359 | 69.71% | 2.13 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 873,140 | 1,127 | | |
* ↑ successor to the CCF
* ↑ Including one Socialist candidate in Saanich.
Seats and popular vote by party :
| Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | Change (pp) |
| █ Social Credit | 33 / 52 | 40.83% | 2.00 | 2 |
| █ New Democratic | 14 / 52 | 27.80% | -4.93 | |
| █ Liberal | 5 / 52 | 19.98% | -0.92 | |
| █ Progressive Conservative | 0 / 52 | 11.27% | 4.55 | 4.55 |
| █ Other | 0 / 52 | 0.12% | -0.70 | |

## MLAs elected
### Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1963 British Columbia general election (single-member districts) :
| Riding | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Name | 1960 | 1960 | Party | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | SC | NDP | Lib | PC | Comm | Ind | Total |
| Alberni | | CCF | | NDP | 4,249 | 48.14% | 743 | 8.42% | 3,506 | 4,249 | – | 1,071 | – | – | 8,826 |
| Atlin | | CCF | | NDP | 549 | 54.46% | 241 | 23.90% | 308 | 549 | 151 | – | – | – | 1,008 |
| Cariboo | | SC | | SC | 3,015 | 41.98% | 1,464 | 20.38% | 3,015 | 1,482 | 1,134 | 1,551 | – | – | 7,182 |
| Chilliwack | | SC | | SC | 10,031 | 58.44% | 6,906 | 40.23% | 10,031 | 3,125 | 2,252 | 1,757 | – | – | 17,165 |
| Columbia | | SC | | SC | 1,305 | 40.08% | 213 | 6.54% | 1,305 | 467 | 392 | 1,092 | – | – | 3,256 |
| Comox | | SC | | SC | 6,598 | 42.38% | 360 | 2.32% | 6,598 | 6,238 | 1,259 | 1,475 | – | – | 15,570 |
| Cowichan-Newcastle | | CCF | | NDP | 5,422 | 50.47% | 1,846 | 17.18% | 3,576 | 5,422 | 904 | 840 | – | – | 10,742 |
| Cranbrook | | CCF | | NDP | 2,563 | 39.09% | 930 | 14.19% | 1,633 | 2,563 | 835 | 1,526 | – | – | 6,557 |
| Dewdney | | CCF | | NDP | 11,625 | 41.95% | 1,119 | 4.04% | 10,506 | 11,625 | 4,051 | 1,532 | – | – | 27,714 |
| Esquimalt | | SC | | SC | 4,951 | 48.28% | 2,145 | 20.92% | 4,951 | 2,806 | 1,398 | 1,099 | – | – | 10,254 |
| Fernie | | Lib | | Lib | 1,226 | 41.67% | 189 | 6.42% | 679 | 1,037 | 1,226 | – | – | – | 2,942 |
| Fort George | | SC | | SC | 5,308 | 60.78% | 3,583 | 41.03% | 5,308 | 1,725 | 961 | 739 | – | – | 8,733 |
| Grand Forks-Greenwood | | CCF | | NDP | 919 | 38.45% | 153 | 6.40% | 705 | 919 | 766 | – | – | – | 2,390 |
| Kamloops | | SC | | SC | 5,669 | 47.17% | 1,196 | 9.95% | 5,669 | 1,297 | 580 | 4,473 | – | – | 12,019 |
| Kaslo-Slocan | | CCF | | NDP | 1,242 | 45.07% | 149 | 5.41% | 1,093 | 1,242 | 301 | 120 | – | – | 2,756 |
| Lillooet | | SC | | SC | 1,425 | 33.77% | 309 | 7.32% | 1,425 | 1,116 | 977 | 702 | – | – | 4,220 |
| Mackenzie | | CCF | | NDP | 4,323 | 41.61% | 403 | 3.88% | 3,920 | 4,323 | 2,147 | – | – | – | 10,390 |
| Nanaimo and the Islands | | SC | | NDP | 4,278 | 42.44% | 19 | 0.18% | 4,259 | 4,278 | 960 | 582 | – | – | 10,079 |
| Nelson-Creston | | SC | | SC | 4,047 | 44.65% | 2,104 | 23.21% | 4,047 | 1,943 | 1,600 | 1,474 | – | – | 9,064 |
| New Westminster | | CCF | | NDP | 5,035 | 37.57% | 318 | 2.38% | 4,717 | 5,035 | 2,335 | 1,316 | – | – | 13,403 |
| North Okanagan | | SC | | SC | 4,157 | 41.55% | 2,081 | 20.80% | 4,157 | 2,008 | 2,076 | 1,765 | – | – | 10,006 |
| North Peace River | | SC | | SC | 2,310 | 69.43% | 1,707 | 51.31% | 2,310 | 414 | 603 | – | – | – | 3,327 |
| Oak Bay | | Lib | | Lib | 4,457 | 42.77% | 687 | 6.60% | 3,770 | 469 | 4,457 | 1,726 | – | – | 10,422 |
| Omineca | | SC | | SC | 1,936 | 55.09% | 1,157 | 32.92% | 1,936 | 779 | 528 | 271 | – | – | 3,514 |
| Prince Rupert | | SC | | SC | 2,357 | 42.07% | 439 | 7.84% | 2,357 | 1,918 | 1,328 | – | – | – | 5,603 |
| Revelstoke | | CCF | | SC | 1,176 | 41.36% | 105 | 3.69% | 1,176 | 1,071 | 385 | 211 | – | – | 2,843 |
| Rossland-Trail | | SC | | SC | 5,474 | 51.02% | 2,828 | 26.36% | 5,474 | 2,646 | 1,139 | 1,470 | – | – | 10,729 |
| Saanich | | SC | | SC | 10,657 | 49.02% | 5,879 | 27.04% | 10,657 | 4,778 | 3,049 | 3,180 | – | 75 | 21,739 |
| Salmon Arm | | SC | | SC | 2,058 | 41.55% | 413 | 8.34% | 2,058 | 1,645 | 245 | 1,005 | – | – | 4,953 |
| Similkameen | | SC | | SC | 5,093 | 48.71% | 2,457 | 23.50% | 5,093 | 2,636 | 1,423 | 1,303 | – | – | 10,455 |
| Skeena | | SC | | SC | 2,963 | 50.23% | 988 | 16.75% | 2,963 | 1,975 | 961 | – | – | – | 5,899 |
| South Okanagan | | SC | | SC | 8,485 | 63.69% | 5,997 | 45.01% | 8,485 | 1,707 | 642 | 2,488 | – | – | 13,322 |
| South Peace River | | SC | | SC | 3,365 | 68.81% | 2,540 | 51.94% | 3,365 | 825 | 700 | – | – | – | 4,890 |
| Yale | | SC | | NDP | 1,697 | 37.13% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,691 | 1,697 | 599 | 584 | – | – | 4,571 |
    = 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
Results by riding - 1963 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts) :
| Riding | Riding | Winning party | Winning party | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Voters who voted |
| Name | MLAs | 1960 | 1963 | SC | NDP | Lib | PC | Comm | Ind | Total | Voters who voted |
| Burnaby | 2 | 2 | 1 1 | 14,650 | 14,750 | 5,472 | 2,343 | – | – | 73,598 | 41,669 |
| Burnaby | 2 | 2 | 1 1 | 14,070 | 14,409 | 5,641 | 2,263 | – | – | 73,598 | 41,669 |
| Delta | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22,504 | 18,690 | 5,553 | 4,461 | – | – | 100,327 | 55,073 |
| Delta | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22,067 | 17,661 | 5,342 | 4,049 | – | – | 100,327 | 55,073 |
| North Vancouver | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13,215 | 5,764 | 16,153 | 3,567 | 190 | – | 73,337 | 37,901 |
| North Vancouver | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11,883 | 5,409 | 14,068 | 3,088 | – | – | 73,337 | 37,901 |
| Vancouver-Burrard | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11,181 | 10,345 | 5,798 | | – | – | 58,657 | 29,534 |
| Vancouver-Burrard | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10,612 | 8,998 | 5,291 | | – | – | 58,657 | 29,534 |
| Vancouver Centre | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8,060 | 5,806 | 3,477 | 2,741 | 266 | – | 39,777 | 21,312 |
| Vancouver Centre | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7,594 | 5,538 | 3,467 | 2,588 | 240 | – | 39,777 | 21,312 |
| Vancouver East | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17,031 | 20,424 | 3,996 | 2,308 | – | 215 | 87,294 | 51,781 |
| Vancouver East | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16,867 | 20,292 | 3,901 | 2,260 | – | – | 87,294 | 51,781 |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | 3 | 3 | 2 1 | 23,172 | 8,663 | 25,592 | 15,719 | – | – | 179,472 | 59,871 |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | 3 | 3 | 2 1 | 20,962 | 8,072 | 17,641 | 7,643 | – | – | 179,472 | 59,871 |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | 3 | 3 | 2 1 | 20,267 | 8,018 | 16,510 | 7,213 | – | – | 179,472 | 59,871 |
| Victoria City | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9,736 | 3,557 | 4,440 | 2,528 | 153 | – | 58,670 | 22,387 |
| Victoria City | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9,347 | 3,324 | 4,355 | 2,282 | – | – | 58,670 | 22,387 |
| Victoria City | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9,118 | 3,275 | 4,302 | 2,253 | – | – | 58,670 | 22,387 |
* ↑ Pat McGeer was elected in a 1962 byelection.
    = winning candidate