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2001 British Columbia general election
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79 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
40 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout55.44%[1] Decrease 3.67 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Adriane Carr of the Green Party.jpg
Leader Gordon Campbell Ujjal Dosanjh Adriane Carr
Party Liberal New Democratic Green
Leader since September 11, 1993 February 20, 2000 September 23, 2000
Leader's seat Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Kensington (lost re-election) Ran in Powell River-Sunshine Coast (lost)
Last election 33 seats 39 seats 0 seats
Seats won 77 2 0
Seat change Increase44 Decrease37 Steady
Popular vote 916,888 343,156 197,231
Percentage 57.62% 21.56% 12.39%
Swing Increase15.80% Decrease17.89% Increase10.40%
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election

Ujjal Dosanjh
New Democratic

Premier after election

Gordon Campbell
Liberal

The 2001 British Columbia general election was the 37th provincial 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 April 18, 2001 and held on May 16, 2001. Voter turnout was 55.4 per cent of all eligible voters.

The incumbent British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), in office since 1991, had been rocked by two major scandals—the Fast Ferries Scandal and a bribery scandal involving Premier Glen Clark. With the NDP's ratings flatlining, Clark resigned in August 1999, and Deputy Premier Dan Miller took over as caretaker premier until Ujjal Dosanjh was elected his permanent successor in February. Dosanjh was not, however, able to restore the party's public image, and the BC NDP suffered a resounding defeat at the hands of the British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals), led by former Vancouver mayor Gordon Campbell. The BC Liberals won over 57% of the popular vote, and an unprecedented 77 of the 79 seats in the provincial legislature—the largest victory in the province's electoral history.

The BC NDP, on the other hand, suffered a near-total political collapse. The party lost almost half of the share of the popular vote that it had won in the 1996 election, while its seat count fell from 39 seats to only two—those of Deputy Premier and Education Minister Joy MacPhail and Community Development Minister Jenny Kwan. It was easily the worst defeat of a sitting government in British Columbia history. It was also the second-worst defeat of a sitting provincial government in Canada, eclipsed only by the New Brunswick election of 1987, the Alberta election of 1935, and the Prince Edward Island election of 1935. In those elections, the governing party–the New Brunswick Tories, the United Farmers of Alberta and the PEI Tories–was completely wiped off the map. Dosanjh resigned as party leader soon after the election; he had actually conceded defeat a week before voters went to the polls. Despite being the only other party in the Assembly, the BC NDP lacked the four seats then required for official party status.[2]

The British Columbia Unity Party had been created as a union of conservative parties. Initially, Reform BC, the Social Credit, the British Columbia Party, and the Family Coalition Party had joined under the "BC Unity" umbrella. By the time the election was called, however, only the Family Coalition Party and a large majority of Reform BC segments had remained in the BC Unity coalition. The other parties had withdrawn to continue independently. The parties would collectively only earn around 4% of the vote, as voters, conscious of vote-splitting that had taken place between the Liberals, Reform BC, and the since-defunct Progressive Democratic Alliance in 1996, united behind the Liberals this time. Ron Gamble, sometime leader and sometime president of the renewed Reform BC continued his opposition to conservative mergers, consistently proclaiming a "Say No to Chris Delaney & BC Unity" policy, until Unity's eventual collapse in 2004 after a failed second attempt at a merger with BC Conservatives.

2000 redistribution of ridings

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An Act was passed in 2000 providing for an increase of seats from 75 to 79, upon the next election.[3] The following changes were made:

Abolished ridings New ridings
Renaming of districts
Drawn from other districts
Merger of districts
Reorganization of districts
  1. ^ With part of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
  2. ^ With part of Okanagan-Boundary
  3. ^ Parts also went to Vancouver-Fraserview, Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Vancouver-Langara
  4. ^ From parts of Okanagan West, Okanagan-Vernon and Okanagan-Penticton
  5. ^ From parts of Surrey-Newton and Surrey-Cloverdale
  6. ^ From parts of Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Whalley and Surrey-Green Timbers

Opinion polls

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During campaign period

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Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm Last day
of survey 		Source BCLP BCNDP BCG BCUP BCMP RPBC Other ME Sample
Election 2001 May 16, 2001 57.62 21.56 12.39 3.23 3.22 0.22 1.76
COMPAS May 12, 2001 [4] 61 16 12 3 3 — — 4.5 700
Ipsos-Reid May 7, 2001 [5] 63 16 13 3 3 1 — 3.5 800
MarkTrend May 6, 2001 [6] 65 14 15 3 3 — — 4.4 500
COMPAS May 1, 2001 [7] 64 15 13 5 — — — 4.5 500
Ipsos-Reid April 23, 2001 [8] 70 16 10 2 1 — — 3.5 800
McIntyre & Mustel April 19, 2001 [9] 72 18 7 2 — — — 4.1 610
Election called (April 18, 2001)

During 36th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm Last day
of survey 		Source BCLP BCNDP BCG BCUP BCMP RPBC Other ME Sample
COMPAS April 1, 2001 [10] 66 17 7 3 2 2[11] — 4.1[12] —
Ipsos-Reid March 12, 2001 [13] 63 20 7 7 — — 3 3.5 800
McIntyre & Mustel February 2001 [14] 59 20 5 — — 12 — — —
COMPAS February 5, 2001 [15] 59 18 8 — — 12 — 3.5 800
McIntyre & Mustel January 12, 2001 [16] 51 27 — — — — — 5.0 —
Ipsos-Reid December 10, 2000 [17] 51 17 9 — — 19 4 4.0 600
MarkTrend November 2000 [18] 58 18 — — — 22 — 4.5 500
McIntyre & Mustel October 21, 2000 [19] 67 17 — — — 10 — 4.5 500
MarkTrend September 2000 [20] 55 19 — — — 25 — 4.5 500
Ipsos-Reid September 11, 2000 [21] 48 19 8 — — 22 3 4.0 600
McIntyre & Mustel August 2000 [19] 53 21 — — — 19 — — —
Polling firm Last day
of survey 		Source BCLP BCNDP BCG RPBC PDA Other ME Sample
PDA unregistered as official party (June 2000)
Ipsos-Reid June 13, 2000 [22] 57 16 6 15 5 1 4.0 600
MarkTrend April 2000 [23] 58 16 — 21 — 5 — 503[24]
Ipsos-Reid March 2000 [25] 50 24 6 16 3 1 3.5 800
MarkTrend February 2000 [26] 53 27 — 17[23] — — — 500
McIntyre & Mustel February 27, 2000 [27] 52 25 5[28] 15[28] — — 4.3 511
Ujjal Dosanjh becomes leader of the NDP and premier (February 24, 2000)[29]
Angus Reid December 15, 1999 [30] 55 17 — 18 — 10 4.0 600
MarkTrend October 1999 [31] 53 19 — 22 — 5 5.0 500
Angus Reid September 10, 1999 [32] 57 15 — 16 — 11 4.0 620
Angus Reid August 24, 1999 [33] 56 16 8 17 2 — 4.1 601
MarkTrend August 1999 [31] 61 15 — 22 — — — —
Premier Glen Clark resigns (August 21, 1999)[34]
Angus Reid June 8, 1998 [35] 58 16 3 14 3 2 4.1 600
MarkTrend April 11, 1999 [36] 59 18 — 20 — — 4.0 501
Angus Reid March 10, 1999 [37] 52 18 6 18 4 2 4.1 600
Angus Reid December 1998 [37] 46 18 5 18 10 — — —
Angus Reid September 1998 [38] 46 18 — — — — — —
Angus Reid June 12, 1998 [39] 42 23 6 20 8 — 4.1 610
McIntyre & Mustel March 1998 [40] 48 25 — — — — — —
Angus Reid March 1998 [41] 47 20 — 17 — — — —
Angus Reid December 12, 1997 [42] 43 24 5 18 8 — 4 600
Pollara December 1997 [43] 41 20 — 31 — — — —
Angus Reid September 15, 1997 [44] 33 30 2[42] 24 9 2[42] 4.0 600
Angus Reid June 16, 1997 [45] 34 27 3 28 6 2 4 600
Angus Reid March 10, 1997 [46] 44 24 2[42] 18 9 2 4.0 601
Angus Reid December 1996 [42] 52 29 2 11 3 4 — —
Angus Reid September 15, 1996 [47] 45 37 1 12 3 3 4.0 600
Angus Reid June 1996 [42] 39 42 2 9 6 3 — —
Election 1996 May 28, 1996 41.82 39.45 1.99 9.27 5.74 1.73

Region-specific polls

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Southern Vancouver Island

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Polling firm Last day
of survey 		Source BCLP BCNDP BCG BCUP ME Sample
Compas May 12, 2001 [48] 49 27 15 — 7.0 200
Compas May 2, 2001 [49] 59 15 13 5 3.2 500

Riding-specific polls

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Vancouver-Kensington

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Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm Last day
of survey 		Source BCLP BCNDP BCG BCMP BCUP ME Sample
Election 2001 May 16, 2001 47.56 38.82 9.32 2.68 1.62
McIntyre & Mustel May 1, 2001 [50] 53 31 10 2 3 5.6 301
COMPAS May 1, 2001 [50] 52 29 14 — — 7.1 200
Election 1996 May 28, 1996 40.65 50.74 1.89 — —

Results

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Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1996 Elected % Change # % Change
Liberal Gordon Campbell 79 33 77 +133.3% 916,888 57.62% +15.80%
  New Democrats Ujjal Dosanjh 79 39 2 -94.9% 343,156 21.56% -17.89%
Green Adriane Carr 72 - – – 197,231 12.39% +10.40%
Unity Chris Delaney 56 – – – 51,426 3.23% +2.97%
Marijuana Brian Taylor 79 * – * 51,206 3.22% *
  Independent 30 - - – 14,588 0.92% +0.28%
Reform 9 2 - -100% 3,439 0.22% -9.05%
All Nations 6 * - * 3,380 0.21% *
  Conservative Susan Power 6 - - – 2,417 0.15% +0.09%
Social Credit Grant Mitton 2 – - – 1,948 0.12% -0.27%
  BC Action 5 * - * 1,636 0.10% *
  No affiliation 6 * - * 727 0.05% *
People's Front 11 * - * 720 0.05% *
  Western Reform 1 * - * 621 0.04% *
  Citizens Alliance Now 2 * - * 584 0.04% *
  Council of British Columbians 2 * - * 399 0.03% *
Communist 4 – - – 381 0.02% +0.01%
Freedom 2 * - * 240 0.02% *
  Party of Citizens.... 2 * - * 147 0.01% *
Patriot 1 * - * 82 0.01% *
  Citizens Commonwealth 4 * - * 49 x *
  Central 3 * - * 41 x *
Total 456 75 79 +5.3% 1,591,306 100%  

Notes

x – less than 0.005% of the popular vote.

* The party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Unity Party results are calculated relative to Family Coalition Party results.

Popular vote
Liberal
 
 57.62%
NDP
 
 21.56%
Green
 
 12.39%
Others
 
 8.43%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 97.47%
NDP
 
 2.53%

MLAs elected

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Synopsis of results

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Main article: Results of the 2001 British Columbia general election by riding
Results by riding – 2001 British Columbia general election[51]
Riding Winning party Turnout
[a 1] 		Votes[a 2]
Name 1996 Party Votes Share Margin
# 		Margin
% 		Lib NDP Grn Un Mari Ref Ind Oth Total
 
Abbotsford-Clayburn New Lib 12,584 72.51% 10,488 60.43% 71.30% 12,584 2,096 – 1,751 706 – – 217 17,354
Abbotsford-Mount Lehman Lib Lib 12,660 68.48% 10,229 55.33% 71.44% 12,660 2,431 1,299 1,576 451 – – 69 18,486
Alberni-Qualicum New Lib 13,109 53.32% 5,714 23.24% 74.70% 13,109 7,395 2,999 – 1,081 – – – 24,584
Bulkley Valley-Stikine NDP Lib 7,414 55.93% 4,591 34.64% 73.28% 7,414 2,823 856 1,190 507 – – 467 13,257
Burnaby-Edmonds NDP Lib 9,607 51.09% 4,683 24.90% 69.90% 9,607 4,924 2,599 1,111 456 – – 105 18,802
Burnaby North NDP Lib 11,062 54.37% 5,070 24.92% 71.52% 11,062 5,992 2,824 – 466 – – – 20,344
Burnaby-Willingdon NDP Lib 10,207 55.79% 5,599 30.60% 70.07% 10,207 4,608 2,879 – 362 – – 240 18,296
Burquitlam New Lib 11,131 56.34% 6,453 32.66% 70.95% 11,131 4,678 2,668 749 530 – – – 19,756
Cariboo North Lib Lib 10,044 64.97% 7,312 47.30% 72.46% 10,044 2,732 712 420 509 – 727 316 15,460
Cariboo South NDP Lib 10,259 62.21% 6,000 36.38% 74.70% 10,259 4,259 – 598 739 – – 635 16,490
Chilliwack-Kent New Lib 13,814 74.88% 11,659 63.20% 71.63% 13,814 2,155 1,511 – 968 – – – 18,448
Chilliwack-Sumas New Lib 14,137 74.80% 11,703 61.92% 70.58% 14,137 2,434 – – 1,130 – – 1,199 18,900
Columbia River-Revelstoke NDP Lib 7,804 53.95% 3,253 22.49% 71.96% 7,804 4,551 978 490 642 – – – 14,465
Comox Valley NDP Lib 15,569 56.32% 10,213 36.95% 74.81% 15,569 5,356 5,170 677 873 – – – 27,645
Coquitlam-Maillardville NDP Lib 11,549 56.97% 7,107 35.07% 71.42% 11,549 4,442 2,522 862 584 – 314 – 20,273
Cowichan-Ladysmith NDP Lib 12,707 52.21% 4,924 20.23% 76.71% 12,707 7,783 3,250 – 597 – – – 24,337
Delta North Lib Lib 11,919 60.54% 8,185 41.57% 72.65% 11,919 3,734 2,504 987 543 – – – 19,687
Delta South Lib Lib 14,596 67.00% 10,946 50.25% 73.15% 14,596 2,053 3,650 760 507 – 219 – 21,784
East Kootenay NDP Lib 10,206 61.85% 6,568 39.80% 68.76% 10,206 3,638 1,287 651 718 – – – 16,500
Esquimalt-Metchosin NDP Lib 9,544 45.79% 3,286 15.76% 69.49% 9,544 6,258 3,685 268 534 – 230 322 20,841
Fort Langley-Aldergrove Lib Lib 16,527 68.30% 13,761 56.87% 73.47% 16,527 2,619 2,766 1,275 674 – 336 – 24,197
Kamloops NDP Lib 12,258 60.21% 7,666 37.66% 68.72% 12,258 4,592 2,180 430 707 – 193 – 20,360
Kamloops-North Thompson Lib Lib 12,676 58.04% 8,495 38.90% 72.65% 12,676 4,181 3,122 836 1,025 – – – 21,840
Kelowna-Lake Country Lib Lib 14,093 63.19% 10,991 49.28% 66.91% 14,093 3,102 2,606 1,496 734 – – 272 22,303
Kelowna-Mission Lib Lib 15,351 64.60% 12,285 51.70% 67.56% 15,351 3,066 2,588 1,674 787 – – 296 23,762
Langley Lib Lib 14,564 64.85% 11,717 52.17% 71.97% 14,564 2,720 2,847 1,605 723 – – – 22,459
Malahat-Juan de Fuca NDP Lib 9,676 42.26% 4,512 19.70% 73.57% 9,676 3,687 3,275 323 547 – 5,164 222 22,894
Maple Ridge-Mission NDP Lib 12,920 56.67% 8,210 36.01% 70.87% 12,920 4,710 2,910 1,037 908 – 315 – 22,800
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows NDP Lib 12,235 52.96% 6,471 28.01% 72.90% 12,235 5,764 3,069 1,220 716 – – 97 23,101
Nanaimo NDP Lib 9,748 44.64% 3,146 14.41% 69.87% 9,748 6,602 3,810 588 889 – 199 – 21,836
Nanaimo-Parksville New Lib 17,356 62.60% 11,504 41.49% 74.94% 17,356 5,852 3,192 693 634 – – – 21,836
Nelson-Creston NDP Lib 8,558 39.00% 1,577 7.18% 75.32% 8,558 6,981 4,723 1,108 570 – – – 21,940
New Westminster NDP Lib 11,059 49.20% 4,088 18.18% 71.07% 11,059 6,971 2,982 604 859 – – – 22,475
North Coast NDP Lib 4,915 45.25% 831 7.64% 66.27% 4,915 4,084 560 152 623 – – 526 10,860
North Island NDP Lib 13,781 57.12% 7,406 30.70% 73.69% 13,781 6,375 2,871 – 1,099 – – – 24,126
North Vancouver-Lonsdale Lib Lib 11,362 59.84% 7,539 39.70% 68.16% 11,362 3,016 3,823 – 612 – – 173 18,986
North Vancouver-Seymour Lib Lib 15,568 65.12% 11,441 47.86% 73.72% 15,568 2,751 4,127 – 568 683 209 – 23,906
Oak Bay-Gordon Head Lib Lib 14,588 57.31% 8,799 34.57% 75.54% 14,588 5,789 4,666 – 411 – – – 25,454
Okanagan-Vernon Lib Lib 13,868 56.51% 10,339 42.13% 69.06% 13,868 3,529 2,214 3,213 917 – 562 239 24,542
Okanagan-Westside New Lib 14,181 68.08% 11,005 52.83% 69.91% 14,181 3,176 – 1,364 1,188 – – 921 20,830
Peace River North Ref Lib 6,629 73.22% 5,582 61.66% 55.12% 6,629 1,047 – 568 810 – – – 9,054
Peace River South Ref Lib 6,393 64.20% 4,667 46.87% 62.37% 6,393 767 407 225 444 – – 1,726 9,962
Penticton-Okanagan Valley Lib Lib 15,609 62.73% 11,722 47.11% 68.15% 15,609 3,887 3,524 553 786 – – 522 24,881
Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain New Lib 9,963 45.19% 2,765 12.54% 74.66% 9,963 7,198 1,841 2,297 446 150 151 – 22,046
Port Moody-Westwood New Lib 16,500 74.64% 12,322 55.74% 71.80% 16,500 4,178 – – 1,428 – – – 22,106
Powell River-Sunshine Coast PD Lib 9,904 42.36% 3,555 15.21% 76.33% 9,904 6,349 6,316 – 812 – – – 23,381
Prince George-Mount Robson NDP Lib 8,033 55.72% 5,378 37.30% 68.80% 8,033 2,655 1,429 1,110 744 445 – – 14,416
Prince George North NDP Lib 9,215 61.02% 7,067 46.80% 71.77% 9,215 2,148 1,137 838 588 – 554 621 15,101
Prince George-Omineca Lib Lib 10,469 61.65% 7,313 43.07% 73.70% 10,469 3,156 1,026 1,685 646 – – – 16,982
Richmond Centre Lib Lib 12,061 71.86% 9,855 58.72% 69.10% 12,061 2,206 1,615 381 357 – – 165 16,785
Richmond East Lib Lib 12,498 69.18% 9,948 55.07% 70.59% 12,498 2,550 1,802 599 445 – 173 – 18,067
Richmond-Steveston Lib Lib 14,508 69.23% 11,944 56.99% 73.27% 14,508 2,564 2,257 381 561 145 358 181 20,955
Saanich North and the Islands Lib Lib 15,406 54.29% 8,195 28.88% 75.94% 15,406 5,011 7,211 – 491 – 257 – 28,376
Saanich South NDP Lib 12,699 52.17% 5,861 24.08% 76.00% 12,699 6,838 3,823 – 462 – 172 349 24,343
Shuswap Lib Lib 12,950 56.27% 9,162 39.81% 72.01% 12,950 3,788 2,423 2,857 835 – – 160 23,013
Skeena NDP Lib 8,653 65.15% 6,009 45.24% 72.13% 8,653 2,644 695 – 810 – – 479 13,281
Surrey-Cloverdale Lib Lib 13,739 63.72% 11,406 52.90% 75.45% 13,739 2,333 2,227 1,112 481 – 1,669 – 21,561
Surrey-Green Timbers NDP Lib 7,539 48.95% 1,947 12.64% 66.77% 7,539 5,592 – 1,067 561 538 – 103 15,400
Surrey-Newton NDP Lib 6,750 49.45% 2,801 20.52% 65.51% 6,750 3,949 1,673 498 348 431 – – 13,649
Surrey-Panorama Ridge New Lib 9,590 58.94% 6,350 39.03% 69.04% 9,590[a 3] 3,240 1,437 1,123 424 408 – 50 16,272
Surrey-Tynehead New Lib 12,252 60.95% 9,093 45.23% 72.25% 12,252 3,159 1,876 1,234 385 265 930 – 20,101
Surrey-Whalley NDP Lib 6,693 45.73% 2,157 14.74% 66.79% 6,693 4,536 1,652 838 544 374 – – 14,637
Surrey-White Rock Lib Lib 18,678 68.70% 15,101 55.54% 77.64% 18,678 3,415 3,577 983 536 – – – 27,189
Vancouver-Burrard NDP Lib 11,396 48.11% 4,037 17.04% 63.67% 11,396 7,359 3,826 906 – 136 65 23,688
Vancouver-Fairview Lib Lib 12,864 54.94% 7,813 33.37% 64.20% 12,864 4,772 5,051 – 651 – – 76 23,414
Vancouver-Fraserview NDP Lib 10,361 56.84% 4,546 24.93% 71.61% 10,361 5,815 1,417 369 267 – – – 18,229
Vancouver-Hastings NDP NDP 8,009 41.64% 409 2.13% 68.11% 7,600 8,009 2,874 – 409 – – 341 19,233
Vancouver-Kensington NDP Lib 9,162 47.56% 1,684 8.74% 73.09% 9,162 7,478 1,795 314 516 – – – 19,265
Vancouver-Kingsway NDP Lib 8,264 49.89% 2,835 17.11% 67.14% 8,264 5,429 1,725 541 364 – – 240 16,563
Vancouver-Langara Lib Lib 11,800 66.90% 8,801 49.90% 67.38% 11,800 2,999 2,009 – 673 – – 156 17,637
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant NDP NDP 7,163 44.48% 1,820 11.30% 59.36% 5,343 7,163 2,612 166 489 – – 332 16,105
Vancouver-Point Grey Lib Lib 13,430 56.14% 8,336 34.85% 65.80% 13,430 4,441 5,094 257 659 – – 43 23,924
Vancouver-Quilchena Lib Lib 16,829 73.86% 13,552 59.48% 73.44% 16,829 2,168 3,277 – 351 – 160 – 22,785
Victoria-Beacon Hill NDP Lib 9,297 37.04% 35 0.14% 68.63% 9,297 9,262 5,453 290 532 – 205 64 25,103
Victoria-Hillside NDP Lib 7,878 37.71% 82 0.40% 68.73% 7,878 7,796 4,142 293 663 – – 121 20,893
West Kootenay-Boundary New Lib 10,784 49.74% 3,869 17.85% 74.42% 10,784 6,915 2,004 1,139 840 – – – 21,682
West Vancouver-Capilano Lib Lib 15,556 72.69% 12,624 58.99% 72.67% 15,556 1,284 2,932 – 274 – 1,355 – 21,401
West Vancouver-Garibaldi Lib Lib 14,542 68.18% 10,851 50.88% 68.19% 14,542 2,330 3,691 – 767 – – – 21,330
Yale-Lillooet NDP Lib 9,845 60.07% 7,028 42.88% 68.99% 9,845 2,817 1,657 – 807 – – 1,262 16,388
  1. ^ including spoilt ballots
  2. ^ parties receiving more than 1% of the popular vote, or fielding candidates in at least half of the constituencies, are listed separately. Reform is also listed separately, as it was a major contender in 1996, to identify the districts that still nominated candidates.
  3. ^ Gulzar Singh Cheema was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
  = 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 by-election gain
  = other incumbents renominated
  = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
  = Multiple candidates

See also

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References

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