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1996 British Columbia general election
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75 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
38 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout59.11%[1] Decrease 4.92 pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Glen Clark Gordon Campbell
Party New Democratic Liberal
Leader since 1996 1993
Leader's seat Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver-Point Grey
Last election 51 seats 17 seats
Seats won 39 33
Seat change Decrease12 Increase16
Popular vote 624,395 661,929
Percentage 39.45% 41.82%
Swing Decrease1.26 Increase8.58
  Third party Fourth party
 
Ref
PDA
Leader Jack Weisgerber Gordon Wilson
Party Reform Progressive Democrat
Leader since 1995 1993
Leader's seat Peace River South Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Last election 0 seats pre-creation
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase2 Increase1
Popular vote 146,734 90,797
Percentage 9.27% 5.74%
Swing Increase9.09 Increase5.74
Premier before election

Glen Clark
New Democratic

Premier after election

Glen Clark
New Democratic

The 1996 British Columbia general election was the 36th 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 30, 1996,[2] and held on May 28, 1996. Voter turnout was 59.1 per cent of all eligible voters. The election is notable for producing a "false-winner" outcome, rewarding a party that got second in the popular vote with a majority government.

New Democratic Party leader and provincial premier Mike Harcourt had resigned as the result of a fundraising scandal involving one of the members of his caucus. Glen Clark was chosen by the party to replace Harcourt. While polling prior to Harcourt's resignation had shown the NDP to be on-track for a landslide defeat, Clark was able to turn their fortunes around and led the party to a second majority government, defeating the Liberal Party of Gordon Campbell, who had become leader of the Liberal Party after Gordon Wilson had been forced out of the position because of his relationship with another Liberal member of the legislature, Judi Tyabji.

After Wilson was defeated by Campbell in the convention to choose a new leader, he and Tyabji left the Liberal Party to establish the Progressive Democratic Alliance. Wilson was able to win re-election, but Tyabji was not, who went down to defeat with all of the other candidates fielded by the new party.

The once-dominant Social Credit Party collapsed. It elected Grace McCarthy as its leader in 1993, but she was unable to make a bid to get into the legislature until 1994, when she lost a by-election in the longtime Socred stronghold of Matsqui. Soon afterward, four of its remaining six members defected to Reform BC, leaving Social Credit without official status in the legislature. One more seat was lost in a by-election, reducing the party's representation to one MLA, Cliff Serwa. Serwa retired before the election, however, leaving the party with no incumbents. Party leader Larry Gillanders withdrew from the race while the campaign was in progress, saying that all right-wing parties should unite to topple the ruling NDP. The Socreds won only 0.4% of the vote and were completely shut out of the legislature. While the party still nominally existed until 2023 (with a hiatus from 2013 to 2016), it never elected another MLA.

Reform BC held on to two of its four seats.

Although the Liberals won the largest share of the popular vote, most of their votes were wasted in the outer regions of the province, and it won only 8 seats in the Vancouver area. Additionally, they suffered from vote-splitting with Reform, the Progressive Democrats, and what little remained of the Socreds. These factors allowed the NDP to win 6 more seats than the opposition Liberals, eking out a majority government. This was the last election to return an NDP majority until 2020, 24 years later.

This was also the first provincial election held in BC since the voting age was lowered from 19 to 18 in 1992.[3]

Opinion polls

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Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm Last day
of survey 		Source BCNDP BCLP RPBC PDA BCSC Other ME Sample
Election 1996 May 28, 1996 39.45 41.82 9.27 5.74 0.40 3.32
McIntyre & Mustel May 23, 1996 [4] 43.3 40.9 9.9 — 0 — 4.4 630
Angus Reid May 14, 1996 [5] 40 41 12 — — — 3.5 800
McIntyre & Mustel May 11, 1996 [6] 45 35.4 14.7 1.7 0.5 — 4.8 516
Angus Reid May 2, 1996[5] [7] 45 33 17 — — — — —
McIntyre & Mustel May 1, 1996 [8] 44 36 16 1.6 1.4 — 4.2 544
Election called (April 30, 1996)[2]
Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm Last day
of survey 		Source BCNDP BCLP RPBC PDA BCSC Other ME Sample
Marktrend April 14, 1996 [9] 38 32 21 — — — 4.4 503
Angus Reid March 12, 1996 [10] 40 38 16 3 1 — 4.0 600
McIntyre & Mustel March 1996 [11] 38 38 20 — 1 3 — 295
MarkTrend February 23, 1996 [12] 29 38 27 — — — 4.4 502
Viewpoints January 17, 1996 [13] 34.9 40.6 20 — — — 2.5 1,600
MarkTrend January 1996 [13] 28 37 27 — — — — —
Glen Clark becomes leader of the NDP and Premier (February 22, 1996)
Angus Reid December 12, 1995 [14] 35 40 22 — — — 4.1 605
Mike Harcourt announces resignation as Premier and leader of the NDP (November 15, 1995)|[15]
Angus Reid November 8, 1995 [16] 24 49 22 — — — — 805
McIntyre & Mustel March 1995 [17] 28 47 21 — 2 3 — 284
Jack Weisgerber becomes leader of the BC Reform Party (January 15, 1995)[18]
MarkTrend December 1994 [19] 25 41 28 — — — 4.4 500
McIntyre & Mustel December 1994 [20] 31 42 20 — — — — —
Viewpoints November 1994 [21] 30 42 22 — — — — 2,000
McIntyre & Mustel September 1994 [11] 25 41 26 — 5 3 — 304
Angus Reid September 1994 [22] 30 44 19 — — 7 — —
McIntyre & Mustel June 5, 1994 [23] 21 39 28 — 7 5 4.5 505
Viewpoints June 1994 [24] 30 39 24 — — 3 — —
Marktrend June 1994 [24] 23 38 34 — — 3 — —
Angus Reid March 1994 [25] 25 53 7 0.4[26] 10 — 4 600
March 1994 [27] 25 38 21 — 10 — — —
Angus Reid December 1993 [28] 21 47 — — 14 — — 603
McIntyre & Mustel December 1993 [29] 20 49 — — 18 — 4.5 502
PDA founded (December 5, 1993)
Angus Reid September 1993 [30] 26 48 — — 14 — 4 600
Gordon Campbell becomes leader of the BC Liberals (September 11, 1993)
McIntyre & Mustel September 1993 [31] 27 50 — — 19[29] — 5 —
Angus Reid June 1993 [30] 27 42 — — 22 — — —
Angus Reid March 10, 1993 [32] 42 32 — — 17 — 4 600
Angus Reid November 1992 [32] 31 47 — — — — — —
Angus Reid-Southam News August 31, 1992 [33] 33 46 — — 16 — 8 176
Angus Reid-Southam News July 1992 [33] 48 32 — — 11 — — —
Election 1991 October 17, 1991 40.71 33.25 0.18 - 24.27 1.59

Results

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Elections to the 36th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1996)[34]
Party Leader Candidates Votes Seats
# ± % Change (pp) 1991 1996 ±
New Democratic Glen Clark 75 624,395 29,004Increase 39.45 -1.26
 
 51
39 / 75
 12Decrease
Liberal Gordon Campbell 75 661,929 175,721Increase 41.82 8.58 8.58
 
 17
33 / 75
 16Increase
Reform Jack Weisgerber 75 146,734 143,701Increase 9.27 9.09 9.09
 
 –
2 / 75
 2Increase
Progressive Democrat Gordon Wilson 66 90,797 90,797Increase 5.74 5.74 5.74
 
 –
1 / 75
 1Increase
Social Credit Larry Gillanders 38 6,276 345,384Decrease 0.40 -23.65
 
 7
0 / 75
 7Decrease
Green Stuart Parker 71 31,511 18,861Increase 1.99 1.13 1.13
 
Independent 23 10,067 214Decrease 0.64 -0.07
Family Coalition 14 4,150 2,840Increase 0.26 0.17
Natural Law 38 2,919 2,919Increase 0.18 New
Libertarian 17 2,041 1,181Increase 0.13 0.07
Conservative Peter B. Macdonald 8 1,002 576Increase 0.06 0.03
Western Canada Concept Doug Christie 5 374 277Decrease 0.02 -0.02
Common Sense, Community, Family Ross Ellis 5 291 291Increase 0.02 New
Communist 3 218 126Decrease 0.01 0.01
Total 513 1,582,704 100.00%
Rejected ballots[1] 9,951 20,782Decrease
Turnout[1] 1,592,655 99,455Increase 71.50% 3.57Decrease
Registered voters[1] 2,227,424 238,370Increase

MLAs elected

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Synopsis of results

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Main article: Results of the 1996 British Columbia general election by riding
Results by riding - 1996 British Columbia general election[35]
Riding Winning party Turnout
[a 1] 		Votes[a 2]
Name 1991 Party Votes Share Margin
# 		Margin
% 		NDP Lib Ref PD Grn SC FCP NLP Ind Oth Total
 
Abbotsford SC Lib 10,998 50.24% 5,593 25.55% 69.25% 5,405 10,998 4,086 1,126 274 – – – – – 21,889
Alberni NDP NDP 7,398 52.01% 2,299 16.16% 73.32% 7,398 5,099 823 578 195 – – 58 – 72 14,223
Bulkley Valley-Stikine NDP NDP 4,779 37.02% 1,053 8.16% 71.05% 4,779 3,726 3,473 624 151 155 – – – – 12,908
Burnaby-Edmonds NDP NDP 9,912 46.45% 1,142 5.35% 70.63% 9,912 8,770 1,008 1,067 387 120 – 77 – – 21,341
Burnaby North NDP NDP 8,926 45.47% 766 3.90% 72.70% 8,926 8,160 1,081 976 395 – – 62 – 31 19,631
Burnaby-Willingdon NDP NDP 10,501 45.54% 823 3.57% 71.73% 10,501 9,678 999 1,161 458 – – 74 – 190 23,061
Cariboo North NDP Lib 5,533 40.87% 353 2.61% 70.05% 5,180 5,533 2,561 – 168 – – – – 97 13,539
Cariboo South NDP NDP 6,372 41.45% 322 2.09% 70.88% 6,372 6,050 2,684 – 267 – – – – – 15,373
Chilliwack Lib Lib 9,273 37.90% 3,284 13.42% 68.57% 5,989 9,273 3,237 – 232 – – – 5,736 – 24,467
Columbia River-Revelstoke NDP NDP 6,264 42.52% 1,092 7.41% 71.04% 6,264 5,172 2,687 282 270 – – 58 – – 14,733
Comox Valley NDP NDP 13,230 42.76% 2,509 8.11% 72.86% 13,230 10,721 3,451 1,039 1,296 – 398 – 804 – 30,939
Coquitlam-Maillardville NDP NDP 10,812 45.91% 1,372 5.83% 72.33% 10,812 9,440 1,434 1,289 – 133 – 123 – 320 23,551
Cowichan-Ladysmith NDP NDP 12,249 49.85% 4,466 18.18% 73.97% 12,249 7,783 2,434 1,459 645 – – – – – 24,570
Delta North NDP Lib 9,305 45.50% 648 3.17% 74.88% 8,657 9,305 755 1,385 347 – – – – – 20,449
Delta South Lib Lib 13,415 58.78% 7,431 32.56% 74.55% 5,984 13,415 1,371 1,215 333 200 304 – – – 22,822
Esquimalt-Metchosin NDP NDP 13,833 59.54% 7,063 30.40% 68.16% 13,833 6,770 1,179 921 376 – – 60 58 35 23,232
Fort Langley-Aldergrove Lib Lib 12,005 47.30% 4,636 18.26% 76.09% 7,369 12,005 3,484 1,737 472 – 316 – – – 25,383
Kamloops NDP NDP 10,135 44.30% 862 3.77% 69.56% 10,135 9,273 1,721 1,241 – 508 – – – – 22,878
Kamloops-North Thompson NDP Lib 7,313 43.43% 368 2.19% 72.65% 6,945 7,313 1,710 – 401 468 – – – – 16,837
Kootenay NDP NDP 6,398 38.59% 511 3.08% 68.15% 6,398 5,887 3,718 – 363 – – – 215 – 16,581
Langley Lib Lib 9,277 46.62% 3,482 17.50% 73.19% 5,795 9,277 3,224 1,195 262 148 – – – – 19,901
Malahat-Juan de Fuca NDP NDP 10,686 48.63% 3,130 14.24% 72.91% 10,686 7,556 1,887 1,061 601 – – – 98 84 21,973
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows NDP NDP 12,946 46.07% 1,986 7.07% 73.30% 12,946 10,960 1,470 2,011 464 – – 90 – 158 28,099
Matsqui SC Lib 10,903 50.81% 5,554 25.88% 68.41% 5,349 10,903 4,405 – 216 – 385 199 – – 21,457
Mission-Kent NDP NDP 8,232 44.16% 1,120 6.01% 70.92% 8,232 7,112 1,618 1,243 324 – – – 113 – 18,642
Nanaimo NDP NDP 11,210 48.75% 3,538 15.39% 69.79% 11,210 7,672 1,867 1,337 486 – 311 – – 113 22,996
Nelson-Creston NDP NDP 9,179 44.90% 2,745 13.43% 75.20% 9,179 6,434 2,114 – 2,282 – 360 73 – – 20,442
New Westminster NDP NDP 10,418 46.69% 1,827 8.19% 70.41% 10,418 8,591 1,446 1,121 488 – – 107 142 – 22,313
North Coast NDP NDP 7,298 64.82% 4,399 39.07% 63.33% 7,298 2,899 830 – 232 – – – – – 11,259
North Island NDP NDP 8,385 45.80% 1,604 8.76% 69.55% 8,385 6,781 1,776 887 479 – – – – – 18,308
North Vancouver-Lonsdale NDP Lib 9,325 46.37% 2,174 10.81% 71.16% 7,151 9,325 1,241 1,736 417 – – 93 – 149 20,112
North Vancouver-Seymour Lib Lib 14,165 56.35% 7,489 29.79% 76.91% 6,676 14,165 1,737 1,713 645 105 – 44 – 54 25,139
Oak Bay-Gordon Head NDP Lib 12,340 46.59% 640 2.42% 79.49% 11,700 12,340 675 937 566 48 56 47 118 – 26,487
Okanagan-Boundary NDP Lib 7,011 38.35% 27 0.15% 75.05% 6,984 7,011 2,810 775 356 183 – 163 – – 18,282
Okanagan East Lib Lib 9,382 38.37% 2,950 12.06% 70.24% 5,176 9,382 3,116 6,432 347 – – – – – 24,453
Okanagan-Penticton NDP Lib 10,661 43.07% 1,569 6.34% 73.41% 9,092 10,661 2,976 1,444 464 – – 113 – – 24,750
Okanagan-Vernon SC Lib 9,776 39.06% 2,279 9.11% 71.03% 7,497 9,776 5,356 1,839 334 227 – – – – 25,029
Okanagan West SC Lib 15,575 46.00% 7,294 21.54% 71.02% 8,281 15,575 4,858 4,225 519 399 – – – – 33,857
Parksville-Qualicum NDP Lib 13,459 41.19% 483 1.48% 77.12% 12,976 13,459 3,955 1,669 422 – – 110 – 81 32,672
Peace River North SC Ref 5,299 48.41% 2,162 19.75% 60.49% 1,975 3,137 5,299 169 – 240 – – 125 – 10,945
Peace River South SC Ref 3,901 31.89% 123 1.01% 62.60% 3,778 3,774 3,901 183 145 452 – – – – 12,233
Port Coquitlam NDP NDP 14,767 46.37% 1,457 4.58% 73.48% 14,767 13,310 1,335 1,789 417 124 – – – 102 31,844
Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain NDP Lib 10,272 44.73% 468 2.04% 73.40% 9,804 10,272 1,039 1,408 441 – – – – – 22,964
Powell River-Sunshine Coast Lib PD 10,833 49.05% 4,745 21.49% 75.37% 6,088 3,911 677 10,833 518 – – – – 57 22,084
Prince George-Mount Robson NDP NDP 4,713 40.67% 949 8.19% 63.84% 4,713 3,764 2,076 788 247 – – – – – 11,588
Prince George North NDP NDP 5,837 39.58% 914 6.20% 66.75% 5,837 4,923 2,430 891 173 – – – 495 – 14,749
Prince George-Omineca SC Lib 5,514 36.88% 308 2.06% 67.79% 5,206 5,514 2,998 1,023 209 – – – – – 14,950
Richmond Centre Lib Lib 9,925 55.52% 4,202 23.51% 68.67% 5,723 9,925 614 996 235 154 – 38 65 126 17,876
Richmond East Lib Lib 10,205 55.60% 4,442 24.20% 71.62% 5,763 10,205 792 1,093 235 139 – 43 – 83 18,353
Richmond-Steveston Lib Lib 9,643 56.65% 4,602 27.04% 74.36% 5,041 9,643 556 919 188 88 – 38 450 99 17,022
Rossland-Trail NDP NDP 8,635 50.74% 2,712 15.94% 74.99% 8,635 5,923 1,366 660 434 – – – – – 17,018
Saanich North and the Islands Lib Lib 13,374 47.57% 2,828 10.06% 77.89% 10,546 13,374 1,627 1,533 898 – – 72 – 63 28,113
Saanich South NDP NDP 11,394 46.11% 527 2.13% 77.16% 11,394 10,867 676 1,198 343 – – 86 – 144 24,708
Shuswap NDP Lib 8,596 34.55% 727 2.92% 72.79% 7,869 8,596 5,617 1,325 237 221 – – 1,014 – 24,879
Skeena NDP NDP 5,353 40.34% 635 4.79% 70.72% 5,353 4,718 2,744 – 205 249 – – – – 13,269
Surrey-Cloverdale Lib Lib 14,297 48.27% 5,466 18.46% 74.75% 8,831 14,297 2,690 2,417 366 306 709 – – – 29,616
Surrey-Green Timbers NDP NDP 10,278 50.11% 3,348 16.32% 69.40% 10,278 6,930 1,183 1,150 228 114 255 32 101 241 20,512
Surrey-Newton NDP NDP 13,969 49.54% 4,181 14.83% 71.33% 13,969 9,788 1,244 1,841 340 174 577 48 – 217 28,198
Surrey-Whalley NDP NDP 7,396 50.14% 2,820 19.12% 65.38% 7,396 4,576 1,302 968 243 115 – 70 – 82 14,752
Surrey-White Rock Lib Lib 18,039 58.04% 9,824 31.61% 75.89% 8,215 18,039 2,519 1,110 677 226 – – 295 – 31,081
Vancouver-Burrard NDP NDP 10,646 49.70% 2,671 12.47% 62.68% 10,646 7,975 671 1,014 563 – – 93 – 458 21,420
Vancouver-Fraserview NDP NDP 8,774 45.97% 380 1.99% 71.94% 8,774 8,394[a 3] 643 815 225 177 – 57 – – 19,085
Vancouver-Hastings NDP NDP 9,894 54.01% 3,549 19.37% 67.96% 9,894 6,345 568 824 486 137 – 64 – – 18,318
Vancouver-Kensington NDP NDP 9,496 50.74% 1,888 10.09% 70.25% 9,496 7,608 472 537 349 135 119 – – – 18,716
Vancouver-Kingsway NDP NDP 10,525 55.46% 3,528 18.59% 71.07% 10,525 6,997 367 518 264 75 – 65 69 98 18,978
Vancouver-Langara Lib Lib 11,038 60.20% 5,523 30.12% 68.66% 5,515 11,038 519 839 337 – – 89 – – 18,337
Vancouver-Little Mountain NDP Lib 12,036 50.25% 2,646 11.05% 68.32% 9,390 12,036 489 1,062 714 85 – 82 96 – 23,954
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant NDP NDP 11,155 64.05% 6,912 39.69% 60.50% 11,155 4,243 354 584 759 86 – 114 – 121 17,416
Vancouver-Point Grey NDP Lib 12,637 48.86% 1,563 6.04% 71.03% 11,074 12,637 406 857 683 – 62 76 – 70 25,865
Vancouver-Quilchena Lib Lib 15,509 68.68% 10,532 46.64% 75.71% 4,977 15,509 495 827 627 91 – 57 – – 22,583
Victoria-Beacon Hill NDP NDP 11,960 52.51% 4,324 18.98% 68.17% 11,960 7,636 654 1,093 1,008 96 – 64 73 194 22,778
Victoria-Hillside NDP NDP 11,585 53.32% 4,723 21.74% 67.53% 11,585 6,862 979 1,227 790 – – 97 – 188 21,728
West Vancouver-Capilano Lib Lib 16,675 71.29% 13,189 56.38% 76.63% 3,486 16,675 1,326 1,182 461 – 174 47 – 40 23,391
West Vancouver-Garibaldi Lib Lib 12,326 57.17% 6,038 28.00% 73.03% 6,288 12,326 1,430 693 532 98 – 36 – 159 21,562
Yale-Lillooet NDP NDP 7,080 41.06% 1,168 6.77% 72.21% 7,080 5,912 3,419 706 – – 124 – – – 17,241
  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. Family Coalition is also shown separately, as it received more votes than Natural Law while fielding fewer 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

Summary analysis

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Party candidates in 2nd place[36]
Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place Total
NDP Lib PD
New Democratic 39 39
Liberal 32 1 33
Reform 1 1 2
Progressive Democrat 1 1
Total 34 40 1 75
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[36]
Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
█ New Democratic 39 34 2
█ Liberal 33 40 2
█ Reform 2 44 24 5
█ Progressive Democrat 1 1 24 37 3
█ Green 2 9 52
█ Independent 1 4
█ Social Credit 4 2
█ Family Coalition 1 5
█ Libertarian 2

Seats changing hands

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Of the 75 seats, 23 were open, of which 21 had members who chose not to stand for reelection, and two arose from MLAs campaigning in another riding. Voters in only 20 seats changed allegiance from the previous election in 1991:

Resulting composition of the 36th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Source Party
NDP Lib Ref PD Total
Seats retained Incumbents returned 28 8 36
Open seats held 11 5 16
Ouster of incumbents changing affiliation 3 3
Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated 8 8
Open seats gained - new MLAs 5 5
Open seats gained - taken by MLAs previously incumbent in another riding 2 2
Byelection gains held 2 2
Incumbents changing allegiance 2 1 3
Total 39 33 2 1 75

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  33. ^ a b O'Neil, Peter (September 4, 1992). "Honeymoon over - or blip in poll". The Vancouver Sun. p. A4.
  34. ^ Elections BC 2002, p. 21.
  35. ^ Elections BC 2002, pp. 21–34.
  36. ^ a b Summarized from "1996 Voting Results by Voting Area". Elections BC. Retrieved March 13, 2024.

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