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{{More citations needed|date=January 2021}}{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1924 British Columbia general election
| popular_vote1 = '''108,323'''
| previous_election = 1920 British Columbia general election
| previous_year = 1920
| next_election = 1928 British Columbia general election
| next_year = 1928
| country = British Columbia
| ongoing = No
| type = parliamentary
| title = [[Premier of British Columbia|Premier]]
| posttitle = Premier after election
| seats_for_election = 48 seats to the [[16th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]
<br /> 25 seats were needed for a majority
| elected_members = 16th Parliament of British Columbia#Members of the 16th General Assembly
| outgoing_members = 16th Parliament of British Columbia#Members of the 16th General Assembly
| election_date = June 20, 1924
| before_election = [[John Oliver (British Columbia politician)|John Oliver]]
| after_election = [[John Oliver (British Columbia politician)|John Oliver]]
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|name}}
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|name}}

<!-- Liberal -->| image1 = [[File:JohnOliver (cropped).jpg|x100px]]
| leader1 = [[John Oliver (British Columbia politician)|John Oliver]]
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|name}}
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|nohash}}
| leaders_seat1 = 
| last_election1 = 25 seats, {{abbr|37.89%|Share of the total popular vote in the previous election}}
| seats1 = '''23'''
| percentage1 = '''31.34%'''
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 2
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 6.55{{abbr|pp|Percentage points}}

<!-- Conservative -->| image2 = [[File:William John Bowser (cropped).jpg|x100px]]
| leader2 = [[William John Bowser]]
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|name}}
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative (historical)|nohash}}
| leaders_seat2 = 
| last_election2 = 15 seats, {{abbr|31.20%|Share of the total popular vote in the previous election}}
| seats2 = 17
| popular_vote2 = 101,765
| percentage2 = 29.45%
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 2
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 1.75{{abbr|pp|Percentage points}}

<!-- Provincial -->| image3 = [[File:Admcrae (cropped).jpg|x100px]]
| leader3 = [[Alexander Duncan McRae]]
| party3 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Provincial|name}}
| colour3 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Provincial|nohash}}
| leaders_seat3 = 
| last_election3 = ''Did not contest''
| seats3 = 3
| popular_vote3 = 83,517
| percentage3 = 24.16%
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 3
| swing3 = ''Did not contest''

<!-- CLP -->| image4 = <div style="width:100px;"><span style="line-height:100px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent Labour}}; font-size:35px;"> '''CLP'''</span></div>
| leader4 = 
| party4 = [[Labour candidates and parties in Canada#In British Columbia|Canadian Labour]]
| colour4 = {{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|nohash}}
| leaders_seat4 = 
| last_election4 = ''Did not contest''
| seats4 = 3
| popular_vote4 = 39,044
| percentage4 = 11.30%
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 3
| swing4 = ''Did not contest''

<!-- IndLib -->| image5 = <div style="width:100px;"><span style="line-height:100px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; font-size:35px;"> '''IL'''</span></div>
| leader5 = 
| party5 = [[Independent Liberal#Canada|Independent Liberal]]
| colour5 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|nohash}}
| leaders_seat5 = 
| last_election5 = 0 seats, {{abbr|0.97%|Share of the total popular vote in the previous election}}
| seats5 = 2
| popular_vote5 = 3,549
| percentage5 = 1.03%
| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 2
| swing5 = {{increase}} 0.06{{abbr|pp|Percentage points}}
}}The '''1924 British Columbia general election''' was the sixteenth general election in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]]. It was held to elect members of the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]. The election was called on May 10, 1924, and held on June 20, 1924.  The new legislature met for the first time on November 3, 1924.

The [[Liberal Party of British Columbia|Liberal Party]] was re-elected to its third term in government, falling just short of a [[majority government|majority]] in the legislature even though it won less than a third of the popular vote. Two Independent Liberals were also elected.  Premier [[John Oliver (British Columbia politician)|John Oliver]] lost his own seat in Victoria City, but remained Premier until 1927.

The [[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative Party]] formed the [[official opposition]], while two new parties, the [[Provincial Party of British Columbia|Provincial Party]] and the [[Labour Parties of British Columbia|Canadian Labour Party]] won three seats each, and a total of 35% of the vote.

==1923 redistribution of ridings==
An Act was passed in 1923, providing for an increase in the seats in the Assembly from 47 to 48 upon the next election.<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1923|abbr =S.B.C.|year =1923|chapter =6|link= https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstats/554406640}}</ref> The following changes were made:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Abolished ridings  !! New ridings
|-
! colspan="2"|''Drawn from other ridings''
|-
|  ||
* [[Creston (electoral district)|Creston]]<ref group=a>from part of [[Nelson (provincial electoral district)|Nelson]]</ref>
|-
|  ||
* [[Mackenzie (provincial electoral district)|Mackenzie]]
|-
|  ||
* [[Salmon Arm (electoral district)|Salmon Arm]]
|-
|  ||
* [[Burnaby (provincial electoral district)|Burnaby]]<ref group=a>from part of [[New Westminster (provincial electoral district)|New Westminster]]</ref>
|-
|  ||
* [[Skeena (provincial electoral district)|Skeena]]
|-
! colspan="2"|''Merger of districts''
|-
|
* [[Kaslo (electoral district)|Kaslo]]
* [[Slocan (electoral district)|Slocan]]
| 
* [[Kaslo-Slocan]]
|-
|
* [[Cowichan (electoral district)|Cowichan]]
* [[Newcastle (electoral district)|Newcastle]]
| 
* [[Cowichan-Newcastle]]
|-
|
* [[Grand Forks (electoral district)|Grand Forks]]
* [[Greenwood (British Columbia electoral district)|Greenwood]]
| 
* [[Grand Forks-Greenwood]]
|-
|
* [[Rossland (electoral district)|Rossland]]
* [[Trail (electoral district)|Trail]]
| 
* [[Rossland-Trail]]
|-
! colspan="2"|''Renaming of districts''
|-
|
* [[Richmond (British Columbia provincial electoral district)|Richmond]]
|
* [[Richmond-Point Grey]]
|}
{{reflist|group=a}}

==Campaign==
The Provincial Party, which nominated candidates only in 1924, was formed by a group of [[British Columbia Conservative Party]] dissidents known as the "Committee of 100", led and funded by the wealthy [[Alexander Duncan McRae|General Alexander McRae]] and political elements from the [[United Farmers of British Columbia]]. McRae claimed that the [[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] government of [[John Oliver (British Columbia politician)|John Oliver]] and the previous administrations of Conservative Premier [[William John Bowser]], then the opposition leader, were corrupt. Many of his allegations were related to the funding of the [[BC Rail|Pacific Great Eastern Railway]] plan to reach Prince George in the Northern interior of the province, which was not achieved until many years later. He claimed that there were kickbacks, patronage and various wrongdoings. His allegations were never proven. The election was bitterly fought with sensational allegations against all three leaders. McRae was not elected. Both Bowser and Oliver lost their seats but Oliver continued to lead his Liberal Party as Premier of a minority government after the election.<ref>{{cite book  | author = Margaret A. Ormsby  | title = British Columbia: A History  | publisher = MacMillan: Vancouver  | year = 1958  | page = 420}}</ref>

In the single-member districts, there was only one two-way contest, and most were either two- or three-way battles:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ Candidate contests in the ridings{{sfn|Elections BC|1988|pp=151-155}}
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidates nominated !!rowspan="2"|Ridings !!colspan="13"|Party
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}} style="color: white;" align="center" |'''Lib'''
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|background}} style="color: white;" align="center" |'''Con'''
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Provincial|background}} align="center" |'''Prov'''
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|background}} align="center" |'''Lab'''
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent Liberal|background}} align="center" |'''Ind-Lib'''
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|background}} align="center" |'''Ind'''
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist|background}} align="center" |'''Soc'''
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent Conservative|background}} align="center" |'''Ind-Con'''
|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|background}} align="center" |'''Farm-Lab'''
!Totals
|-
|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"|Single-member districts
|style="text-align:left;" |2 ||1 ||1 ||1 || || || || || || || ||2
|-
|style="text-align:left;" |3  ||26 ||24 ||25 ||24 ||1 ||2 || || ||1 ||1 ||78
|-
|style="text-align:left;" |4  ||10 ||10 ||10 ||10 ||5 ||2 || ||1 ||2 || ||40
|-
|style="text-align:left;" |5  ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 || ||1 || || || ||5
|-
|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Multiple-member districts
|style="text-align:left;" |Vancouver (6 MLAs)  ||1 ||6 ||6 ||6 ||5 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 || ||27
|-
|style="text-align:left;" |Victoria (4 MLAs)  ||1 ||4 ||4 ||4 ||3 || ||1 || || || ||16
|-
|style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"|'''Total'''  ||40 ||46 ||47 ||45 ||15 ||5 ||3 ||2 ||4 ||1 ||168
|}

==Aftermath==
All three major party leaders had lost their races. In McRae's case, he missed becoming MLA in [[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]] only because his fellow candidate [[Andrew McCreight Creery]] obtained 63 more votes.{{sfn|Hopkins|1925|p=444}} In an August byelection, Oliver gained a seat in [[Nelson (federal electoral district)|Nelson]] when [[Kenneth Campbell (politician)|Kenneth Campbell]] chose to stand aside.{{sfn|Hopkins|1925|p=444}} Bowser decided to retire from politics, and [[Robert Henry Pooley]] ([[Esquimalt (electoral district)|Esquimalt]]) was selected as the new Conservative leader.{{sfn|Hopkins|1925|p=444}}

The Provincial and Labour members would support critical portions of the Liberal legislative programme in the following session of the Legislature.{{sfn|Hopkins|1925|p=444}}

==Results==

{{Election table|title=Elections to the [[16th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ]] (1924){{sfn|Elections BC|1988|pp=139,149}}}}
|-
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party
! rowspan=2 | Party leader
! colspan=4 | MLAs
! colspan=4 | Votes
|-
! Candidates
![[1920 British Columbia general election|1920]]
!1924
!±
!#
! ±
!%
! ± (pp)
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[John Oliver (British Columbia politician)|John Oliver]]
|46 ||25 ||23 ||2{{decrease}} ||108,323 ||25,844{{decrease}}  ||31.34  ||6.55{{decrease}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[William John Bowser|William Bowser]]
|47 ||15 ||17 ||2{{increase}} ||101,765 ||8,710{{decrease}}  ||29.45  ||1.75{{decrease}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Provincial|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Alexander Duncan McRae]]
|45 ||– ||3 ||3{{increase}} ||83,517 ||83,517{{increase}}  ||24.16  ||{{n/a|New}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Labour Parties of British Columbia|Canadian Labour]]<ref group=a>compared with 1920 results for its predecessor Federated Labour</ref>
|&nbsp;
|15 ||3 ||3 ||{{no change}} ||39,044 ||6,814{{increase}}  ||11.30 ||2.20{{increase}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent Liberal|row-name}}
|&nbsp;
|5 ||– ||2 ||2{{increase}} ||3,549 ||116{{increase}}  ||1.03  ||0.06{{increase}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row-name}}
|&nbsp;
|3 ||3 ||– ||3{{decrease}} ||2,520 ||34,216{{decrease}}  ||0.73  ||9.64{{decrease}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Farmer-Labour|row}}
|style="text-align:left"| People's Party
|&nbsp;
|– ||1 ||– ||1{{decrease}} ||colspan="4"|''Did not campaign''
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist|row-name}}
|&nbsp;
|2 ||– ||– ||– ||4,364 ||8,022{{decrease}}  ||1.26  ||2.24{{decrease}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent Conservative|row-name}}
|&nbsp;
|4 ||– ||– ||– ||2,046 ||444{{increase}}  ||0.59  ||0.14{{increase}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Farmer-Labour|row-name}}
|&nbsp;
|1 ||– ||– ||– ||478 ||478{{increase}}  ||0.14  ||{{{n/a|New}}
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total
| 168
| 47
! colspan="2"| 48
! colspan="2"|345,608
! colspan="2"| 100.00%
|}
{{reflist|group=a}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ Seats and popular vote by party{{sfn|Elections BC|1988|pp=139,149}}
! Party  !! Seats !! Votes !! colspan="3" | Change (pp)
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|colour&name}}
| {{Composition bar|23|48|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal}}|width=175}}
| {{Percentage bar|31.34|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
| {{bartable| -6.55||-5|1em|background:red}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|colour&name}}
| {{Composition bar|17|48|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative}}|width=175}}
| {{Percentage bar|29.45|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
| {{bartable| -1.75||-5|1em|background:red}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Provincial|colour&name}}
| {{Composition bar|3|48|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Provincial}}|width=175}}
| {{Percentage bar|24.16|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
| {{bartable| 24.16||-5|1em|background:green}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Federated Labour|colour&name}}/[[Labour Parties of British Columbia|Canadian Labour]]
| {{Composition bar|3|48|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour}}|width=175}}
| {{Percentage bar|11.30|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
| {{bartable| 2.20||-5|1em|background:green}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist|colour&name}}
| {{Composition bar|0|48|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist}}|width=175}}
| {{Percentage bar|1.26|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
| {{bartable| -2.24||-5|1em|background:red}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|colour&name}}
| {{Composition bar|0|48|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent}}|width=175}}
| {{Percentage bar|0.73|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
| {{bartable| -9.64||-5|1em|background:red}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Soldier|colour&name}}/GAUV
| {{Composition bar|0|48|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Soldier}}|width=175}}
| {{Percentage bar|0.00|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
| {{bartable| -4.58||-5|1em|background:red}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|BC|Other|colour&name}}
| {{Composition bar|2|48|{{Canadian party colour|BC|Other}}|width=175}}
| {{Percentage bar|1.76|width=175|c=darkgrey}}
| {{bartable| -1.60||-5|1em|background:red}}
|}

==MLAs elected==
{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}
{{legend|#DCDCDC|'''[[Alberni (electoral district)|Alberni]]''': [[Richard John Burde]] ({{abbr|I-Lib|Independent Liberal}})}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Atlin (electoral district)|Atlin]]''': [[Herbert Frederick Kergin]]}}
{{legend|#EEBBBB|'''[[Burnaby (provincial electoral district)|Burnaby]]''': [[Francis Aubrey Browne]] ({{abbr|CLP|Canadian Labour Party}})}}
{{legend|#98CED6|'''[[Cariboo (provincial electoral district)|Cariboo]]''': [[David Alexander Stoddart]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Chilliwack (electoral district)|Chilliwack]]''': [[Edward Dodsley Barrow]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Columbia (electoral district)|Columbia]]''': [[John Andrew Buckham]]}}
{{legend|#DCDCDC|'''[[Comox (electoral district)|Comox]]''': [[Paul Phillips Harrison]] ({{abbr|I-Lib|Independent Liberal}})}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Cowichan-Newcastle]]''': [[Cyril Francis Davie]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Cranbrook (electoral district)|Cranbrook]]''': [[Noel Wallinger]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Creston (electoral district)|Creston]]''': [[Fred W. Lister]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Delta (provincial electoral district)|Delta]]''': [[Alexander McDonald Paterson]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Dewdney (electoral district)|Dewdney]]''': [[John Alexander Catherwood]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Esquimalt (electoral district)|Esquimalt]]''': [[Robert Henry Pooley]]}}
{{legend|#EEBBBB|'''[[Fernie (electoral district)|Fernie]]''': [[Thomas Aubert Uphill]] ({{abbr|CLP|Canadian Labour Party}})}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Fort George (electoral district)|Fort George]]''': [[Henry George Thomas Perry]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Grand Forks-Greenwood]]''': [[John McKie]]}}
{{col-break}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[The Islands]]''': [[Cyrus Wesley Peck]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Kamloops (provincial electoral district)|Kamloops]]''': [[James Reginald Colley]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Kaslo-Slocan]]''': [[Charles Sidney Leary]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Lillooet (electoral district)|Lillooet]]''': [[Albert Edward Munn]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Mackenzie (provincial electoral district)|Mackenzie]]''': [[Michael Manson]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)|Nanaimo]]''': [[William Sloan (politician)|William Sloan]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Nelson (federal electoral district)|Nelson]]''': [[Kenneth Campbell (politician)|Kenneth Campbell]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[New Westminster (provincial electoral district)|New Westminster]]''': [[Edwin James Rothwell]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[North Okanagan]]''': [[K. C. MacDonald]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[North Vancouver (provincial electoral district)|North Vancouver]]''': [[John Melvin Bryan, Sr.]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Omineca (electoral district)|Omineca]]''': [[Alexander Malcolm Manson]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Prince Rupert (electoral district)|Prince Rupert]]''': [[Duff Pattullo]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Revelstoke (electoral district)|Revelstoke]]''': [[William Henry Sutherland]]}}
{{legend|#98CED6|'''[[Richmond-Point Grey]]''': [[George Alexander Walkem]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Rossland-Trail]]''': [[James Hargrave Schofield]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Saanich (electoral district)|Saanich]]''': [[Thomas George Coventry]]}}
{{col-break}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Salmon Arm (electoral district)|Salmon Arm]]''': [[Rolf Wallgren Bruhn]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Similkameen (electoral district)|Similkameen]]''': [[William Alexander McKenzie]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Skeena (provincial electoral district)|Skeena]]''': [[Horace Cooper Wrinch]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[South Okanagan]]''': [[James William Jones]]}}
{{legend|#EEBBBB|'''[[South Vancouver (electoral district)|South Vancouver]]''': [[Robert Henry Neelands]] ({{abbr|CLP|Canadian Labour Party}})}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]]''': [[Ian Alistair MacKenzie]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]]''': [[Christopher McRae]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]]''': [[Victor Odlum]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]]''': [[Mary Ellen Smith]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]]''': [[Charles A. Woodward|Charles Woodward]]}}
{{legend|#98CED6|'''[[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]]''': [[Andrew McCreight Creery]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Victoria City (electoral district)|Victoria City]]''': [[Reginald Hayward (politician)|Reginald Hayward]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Victoria City (electoral district)|Victoria City]]''': [[Joshua Hinchcliffe]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Victoria City (electoral district)|Victoria City]]''': [[Robert Allan Gus Lyons|Gus Lyons]]}}
{{legend|#294296|'''[[Victoria City (electoral district)|Victoria City]]''': [[Harold Despard Twigg]]}}
{{legend|#A51B12|'''[[Yale (provincial electoral district)|Yale]]''': [[John Duncan MacLean]]}}
{{col-end}}

===Synopsis of results===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:right; font-size:85%"
|+ Results by riding - 1924 British Columbia general election (single-member districts){{sfn|Elections BC|1988|pp=141-144, 151-155}}
|- 
! scope="col" | Riding
! scope="col" colspan="8" | Winning party
! scope="col" colspan="8" | Votes
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Name
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | '''[[1920 British Columbia general election|1920]]'''
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" |Party 
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Votes 
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Share 
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin<br>#
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin<br>%
! scope="col" | Lib
! scope="col" | Con
! scope="col" | Prov
! scope="col" | {{abbr|CLP|Canadian Labour}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|I-Lib|Independent Liberal}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ind|Independent}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Oth|Other minor affiliations}}
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Total
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#A51B12;"|
! scope="col" style="background-color:#294296;"|
! scope="col" style="background-color:#98CED6;"|
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|
! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|
! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|
! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|
|-
! &nbsp; !! colspan="2"| !! colspan="2"| !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Alberni (electoral district)|Alberni]]
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Ind
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | || style="text-align:left;" | I-Lib
| 828  || 42.48% || 46  || 2.35% || – || 339 || 781 || – || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|828 || – || – || 1,949
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Atlin (electoral district)|Atlin]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 463  || 38.71% || 83  || 6.94% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|463 || 353 || 380 || – || – || – || – || 1,196
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Burnaby (provincial electoral district)|Burnaby]]
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | ''New''
| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" | || style="text-align:left;" | CLP
| 1,567  || 31.22% || 243  || 4.85% || 1,324 || 974 || 1,155 || – || 1,567 || – || – || 5,020
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Cariboo (provincial electoral district)|Cariboo]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#98CED6;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Prov
| 493  || 37.81% || 79  || 6.06% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|414 || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|397 || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|493 || – || – || – || – || 1,304
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Chilliwack (electoral district)|Chilliwack]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 1,429  || 37.83% || 148  || 3.91% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,429 || 1,067 || 1,281 || – || – || – || – || 3,777
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Columbia (electoral district)|Columbia]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 644  || 56.84% || 350  || 30.89% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|644 || 294 || 195 || – || – || – || – || 1,133
|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"
|style="text-align:left"| [[Comox (electoral district)|Comox]]
| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" | || style="text-align:left;" | PP
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | || style="text-align:left;" | I-Lib
| 1,261  || 43.95% || 446  || 15.54% || – || 815 || 793 || – || 1,261 || – || – || 2,869
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Cowichan-Newcastle]]
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | ''New''
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 1,246  || 31.26% || 114  || 2.86% || 738 || 1,246 || style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|870 || 1,132 || – || – || – || 3,986
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Cranbrook (electoral district)|Cranbrook]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 1,326  || 55.53% || 264  || 11.06% || 1,062 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,326 || – || – || – || – || – || 2,388
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Creston (electoral district)|Creston]]
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | ''New''
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 879  || 49.97% || 396  || 22.51% || 483 || style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|879 || 397 || – || – || – || – || 1,759
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Delta (provincial electoral district)|Delta]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 1,677  || 46.13% || 424  || 11.66% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,677 || 1,253 || 633 || – || 72 || – || – || 3,635
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Dewdney (electoral district)|Dewdney]]
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 1,259  || 36.60% || 13  || 0.38% || 1,246 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,259 || 935 || – || – || – || – || 3,440
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Esquimalt (electoral district)|Esquimalt]]
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 1,280  || 46.36% || 655  || 23.72% || 625 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,280 || 515 || – || – || – || 341 || 2,761
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Fernie (electoral district)|Fernie]]
| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" | || style="text-align:left;" | FLP
| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" | || style="text-align:left;" | CLP
| 1,002  || 40.18% || 151  || 6.06% || 641 || 851 || – || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|1,002 || – || – || – || 2,494
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Fort George (electoral district)|Fort George]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 1,080  || 46.67% || 52  || 2.24% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,080 || 1,028 || 206 || – || – || – || – || 2,314
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Grand Forks-Greenwood]]
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | ''New''
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 750  || 43.53% || 108  || 6.27% || 642 || 750 || 331 || – || – || – || – || 1,723
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[The Islands]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 583  || 34.17% || 2  || 0.11% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|542 || style="background-color:#FFA07A;"|583 || 581 || – || – || – || – || 1,706
|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"
|style="text-align:left"| [[Kamloops (provincial electoral district)|Kamloops]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 1,212  || 41.38% || 215  || 7.34% || 1,212 || 997 || 720 || – || – || – || – || 2,929
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Kaslo-Slocan]]
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | ''New''
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 799  || 39.11% || 199  || 9.74% || 799 || 384 || 600 || 260 || – || – || – || 2,043
|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"
|style="text-align:left"| [[Lillooet (electoral district)|Lillooet]]
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 626  || 42.56% || 104  || 7.07% || 626 || 323 || 522 || – || – || – || – || 1,471
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Mackenzie (provincial electoral district)|Mackenzie]]
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | ''New''
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 742  || 41.45% || 95  || 5.27% || 647 || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|742 || 401 || – || – || – || – || 1,790
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)|Nanaimo]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 1,612  || 46.35% || 529  || 15.21% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,612 || 642 || 141 || – || – || – || 1,083 || 3,478
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Nelson (provincial electoral district)|Nelson]]
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 902  || 43.14% || 191  || 9.14% || style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|902 || 711 || – || – || – || – || style="background-color:#98CED6;"|478 || 2,091
|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"
|style="text-align:left"| [[New Westminster (provincial electoral district)|New Westminster]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 1,564  || 37.61% || 254  || 6.10% || 1,564 || 1,310 || 591 || 693 || – || – || – || 4,158
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[North Okanagan]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 1,362  || 33.20% || 292  || 7.12% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,362 || 907 || 1,070 || – || – || – || 764 || 4,103
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[North Vancouver (provincial electoral district)|North Vancouver]]
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Ind
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 1,283  || 31.34% || 120  || 2.93% || 1,283 || 442 || 1,151 || – || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|1,163 || 55 || – || 4,094
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Omineca (electoral district)|Omineca]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 592  || 44.08% || 139  || 10.35% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|592 || 298 || 453 || – || – || – || – || 1,343
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Prince Rupert (electoral district)|Prince Rupert]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 920  || 55.89% || 255  || 15.49% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|920 || – || 61 || – || – || – || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|665 || 1,646
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Revelstoke (electoral district)|Revelstoke]]
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 1,099  || 59.05% || 505  || 27.13% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,099 || 594 || 168 || – || – || – || – || 1,861
|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"
|style="text-align:left"| [[Richmond-Point Grey]]
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| style="background-color:#98CED6;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Prov
| 2,141  || 35.34% || 78  || 1.29% || 1,855 || 2,063 || 2,141 || – || – || – || – || 6,059
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Rossland-Trail]]
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | ''New''
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 938  || 48.88% || 393  || 20.48% || 545 || style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|938 || 436 || – || – || – || – || 1,919
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saanich (electoral district)|Saanich]] 
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 1,433  || 47.43% || 521  || 17.24% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|912 || 1,433 || 676 || – || – || – || – || 3,021
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Salmon Arm (electoral district)|Salmon Arm]]
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | ''New''
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 920  || 36.83% || 96  || 3.84% || 754 || 920 || 824 || – || – || – || – || 2,498
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Similkameen (electoral district)|Similkameen]]
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 1,306  || 39.56% || 82  || 2.48% || 771 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,306 || 1,224 || – || – || – || – || 3,301
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Skeena (provincial electoral district)|Skeena]]
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | ''New''
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 794  || 50.41% || 259  || 16.44% || 794 || 246 || 535 || – || – || – || – || 1,575
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[South Okanagan]]
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| 2,009  || 52.98% || 691  || 18.22% || 1,318 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,009 || 340 || 125 || – || – || – || 3,792
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[South Vancouver]]
| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" | || style="text-align:left;" | FLP
| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" | || style="text-align:left;" | CLP
| 1,971  || 38.74% || 687  || 13.50% || 1,141 || 1,284 || 692 || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|1,971 || – || – || – || 5,088
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Yale (provincial electoral district)|Yale]]
| style="background-color:#294296;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con
| style="background-color:#A51B12;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib
| 1,148  || 46.09% || 383  || 15.38% || 1,148 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|765 || 578 || – || – || – || – || 2,491
|}
{{reflist|group=a}}

:{{Color box|#B9E5B9|border=silver}} = open seat
:{{Color box|#F5F5DC|border=silver}} = turnout is above provincial average
:{{Color box|#DCDCDC|border=silver}} = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
:{{Color box|#EABB94|border=silver}} = incumbent had switched allegiance
:{{Color box|#FFFF00|border=silver}} = previously incumbent in another riding
:{{Color box|#EEBBBB|border=silver}} = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
:{{Color box|#87CEFA|border=silver}} = incumbency arose from byelection gain
:{{Color box|#DCD0FF|border=silver}} = other incumbents renominated
:{{Color box|#98CED6|border=silver}} = endorsed by Provincial Party
:{{Color box|#B8BFFE|border=silver}} = endorsed by Conservative Party
:{{Color box|#FFA07A|border=silver}} = previously an MP in the [[House of Commons of Canada]]
:{{Color box|#F0E68C|border=silver}} = multiple candidates

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ Results by riding - 1924 British Columbia general election (multiple-member districts){{sfn|Elections BC|1988|pp=141-144, 151-155}}
!rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Party !!colspan="3" | [[Vancouver City (provincial electoral district)|Vancouver City]] !!colspan="3" | [[Victoria City (provincial electoral district)|Victoria City]]
|-
! Votes !! Share !! Change || Votes !! Share !! Change
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row-name}}
| 58,261 || 30.71% || -8.26% || 15,195 || 29.40% || -7.55%
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Provincial|row-name}}
| 51,596 || 27.19% ||''New'' ||9,050 || 17.51% ||''New''
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|row-name}}
| 45,685 || 24.08% || -5.88% ||23,075 || 44.65% || 11.86%
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Labour|row}}
|style="text-align:left"| [[Labour Parties of British Columbia|Canadian Labour]]
| 29,654 || 15.63% || 4.69% || 2,640 || 5.11% || 2.86%
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Socialist|row-name}}
| 3,281 || 1.73% || -4.06% || – || – || –
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent|row-name}}
| 750 || 0.40% ||-7.58% || 1,715  || 3.32% || -5.00%
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent Conservative|row-name}}
| 276 || 0.15% ||''New'' || – || – || –
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent Liberal|row-name}}
| 225 || 0.12% ||''New'' || – || – || -3.79%
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Soldier|row}}
|style="text-align:left"| Grand Army of United Veterans
| – || – || -2.69% || – || – || –
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Women's Freedom League|row-name}}
| – || – || -2.06% || – || – || –
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Vancouver Ratepayers Association|row-name}}
| – || – || -1.63% || – || – || –
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Soldier-Labour|row-name}}
| – || – || – || – || – || -9.88%
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberty League of BC|row-name}}
| – || – || – || – || – || - 4.57%
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Independent Soldier|row-name}}
| – || – || – || –  || – || -1.44%
|-
!style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Total  !! 189,728  !!colspan="2" | 100.00% !! 51,675  !!colspan="2" | 100.00%
|-
!style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Seats won  !! colspan="3" |{{legend|#A51B12|5}}{{legend|#98CED6|1}}!!colspan="3" | {{legend|#294296|4}}
|-
!style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Incumbents returned  !! colspan="3" | {{legend|#A51B12|2}} !!colspan="3" | {{legend|#294296|1}}
|}

==See also==
*[[List of political parties in Canada#British Columbia|List of British Columbia political parties]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading ==
* {{cite book |ref={{harvid|Elections BC|1988}} |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1988 |title=An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 |url=https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf |location=Victoria |publisher=[[Elections British Columbia]] |isbn=0-7718-8677-2}}
*''[[In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia]]'', Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974).  Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC.
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Hopkins |editor1-first=J. Castell |title=The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1924–25 |date=1925 |publisher=The Annual Review Company |location=Toronto |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_p5b4}}

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