British Columbia general election, 1945

The British Columbia general election of 1945 was the twenty-first 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 led on August 31 1945, and held on October 25 1945. The new legislature met for the first time on February 21 1946.

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British Columbia - Canada - Legislative Assembly of British Columbia - August 31 - 1945 - October 25 - February 21 - 1946

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A centre-right coalition was formed by the Liberal and Conservative parties in order to defeat the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

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Liberal - Conservative - Social democratic - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

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Although the Coalition won fewer votes than the Liberal and Conservative parties won in total in the previous election, the Coalition still won over half of the votes, and was able to form a majority government.

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