1953 British Columbia general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1953_British_Columbia_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:date June 9, 1953
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1953 British Columbia general election
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:W._A._C._Bennett
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Legislative_Assembly_of_British_Columbia
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkbp:mainCandidate 186
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1956_British_Columbia_general_election
gptkbp:notableFeature Second election in two years due to instability after 1952 election
gptkbp:party gptkb:British_Columbia_Liberal_Party
gptkb:Co-operative_Commonwealth_Federation
gptkb:Social_Credit_Party_of_British_Columbia
British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection gptkb:W._A._C._Bennett
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1952_British_Columbia_general_election
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 48
gptkbp:stateElectorate 726,000 (approximate)
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 67.73%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Social_Credit_Party_of_British_Columbia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Columbia_Social_Credit_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7