the previous election. 1 In the previous election, the Liberal and Conservative parties ran candidates jointly as "Coalition" candidates, electing 39 MLAs. The Conservatives withdrew from the coalition in 1951 hastening the government's collapse. Results by riding |- || |align="center"|William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd |align="center" |CaribooBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |AlberniCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Stanley John Squire || |- || |align="center"|William Kenneth Kiernan |align="center" |ChilliwackBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |AtlinCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Frank Calder || |- || |align="center"|Richard Orr Newton |align="center" |ColumbiaBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |BurnabyCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Ernest Edward Winch || |- || |align="center"|Thomas Irwin |align="center" |DeltaBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |ComoxCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|William Campbell Moore || |- || |align="center"|Lyle Wicks |align="center" |DewdneyBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |Cowichan-NewcastleCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Robert Martin Strachan || |- || |align="center"|Llewllyn Leslie King |align="center" |Fort GeorgeBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |CranbrookCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Leo Thomas Nimsick || |- || |align="center"|Philip Arthur Gaglardi |align="center" |KamloopsBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |EsquimaltCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Frank Mitchell || |- || |align="center"|Wesley Drewett Black |align="center" |Nelson-CrestonBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |Grand Forks-GreenwoodCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Rupert Haggen || |- || |align="center"|Lorne Shantz |align="center" |North OkanaganBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |Kaslo-SlocanCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Randolph Harding || |- || |align="center"|Cyril Morley Shelford |align="center" |OminecaBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |MackenzieCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Anthony John Gargrave || |- || |align="center"|Charles William Parker |align="center" |Peace RiverBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |New WestminsterCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Rae Eddie || |- || |align="center"|Robert Edward Sommers |align="center" |Rossland-TrailBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |Prince RupertCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|George Edwin Hills || |- || |align="center"|James Allan Reid |align="center" |Salmon ArmBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |RevelstokeCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Vincent Segur || |- || |align="center"|Harry Denyer Francis |align="center" |SimilkameenBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" |SaanichCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Frank Snowsell || |- || |align="center"|William Andrew Cecil Bennett |align="center" |South OkanaganBC Social Credit League || || |align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver CentreCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|James Campbell Bury || |- || |align="center"|Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin |align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver-BurrardBC Social Credit League || || |align="center"|Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson || |- || |align="center"|Bert Price || || |align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver EastCo-operative Commonwealth Fed. |align="center"|Arthur James Turner || |- || |align="center"|Tilly Rolston |align="center" |Vancouver-Point GreyBC Social Credit League || || |align="center"|Harold Edward Winch || |- || |align="center"|Irvine Finlay Corbett |align="center" |YaleBC Social Credit League