10th Parliament of British Columbia

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The 10th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1903 to 1906. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in October 1903. [1] This election was the first in British Columbia to be contested by competing political parties. The British Columbia Conservative Party led by Richard McBride, having won the majority of seats, formed the government. [2]

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Charles Edward Pooley served as speaker. [3]

Members of the 10th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1903.: [1]

MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously elected
  William Wallace Burns McInnes Alberni Liberal 1900
  William Manson Conservative 1905
  Henry Esson Young Atlin Conservative 1903
  Harry Jones Cariboo Liberal 1903
  James Murphy 1903
  Charles William Munro Chilliwhack Liberal 1898
  Wilmer Cleveland Wells Columbia Liberal 1899
  Robert Grant Comox Conservative 1903
  John Newell Evans Cowichan Liberal 1903
  James Horace King Cranbrook Liberal 1903
  John Oliver Delta Liberal 1900
  Richard McBride Dewdney Conservative 1898
  Charles Edward Pooley Esquimalt Conservative 1882
  William Roderick Ross Fernie Conservative 1903
  George Arthur Fraser Grand Forks Conservative 1903
  John Robert Brown Greenwood Liberal 1903
  Thomas Wilson Paterson The Islands Liberal 1902
  Frederick John Fulton Kamloops Conservative 1900
  Robert Francis Green Kaslo Conservative 1898
  Archibald McDonald Lillooet Conservative 1903
  James Hurst Hawthornthwaite Nanaimo City Socialist 1901
  John Houston Nelson City Conservative 1900
  Parker Williams Newcastle Socialist 1903
  Thomas Gifford New Westminster City Conservative 1901
  Price Ellison Okanagan Conservative 1898
  Thomas Taylor Revelstoke Conservative 1900
  Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton Richmond Conservative 1890 [a] , 1903
  James Alexander MacDonald Rossland City Liberal 1903
  Henry Ernest Tanner Saanich Liberal 1903
  Lytton Wilmot Shatford Similkameen Conservative 1903
  Charles William Digby Clifford Skeena Conservative 1898
  William Davidson Slocan Labour [nb 1] 1903
  William John Bowser Vancouver City Conservative 1903
  James Ford Garden 1900
  Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 1903
  Robert Garnett Tatlow 1900
  Charles Wilson 1882 [b] , 1903
  William George Cameron Victoria City Liberal 1903
  Richard Low Drury 1903
  Richard Hall 1898
  James Dugald McNiven 1903
  Stuart Alexander Henderson Yale Liberal 1903
  Harry Wright Ymir Conservative 1903

Notes:

  1. ↑ Not a provincial party. The riding had its own local autonomous Labour party.

Party standings

AffiliationMembers
Conservative 22
Liberal 17
Socialist 2
Labour 1
 Total
42
 Government Majority
 2

By-elections

By-elections were held for the following members appointed to the provincial cabinet, as was required at the time: [1]

By-elections were held to replace members for various other reasons: [1]

Electoral districtMember electedPartyElection dateReason
Lillooet Archibald McDonald Conservative August 16, 1904election of A. McDonald declared null and void by act of legislature
Alberni William Manson Conservative July 22, 1905W.W.B. McInnes named commissioner of the Yukon May 20, 1905

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  2. ↑ "Premiers of British Columbia 1871-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  3. ↑ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  4. ↑ Gosnell, R. Edward (1906). A history of British Columbia. p. 315. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  5. ↑ "Fulton, Frederick John". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
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