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]

Contents

Charles Edward Pooley served as speaker. [3]

Members of the 10th Parliament

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

MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo.# of term(s)
  William Wallace Burns McInnes Alberni Liberal 19002nd term
  William Manson (1905) Conservative 19051st term
  Henry Esson Young Atlin Conservative 19031st term
  Harry Jones Cariboo Liberal 19031st term
  James Murphy 19031st term
  Charles William Munro Chilliwhack Liberal 18983rd term
  Wilmer Cleveland Wells Columbia Liberal 18993rd term
  Robert Grant Comox Conservative 19031st term
  John Newell Evans Cowichan Liberal 19031st term
  James Horace King Cranbrook Liberal 19031st term
  John Oliver Delta Liberal 19002nd term
  Richard McBride Dewdney Conservative 18983rd term
  Charles Edward Pooley Esquimalt Conservative 18827th term
  William Roderick Ross Fernie Conservative 19031st term
  George Arthur Fraser Grand Forks Conservative 19031st term
  John Robert Brown Greenwood Liberal 19031st term
  Thomas Wilson Paterson The Islands Liberal 19022nd term
  Frederick John Fulton Kamloops Conservative 19002nd term
  Robert Francis Green Kaslo Conservative 18983rd term
  Archibald McDonald Lillooet Conservative 19031st term
  James Hurst Hawthornthwaite Nanaimo City Socialist 19012nd term
  John Houston Nelson City Conservative 19002nd term
  Parker Williams Newcastle Socialist 19031st term
  Thomas Gifford New Westminster City Conservative 19012nd term
  Price Ellison Okanagan Conservative 18983rd term
  Thomas Taylor Revelstoke Conservative 19002nd term
  Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton Richmond Conservative 1890, [a] 19034th term*
  James Alexander MacDonald Rossland City Liberal 19031st term
  Henry Ernest Tanner Saanich Liberal 19031st term
  Lytton Wilmot Shatford Similkameen Conservative 19031st term
  Charles William Digby Clifford Skeena Conservative 18983rd term
  William Davidson Slocan Labour [nb 1] 19031st term
  William John Bowser Vancouver City Conservative 19031st term
  James Ford Garden 19002nd term
  Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 19031st term
  Robert Garnett Tatlow 19002nd term
  Charles Wilson 1882, [b] 19032nd term*
  William George Cameron Victoria City Liberal 19031st term
  Richard Low Drury 19031st term
  Richard Hall 18983rd term
  James Dugald McNiven 19031st term
  Stuart Alexander Henderson Yale Liberal 19031st term
  Harry Wright Ymir Conservative 19031st term

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

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  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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