11th Parliament of British Columbia

The 11th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1907 to 1909. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in February 1907. ^[1] The British Columbia Conservative Party led by Richard McBride formed the government. ^[2]

David McEwen Eberts served as speaker. ^[3]

Members of the 11th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1907: ^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Harlan Carey Brewster	Alberni	Liberal	1907
	Henry Esson Young	Atlin	Conservative	1903
	Harry Jones	Cariboo	Liberal	1903
	John MacKay Yorston			1907
	Charles William Munro	Chilliwhack	Liberal	1898
	Henry George Parson	Columbia	Conservative	1907
	Robert Grant	Comox	Conservative	1903
	William Henry Hayward	Cowichan	Conservative	1900 [a] , 1907
	James Horace King	Cranbrook	Liberal	1903
	John Oliver	Delta	Liberal	1900
	Richard McBride [nb 1]	Dewdney	Conservative	1898
	William J. Manson (1907)		Conservative	1907
	John Jardine	Esquimalt	Liberal	1907
	William Roderick Ross	Fernie	Conservative	1903
	John McInnis	Grand Forks	Socialist	1907
	George Ratcliffe Naden	Greenwood	Liberal	1907
	Albert Edward McPhillips	The Islands	Conservative	1898 [b] , 1907
	Frederick John Fulton	Kamloops	Conservative	1900
	Neil Franklin MacKay	Kaslo	Conservative	1907
	Mark Robert Eagleson	Lillooet	Liberal	1907
	James Hurst Hawthornthwaite	Nanaimo City	Socialist	1901
	George Arthur Benjamin Hall	Nelson City	Liberal	1907
	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 [c] , 1903
	James Alexander MacDonald	Rossland City	Liberal	1903
	David McEwen Eberts	Saanich	Conservative	1890 [d] , 1907
	Lytton Wilmot Shatford	Similkameen	Conservative	1903
	William Thomas Kergin	Skeena	Liberal	1907
	William Hunter	Slocan	Conservative	1907
	William John Bowser	Vancouver City	Conservative	1903
	James Ford Garden			1903
	Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan			1903
	George Albert McGuire			1907
	Robert Garnett Tatlow			1900
	Henry Frederick William Behnsen	Victoria City	Conservative	1907
	Frederick Davey			1907
	Richard McBride [nb 1]			1898
	Henry Broughton Thomson			1907
	Stuart Alexander Henderson	Yale	Liberal	1903
	James Hargrave Schofield	Ymir	Conservative	1907

Notes:

1. Elected in both Dewdney and Victoria; choosing to sit for Victoria

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative	26
	Liberal	13
	Socialist	3
Total		42
Government Majority		10

By-elections

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

• Henry Esson Young, Provincial Secretary, ^[4] acclaimed March 12, 1907
• William John Bowser, Attorney General, ^[5] elected August 15, 1907
• Thomas Taylor, Minister of Public Works, ^[6] elected January 20, 1909

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Dewdney	William J. Manson	Conservative	April 17, 1907 [e]	R. McBride resigned seat; elected in both Victoria City and Dewdney
Nanaimo City	James Hurst Hawthornthwaite	Conservative	January 13, 1909	J.H. Hawthornthwaite resigned seat to contest federal election October 26, 1908

Notes

1. Esquimalt
2. Victoria City
3. Vancouver City
4. Victoria
5. Acclaimed

References

1. "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. Parker, C. W (1913). Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women. Vol. 1. p. 881. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
5. Roy, Patricia E. "William John Bowser". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2011-09-03.
6. Parker, C. W (1916). Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women. Vol. 1. p. 797. Retrieved 2011-08-27.