13th Parliament of British Columbia

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The 13th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1913 to 1916. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in March 1912. [1] The British Columbia Conservative Party led by Richard McBride formed the government. McBride resigned as premier in December 1915 to become British Columbia's agent general in London. William John Bowser succeeded McBride as Premier. [2]

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David McEwen Eberts served as speaker. [3]

Members of the 13th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1912.: [1]

MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously elected
  John George Corry Wood Alberni Conservative 1912
  Henry Esson Young Atlin Conservative 1903
  Michael Callanan Cariboo Conservative 1909
  John Anderson Fraser 1909
  Samuel Arthur Cawley Chilliwhack Conservative 1909
  Harold Ernest Forster Columbia Independent Conservative1912
  Michael Manson Comox Conservative 1909
  William Henry Hayward Cowichan Conservative 1900 [a] , 1907
  Thomas Donald Caven Cranbrook Conservative 1909
  Francis James Anderson MacKenzie Delta Conservative 1909
  William J. Manson Dewdney Conservative 1907
  Robert Henry Pooley Esquimalt Conservative 1912
  William Roderick Ross Fernie Conservative 1903
  Ernest Miller Grand Forks Conservative 1909
  John Robert Jackson Greenwood Conservative 1909
  Albert Edward McPhillips The Islands Conservative 1898 [b] , 1907
  William Wasbrough Foster Conservative 1913
  James Pearson Shaw Kamloops Conservative 1909
  Neil Franklin MacKay Kaslo Conservative 1907
  Archibald McDonald Lillooet Conservative 1903, 1909
  John Thomas Wilmot Place Nanaimo City Social Democratic 1912
  William Ross MacLean Nelson City Conservative 1912
  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
  Lorne Argyle Campbell Rossland City Conservative 1912
  David McEwen Eberts Saanich Conservative 1890 [d] , 1907
  Lytton Wilmot Shatford Similkameen Conservative 1903
  William Manson Skeena Conservative 1905 [e] , 1909
  William Hunter Slocan Conservative 1907
  William John Bowser Vancouver City Conservative 1903
  Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 1903
  George Albert McGuire 1907
  Charles Edward Tisdall 1898, 1909
  Henry Holgate Watson 1909
  Malcolm Archibald Macdonald Liberal 1916
  Henry Frederick William Behnsen Victoria City Conservative 1907
  Frederick Davey 1907
  Richard McBride 1898
  Henry Broughton Thomson 1907
  Harlan Carey Brewster Liberal 1907 [f] , 1916
  Alexander Lucas Yale Conservative 1910
  James Hargrave Schofield Ymir Conservative 1907

Notes:

    Party standings

    AffiliationMembers
    Conservative 39
    Socialist 1
    Social Democratic1
    Independent Conservative1
     Total
    		42
     Government Majority
    		36

    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
    The Islands William Wasbrough Foster Conservative December 6, 1913A.E. McPhillips named to Appeal Court of B.C. in September 1913
    Victoria City Harlan Carey Brewster Liberal March 4, 1916R. McBride named Agent-General in January 1916

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