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 Parliament

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

MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo.# of term(s)
  John George Corry Wood Alberni Conservative 19121st term
  Henry Esson Young Atlin Conservative 19034th term
  Michael Callanan Cariboo Conservative 19092nd term
  John Anderson Fraser 19092nd term
  Samuel Arthur Cawley Chilliwhack Conservative 19092nd term
  Harold Ernest Forster Columbia Independent Conservative19121st term
  Michael Manson Comox Conservative 19092nd term
  William Henry Hayward Cowichan Conservative 1900, [a] 19074th term*
  Thomas Donald Caven Cranbrook Conservative 19092nd term
  Francis James Anderson MacKenzie Delta Conservative 19092nd term
  William J. Manson Dewdney Conservative 19073rd term
  Robert Henry Pooley Esquimalt Conservative 19121st term
  William Roderick Ross Fernie Conservative 19034th term
  Ernest Miller Grand Forks Conservative 19092nd term
  John Robert Jackson Greenwood Conservative 19092nd term
  Albert Edward McPhillips The Islands Conservative 1898, [b] 19076th term*
  William Wasbrough Foster (1913) Conservative 19131st term
  James Pearson Shaw Kamloops Conservative 19092nd term
  Neil Franklin MacKay Kaslo Conservative 19073rd term
  Archibald McDonald Lillooet Conservative 1903, 19093rd term*
  John Thomas Wilmot Place Nanaimo City Social Democratic 19121st term
  William Ross MacLean Nelson City Conservative 19121st term
  Parker Williams Newcastle Socialist 19034th term
  Thomas Gifford New Westminster City Conservative 19015th term
  Price Ellison Okanagan Conservative 18986th term
  Thomas Taylor Revelstoke Conservative 19005th term
  Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton Richmond Conservative 1890, [c] 19037th term*
  Lorne Argyle Campbell Rossland City Conservative 19121st term
  David McEwen Eberts Saanich Conservative 1890, [d] 19077th term*
  Lytton Wilmot Shatford Similkameen Conservative 19034th term
  William Manson Skeena Conservative 1905, [e] 19093rd term*
  William Hunter Slocan Conservative 19073rd term
  William John Bowser Vancouver City Conservative 19034th term
  Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan 19034th term
  George Albert McGuire 19073rd term
  Charles Edward Tisdall 1898, 19093rd term*
  Henry Holgate Watson 19092nd term
  Malcolm Archibald Macdonald (1916) Liberal 19161st term
  Henry Frederick William Behnsen Victoria City Conservative 19073rd term
  Frederick Davey 19073rd term
  Richard McBride 18986th term
  Henry Broughton Thomson 19073rd term
  Harlan Carey Brewster (1916) Liberal 1907, [e] 19163rd term*
  Alexander Lucas Yale Conservative 19102nd term
  James Hargrave Schofield Ymir Conservative 19073rd term

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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      References

      1. 1 2 3 4 5 "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. ↑ McDonell, James K; Campbell, Robert Bennett (1997). Lords of the North. GeneralStore PublishingHouse. p. 226. ISBN   1-896182-71-2 . Retrieved 2011-09-20.
      5. ↑ Chambers, Ernest J (1916). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1916.
      6. ↑ "Members of the Legislature of British Columbia" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
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