16th Parliament of British Columbia

The 16th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1924 to 1928. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1924. ^[1] The British Columbia Liberal Party, led by John Oliver, formed a minority government. Following Oliver's death in August 1927, John Duncan MacLean became Premier. ^[2]

John Andrew Buckham served as speaker for the assembly. ^[3]

Members of the 16th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1924.: ^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Richard John Burde	Alberni	Independent Liberal	1919
	Herbert Frederick Kergin	Atlin	Liberal	1920
	Francis Aubrey Browne	Burnaby	Canadian Labour	1924
	David Alexander Stoddart	Cariboo	Provincial	1890 [a] , 1895 [b] , 1924
	Edward Dodsley Barrow	Chilliwack	Liberal	1916
	John Andrew Buckham	Columbia	Liberal	1916
	Paul Phillips Harrison	Comox	Independent Liberal	1924
			Liberal
	Cyril Francis Davie	Cowichan-Newcastle	Conservative	1924
	Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger	Cranbrook	Conservative	1922
	Fred W. Lister	Creston	Conservative	1920
	Alexander McDonald Paterson	Delta	Liberal	1921
	John Alexander Catherwood	Dewdney	Conservative	1920
	Robert Henry Pooley	Esquimalt	Conservative	1912
	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Canadian Labour	1920
	Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George	Liberal	1920
	John McKie	Grand Forks-Greenwood	Conservative	1924
	Dougald McPherson (1925)		Liberal	1925
	Cyrus Wesley Peck	The Islands	Conservative	1924
	James Reginald Colley	Kamloops	Liberal	1924
	Charles Sidney Leary	Kaslo-Slocan	Liberal	1924
	Albert Edward Munn	Lillooet	Liberal	1924
	Michael Manson	Mackenzie	Conservative	1909 [c] , 1924
	William Sloan	Nanaimo	Liberal	1916
	Kenneth Campbell	Nelson	Liberal	1922
	John Oliver (1924)		Liberal	1900 [d] , 1916 [e] , 1924
	James Albert McDonald (1927)		Liberal	1927
	Edwin James Rothwell	New Westminster	Liberal	1924
	Arthur Wellesley Gray (1927)		Liberal	1927
	Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan	Liberal	1916
	Arthur Ormiston Cochrane (1924)		Conservative	1924
	William Farris Kennedy (1927)		Liberal	1927
	John Melvin Bryan Sr.	North Vancouver	Liberal	1924
	Alexander Malcolm Manson	Omineca	Liberal	1916
	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert	Liberal	1916
	William Henry Sutherland	Revelstoke	Liberal	1916
	George Alexander Walkem	Richmond-Point Grey	Provincial	1924
			Conservative
	James Hargrave Schofield	Rossland-Trail	Conservative	1907
	Thomas George Coventry	Saanich	Conservative	1924
	Rolf Wallgren Bruhn	Salmon Arm	Conservative	1924
	William Alexander McKenzie	Similkameen	Conservative	1920
	Horace Cooper Wrinch	Skeena	Liberal	1924
	James William Jones	South Okanagan	Conservative	1916
	Robert Henry Neelands	South Vancouver	Canadian Labour	1920
	Andrew McCreight Creery	Vancouver City	Provincial	1924
	Ian Alistair MacKenzie		Liberal	1920
	Christopher McRae			1924
	Victor Wentworth Odlum			1924
	Mary Ellen Smith			1918
	Charles Woodward			1924
	Reginald Hayward	Victoria City	Conservative	1924
	Joshua Hinchcliffe			1920
	Robert Allan Gus Lyons			1924
	Harold Despard Twigg			1924
	John Duncan MacLean	Yale	Liberal	1916

Notes:

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	23
	Conservative	17
	Provincial	3
	Canadian Labour Party	3
	Independent Liberal	2
Total		48
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]

• Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald, defeated by Arthur Ormiston Cochrane, Conservative, October 9, 1924

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Nelson	John Oliver	Liberal	August 23, 1924	K. Campbell resigned August 1924; provide seat for J. Oliver
Grand Forks-Greenwood	Dougald McPherson	Liberal	April 25, 1925	death of J. McKie October 29, 1924
North Okanagan	William Farris Kennedy	Conservative	June 9, 1927	death of A.O. Cochrane December 4, 1926
New Westminster	Arthur Wellesley Gray	Liberal	August 25, 1927	death of E.J. Rothwell June 29, 1927
Nelson	James Albert McDonald	Liberal	October 17, 1927	death of J. Oliver August 17, 1927

Notes:

Other changes

• Shortly after the election Paul Phillips Harrison joins the Liberals while Richard John Burde becomes an independent.
• George Alexander Walkem joins the Conservatives in 1928. ^[4]
• Nanaimo (dec. William Sloan March 2, 1928)
• Vancouver City(res. Ian Alistair Mackenzie appointed Provincial Secretary June 5, 1928) ^[5]

Notes

1. Lillooet
2. Lillooet East
3. Comox
4. Westminster-Delta
5. Dewdney

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 2011-09-23.
3. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
4. Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs 1928
5. "British Columbia Executive Council Appointments 1871–1986" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2012-04-22.