1900 British Columbia general election

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1900 British Columbia general election
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  1898 June 9, 1900 1903  

38 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Premier before election

Joseph Martin
Government

Elected Premier

James Dunsmuir
Opposition

Members of the Legislature of British Columbia, 1900 The members of the Legislature of British Columbia Photo B (HS85-10-11598).jpg
Members of the Legislature of British Columbia, 1900

The 1900 British Columbia general election was held in 1900. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 24, 1900, and held on June 9, 1900. The new legislature met for the first time on July 19, 1900.

Contents

Like in the previous BC general election, of the 38 MLAs 24 were elected in single member districts in 1900. There were also three 2-member districts and two 4-member districts. Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the district. [1]

This was the last election in which political parties were not part of the official process in British Columbia, although because of the political chaos in this year resulting from the joint misrule of Premier Joseph Martin and the Lieutenant-Governor, Thomas Robert McInnes, many individual candidates declared their party affiliations in many ridings as a protest against the non-party system.

For more on the political circumstances of this election, please see 1898 British Columbia general election.

Results by riding

Results of British Columbia general election, 1900
GovernmentOpposition
MemberRiding
& party
Riding
& party
Member
     Edwin Clarke Smith East Kootenay (south riding)
Government
         Cassiar
Conservative Opposition
Independent Opposition
Charles William Digby Clifford     
     John Oliver Westminster-Delta
Government
         James Stables     
     John Cunningham Brown New Westminster City
Government
         Alberni
Progressive
Alan Webster Neill     
     Hugh Bowie Gilmour Vancouver City
Government
         Cariboo
Opposition
Joseph Hunter     
     Joseph Martin 1         Samuel Augustus Rogers     
     Smith Curtis West Kootenay-Rossland
Government
         Comox
Opposition
Lewis Alfred Mounce     
     Esquimalt
Independent Opposition
Opposition
William Henry Hayward     
     Charles Edward Pooley     
     Cowichan
Independent Conservative
Charles Herbert Dickie     
     Lillooet East
Opposition Progressive
James Douglas Prentice     
     East Kootenay (north riding)
Independent Progressive
Wilmer Cleveland Wells     
     Nanaimo City
Labour
Ralph Smith     
     South Nanaimo
Opposition
James Dunsmuir 2    
     Lillooet West
Independent Opposition
Alfred Wellington Smith     
     Vancouver City
Conservative
James Ford Garden     
     Robert Garnett Tatlow     
     North Nanaimo
Independent
William Wallace Burns McInnes     
     North Victoria
Independent Liberal
John Paton Booth     
     South Victoria
Opposition
David McEwen Eberts     
     West Kootenay-Nelson
Opposition
John Frederick Hume     
     Victoria City
Opposition
Richard Hall     
     Henry Dallas Helmcken     
     Albert Edward McPhillips     
     John Herbert Turner     
     West Kootenay-Revelstoke
Conservative
Thomas Taylor     
     West Kootenay-Slocan
Progressive
Robert Francis Green     
     Westminster-Chilliwhack
Progressive
Charles William Munro     
     Westminster-Dewdney
Conservative
Richard McBride     
     Westminster-Richmond
Conservative
Thomas Kidd     
     Yale-East
Opposition
Price Ellison     
     Yale-North
Independent Opposition
Frederick John Fulton     
     Yale-West
Opposition Progressive
Denis Murphy     
1 Incumbent Premier2 Premier-Elect
Source: [2]

See also

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References

  1. Electoral History of BC, 1871-1986, p. 545
  2. "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986 Part One 9th General Election 1900". elections.bc.ca. Archived from the original on December 8, 2004.