22nd Parliament of British Columbia

Byron Ingemar Johnson

The 22nd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1950 to 1952. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1949. ^[1] From 1950 to 1952, the Liberals and Conservatives formed a coalition government led by Byron Ingemar "Boss" Johnson, ^[2] and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Harold Winch formed the Official Opposition. ^[3] On January 19, 1952, the coalition split and the Liberals formed a single-party minority government, while the Conservatives moved to the opposition benches and took the role of Official Opposition.

Nancy Hodges served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. ^[4]

Members of the 22nd Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1949: ^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	James Mowat	Alberni	Independent	1941
			Coalition
			Liberal
	Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	CCF	1949
	Ernest Edward Winch	Burnaby	CCF	1933
	Angus MacLean	Cariboo	Coalition	1949
			Liberal
	Leslie Harvey Eyres	Chilliwack	Coalition	1937
			Progressive Conservative
	Thomas King	Columbia	Coalition	1931, 1934
			Liberal
	Herbert John Welch	Comox	Coalition	1945
	Andrew Mowatt Whisker	Cowichan-Newcastle	Coalition	1949
			Liberal
	Leo Thomas Nimsick	Cranbrook	CCF	1949
	Alexander Campbell Hope	Delta	Coalition	1945
			Progressive Conservative
	Roderick Charles MacDonald	Dewdney	Coalition	1941
			Progressive Conservative
	Charles Taschereau Beard	Esquimalt	Coalition	1945
			Liberal
	Frank Mitchell (1951)		CCF	1951
	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Labour	1920
	Henry Robson Bowman	Fort George	Coalition	1949
			Liberal
	Rupert Williams Haggen	Grand Forks-Greenwood	CCF	1949
	Sidney John Smith	Kamloops	Coalition	1949
			Liberal
	Randolph Harding	Kaslo-Slocan	CCF	1945
	Ernest Crawford Carson	Lillooet	Coalition	1928, 1941
			Progressive Conservative
	Battleman Milton MacIntyre	Mackenzie	Coalition	1949
	George Sharratt Pearson	Nanaimo and the Islands	Coalition	1928
			Liberal
	Walter Hendricks	Nelson-Creston	Coalition	1949
			Liberal
	Byron Ingemar Johnson	New Westminster	Coalition	1933, [a] 1945
			Liberal
	Charles William Morrow	North Okanagan	Coalition	1945
			Liberal
	John Henry Cates	North Vancouver	Coalition	1945
	Herbert Anscomb	Oak Bay	Coalition	1933
			Progressive Conservative
	Robert Cecil Steele	Omineca	Coalition	1949
			Liberal
	Glen Everton Braden	Peace River	Coalition	1937, 1949
			Liberal
	John Duncan McRae	Prince Rupert	Coalition	1949
			Liberal
	Arvid Lundell	Revelstoke	Coalition	1949
			Progressive Conservative
	Alexander Douglas Turnbull	Rossland-Trail	Coalition	1949
			Liberal
	Arthur James Richard Ash	Saanich	Coalition	1948
			Liberal
	Arthur Brown Ritchie	Salmon Arm	Coalition	1945
			Progressive Conservative
	Maurice Patrick Finnerty	Similkameen	Coalition	1949
			Liberal
	Edward Tourtellotte Kenney	Skeena	Coalition	1933
			Liberal
	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Coalition	1941, 1949
			Independent
			Social Credit
	Donald Cameron Brown	Vancouver-Burrard	Coalition	1945
			Progressive Conservative
	John Groves Gould		Coalition	1949
			Liberal
	Allan James McDonell	Vancouver Centre	Coalition	1945
			Progressive Conservative
	Gordon Sylvester Wismer		Coalition	1933, 1945
			Liberal
	Arthur James Turner	Vancouver East	CCF	1941
	Harold Edward Winch		CCF	1933
	Albert Reginald MacDougall	Vancouver-Point Grey	Coalition	1946
			Progressive Conservative
	Tilly Jean Rolston		Coalition	1941
			Independent
			Social Credit
	Leigh Forbes Stevenson		Coalition	1946
			Progressive Conservative
	Nancy Hodges	Victoria City	Coalition	1941
			Liberal
	Daniel John Proudfoot		Coalition	1949
			Liberal
	William Thomas Straith		Coalition	1937
			Liberal
	John Joseph Alban Gillis	Yale	Coalition	1928
			Liberal

Notes:

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal-Conservative coalition	39
	Co-operative Commonwealth	7
	Independent	1
	Labour	1
Total		48
Government Majority		30

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Esquimalt	Frank Mitchell	CCF	October 1, 1951	C.T. Beard died November 21, 1950

Other changes

• James Mowat joins the Coalition in February 1950. ^[5]
• W.A.C. Bennett resigns from the Coalition to become an Independent on March 15, 1951. He joins the Social Credit League in December but continues to sit as an independent. ^[5]
• Tilly Rolston resigns from the Coalition to become an Independent on March 29, 1951. ^[5]
• The Coalition between the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives collapses on January 19, 1952. Herbert Anscomb, Leslie Harvey Eyres, Roderick Charles MacDonald, Alexander Campbell Hope, Arvid Lundell, Ernest Crawford Carson, Arthur Brown Ritchie, Allan James McDonell, Leigh Forbes Stevenson, Donald Cameron Brown and Albert Reginald MacDougall move to the opposition as Progressive Conservatives. ^[5]
• John Henry Cates, Battleman Milton MacIntyre and Herbert John Welch retain the Coalition designation and continue to support the Johnson Government. ^[6]
• The remaining 23 Coalition MLAs continue to sit as Liberals. ^[5]

Notes

1. Victoria City

References

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2. "Premiers of British Columbia 1871-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
3. "Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
4. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
5. "A checklist of members of the Legislature of British Columbia" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. 2013-05-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
6. "The Vancouver Sun - Google News Archive Search".