The 4th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1882 to 1886. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in July 1882. [1] Robert Beaven formed a minority government in 1882. The Beaven government fell on a Motion of no confidence in January 1883. [2] William Smithe formed a new government later that month. [3]
There were four sessions of the 4th Legislature: [4]
Session | Start | End |
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1st | January 25, 1883 | May 12, 1883 |
2nd | December 3, 1883 | February 18, 1884 |
3rd | January 12, 1885 | March 9, 1885 |
4th | January 25, 1886 | April 6, 1886 |
John Andrew Mara served as speaker. [5]
The following members were elected to the assembly in 1882: [1]
Member | Electoral district | Party |
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George Cowan | Cariboo | Independent |
Robert McLeese | Government [nb 1] | |
Charles Wilson | Opposition [nb 2] | |
John Grant | Cassiar | Opposition |
William Munro Dingwall | Comox | Government |
William Smithe | Cowichan | Opposition |
Hans Lars Helgesen | Esquimalt | Government |
Charles Edward Pooley | Opposition | |
Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith | Kootenay | Government |
Edward Allen | Lillooet | Opposition |
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie | Opposition | |
Robert Dunsmuir | Nanaimo | Opposition |
William Raybould | Opposition | |
James Orr | New Westminster | Opposition |
John Robson | Opposition | |
William James Armstrong | New Westminster City | Government |
Robert Franklin John | Victoria | Opposition |
George Archibald McTavish | Opposition | |
Robert Beaven | Victoria City | Government |
Theodore Davie | Opposition | |
Simeon Duck | Independent | |
Montague William Tyrwhitt-Drake | Opposition | |
Preston Bennett | Yale | Opposition |
John Andrew Mara | Opposition | |
Charles Augustus Semlin | Independent |
Notes:
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 district | Member elected | Election date | Reason |
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Yale | George Bohun Martin | October 13, 1882 | death of P. Bennett on August 9, 1882 |
New Westminster City | James Cunningham | April 21, 1884 | W.J. Armstrong appointed sheriff April 5, 1884 |
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