6th Parliament of British Columbia

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The 6th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1891 to 1894. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1890. [1] John Robson served as premier until his death in 1892. [2] Theodore Davie succeeded Robson as premier.

Contents

There were four sessions of the 6th Legislature: [3]

SessionStartEnd
1stJanuary 15, 1891April 20, 1891
2ndJanuary 28, 1892April 23, 1892
3rdJanuary 26, 1893April 12, 1893
4thJanuary 18, 1894April 12, 1894

David Williams Higgins served as speaker. [4]

Members of the 6th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1891: [1]

MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo.# of term(s)
Thomas Fletcher Alberni Government [nb 1] 18901st term
Joseph Mason Cariboo Government18862nd term
John Robson Government1871, [a] 18824th term*
Samuel Augustus Rogers Government18901st term
Ithiel Blake Nason (1891)Government1888, 18912nd term*
Hugh Watt (1892)Government18921st term
William Adams (1894)Government1894 [1] 1st term
Robert Hanley Hall Cassiar Government18901st term
Joseph Hunter Comox Government1871, 18902nd term*
Henry Croft Cowichan Government18862nd term
Theodore Davie Government18823rd term
James Baker East Kootenay Government18862nd term
David Williams Higgins Esquimalt Government18862nd term
Charles Edward Pooley Government18823rd term
John Paton Booth The Islands Government1871, [b] 18902nd term*
Alfred Wellington Smith Lillooet Government18892nd term
David Alexander Stoddart Opposition [nb 2] 18901st term
William Thomas Forster Nanaimo Labour [nb 3] 18901st term
Colin Campbell McKenzie Farmer [nb 4] 18901st term
Thomas Keith Nanaimo City Labour [nb 3] 18901st term
John Cunningham Brown New Westminster City Independent18901st term
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton Vancouver City Opposition18901st term
James Welton Horne Independent18901st term
George William Anderson Victoria Government18862nd term
David McEwen Eberts Government18901st term
Robert Beaven Victoria City Opposition18716th term
John Grant Opposition18823rd term
George Lawson Milne Opposition18901st term
John Herbert Turner Government18862nd term
James M. Kellie West Kootenay Independent18901st term
Thomas Edwin Kitchen Westminster Opposition18901st term
James Punch Opposition18901st term
Colin Buchanan Sword (1890)Opposition18901st term
John Robson [nb 5] Government1871, [a] 18824th term*
George Bohun Martin Yale Government18823rd term
Charles Augustus Semlin Opposition1871, 18824th term*
Forbes George Vernon Government1875, 18864th term*

Notes:

  1. ↑ Government candidates supported the Robson administration
  2. ↑ opposed to the Robson administration
  3. 1 2 Both Labour candidates were nominated by the Miners' and Mine Labourers' Protective Association (MMLPA)
  4. ↑ A "farmers' candidate" endorsed by the MMLPA
  5. ↑ Elected in both Westminster and Cariboo, choosing to sit for Cariboo

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 electedElection dateReason
Westminster Colin Buchanan Sword November 20, 1890 John Robson resigned, elected in both Westminster and Cariboo
Cariboo Ithiel Blake Nason March 20, 1891death of Joseph Mason on December 2, 1890
Hugh Watt November 30, 1892death of John Robson on June 29, 1892
William Adams November 30, 1893death of Ithiel Blake Nason on May 27, 1893

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2011. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  2. ↑ Roy, Patricia E (1990). "John Robson". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online . Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  3. ↑ Begg, Alexander (1894). History of British Columbia from its earliest discovery to the present time. p. 547. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12.
  4. ↑ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  5. ↑ Gosnell, R. Edward (1906). A history; British Columbia. p. 310. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
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