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.

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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 General Assembly

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

MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously elected
Thomas Fletcher Alberni Government [nb 1] 1890
Joseph Mason Cariboo Government1886
John Robson Government1871 [a] , 1882
Samuel Augustus Rogers Government1890
Ithiel Blake Nason Government1888, 1891
Hugh Watt Government1892
William Adams Government1893
Robert Hanley Hall Cassiar Government1890
Joseph Hunter Comox Government1871, 1890
Henry Croft Cowichan Government1886
Theodore Davie Government1882
James Baker East Kootenay Government1886
David Williams Higgins Esquimalt Government1886
Charles Edward Pooley Government1882
John Paton Booth The Islands Government1871 [b] , 1890
Alfred Wellington Smith Lillooet Government1889
David Alexander Stoddart Opposition [nb 2] 1890
William Thomas Forster Nanaimo Labour [nb 3] 1890
Colin Campbell McKenzie Farmer [nb 4] 1890
Thomas Keith Nanaimo City Labour [nb 3] 1890
John Cunningham Brown New Westminster City Independent1890
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton Vancouver City Opposition1890
James Welton Horne Independent1890
George William Anderson Victoria Government1886
David McEwen Eberts Government1890
Robert Beaven Victoria City Opposition1871
John Grant Opposition1882
George Lawson Milne Opposition1890
John Herbert Turner Government1886
James M. Kellie West Kootenay Independent1890
Thomas Edwin Kitchen Westminster Opposition1890
James Punch Opposition1890
Colin Buchanan Sword Opposition1890
John Robson [nb 5] Government1871 [c] , 1882
George Bohun Martin Yale Government1882
Charles Augustus Semlin Opposition1871, 1882
Forbes George Vernon Government1875, 1886

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, 1890J. Robson resigned, elected in both Westminster and Cariboo
Cariboo Ithiel Blake Nason March 20, 1891death of J. Mason on December 2, 1890
Cariboo Hugh Watt November 30, 1892death of J. Robson on June 29, 1892
Cariboo William Adams November 30, 1893death of I.B. Nason on May 27, 1893

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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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