7th Parliament of British Columbia

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The 7th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1894 to 1898. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in July 1894. [1] Theodore Davie served as Premier until 1895 when he was named Chief Justice for the Supreme Court. [2] John Herbert Turner succeeded Davie as Premier.

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David Williams Higgins served as speaker until March 1898 when he resigned. John Paton Booth served as speaker for the remainder of 1898. [3]

Members of the 7th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1894: [1]

MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo.# of term(s)
William Adams Cariboo Government [nb 1] 18942nd term
Samuel Augustus Rogers Government18902nd term
John Irving Cassiar Government18941st term
Joseph Hunter Comox Government1871, 18903rd term*
Theodore Davie Cowichan-Alberni Government18824th term
James Mitchell Mutter Government18941st term
Thomas Anthony Wood (1895)Government18951st term
George Albert Huff (1895)Government18951st term
James Baker East Kootenay Government18863rd term
David Williams Higgins Esquimalt Government18863rd term
Charles Edward Pooley Government18824th term
James Douglas Prentice Lillooet East Opposition [nb 2] 18941st term
David Alexander Stoddart (1895)Government1890, 18952nd term*
Alfred Wellington Smith Lillooet West Government18893rd term
James McGregor Nanaimo City Government18941st term
James Buckham Kennedy New Westminster City Opposition18941st term
John Bryden North Nanaimo Government1875, 18942nd term*
John Paton Booth North Victoria Government1871, [a] 18903rd term*
William Wymond Walkem South Nanaimo Government18941st term
David McEwen Eberts South Victoria Government18902nd term
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton Vancouver City Opposition18902nd term
Robert Macpherson Opposition18941st term
Adolphus Williams Opposition18941st term
John Braden Victoria City Government18941st term
Henry Dallas Helmcken Government18941st term
Robert Paterson Rithet Government18941st term
John Herbert Turner Government18863rd term
James M. Kellie West Kootenay North Government18902nd term
John Frederick Hume West Kootenay South Opposition18941st term
Thomas Edwin Kitchen Westminster-Chilliwhack Opposition18902nd term
Adam Swart Vedder (1897)Opposition18971st term
Thomas William Forster Westminster-Delta Opposition18902nd term
Colin Buchanan Sword Westminster-Dewdney Opposition18902nd term
Thomas Kidd Westminster-Richmond Opposition18941st term
Donald Graham Yale-East Opposition18941st term
George Bohun Martin Yale-North Government18824th term
Charles Augustus Semlin Yale-West Opposition1871, 18825th term*

Notes:

  1. ↑ Government candidates supported the Davie administration
  2. ↑ opposed to the Davie administration

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
Cowichan-Alberni Thomas Anthony Wood April 18, 1895T. Davie appointed to BC Superior Court February 23, 1895
Lillooet East David Alexander Stoddart June 1, 1895Election contested and seat declared vacant
Cowichan-Alberni George Albert Huff October 5, 1895Previous by-election declared void
Westminster-Chilliwhack Adam Swart Vedder May 7, 1897Death of T.E. Kitchen April 5, 1897

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  2. ↑ Williams, David Ricardo (1982). "Theodore Davie". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online . Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  3. ↑ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  4. ↑ Gemmill, J.A., ed. (1897). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son. p. 375.
  5. ↑ Who's who in western Canada. Canadian Press Association. 1913. p. 168. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15.
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