7th Parliament of British Columbia

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.

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]

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
William Adams	Cariboo	Government [nb 1]	1893
Samuel Augustus Rogers		Government	1890
John Irving	Cassiar	Government	1894
Joseph Hunter	Comox	Government	1871, 1890
Theodore Davie	Cowichan-Alberni	Government	1882
James Mitchell Mutter		Government	1894
Thomas Anthony Wood (1895)		Government	1895
George Albert Huff (1895)		Government	1895
James Baker	East Kootenay	Government	1886
David Williams Higgins	Esquimalt	Government	1886
Charles Edward Pooley		Government	1882
James Douglas Prentice	Lillooet East	Opposition [nb 2]	1894
David Alexander Stoddart (1895)		Government	1890, 1895
Alfred Wellington Smith	Lillooet West	Government	1889
James McGregor	Nanaimo City	Government	1894
James Buckham Kennedy	New Westminster City	Opposition	1894
John Bryden	North Nanaimo	Government	1875, 1894
John Paton Booth	North Victoria	Government	1871, [a] 1890
William Wymond Walkem	South Nanaimo	Government	1894
David McEwen Eberts	South Victoria	Government	1890
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton	Vancouver City	Opposition	1890
Robert Macpherson		Opposition	1894
Adolphus Williams		Opposition	1894
John Braden	Victoria City	Government	1894
Henry Dallas Helmcken		Government	1894
Robert Paterson Rithet		Government	1894
John Herbert Turner		Government	1886
James M. Kellie	West Kootenay North	Government	1890
John Frederick Hume	West Kootenay South	Opposition	1894
Thomas Edwin Kitchen	Westminster-Chilliwhack	Opposition	1890
Adam Swart Vedder (1897)		Opposition	1897
Thomas William Forster	Westminster-Delta	Opposition	1890
Colin Buchanan Sword	Westminster-Dewdney	Opposition	1890
Thomas Kidd	Westminster-Richmond	Opposition	1894
Donald Graham	Yale-East	Opposition	1894
George Bohun Martin	Yale-North	Government	1882
Charles Augustus Semlin	Yale-West	Opposition	1871, 1882

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]

• George Bohun Martin, Commissioner of Lands and Works, ^[4] acclaimed November 15, 1894
• David McEwen Eberts, Attorney General, ^[5] acclaimed April 15, 1895

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

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

Notes

1. Cowichan

References

1. "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.