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The 8th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1899 to 1900. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in July 1898.^[1] Robert Beaven was asked to form a government but was not able to garner sufficient support, so Charles Augustus Semlin became premier. After a major government bill was defeated in February 1900, Semlin's government was dismissed. Joseph Martin succeeded Semlin but his government was subsequently defeated on a motion of no-confidence.^[2] An election followed later that year.

William Thomas Forster served as speaker.^[3]

Members of the 8th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1898:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party
Alan Webster Neill	Alberni	Opposition^{[nb 1]}
Hans Lars Helgesen	Cariboo	Opposition
John Charlton Kinchant	Cariboo	Opposition
Charles William Digby Clifford	Cassiar	Government^{[nb 2]}
John Irving	Cassiar	Government
James Dunsmuir	Comox	Government
William Russell Robertson	Cowichan	Government
William George Neilson	East Kootenay North	Government
James Baker	East Kootenay South	Government
David Williams Higgins	Esquimalt	Opposition
Charles Edward Pooley	Esquimalt	Government
James Douglas Prentice	Lillooet East	Opposition
Alfred Wellington Smith	Lillooet West	Government
Robert Edward McKechnie	Nanaimo City	Opposition
Alexander Henderson	New Westminster City	Government
John Bryden	North Nanaimo	Government
John Paton Booth	North Victoria	Government
Ralph Smith	South Nanaimo	Labour^{[nb 3]}
David McEwen Eberts	South Victoria	Government
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton	Vancouver City	Opposition
Robert Macpherson		Opposition
Joseph Martin		Opposition
Charles Edward Tisdall		Opposition
Richard Hall	Victoria City	Government
Henry Dallas Helmcken		Government
Albert Edward McPhillips		Government
John Herbert Turner		Government
John Frederick Hume	West Kootenay-Nelson	Opposition
James M. Kellie	West Kootenay-Revelstoke	Opposition
James Morris Martin	West Kootenay-Rossland	Opposition
Robert Francis Green	West Kootenay-Slocan	Opposition
Charles William Munro	Westminster-Chilliwhack	Opposition
Thomas William Forster	Westminster-Delta	Opposition
Richard McBride	Westminster-Dewdney	Government
Thomas Kidd	Westminster-Richmond	Opposition
Price Ellison	Yale-East	Government
Francis John Deane	Yale-North	Opposition
Charles Augustus Semlin	Yale-West	Opposition

Notes:

^ opposed to the Turner administration
^ Government candidates supported the Turner administration
^ Ran as Labour-Oppositionist; opposed to Turner administration

By-elections

By-elections were held for the following members appointed to the provincial cabinet, as was required at the time:^[1]

Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton, Minister of Finance,^[4] acclaimed October 15, 1898
Joseph Martin, Attorney General,^[5] acclaimed October 15, 1898
Charles Augustus Semlin, Premier,^[2] acclaimed October 15, 1898
John Frederick Hume, Provincial Secretary and Minister of Mines,^[6] acclaimed October 15, 1898
Alexander Henderson, Attorney General,^[7] acclaimed August 31, 1899

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Election date	Reason
Alberni	Alan Webster Neill	December 15, 1898	A.W. Neill resigned, having accepted money from government for road work done after the election
Cowichan	William Russell Robertson	December 28, 1898	W. R. Robertson resigned, having accepted money from government for work done after the election
Vancouver City	Charles Edward Tisdall	January 25, 1899^{[nb 1]}	C.E. Tisdall resigned; a clerk in his store sold cartridges to a provincial police officer
Victoria City	Richard Hall	February 2, 1899	R. Hall resigned; his company sold coal to Government House
	Albert Edward McPhillips		A.E. McPhillips resigned; a fee was paid to his firm
	John Herbert Turner		J.H. Turner resigned; a branch of his firm sold goods to the government
East Kootenay North	Wilmer Cleveland Wells	February 28, 1899^{[nb 1]}	Death of W.G. Nielson January 6, 1899
West Kootenay-Nelson	John Frederick Hume	February 28, 1899	J.F. Hume resigned; a police constable and prisoner had stayed at his hotel