10th Parliament of British Columbia

The 10th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1903 to 1906. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in October 1903.[1] This election was the first in British Columbia to be contested by competing political parties. The British Columbia Conservative Party led by Richard McBride, having won the majority of seats, formed the government.[2]

Charles Edward Pooley served as speaker.[3]

Members of the 10th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1903.:[1]

Member Electoral district Party
  William Wallace Burns McInnes Alberni Liberal
  Henry Esson Young Atlin Conservative
  Harry Jones Cariboo Liberal
  James Murphy
  Charles William Munro Chilliwhack Liberal
  Wilmer Cleveland Wells Columbia Liberal
  Robert Grant Comox Conservative
  John Newell Evans Cowichan Liberal
  James Horace King Cranbrook Liberal
  John Oliver Delta Liberal
  Richard McBride Dewdney Conservative
  Charles Edward Pooley Esquimalt Conservative
  William Roderick Ross Fernie Conservative
  George Arthur Fraser Grand Forks Conservative
  John Robert Brown Greenwood Liberal
  Thomas Wilson Paterson The Islands Liberal
  Frederick John Fulton Kamloops Conservative
  Robert Francis Green Kaslo Conservative
  Archibald McDonald Lillooet Conservative
  James Hurst Hawthornthwaite Nanaimo City Socialist
  John Houston Nelson City Conservative
  Parker Williams Newcastle Socialist
  Thomas Gifford New Westminster City Conservative
  Price Ellison Okanagan Conservative
  Thomas Taylor Revelstoke Conservative
  Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton Richmond Conservative
  James Alexander MacDonald Rossland City Liberal
  Henry Ernest Tanner Saanich Liberal
  Lytton Wilmot Shatford Similkameen Conservative
  Charles William Digby Clifford Skeena Conservative
  William Davidson Slocan Labour[nb 1]
  William John Bowser Vancouver City Conservative
  James Ford Garden
  Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan
  Robert Garnett Tatlow
  Charles Wilson
  William George Cameron Victoria City Liberal
  Richard Low Drury
  Richard Hall
  James Dugald McNiven
  Stuart Alexander Henderson Yale Liberal
  Harry Wright Ymir Conservative

Notes:

  1. ^ Not a provincial party. The riding had its own local autonomous Labour party.

Party standings

Affiliation Members
Conservative 22
Liberal 17
Socialist 2
Labour 1
 Total
 42
 Government Majority
 2

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 district Member elected Party Election date Reason
Lillooet Archibald McDonald Conservative August 16, 1904 election of A. McDonald declared null and void by act of legislature
Alberni William Manson Conservative August 16, 1904 W.W.B. McInnes named commissioner of the Yukon May 20, 1905

Notes:


References

  1. ^ a b c d "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  2. ^ "Premiers of British Columbia 1871-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  3. ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  4. ^ Gosnell, R. Edward (1906). A history of British Columbia. p. 315. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  5. ^ "Fulton, Frederick John". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2011-08-29.