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The 22nd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1950 to 1952. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1949.^[1] From 1950 to 1952, the Liberals and Conservatives formed a coalition government led by Byron Ingemar "Boss" Johnson,^[2] and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Harold Winch formed the Official Opposition.^[3] On January 19, 1952, the coalition split and the Liberals formed a single-party minority government, while the Conservatives moved to the opposition benches and took the role of Official Opposition.

Nancy Hodges served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[4]

Members of the 22nd General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1949:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party
James Mowat	Alberni	Independent
Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	CCF
Ernest Edward Winch	Burnaby	CCF
Angus MacLean	Cariboo	Coalition
Leslie Harvey Eyres	Chilliwack	Coalition
Thomas King	Columbia	Coalition
Herbert John Welch	Comox	Coalition
Andrew Mowatt Whisker	Cowichan-Newcastle	Coalition
Leo Thomas Nimsick	Cranbrook	CCF
Alexander Campbell Hope	Delta	Coalition
Roderick Charles MacDonald	Dewdney	Coalition
Charles Taschereau Beard	Esquimalt	Coalition
Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Labour
Henry Robson Bowman	Fort George	Coalition
Rupert Williams Haggen	Grand Forks-Greenwood	CCF
Sidney John Smith	Kamloops	Coalition
Randolph Harding	Kaslo-Slocan	CCF
Ernest Crawford Carson	Lillooet	Coalition
Battleman Milton MacIntyre	Mackenzie	Coalition
George Sharratt Pearson	Nanaimo and the Islands	Coalition
Walter Hendricks	Nelson-Creston	Coalition
Byron Ingemar Johnson	New Westminster	Coalition
Charles William Morrow	North Okanagan	Coalition
John Henry Cates	North Vancouver	Coalition
Herbert Anscomb	Oak Bay	Coalition
Robert Cecil Steele	Omineca	Coalition
Glen Everton Braden	Peace River	Coalition
John Duncan McRae	Prince Rupert	Coalition
Arvid Lundell	Revelstoke	Coalition
Alexander Douglas Turnbull	Rossland-Trail	Coalition
Arthur James Richard Ash	Saanich	Coalition
Arthur Brown Ritchie	Salmon Arm	Coalition
Maurice Patrick Finnerty	Similkameen	Coalition
Edward Tourtellotte Kenney	Skeena	Coalition
William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Coalition
Donald Cameron Brown	Vancouver-Burrard	Coalition
John Groves Gould	Vancouver-Burrard	Coalition
Allan James McDonell	Vancouver Centre	Coalition
Gordon Sylvester Wismer	Vancouver Centre	Coalition
Arthur James Turner	Vancouver East	CCF
Harold Edward Winch	Vancouver East	CCF
Albert Reginald MacDougall	Vancouver-Point Grey	Coalition
Tilly Jean Rolston		Coalition
Leigh Forbes Stevenson		Coalition
Nancy Hodges	Victoria City	Coalition
Daniel John Proudfoot		Coalition
William Thomas Straith		Coalition
John Joseph Alban Gillis	Yale	Coalition

Notes:

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal-Conservative coalition	39
	Co-operative Commonwealth	7
	Independent	1
	Labour	1
Total		48
Government Majority		30

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Esquimalt	Frank Mitchell	CCF	October 1, 1951	C.T. Beard died November 21, 1950

Notes:

Other changes

James Mowat joins the Coalition in February 1950.^[5]
W.A.C. Bennett resigns from the Coalition to become an Independent on March 15, 1951. He joins the Social Credit League in December but continues to sit as an independent.^[5]
Tilly Rolston resigns from the Coalition to become an Independent on March 29, 1951.^[5]
The Coalition between the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives collapses on January 19, 1952. Herbert Anscomb, Leslie Harvey Eyres, Roderick Charles MacDonald, Alexander Campbell Hope, Arvid Lundell, Ernest Crawford Carson, Arthur Brown Ritchie, Allan James McDonell, Leigh Forbes Stevenson, Donald Cameron Brown and Albert Reginald MacDougall move to the opposition as Progressive Conservatives.^[5]
John Henry Cates, Battleman Milton MacIntyre and Herbert John Welch retain the Coalition designation and continue to support the Johnson Government.^[6]
The remaining 23 Coalition MLAs continue to sit as Liberals.^[5]