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 No.# of term(s)
  William Adams Cariboo Government[nb 1] 1894 2nd term
  Samuel Augustus Rogers Government 1890 2nd term
  John Irving Cassiar Government 1894 1st term
  Joseph Hunter Comox Government 1871, 1890 3rd term*
  Theodore Davie Cowichan-Alberni Government 1882 4th term
  James Mitchell Mutter Government 1894 1st term
  Thomas Anthony Wood (1895) Government 1895 1st term
  George Albert Huff (1895) Government 1895 1st term
  James Baker East Kootenay Government 1886 3rd term
  David Williams Higgins Esquimalt Government 1886 3rd term
  Charles Edward Pooley Government 1882 4th term
  James Douglas Prentice Lillooet East Opposition[nb 2] 1894 1st term
  David Alexander Stoddart (1895) Government 1890, 1895 2nd term*
  Alfred Wellington Smith Lillooet West Government 1889 3rd term
  James McGregor Nanaimo City Government 1894 1st term
  James Buckham Kennedy New Westminster City Opposition 1894 1st term
  John Bryden North Nanaimo Government 1875, 1894 2nd term*
  John Paton Booth North Victoria Government 1871,[a] 1890 3rd term*
  William Wymond Walkem South Nanaimo Government 1894 1st term
  David McEwen Eberts South Victoria Government 1890 2nd term
  Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton Vancouver City Opposition 1890 2nd term
  Robert Macpherson Opposition 1894 1st term
  Adolphus Williams Opposition 1894 1st term
  John Braden Victoria City Government 1894 1st term
  Henry Dallas Helmcken Government 1894 1st term
  Robert Paterson Rithet Government 1894 1st term
  John Herbert Turner Government 1886 3rd term
  James M. Kellie West Kootenay North Government 1890 2nd term
  John Frederick Hume West Kootenay South Opposition 1894 1st term
  Thomas Edwin Kitchen Westminster-Chilliwhack Opposition 1890 2nd term
  Adam Swart Vedder (1897) Opposition 1897 1st term
  Thomas William Forster Westminster-Delta Opposition 1890 2nd term
  Colin Buchanan Sword Westminster-Dewdney Opposition 1890 2nd term
  Thomas Kidd Westminster-Richmond Opposition 1894 1st term
  Donald Graham Yale-East Opposition 1894 1st term
  George Bohun Martin Yale-North Government 1882 4th term
  Charles Augustus Semlin Yale-West Opposition 1871, 1882 5th 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 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

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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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