11th Parliament of British Columbia

The 11th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1907 to 1909. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in February 1907.^[1] The British Columbia Conservative Party led by Richard McBride formed the government.^[2]

David McEwen Eberts served as speaker.^[3]

Members of the 11th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1907:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
Harlan Carey Brewster	Alberni	Liberal	1907
Henry Esson Young	Atlin	Conservative	1903
Harry Jones	Cariboo	Liberal	1903
John MacKay Yorston	Cariboo	Liberal	1907
Charles William Munro	Chilliwhack	Liberal	1898
Henry George Parson	Columbia	Conservative	1907
Robert Grant	Comox	Conservative	1903
William Henry Hayward	Cowichan	Conservative	1900^[a], 1907
James Horace King	Cranbrook	Liberal	1903
John Oliver	Delta	Liberal	1900
Richard McBride^{[nb 1]}	Dewdney	Conservative	1898
William J. Manson	Dewdney	Conservative	1907
John Jardine	Esquimalt	Liberal	1907
William Roderick Ross	Fernie	Conservative	1903
John McInnis	Grand Forks	Socialist	1907
George Ratcliffe Naden	Greenwood	Liberal	1907
Albert Edward McPhillips	The Islands	Conservative	1898^[b], 1907
Frederick John Fulton	Kamloops	Conservative	1900
Neil Franklin MacKay	Kaslo	Conservative	1907
Mark Robert Eagleson	Lillooet	Liberal	1907
James Hurst Hawthornthwaite	Nanaimo City	Socialist	1901
George Arthur Benjamin Hall	Nelson City	Liberal	1907
Parker Williams	Newcastle	Socialist	1903
Thomas Gifford	New Westminster City	Conservative	1901
Price Ellison	Okanagan	Conservative	1898
Thomas Taylor	Revelstoke	Conservative	1900
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton	Richmond	Conservative	1890^[c], 1903
James Alexander MacDonald	Rossland City	Liberal	1903
David McEwen Eberts	Saanich	Conservative	1890^[d], 1907
Lytton Wilmot Shatford	Similkameen	Conservative	1903
William Thomas Kergin	Skeena	Liberal	1907
William Hunter	Slocan	Conservative	1907
William John Bowser	Vancouver City	Conservative	1903
James Ford Garden			1903
Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan			1903
George Albert McGuire			1907
Robert Garnett Tatlow			1900
Henry Frederick William Behnsen	Victoria City	Conservative	1907
Frederick Davey			1907
Richard McBride^{[nb 1]}			1898
Henry Broughton Thomson			1907
Stuart Alexander Henderson	Yale	Liberal	1903
James Hargrave Schofield	Ymir	Conservative	1907

Notes:

^ ^a ^b Elected in both Dewdney and Victoria; choosing to sit for Victoria

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative	26
	Liberal	13
	Socialist	3
Total		42
Government Majority		10

By-elections

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

Henry Esson Young, Provincial Secretary,^[4] acclaimed March 12, 1907
William John Bowser, Attorney General,^[5] elected August 15, 1907
Thomas Taylor, Minister of Public Works,^[6] elected January 20, 1909

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Dewdney	William J. Manson	Conservative	April 17, 1907^[e]	R. McBride resigned seat; elected in both Victoria City and Dewdney
Nanaimo City	James Hurst Hawthornthwaite	Conservative	January 13, 1909	J.H. Hawthornthwaite resigned seat to contest federal election October 26, 1908

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
^ "Premiers of British Columbia 1871-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
^ Parker, C. W (1913). Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women. Vol. 1. p. 881. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
^ Roy, Patricia E. "William John Bowser". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
^ Parker, C. W (1916). Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women. Vol. 1. p. 797. Retrieved 2011-08-27.

[mcbride-5] Elected in both Dewdney and Victoria; choosing to sit for Victoria

[4] Esquimalt

[6] Victoria City

[7] Vancouver City

[8] Victoria

[12] Acclaimed

[elections-1] "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.

[9] Parker, C. W (1913). Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women. Vol. 1. p. 881. Retrieved 2011-08-29.

[10] Roy, Patricia E. "William John Bowser". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2011-09-03.

[11] Parker, C. W (1916). Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women. Vol. 1. p. 797. Retrieved 2011-08-27.

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