12th Parliament of British Columbia

The 12th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1910 to 1912. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in November 1909.^[1] The British Columbia Conservative Party led by Richard McBride formed the government.^[2]

David McEwen Eberts served as speaker.^[3]

Members of the 12th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1909.:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
Harlan Carey Brewster	Alberni	Liberal	1907
Henry Esson Young	Atlin	Conservative	1903
Michael Callanan	Cariboo	Conservative	1909
John Anderson Fraser	Cariboo	Conservative	1909
Samuel Arthur Cawley	Chilliwhack	Conservative	1909
Henry George Parson	Columbia	Conservative	1907
Michael Manson	Comox	Conservative	1909
William Henry Hayward	Cowichan	Conservative	1900^[a], 1907
Thomas Donald Caven	Cranbrook	Conservative	1909
Francis James Anderson MacKenzie	Delta	Conservative	1909
William J. Manson	Dewdney	Conservative	1907
John Jardine	Esquimalt	Liberal	1907
John Jardine	Esquimalt	Conservative	1907
William Roderick Ross	Fernie	Conservative	1903
Ernest Miller	Grand Forks	Conservative	1909
John Robert Jackson	Greenwood	Conservative	1909
Albert Edward McPhillips	The Islands	Conservative	1898^[b], 1907
James Pearson Shaw	Kamloops	Conservative	1909
Neil Franklin MacKay	Kaslo	Conservative	1907
Archibald McDonald	Lillooet	Conservative	1903, 1909
James Hurst Hawthornthwaite	Nanaimo City	Socialist	1901
Harry Wright	Nelson City	Conservative	1903^[c], 1909
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^[d], 1903
William Robert Braden	Rossland City	Conservative	1909
David McEwen Eberts	Saanich	Conservative	1890^[e], 1907
Lytton Wilmot Shatford	Similkameen	Conservative	1903
William Manson	Skeena	Conservative	1905^[f], 1909
William Hunter	Slocan	Conservative	1907
William John Bowser	Vancouver City	Conservative	1903
Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan			1903
George Albert McGuire			1907
Charles Edward Tisdall			1898, 1909
Henry Holgate Watson			1909
Henry Frederick William Behnsen	Victoria City	Conservative	1907
Frederick Davey			1907
Richard McBride^{[nb 1]}			1898
Henry Broughton Thomson			1907
Richard McBride^{[nb 1]}	Yale	Conservative	1898
Alexander Lucas	Yale	Conservative	1910
James Hargrave Schofield	Ymir	Conservative	1907

Notes:

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

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative	38
	Liberal	2
	Socialist	2
Total		42
Government Majority		34

By-elections

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

William Roderick Ross, Minister of Lands,^[4] elected November 26, 1910

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Yale	Alexander Lucas	Conservative	December 12, 1910^{[nb 1]}	R. McBride resigned seat; elected in both Victoria City and Yale

Notes:

^ Acclaimed

Other changes

Liberal John Jardine crossed the floor to join the Conservatives in 1911.^[1]^[5]

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "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.
^ "Executive Council Appointments 1871 - 1986" (PDF). Legislature of British Columbia. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
^ "Members of the Legislature of British Columbia" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

[mcbride-10] Elected in both Yale and Victoria; choosing to sit for Victoria

[12] Acclaimed

[4] Esquimalt

[5] Victoria City

[6] Ymir

[7] Vancouver City

[8] Victoria

[9] Alberni

[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.

[11] "Executive Council Appointments 1871 - 1986" (PDF). Legislature of British Columbia. Retrieved 2011-09-03.

[13] "Members of the Legislature of British Columbia" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

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