13th Parliament of British Columbia

The 13th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1913 to 1916. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in March 1912.^[1] The British Columbia Conservative Party led by Richard McBride formed the government. McBride resigned as premier in December 1915 to become British Columbia's agent general in London. William John Bowser succeeded McBride as Premier.^[2]

David McEwen Eberts served as speaker.^[3]

Members of the 13th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1912.:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
John George Corry Wood	Alberni	Conservative	1912
Henry Esson Young	Atlin	Conservative	1903
Michael Callanan	Cariboo	Conservative	1909
John Anderson Fraser	Cariboo	Conservative	1909
Samuel Arthur Cawley	Chilliwhack	Conservative	1909
Harold Ernest Forster	Columbia	Independent Conservative	1912
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
Robert Henry Pooley	Esquimalt	Conservative	1912
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
William Wasbrough Foster	The Islands	Conservative	1913
James Pearson Shaw	Kamloops	Conservative	1909
Neil Franklin MacKay	Kaslo	Conservative	1907
Archibald McDonald	Lillooet	Conservative	1903, 1909
John Thomas Wilmot Place	Nanaimo City	Social Democratic	1912
William Ross MacLean	Nelson City	Conservative	1912
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
Lorne Argyle Campbell	Rossland City	Conservative	1912
David McEwen Eberts	Saanich	Conservative	1890^[d], 1907
Lytton Wilmot Shatford	Similkameen	Conservative	1903
William Manson	Skeena	Conservative	1905^[e], 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
Malcolm Archibald Macdonald		Liberal	1916
Henry Frederick William Behnsen	Victoria City	Conservative	1907
Frederick Davey			1907
Richard McBride			1898
Henry Broughton Thomson			1907
Harlan Carey Brewster		Liberal	1907^[f], 1916
Alexander Lucas	Yale	Conservative	1910
James Hargrave Schofield	Ymir	Conservative	1907

Notes:

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative	39
	Socialist	1
	Social Democratic	1
	Independent Conservative	1
Total		42
Government Majority		36

By-elections

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

Lorne Argyle Campbell, Minister of Mines,^[4] elected March 1, 1916
Charles Edward Tisdall, Minister of Public Works,^[5] defeated by Malcolm Archibald Macdonald, Liberal, March 1, 1916

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
The Islands	William Wasbrough Foster	Conservative	December 6, 1913	A.E. McPhillips named to Appeal Court of B.C. in September 1913
Victoria City	Harlan Carey Brewster	Liberal	March 4, 1916	R. McBride named Agent-General in January 1916

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Other changes

Parker Williams is expelled from the Socialist Party for also holding membership in the Social Democratic Party.^[1] On May 15, 1916, he is expelled from the Social Democrats and becomes an Independent Socialist.^[6]

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.
^ McDonell, James K; Campbell, Robert Bennett (1997). Lords of the North. GeneralStore PublishingHouse. p. 226. ISBN 1-896182-71-2. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
^ Chambers, Ernest J (1916). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1916.
^ "Members of the Legislature of British Columbia" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

[4] Esquimalt

[5] Victoria City

[6] Vancouver City

[7] Victoria

[8] Alberni

[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.

[lords-10] McDonell, James K; Campbell, Robert Bennett (1997). Lords of the North. GeneralStore PublishingHouse. p. 226. ISBN 1-896182-71-2. Retrieved 2011-09-20.

[chambers-11] Chambers, Ernest J (1916). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1916.

[12] "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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