15th Parliament of British Columbia

The 15th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1921 to 1924. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in December 1920.^[1] The British Columbia Liberal Party, led by John Oliver, formed the government.^[2]

Alexander Malcolm Manson served as speaker until January, 1922, after which Frederick Arthur Pauline succeeded him as speaker.^[3]

Members of the 15th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1920.:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
Richard John Burde	Alberni	Independent	1919
Herbert Frederick Kergin	Atlin	Liberal	1920
John MacKay Yorston	Cariboo	Liberal	1907, 1916
Edward Dodsley Barrow	Chilliwack	Liberal	1916
John Andrew Buckham	Columbia	Liberal	1916
Thomas Menzies	Comox	People's	1920
Kenneth Forrest Duncan	Cowichan	Independent	1919
James Horace King	Cranbrook	Liberal	1903, 1916
Noel Sterling Austin Arnold Wallinger	Cranbrook	Conservative	1922
John Oliver^{[nb 1]}	Delta	Liberal	1900^[a], 1916
Alexander McDonald Paterson	Delta	Liberal	1921
John Alexander Catherwood	Dewdney	Conservative	1920
Robert Henry Pooley	Esquimalt	Conservative	1912
Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Federated Labour	1920
Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George	Liberal	1920
Ezra Churchill Henniger	Grand Forks	Liberal	1920
John Duncan MacLean	Greenwood	Liberal	1916
Malcolm Bruce Jackson	The Islands	Liberal	1916
Frederick William Anderson	Kamloops	Liberal	1916
Fred W. Lister	Kaslo	Conservative	1920
Archibald McDonald	Lillooet	Conservative	1903, 1909
William Sloan	Nanaimo	Liberal	1916
William Oliver Rose	Nelson	Conservative	1916
Kenneth Campbell	Nelson	Liberal	1922
Samuel Guthrie	Newcastle	Federated Labour	1920
David Whiteside	New Westminster	Liberal	1916
Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan	Liberal	1916
George Samuel Hanes	North Vancouver	Independent	1916
Alexander Malcolm Manson	Omineca	Liberal	1916
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert	Liberal	1916
William Henry Sutherland	Revelstoke	Liberal	1916
Thomas Pearson	Richmond	Conservative	1920
William Kemble Esling	Rossland	Conservative	1920
Frederick Arthur Pauline	Saanich	Liberal	1916
William Alexander McKenzie	Similkameen	Conservative	1918
William Hunter	Slocan	Conservative	1907, 1920
James William Jones	South Okanagan	Conservative	1916
Robert Henry Neelands	South Vancouver	Federated Labour	1920
James Hargrave Schofield	Trail	Conservative	1907
William John Bowser	Vancouver City	Conservative	1903
John Wallace deBeque Farris		Liberal	1916
Malcolm Archibald Macdonald			1916
Ian Alistair MacKenzie			1920
James Ramsay			1920
Mary Ellen Smith			1918
Joseph Badenoch Clearihue	Victoria City	Liberal	1920
John Hart		Liberal	1916
Joshua Hinchcliffe		Conservative	1920
John Oliver^{[nb 1]}		Liberal	1900^[a], 1916
John McRae	Yale	Conservative	1920

Notes:

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

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	25
	Conservative	15
	Independent	3
	Federated Labour	3
	People's	1
Total		47
Government Majority		3

By-elections

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

Alexander Malcolm Manson, Attorney General and Minister of Labour,^[4] acclaimed April 10, 1922
William Henry Sutherland, Minister of Public Works,^[5] elected April 10, 1922

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Delta	Alexander McDonald Paterson	Liberal	February 3, 1921	J. Oliver resigned; elected in both Delta and Victoria City
Nelson	Kenneth Campbell	Liberal	March 22, 1922	W.O. Rose resigned; contested federal seat December 6, 1921
Cranbrook	Noel Sterling Austin Arnold Wallinger	Conservative	August 15, 1922	J.H. King resigned; contested federal seat March 14, 1922

Notes:

Other changes

Vancouver City(res. Malcolm Archibald Macdonald October 17, 1921, to contest the 1921 Federal Election)

Notes

^ ^a ^b Westminster-Delta

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 2011-09-23.
^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
^ }"Manson, Alexander Malcolm, b. 1883". University of British Columbia Library. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
^ "Obituaries". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 53: 515. November 1945. PMC 1582368.

[oliver-4] Elected in both Delta and Victoria City; choosing to sit for Victoria City

[WD-5] Westminster-Delta

[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 2011-09-23.

[3] "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.

[6] }"Manson, Alexander Malcolm, b. 1883". University of British Columbia Library. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

[cmaj-7] "Obituaries". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 53: 515. November 1945. PMC 1582368.

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