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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 General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1894:[1]

Member Electoral district Party First elected / previously elected
William Adams Cariboo Government[nb 1] 1893
Samuel Augustus Rogers Government 1890
John Irving Cassiar Government 1894
Joseph Hunter Comox Government 1871, 1890
Theodore Davie Cowichan-Alberni Government 1882
James Mitchell Mutter Government 1894
Thomas Anthony Wood Government 1895
George Albert Huff Government 1895
James Baker East Kootenay Government 1886
David Williams Higgins Esquimalt Government 1886
Charles Edward Pooley Government 1882
James Douglas Prentice Lillooet East Opposition[nb 2] 1894
David Alexander Stoddart Government 1890, 1895
Alfred Wellington Smith Lillooet West Government 1889
James McGregor Nanaimo City Government 1894
James Buckham Kennedy New Westminster City Opposition 1894
John Bryden North Nanaimo Government 1875, 1894
John Paton Booth North Victoria Government 1871[a], 1890
William Wymond Walkem South Nanaimo Government 1894
David McEwen Eberts South Victoria Government 1890
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton Vancouver City Opposition 1890
Robert Macpherson Opposition 1894
Adolphus Williams Opposition 1894
John Braden Victoria City Government 1894
Henry Dallas Helmcken Government 1894
Robert Paterson Rithet Government 1894
John Herbert Turner Government 1886
James M. Kellie West Kootenay North Government 1890
John Frederick Hume West Kootenay South Opposition 1894
Thomas Edwin Kitchen Westminster-Chilliwhack Opposition 1890
Adam Swart Vedder Opposition 1897
Thomas William Forster Westminster-Delta Opposition 1890
Colin Buchanan Sword Westminster-Dewdney Opposition 1890
Thomas Kidd Westminster-Richmond Opposition 1894
Donald Graham Yale-East Opposition 1894
George Bohun Martin Yale-North Government 1882
Charles Augustus Semlin Yale-West Opposition 1871, 1882

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, John A (1897). The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897. 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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