14th Parliament of British Columbia explained

The 14th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1917 to 1920. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September 1916.^[1] The British Columbia Liberal Party, led by Harlan Carey Brewster, formed the government. Following Brewster's death in March 1918, John Oliver became Premier.^[2]

John Walter Weart served as speaker until the start of the 1918 session, when John Keen succeeded him as speaker.^[3]

Members of the 14th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1916.:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	Harlan Carey Brewster^[4]	Alberni	Liberal	Frank Harry Mobley	Atlin	Liberal	John MacKay Yorston	Cariboo	Liberal	Edward Dodsley Barrow	Chilliwack	Liberal	John Andrew Buckham	Columbia	Liberal	Hugh Stewart	Comox	Liberal	William Henry Hayward	Cowichan	Independent	James Horace King	Cranbrook	Liberal	Francis James Anderson MacKenzie	Delta	Conservative	John Oliver	Dewdney	Liberal	Robert Henry Pooley	Esquimalt	Conservative	Alexander Ingram Fisher	Fernie	Liberal	William Roderick Ross	Fort George	Conservative	James Edwin Wallace Thompson	Grand Forks	Liberal	John Duncan MacLean	Greenwood	Liberal	Malcolm Bruce Jackson	The Islands	Liberal	Frederick William Anderson	Kamloops	Liberal	John Keen	Kaslo	Liberal	Archibald McDonald	Lillooet	Conservative	William Sloan	Nanaimo	Liberal	William Oliver Rose	Nelson	Conservative	Parker Williams	Newcastle	Independent Socialist	David Whiteside	New Westminster	Liberal	Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan	Liberal	George Samuel Hanes	North Vancouver	Liberal	Alexander Malcolm Manson	Omineca	Liberal	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert	Liberal	William Henry Sutherland	Revelstoke	Liberal	Gerald Grattan McGeer	Richmond	Liberal	William David Willson	Rossland	Liberal	Frederick Arthur Pauline	Saanich	Liberal	Lytton Wilmot Shatford	Similkameen	Conservative	Charles Franklin Nelson	Slocan	Liberal	James William Jones	South Okanagan	Conservative	John Walter Weart	South Vancouver	Liberal	James Hargrave Schofield	Trail	Conservative	William John Bowser	Vancouver City	Conservative	John Sedgwick Cowper	Liberal	John Wallace deBeque Farris	Malcolm Archibald Macdonald	John William McIntosh	Ralph Smith	George Bell	Victoria City	Liberal	Harlan Carey Brewster	Henry Charles Hall	John Hart	Joseph Walters	Yale	Liberal

Notes:

1. Web site: Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Elections BC . 2020-08-31.
2. Web site: Premiers of British Columbia 1871- . BC Legislature . 2011-09-23.
3. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872- . BC Legislature . 2011-09-23.
4. Elected in both Alberni and Victoria City; choose to sit for Victoria City

Party standings

Affiliation		Members	36	9	1	1
Total		47
Government Majority		25

By-elections

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

• James Horace King, Minister of Public Works, acclaimed January 3, 1917
• John Oliver, Minister of Agriculture and Railways,^[5] acclaimed January 3, 1917
• John Duncan MacLean, Provincial Secretary and Minister of Education,^[6] acclaimed January 3, 1917
• William Sloan, Minister of Mines, acclaimed January 3, 1917
• Malcolm Archibald Macdonald, Attorney General, elected January 3, 1917
• Ralph Smith, Minister of Finance,^[7] elected January 3, 1917
• Harlan Carey Brewster, Premier,^[8] acclaimed January 3, 1917
• Thomas Dufferin Pattullo, Minister of Lands,^[9] elected January 13, 1917
• John Wallace deBeque Farris, Attorney General and Minister of Labour,^[10] acclaimed June 23, 1917
• John Hart, Minister of Finance,^[11] elected June 30, 1917
• Edward Dodsley Barrow, Minister of Agriculture,^[12] elected May 25, 1918

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Alberni	Richard Pateman Wallis	Conservative	January 24, 1918	H.C. Brewster resigned; elected in both Alberni and Victoria City
Newcastle	James Hurst Hawthornthwaite	Independent Socialist	January 24, 1918	P. Williams resigned; named to Workmen's Compensation Board January 1, 1917
Similkameen	William Alexander McKenzie	Conservative	January 24, 1918	L.W. Shatford resigned; named to Senate of Canada June 23, 1917
Vancouver City	Mary Ellen Smith	Independent	January 24, 1918	death of R. Smith, February 12, 1917
Victoria City	Francis William Henry Giolma	Soldier	January 24, 1918	death of H.C. Brewster, March 1, 1918
Alberni	Richard John Burde	Independent Soldier	January 29, 1919^[13]	death of R.P. Wallis, October 14, 1918
Cowichan	Kenneth Forrest Duncan	Unionist	January 25, 1919	W.H. Hayward resigned; official military duties in Ottawa

Notes:

1. Web site: Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Elections BC . 2020-08-31.
2. Web site: Premiers of British Columbia 1871- . BC Legislature . 2011-09-23.
3. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872- . BC Legislature . 2011-09-23.
4. Elected in both Alberni and Victoria City; choose to sit for Victoria City
5. Encyclopedia: Mitchell . David . John Oliver . . 2005 . 2011-10-21.
6. Encyclopedia: John Duncan MacLean . . Fisher . Robin . . 16 December 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110926001844/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004976 . 2011-09-26 .
7. Encyclopedia: Leier . Mark . Ralph Smith . . 1998 . 2011-09-24.
8. Encyclopedia: Roy . Patricia E . Harlan Carey Brewster . . 1998 . 2011-10-21.
9. Encyclopedia: Thomas Dufferin Pattullo . . Fisher . Robin . . 4 March 2015 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20111128052045/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006148 . 2011-11-28 .
10. Web site: John Wallace de Beque Farris fonds. - 1918–1969. December 28, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20051220193623/http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/AZ/inventories/rescolf.html. 20 December 2005 .
11. Book: Rayner, William . British Columbia's premiers in profile: the good, the bad, and the transient . registration . 158–167 . 1-895811-71-6 . 2000 . Heritage House Publishing Co . 2011-09-24.
12. Book: Charlesworth, Hector. A cyclopædia of Canadian biography. Toronto: Hunter-Rose Company. 204–5 . 1918 . 2011-09-24.
13. Acclaimed

Other changes

• John William McIntosh resigns from the Liberals in April 1917 to become an Independent Liberal.^[14]
• At some point in the life of the legislature McIntosh, Richard John Burde, Kenneth Forrest Duncan and Francis William Henry Giolma form the Soldier Party.^[15]
• Aitlin (dec. Frank Harry Mobley February 3, 1920)