18th Parliament of British Columbia explained

The 18th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1934 to 1937. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in November 1933.^[1] The Liberal Party, led by Thomas Dufferin Pattullo, formed the government.^[2] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) formed the official opposition.^[3]

Henry George Thomas Perry served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the 18th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1933.:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	George Sharratt Pearson	Alberni-Nanaimo	Liberal	William James Asselstine	Atlin	Liberal	Ernest Edward Winch	Burnaby	CCF	Donald Morrison MacKay	Cariboo	Liberal	Edward Dodsley Barrow	Chilliwack	Liberal	William Henry Sutherland	Columbia-Revelstoke	Liberal	Laurence Arnold Hanna	Comox	Liberal	Hugh George Egioke Savage	Cowichan-Newcastle	Oxford Group Movement	Frank Mitchell MacPherson	Cranbrook	Liberal	Robert Swailes	Delta	CCF	David William Strachan	Dewdney	Liberal	Robert Henry Pooley	Esquimalt	Unionist	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Independent Labour Party	Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George	Liberal	Dougald MacPherson	Grand Forks-Greenwood	Liberal	Alexander McDonald	The Islands	Liberal	Robert Henry Carson	Kamloops	Liberal	Charles Sidney Leary	Kaslo-Slocan	Liberal	George Matheson Murray	Lillooet	Liberal	Ernest Bakewell	Mackenzie	CCF	Frank Putnam	Nelson-Creston	Liberal	Arthur Wellesley Gray	New Westminster	Liberal	Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan	Liberal	Harley Christian Erskine Anderson	North Vancouver	CCF	Alexander Malcolm Manson	Omineca	Liberal	Clive Montgomery Francis Planta	Peace River	NPIG	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert	Liberal	Richard Ronald Burns	Rossland-Trail	Liberal	Norman William Whittaker	Saanich	Liberal	Rolf Wallgren Bruhn	Salmon Arm	NPIG	Charles Herbert Percy Tupper	Similkameen	Liberal	Edward Tourtellotte Kenney	Skeena	Liberal	Joseph Allen Harris	South Okanagan	Liberal	Gerald Grattan McGeer	Vancouver-Burrard	Liberal	Helen Douglas Smith	Gordon McGregor Sloan	Vancouver Centre	Liberal	Gordon Sylvester Wismer	John Price	Vancouver East	CCF	Harold Edward Winch	Stanley Stewart McKeen	Vancouver-Point Grey	Liberal	George Moir Weir	Robert Wilkinson	Herbert Anscomb	Victoria City	Independent	Robert Connell	CCF	John Hart	Liberal	Byron Ingemar Johnson	John Joseph Alban Gillis	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: Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903- . https://web.archive.org/web/20110220035338/http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/leaders_of_the_opposition.pdf . dead . 2011-02-20 . BC Legislature . 2011-07-20 .
4. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872- . BC Legislature . 2011-09-23.

Party standings

Affiliation		Members	34	7	2	2	Unionist	1	1
Total		47
Government Majority		21

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Columbia	Thomas King^[5]	Liberal	March 8, 1934	Re-establishment of Columbia electoral district
North Vancouver	Dorothy Steeves	CCF	July 14, 1934	H.C.E. Anderson died April 17, 1934
Omineca	Mark Matthew Connelly	Liberal	June 22, 1936	A.M. Manson resigned September 14, 1935, to contest federal election
Vancouver-Burrard	John Howard Forester	Liberal	September 1, 1936	G.G. McGeer resigned October 1, 1935, to contest federal election

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: Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903- . https://web.archive.org/web/20110220035338/http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/leaders_of_the_opposition.pdf . dead . 2011-02-20 . BC Legislature . 2011-07-20 .
4. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872- . BC Legislature . 2011-09-23.
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Other changes

• In August 1936 Robert Connell, Ernest Bakewell, John Price and Robert Swailes leave the CCF to create the Social Constructives.
• Vancouver Centre (res. Gordon McGregor Sloan appointed to Court of Appeal, April 5, 1937) ^[6]
• Cariboo (res. Donald Morrison MacKay appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1937) ^[7]