19th Parliament of British Columbia explained

The 19th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1937 to 1941. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1937.^[1] The Liberal Party, led by Thomas Dufferin Pattullo, formed the government.^[2] The Conservative Party formed the official opposition.^[3]

Norman William Whittaker (Liberal) served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the 19th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1937.:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	George Sharratt Pearson	Alberni-Nanaimo	Liberal	William James Asselstine	Atlin	Liberal	Ernest Edward Winch	Burnaby	CCF	Louis LeBourdais	Cariboo	Liberal	Leslie Harvey Eyres	Chilliwack	Conservative	Thomas King	Columbia	Liberal	Colin Cameron	Comox	CCF	Samuel Guthrie	Cowichan-Newcastle	CCF	Frank Mitchell MacPherson	Cranbrook	Liberal	Leonard Alec Shepherd	Delta	CCF	Frank Porter Patterson	Dewdney	Conservative	Elmer Victor Finland	Esquimalt	Conservative	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Labour	Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George	Liberal	Ezra Churchill Henniger	Grand Forks-Greenwood	Liberal	Macgregor Fullarton MacIntosh	The Islands	Conservative	Robert Henry Carson	Kamloops	Liberal	Charles Sidney Leary	Kaslo-Slocan	Liberal	George Matheson Murray	Lillooet	Liberal	John Melvin Bryan, Sr.	Mackenzie	Liberal	Frank Putnam	Nelson-Creston	Liberal	Arthur Wellesley Gray	New Westminster	Liberal	Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan	Liberal	Dorothy Steeves	North Vancouver	CCF	Mark Matthew Connelly	Omineca	Liberal	Glen Everton Braden	Peace River	Liberal	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert	Liberal	Harry Johnston	Revelstoke	Liberal	Richard Ronald Burns	Rossland-Trail	Liberal	Norman William Whittaker	Saanich	Liberal	Rolf Wallgren Bruhn	Salmon Arm	Independent	Charles Herbert Percy Tupper	Similkameen	Liberal	Edward Tourtellotte Kenney	Skeena	Liberal	Cecil Robert Bull	South Okanagan	Liberal	John Howard Forester	Vancouver-Burrard	Liberal	Helen Douglas Smith	Fred Crone	Vancouver Centre	Liberal	Gordon Sylvester Wismer	James Lyle Telford	Vancouver East	CCF	Harold Edward Winch	Royal Lethington Maitland	Vancouver-Point Grey	Conservative	James Alexander Paton	George Moir Weir	Liberal	Herbert Anscomb	Victoria City	Conservative	John Hart	Liberal	Joseph Douglas Hunter	Conservative	William Thomas Straith	Liberal	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	31	8	7	1	1
Total		48
Government Majority		14

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Dewdney	David William Strachan	Liberal	May 20, 1938	F.P. Patterson died February 10, 1938
Vancouver Centre	Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson	CCF	May 1, 1939	F. Crone died April 3, 1939
Cranbrook	Arnold Joseph McGrath	Liberal	October 26, 1939	E.M. MacPherson resigned September 27, 1939; named to federal Board of Transport Commissioners
Mackenzie	Manfred McGeer	Liberal	September 21, 1940	J.M. Bryan died May 5, 1940

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.

Other changes

• Rolf Wallgren Bruhn joins the Conservatives in 1938.^[5]
• James Lyle Telford expelled from the CCF on June 26, 1939, and becomes an independent.^[6]