21st Parliament of British Columbia explained

The 21st Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1946 to 1949. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in October 1945.[1] The Liberals and Conservatives formed a coalition government led by John Hart.[2] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Harold Winch formed the official opposition.[3] Hart retired as premier in December 1947 and was replaced by Byron Ingemar "Boss" Johnson.[2]

Norman William Whittaker served as speaker for the assembly until September 1947. Robert Henry Carson then served as speaker until January 1949. Former premier John Hart became speaker the following month.[4]

Members of the 21st General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1945:[1]

MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously electedJames MowatAlberniCoalition1941William Duncan SmithAtlinCoalition1945Ernest Edward WinchBurnabyCCF1933Louis LeBourdaisCaribooCoalition1937Walter HoggCoalition1948Leslie Harvey EyresChilliwackCoalition1937Thomas KingColumbiaCoalition1931, 1934Herbert John WelchComoxCoalition1945Samuel GuthrieCowichan-NewcastleCCF1920, 1937Frank William GreenCranbrookCoalition1941Alexander Campbell HopeDeltaCoalition1945Roderick Charles MacDonaldDewdneyCoalition1941Charles Taschereau BeardEsquimaltCoalition1945Thomas Aubert UphillFernieLabour1920John McInnisFort GeorgeCCF1907, 1945 Thomas Alfred LoveGrand Forks-GreenwoodCoalition1941Robert Henry CarsonKamloopsCoalition1933Randolph HardingKaslo-SlocanCCF1945Ernest Crawford CarsonLillooetCoalition1928, 1941Herbert GargraveMackenzieCCF1941George Sharratt PearsonNanaimo and the IslandsCoalition1928Frank PutnamNelson-CrestonCoalition1933Byron Ingemar JohnsonNew WestminsterCoalition1933, 1945Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald[5] North OkanaganCoalition1916, 1933Charles William MorrowCoalition1945John Henry CatesNorth VancouverCoalition1945Herbert AnscombOak BayCoalition1933Edward Fraser RowlandOminecaCCF1945Joseph Hardcastle CorsbiePeace RiverCCF1945William Henry BrettPrince RupertCCF1945William James JohnsonRevelstokeCoalition1945James Lockhart WebsterRossland-TrailCoalition1945James O'Donnell QuinnCoalition1948Norman William WhittakerSaanichCoalition1933Arthur James Richard AshCoalition1948Arthur Brown RitchieSalmon ArmCoalition1945Reginald Robert LairdSimilkameenCoalition1945Edward Tourtellotte KenneySkeenaCoalition1933William Andrew Cecil BennettSouth OkanaganCoalition1941Robert Denis Browne-ClaytonCoalition1948Donald Cameron BrownVancouver-BurrardCoalition1945George Moir Weir1933, 1945Allan James McDonellVancouver CentreCoalition1945Gordon Sylvester Wismer1933, 1945Arthur James TurnerVancouver EastCCF1941Harold Edward Winch1933Royal Lethington MaitlandVancouver-Point GreyCoalition1928, 1937James Alexander Paton1937Tilly Jean Rolston1941Albert Reginald MacDougall1946Leigh Forbes Stevenson1946John HartVictoria CityCoalition1916, 1933Nancy Hodges1941William Thomas Straith1937John Joseph Alban GillisYaleCoalition1928

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.
  5. Died after the election and before the start of the first session

Party standings

AffiliationMembersLiberal-Conservative coalition37101
 Total
48
 Government Majority
26

By-elections

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

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Electoral districtMember electedPartyElection dateReason
North OkanaganCharles William MorrowCoalitionDecember 19, 1945K.C. MacDonald died November 19, 1945
Vancouver-Point GreyAlbert Reginald MacDougallCoalitionJune 24, 1946J.A. Paton died February 19, 1946
Leigh Forbes StevensonR.L. Maitland died March 28, 1946
CaribooWalter HoggCoalitionFebruary 23, 1948L. LeBourdais died September 27, 1947
SaanichArthur James Richard AshCoalitionFebruary 23, 1948N.W. Whittaker resigned September 13, 1947; named to B.C. Supreme Court
Rossland-TrailJames O'Donnell QuinnCCFNovember 29, 1948J.L. Webster died August 8, 1948
South OkanaganRobert Denis Browne-ClaytonCoalitionFebruary 23, 1948W.A.C. Bennett resigned May 17, 1948, to contest federal by-election