7th Parliament of British Columbia explained

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
William Adams	Cariboo	Government^[4]
Samuel Augustus Rogers		Government
John Irving	Cassiar	Government
Joseph Hunter	Comox	Government
Theodore Davie	Cowichan-Alberni	Government
James Mitchell Mutter		Government
James Baker	East Kootenay	Government
David Williams Higgins	Esquimalt	Government
Charles Edward Pooley		Government
James Douglas Prentice	Lillooet East	Opposition^[5]
Alfred Wellington Smith	Lillooet West	Government
James McGregor	Nanaimo City	Government
James Buckham Kennedy	New Westminster City	Opposition
John Bryden	North Nanaimo	Government
John Paton Booth	North Victoria	Government
William Wymond Walkem	South Nanaimo	Government
David McEwen Eberts	South Victoria	Government
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton	Vancouver City	Opposition
Robert Macpherson		Opposition
Adolphus Williams		Opposition
John Braden	Victoria City	Government
Henry Dallas Helmcken		Government
Robert Paterson Rithet		Government
John Herbert Turner		Government
James M. Kellie	West Kootenay North	Government
John Frederick Hume	West Kootenay South	Opposition
Thomas Edwin Kitchen	Westminster-Chilliwhack	Opposition
Thomas William Forster	Westminster-Delta	Opposition
Colin Buchanan Sword	Westminster-Dewdney	Opposition
Thomas Kidd	Westminster-Richmond	Opposition
Donald Graham	Yale-East	Opposition
George Bohun Martin	Yale-North	Government
Charles Augustus Semlin	Yale-West	Opposition

Notes:

1. Web site: Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Elections BC . 2020-08-31.
2. Encyclopedia: Williams . David Ricardo . Theodore Davie. . 1982 . 2011-08-04.
3. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872- . BC Legislature . 2011-07-27.
4. Government candidates supported the Davie administration
5. 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]

• George Bohun Martin, Commissioner of Lands and Works,^[6] acclaimed November 15, 1894
• David McEwen Eberts, Attorney General,^[7] acclaimed April 15, 1895

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:

1. Web site: Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Elections BC . 2020-08-31.
2. Encyclopedia: Williams . David Ricardo . Theodore Davie. . 1982 . 2011-08-04.
3. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872- . BC Legislature . 2011-07-27.
4. Government candidates supported the Davie administration
5. opposed to the Davie administration
6. Book: Gemmill, John A . The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897 . 1897 . 375.
7. Book: Who's who in western Canada . 1913 . Canadian Press Association . 168 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615061913/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3121 . 2011-06-15 .