# 11th Parliament of British Columbia

The 11th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1907 to 1909. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in February 1907. The British Columbia Conservative Party led by Richard McBride formed the government.
David McEwen Eberts served as speaker.

## Members of the 11th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1907:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Harlan Carey Brewster | Alberni | Liberal | 1907 |
| Henry Esson Young | Atlin | Conservative | 1903 |
| Harry Jones | Cariboo | Liberal | 1903 |
| John MacKay Yorston | Cariboo | Liberal | 1907 |
| Charles William Munro | Chilliwhack | Liberal | 1898 |
| Henry George Parson | Columbia | Conservative | 1907 |
| Robert Grant | Comox | Conservative | 1903 |
| William Henry Hayward | Cowichan | Conservative | 1900, 1907 |
| James Horace King | Cranbrook | Liberal | 1903 |
| John Oliver | Delta | Liberal | 1900 |
| Richard McBride | Dewdney | Conservative | 1898 |
| William J. Manson (1907) | Dewdney | Conservative | 1907 |
| John Jardine | Esquimalt | Liberal | 1907 |
| William Roderick Ross | Fernie | Conservative | 1903 |
| John McInnis | Grand Forks | Socialist | 1907 |
| George Ratcliffe Naden | Greenwood | Liberal | 1907 |
| Albert Edward McPhillips | The Islands | Conservative | 1898, 1907 |
| Frederick John Fulton | Kamloops | Conservative | 1900 |
| Neil Franklin MacKay | Kaslo | Conservative | 1907 |
| Mark Robert Eagleson | Lillooet | Liberal | 1907 |
| James Hurst Hawthornthwaite | Nanaimo City | Socialist | 1901 |
| George Arthur Benjamin Hall | Nelson City | Liberal | 1907 |
| Parker Williams | Newcastle | Socialist | 1903 |
| Thomas Gifford | New Westminster City | Conservative | 1901 |
| Price Ellison | Okanagan | Conservative | 1898 |
| Thomas Taylor | Revelstoke | Conservative | 1900 |
| Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton | Richmond | Conservative | 1890, 1903 |
| James Alexander MacDonald | Rossland City | Liberal | 1903 |
| David McEwen Eberts | Saanich | Conservative | 1890, 1907 |
| Lytton Wilmot Shatford | Similkameen | Conservative | 1903 |
| William Thomas Kergin | Skeena | Liberal | 1907 |
| William Hunter | Slocan | Conservative | 1907 |
| William John Bowser | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1903 |
| James Ford Garden | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1903 |
| Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1903 |
| George Albert McGuire | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1907 |
| Robert Garnett Tatlow | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1900 |
| Henry Frederick William Behnsen | Victoria City | Conservative | 1907 |
| Frederick Davey | Victoria City | Conservative | 1907 |
| Richard McBride | Victoria City | Conservative | 1898 |
| Henry Broughton Thomson | Victoria City | Conservative | 1907 |
| Stuart Alexander Henderson | Yale | Liberal | 1903 |
| James Hargrave Schofield | Ymir | Conservative | 1907 |
Notes:
* 1 2 Elected in both Dewdney and Victoria; choosing to sit for Victoria

## Party standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Conservative | 26 |
| | Liberal | 13 |
| | Socialist | 3 |
| Total | Total | 42 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 10 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held for the following members appointed to the provincial cabinet, as was required at the time:
* Henry Esson Young, Provincial Secretary, acclaimed March 12, 1907
* William John Bowser, Attorney General, elected August 15, 1907
* Thomas Taylor, Minister of Public Works, elected January 20, 1909
By-elections were held to replace members for various other reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Dewdney | William J. Manson | Conservative | April 17, 1907 | R. McBride resigned seat; elected in both Victoria City and Dewdney |
| Nanaimo City | James Hurst Hawthornthwaite | Conservative | January 13, 1909 | J.H. Hawthornthwaite resigned seat to contest federal election October 26, 1908 |