# 6th Parliament of British Columbia

The 6th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1891 to 1894. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1890. John Robson served as premier until his death in 1892. Theodore Davie succeeded Robson as premier.
There were four sessions of the 6th Legislature:
| Session | Start | End |
| 1st | January 15, 1891 | April 20, 1891 |
| 2nd | January 28, 1892 | April 23, 1892 |
| 3rd | January 26, 1893 | April 12, 1893 |
| 4th | January 18, 1894 | April 12, 1894 |
David Williams Higgins served as speaker.

## Members of the 6th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1891:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Thomas Fletcher | Alberni | Government | 1890 |
| Joseph Mason | Cariboo | Government | 1886 |
| John Robson | Cariboo | Government | 1871, 1882 |
| Samuel Augustus Rogers | Cariboo | Government | 1890 |
| Ithiel Blake Nason (1891) | Cariboo | Government | 1888, 1891 |
| Hugh Watt (1892) | Cariboo | Government | 1892 |
| William Adams (1893) | Cariboo | Government | 1893 |
| Robert Hanley Hall | Cassiar | Government | 1890 |
| Joseph Hunter | Comox | Government | 1871, 1890 |
| Henry Croft | Cowichan | Government | 1886 |
| Theodore Davie | Cowichan | Government | 1882 |
| James Baker | East Kootenay | Government | 1886 |
| David Williams Higgins | Esquimalt | Government | 1886 |
| Charles Edward Pooley | Esquimalt | Government | 1882 |
| John Paton Booth | The Islands | Government | 1871, 1890 |
| Alfred Wellington Smith | Lillooet | Government | 1889 |
| David Alexander Stoddart | Lillooet | Opposition | 1890 |
| William Thomas Forster | Nanaimo | Labour | 1890 |
| Colin Campbell McKenzie | Nanaimo | Farmer | 1890 |
| Thomas Keith | Nanaimo City | Labour | 1890 |
| John Cunningham Brown | New Westminster City | Independent | 1890 |
| Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton | Vancouver City | Opposition | 1890 |
| James Welton Horne | Vancouver City | Independent | 1890 |
| George William Anderson | Victoria | Government | 1886 |
| David McEwen Eberts | Victoria | Government | 1890 |
| Robert Beaven | Victoria City | Opposition | 1871 |
| John Grant | Victoria City | Opposition | 1882 |
| George Lawson Milne | Victoria City | Opposition | 1890 |
| John Herbert Turner | Victoria City | Government | 1886 |
| James M. Kellie | West Kootenay | Independent | 1890 |
| Thomas Edwin Kitchen | Westminster | Opposition | 1890 |
| James Punch | Westminster | Opposition | 1890 |
| Colin Buchanan Sword (1890) | Westminster | Opposition | 1890 |
| John Robson | Westminster | Government | 1871, 1882 |
| George Bohun Martin | Yale | Government | 1882 |
| Charles Augustus Semlin | Yale | Opposition | 1871, 1882 |
| Forbes George Vernon | Yale | Government | 1875, 1886 |
Notes:
* ↑ Government candidates supported the Robson administration
* ↑ opposed to the Robson administration
* 1 2 Both Labour candidates were nominated by the Miners' and Mine Labourers' Protective Association (MMLPA)
* ↑ A "farmers' candidate" endorsed by the MMLPA
* ↑ Elected in both Westminster and Cariboo, choosing to sit for Cariboo

## By-elections

By-elections were held for the following members appointed to the provincial cabinet, as was required at the time:
* James Baker Minister of Education and Immigration, acclaimed July 30, 1892
By-elections were held to replace members for various other reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Election date | Reason |
| Westminster | Colin Buchanan Sword | November 20, 1890 | J. Robson resigned, elected in both Westminster and Cariboo |
| Cariboo | Ithiel Blake Nason | March 20, 1891 | death of J. Mason on December 2, 1890 |
| Cariboo | Hugh Watt | November 30, 1892 | death of J. Robson on June 29, 1892 |
| Cariboo | William Adams | November 30, 1893 | death of I.B. Nason on May 27, 1893 |