# 17th Parliament of British Columbia

The 17th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1929 to 1933. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1928. The Conservative Party, led by Simon Fraser Tolmie, formed the government.
James William Jones served as speaker for the assembly until his resignation in 1930. Jones was replaced by Cyril Francis Davie.

## Members of the 17th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1928.:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Laurence Arnold Hanna | Alberni | Liberal | 1928 |
| Herbert Frederick Kergin | Atlin | Liberal | 1920 |
| William Robert Rutledge | Burnaby | Conservative | 1928 |
| Roderick MacKenzie | Cariboo | Conservative | 1928 |
| William Atkinson | Chilliwack | Conservative | 1928 |
| John Andrew Buckham | Columbia | Liberal | 1916 |
| Thomas King (1931) | Columbia | Liberal | 1931 |
| George Kerr McNaughton | Comox | Conservative | 1928 |
| Cyril Francis Davie | Cowichan-Newcastle | Conservative | 1924 |
| Frank Mitchell MacPherson | Cranbrook | Liberal | 1928 |
| Fred W. Lister | Creston | Conservative | 1920 |
| John Walter Berry | Delta | Conservative | 1928 |
| Nelson Seymour Lougheed | Dewdney | Conservative | 1928 |
| Robert Henry Pooley | Esquimalt | Conservative | 1912 |
| Thomas Aubert Uphill | Fernie | Independent Labour Party | 1920 |
| Frederick Parker Burden | Fort George | Conservative | 1928 |
| Roy Walter Alward (1931) | Fort George | Conservative | 1931 |
| Charles Morgan Kingston | Grand Forks-Greenwood | Conservative | 1928 |
| Cyrus Wesley Peck | The Islands | Conservative | 1924 |
| MacGregor Fullerton MacIntosh (1931) | The Islands | Conservative | 1931 |
| John Ralph Michell | Kamloops | Conservative | 1928 |
| James Fitzsimmons | Kaslo-Slocan | Conservative | 1928 |
| Ernest Crawford Carson | Lillooet | Conservative | 1928 |
| Michael Manson | Mackenzie | Conservative | 1909, 1924 |
| George Sharratt Pearson | Nanaimo | Liberal | 1928 |
| Lorris E. Borden | Nelson | Conservative | 1928 |
| Arthur Wellesley Gray | New Westminster | Liberal | 1924 |
| William Farris Kennedy | North Okanagan | Conservative | 1927 |
| MacGregor Fullerton MacIntosh (1930) | North Okanagan | Conservative | 1930 |
| Ian Alistair MacKenzie | North Vancouver | Liberal | 1920 |
| Jack Loutet (1930) | North Vancouver | Conservative | 1930 |
| Alexander Malcolm Manson | Omineca | Liberal | 1916 |
| Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | Prince Rupert | Liberal | 1916 |
| William Henry Sutherland | Revelstoke | Liberal | 1916 |
| Samuel Lyness Howe | Richmond-Point Grey | Conservative | 1928 |
| James Hargrave Schofield | Rossland-Trail | Conservative | 1907 |
| Simon Fraser Tolmie | Saanich | Conservative | 1928 |
| Rolf Wallgren Bruhn | Salmon Arm | Conservative | 1924 |
| William Alexander McKenzie | Similkameen | Conservative | 1920 |
| Horace Cooper Wrinch | Skeena | Liberal | 1924 |
| James William Jones | South Okanagan | Conservative | 1916 |
| Jonathan Webster Cornett | South Vancouver | Conservative | 1928 |
| William Dick | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1928 |
| Thomas Henry Kirk | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1928 |
| Royal Lethington Maitland | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1928 |
| William Curtis Shelly | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1928 |
| Nelson Spencer | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1928 |
| George Alexander Walkem | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1924 |
| James Harry Beatty | Victoria City | Conservative | 1928 |
| Reginald Hayward | Victoria City | Conservative | 1924 |
| Joshua Hinchcliffe | Victoria City | Conservative | 1920 |
| Harold Despard Twigg | Victoria City | Conservative | 1924 |
| John Joseph Alban Gillis | Yale | Liberal | 1928 |
Notes:

## Party standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Conservative | 35 |
| | Liberal | 12 |
| | Independent Labour | 1 |
| Total | Total | 48 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 22 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held for the following members appointed to the provincial cabinet, as was required at the time. This requirement was abolished in 1929.
* William Atkinson, Minister of Agriculture, acclaimed October 22, 1928
* Nelson Seymour Lougheed, Minister of Public Works, acclaimed October 22, 1928
* Robert Henry Pooley, Attorney-General, acclaimed October 22, 1928
* Frederick Parker Burden, Minister of Lands, acclaimed October 22, 1928
* Samuel Lyness Howe, Provincial Secretary and Minister of Fisheries, acclaimed October 22, 1928
* Simon Fraser Tolmie, Premier, acclaimed October 22, 1928
* William Alexander McKenzie, Minister of Mines, acclaimed October 22, 1928
* William Curtis Shelly, Minister of Finance, acclaimed October 22, 1928
* Joshua Hinchcliffe, Minister of Education, acclaimed October 22, 1928
By-elections were held to replace members for various other reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| North Okanagan | George Heggie | Conservative | July 2, 1930 | W.F. Kennedy resigned May 19, 1930; named to Liquor Control Board |
| North Vancouver | Jack Loutet | Conservative | November 5, 1930 | I.A. MacKenzie resigned June 27, 1930; named to federal cabinet |
| Fort George | Roy Walter Alward | Conservative | January 7, 1931 | F.P. Burden resigned June 27, 1930; named Agent-General January 1, 1931 |
| The Islands | MacGregor Fullerton MacIntosh | Conservative | February 10, 1931 | C.W. Peck resigned January 3, 1931; named to Canada Pension Tribunal |
| Columbia | Thomas King | Liberal | December 19, 1931 | J.A. Buckham died October 12, 1931 |
Notes:
* 1 2 Acclaimed

## Other changes

* In 1932 the Independent Labour Party became the Socialist Party.Tom Uphill continues to sit as a Labour member.
* Mackenzie (dec. Michael Manson July 11, 1932)