# 7th Parliament of British Columbia

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. Theodore Davie served as Premier until 1895 when he was named Chief Justice for the Supreme Court. 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.

## Members of the 7th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1894:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| William Adams | Cariboo | Government | 1893 |
| Samuel Augustus Rogers | Cariboo | Government | 1890 |
| John Irving | Cassiar | Government | 1894 |
| Joseph Hunter | Comox | Government | 1871, 1890 |
| Theodore Davie | Cowichan-Alberni | Government | 1882 |
| James Mitchell Mutter | Cowichan-Alberni | Government | 1894 |
| Thomas Anthony Wood (1895) | Cowichan-Alberni | Government | 1895 |
| George Albert Huff (1895) | Cowichan-Alberni | Government | 1895 |
| James Baker | East Kootenay | Government | 1886 |
| David Williams Higgins | Esquimalt | Government | 1886 |
| Charles Edward Pooley | Esquimalt | Government | 1882 |
| James Douglas Prentice | Lillooet East | Opposition | 1894 |
| David Alexander Stoddart (1895) | Lillooet East | Government | 1890, 1895 |
| Alfred Wellington Smith | Lillooet West | Government | 1889 |
| James McGregor | Nanaimo City | Government | 1894 |
| James Buckham Kennedy | New Westminster City | Opposition | 1894 |
| John Bryden | North Nanaimo | Government | 1875, 1894 |
| John Paton Booth | North Victoria | Government | 1871, 1890 |
| William Wymond Walkem | South Nanaimo | Government | 1894 |
| David McEwen Eberts | South Victoria | Government | 1890 |
| Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton | Vancouver City | Opposition | 1890 |
| Robert Macpherson | Vancouver City | Opposition | 1894 |
| Adolphus Williams | Vancouver City | Opposition | 1894 |
| John Braden | Victoria City | Government | 1894 |
| Henry Dallas Helmcken | Victoria City | Government | 1894 |
| Robert Paterson Rithet | Victoria City | Government | 1894 |
| John Herbert Turner | Victoria City | Government | 1886 |
| James M. Kellie | West Kootenay North | Government | 1890 |
| John Frederick Hume | West Kootenay South | Opposition | 1894 |
| Thomas Edwin Kitchen | Westminster-Chilliwhack | Opposition | 1890 |
| Adam Swart Vedder (1897) | Westminster-Chilliwhack | Opposition | 1897 |
| Thomas William Forster | Westminster-Delta | Opposition | 1890 |
| Colin Buchanan Sword | Westminster-Dewdney | Opposition | 1890 |
| Thomas Kidd | Westminster-Richmond | Opposition | 1894 |
| Donald Graham | Yale-East | Opposition | 1894 |
| George Bohun Martin | Yale-North | Government | 1882 |
| Charles Augustus Semlin | Yale-West | Opposition | 1871, 1882 |
Notes:
* ↑ Government candidates supported the Davie administration
* ↑ 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:
* George Bohun Martin, Commissioner of Lands and Works, acclaimed November 15, 1894
* David McEwen Eberts, Attorney General, acclaimed April 15, 1895
By-elections were held to replace members for various other reasons:
| 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 |