# 12th Parliament of British Columbia

The 12th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1910 to 1912. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in November 1909. The British Columbia Conservative Party led by Richard McBride formed the government.
David McEwen Eberts served as speaker.

## Members of the 12th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1909.:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Harlan Carey Brewster | Alberni | Liberal | 1907 |
| Henry Esson Young | Atlin | Conservative | 1903 |
| Michael Callanan | Cariboo | Conservative | 1909 |
| John Anderson Fraser | Cariboo | Conservative | 1909 |
| Samuel Arthur Cawley | Chilliwhack | Conservative | 1909 |
| Henry George Parson | Columbia | Conservative | 1907 |
| Michael Manson | Comox | Conservative | 1909 |
| William Henry Hayward | Cowichan | Conservative | 1900, 1907 |
| Thomas Donald Caven | Cranbrook | Conservative | 1909 |
| Francis James Anderson MacKenzie | Delta | Conservative | 1909 |
| William J. Manson | Dewdney | Conservative | 1907 |
| John Jardine | Esquimalt | Liberal | 1907 |
| John Jardine | Esquimalt | Conservative | 1907 |
| William Roderick Ross | Fernie | Conservative | 1903 |
| Ernest Miller | Grand Forks | Conservative | 1909 |
| John Robert Jackson | Greenwood | Conservative | 1909 |
| Albert Edward McPhillips | The Islands | Conservative | 1898, 1907 |
| James Pearson Shaw | Kamloops | Conservative | 1909 |
| Neil Franklin MacKay | Kaslo | Conservative | 1907 |
| Archibald McDonald | Lillooet | Conservative | 1903, 1909 |
| James Hurst Hawthornthwaite | Nanaimo City | Socialist | 1901 |
| Harry Wright | Nelson City | Conservative | 1903, 1909 |
| 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 |
| William Robert Braden | Rossland City | Conservative | 1909 |
| David McEwen Eberts | Saanich | Conservative | 1890, 1907 |
| Lytton Wilmot Shatford | Similkameen | Conservative | 1903 |
| William Manson | Skeena | Conservative | 1905, 1909 |
| William Hunter | Slocan | Conservative | 1907 |
| William John Bowser | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1903 |
| Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1903 |
| George Albert McGuire | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1907 |
| Charles Edward Tisdall | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1898, 1909 |
| Henry Holgate Watson | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1909 |
| 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 |
| Richard McBride | Yale | Conservative | 1898 |
| Alexander Lucas (1910) | Yale | Conservative | 1910 |
| James Hargrave Schofield | Ymir | Conservative | 1907 |
Notes:
* 1 2 Elected in both Yale and Victoria; choosing to sit for Victoria

## Party standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Conservative | 38 |
| | Liberal | 2 |
| | Socialist | 2 |
| Total | Total | 42 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 34 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held for the following members appointed to the provincial cabinet, as was required at the time:
* William Roderick Ross, Minister of Lands, elected November 26, 1910
By-elections were held to replace members for various other reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Yale | Alexander Lucas | Conservative | December 12, 1910 | R. McBride resigned seat; elected in both Victoria City and Yale |
Notes:
* ↑ Acclaimed

## Other changes

* Liberal John Jardine crossed the floor to join the Conservatives in 1911.