# 15th Parliament of British Columbia

The 15th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1921 to 1924. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in December 1920. The British Columbia Liberal Party, led by John Oliver, formed the government.
Alexander Malcolm Manson served as speaker until January, 1922, after which Frederick Arthur Pauline succeeded him as speaker.

## Members of the 15th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1920.:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Richard John Burde | Alberni | Independent | 1919 |
| Herbert Frederick Kergin | Atlin | Liberal | 1920 |
| John MacKay Yorston | Cariboo | Liberal | 1907, 1916 |
| Edward Dodsley Barrow | Chilliwack | Liberal | 1916 |
| John Andrew Buckham | Columbia | Liberal | 1916 |
| Thomas Menzies | Comox | People's | 1920 |
| Kenneth Forrest Duncan | Cowichan | Independent | 1919 |
| James Horace King | Cranbrook | Liberal | 1903, 1916 |
| Noel Sterling Austin Arnold Wallinger (1922) | Cranbrook | Conservative | 1922 |
| John Oliver | Delta | Liberal | 1900, 1916 |
| Alexander McDonald Paterson (1921) | Delta | Liberal | 1921 |
| John Alexander Catherwood | Dewdney | Conservative | 1920 |
| Robert Henry Pooley | Esquimalt | Conservative | 1912 |
| Thomas Aubert Uphill | Fernie | Federated Labour | 1920 |
| Henry George Thomas Perry | Fort George | Liberal | 1920 |
| Ezra Churchill Henniger | Grand Forks | Liberal | 1920 |
| John Duncan MacLean | Greenwood | Liberal | 1916 |
| Malcolm Bruce Jackson | The Islands | Liberal | 1916 |
| Frederick William Anderson | Kamloops | Liberal | 1916 |
| Fred W. Lister | Kaslo | Conservative | 1920 |
| Archibald McDonald | Lillooet | Conservative | 1903, 1909 |
| William Sloan | Nanaimo | Liberal | 1916 |
| William Oliver Rose | Nelson | Conservative | 1916 |
| Kenneth Campbell (1922) | Nelson | Liberal | 1922 |
| Samuel Guthrie | Newcastle | Federated Labour | 1920 |
| David Whiteside | New Westminster | Liberal | 1916 |
| Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald | North Okanagan | Liberal | 1916 |
| George Samuel Hanes | North Vancouver | Independent | 1916 |
| Alexander Malcolm Manson | Omineca | Liberal | 1916 |
| Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | Prince Rupert | Liberal | 1916 |
| William Henry Sutherland | Revelstoke | Liberal | 1916 |
| Thomas Pearson | Richmond | Conservative | 1920 |
| William Kemble Esling | Rossland | Conservative | 1920 |
| Frederick Arthur Pauline | Saanich | Liberal | 1916 |
| William Alexander McKenzie | Similkameen | Conservative | 1918 |
| William Hunter | Slocan | Conservative | 1907, 1920 |
| James William Jones | South Okanagan | Conservative | 1916 |
| Robert Henry Neelands | South Vancouver | Federated Labour | 1920 |
| James Hargrave Schofield | Trail | Conservative | 1907 |
| William John Bowser | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1903 |
| John Wallace deBeque Farris | Vancouver City | Liberal | 1916 |
| Malcolm Archibald Macdonald | Vancouver City | Liberal | 1916 |
| Ian Alistair MacKenzie | Vancouver City | Liberal | 1920 |
| James Ramsay | Vancouver City | Liberal | 1920 |
| Mary Ellen Smith | Vancouver City | Liberal | 1918 |
| Joseph Badenoch Clearihue | Victoria City | Liberal | 1920 |
| John Hart | Victoria City | Liberal | 1916 |
| Joshua Hinchcliffe | Victoria City | Conservative | 1920 |
| John Oliver | Victoria City | Liberal | 1900, 1916 |
| John McRae | Yale | Conservative | 1920 |
Notes:
* 1 2 Elected in both Delta and Victoria City; choosing to sit for Victoria City

## Party standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Liberal | 25 |
| | Conservative | 15 |
| | Independent | 3 |
| | Federated Labour | 3 |
| | People's | 1 |
| Total | Total | 47 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 3 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held for the following members appointed to the provincial cabinet, as was required at the time:
* Alexander Malcolm Manson, Attorney General and Minister of Labour, acclaimed April 10, 1922
* William Henry Sutherland, Minister of Public Works, elected April 10, 1922
By-elections were held to replace members for various other reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Delta | Alexander McDonald Paterson | Liberal | February 3, 1921 | J. Oliver resigned; elected in both Delta and Victoria City |
| Nelson | Kenneth Campbell | Liberal | March 22, 1922 | W.O. Rose resigned; contested federal seat December 6, 1921 |
| Cranbrook | Noel Sterling Austin Arnold Wallinger | Conservative | August 15, 1922 | J.H. King resigned; contested federal seat March 14, 1922 |
Notes:

## Other changes

* Vancouver City(res. Malcolm Archibald Macdonald October 17, 1921, to contest the 1921 Federal Election)