# 19th Parliament of British Columbia

The 19th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1937 to 1941. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1937. The Liberal Party, led by Thomas Dufferin Pattullo, formed the government. The Conservative Party formed the official opposition.
Norman William Whittaker (Liberal) served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the 19th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1937.:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| George Sharratt Pearson | Alberni-Nanaimo | Liberal | 1928 |
| William James Asselstine | Atlin | Liberal | 1933 |
| Ernest Edward Winch | Burnaby | CCF | 1933 |
| Louis LeBourdais | Cariboo | Liberal | 1937 |
| Leslie Harvey Eyres | Chilliwack | Conservative | 1937 |
| Thomas King | Columbia | Liberal | 1931, 1934 |
| Colin Cameron | Comox | CCF | 1937 |
| Samuel Guthrie | Cowichan-Newcastle | CCF | 1920, 1937 |
| Frank Mitchell MacPherson | Cranbrook | Liberal | 1928 |
| Arnold Joseph McGrath (1939) | Cranbrook | Liberal | 1939 |
| Leonard Alec Shepherd | Delta | CCF | 1937 |
| Frank Porter Patterson | Dewdney | Conservative | 1937 |
| David William Strachan (1938) | Dewdney | Liberal | 1933, 1938 |
| Elmer Victor Finland | Esquimalt | Conservative | 1937 |
| Thomas Aubert Uphill | Fernie | Labour | 1920 |
| Henry George Thomas Perry | Fort George | Liberal | 1920, 1933 |
| Ezra Churchill Henniger | Grand Forks-Greenwood | Liberal | 1920, 1937 |
| Macgregor Fullarton MacIntosh | The Islands | Conservative | 1931, 1937 |
| Robert Henry Carson | Kamloops | Liberal | 1933 |
| Charles Sidney Leary | Kaslo-Slocan | Liberal | 1924, 1933 |
| George Matheson Murray | Lillooet | Liberal | 1933 |
| John Melvin Bryan, Sr. | Mackenzie | Liberal | 1924, 1933 |
| Manfred McGeer (1940) | Mackenzie | Liberal | 1940 |
| Frank Putnam | Nelson-Creston | Liberal | 1933 |
| Arthur Wellesley Gray | New Westminster | Liberal | 1924 |
| Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald | North Okanagan | Liberal | 1916, 1933 |
| Dorothy Steeves | North Vancouver | CCF | 1934 |
| Mark Matthew Connelly | Omineca | Liberal | 1936 |
| Glen Everton Braden | Peace River | Liberal | 1937 |
| Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | Prince Rupert | Liberal | 1916 |
| Harry Johnston | Revelstoke | Liberal | 1937 |
| Richard Ronald Burns | Rossland-Trail | Liberal | 1933 |
| Norman William Whittaker | Saanich | Liberal | 1933 |
| Rolf Wallgren Bruhn | Salmon Arm | Independent | 1924 |
| Rolf Wallgren Bruhn | Salmon Arm | Conservative | 1924 |
| Charles Herbert Percy Tupper | Similkameen | Liberal | 1933 |
| Edward Tourtellotte Kenney | Skeena | Liberal | 1933 |
| Cecil Robert Bull | South Okanagan | Liberal | 1937 |
| John Howard Forester | Vancouver-Burrard | Liberal | 1936 |
| Helen Douglas Smith | Vancouver-Burrard | Liberal | 1933 |
| Fred Crone | Vancouver Centre | Liberal | 1937 |
| Gordon Sylvester Wismer | Vancouver Centre | Liberal | 1933 |
| Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson (1939) | Vancouver Centre | CCF | 1939 |
| James Lyle Telford | Vancouver East | CCF | 1937 |
| James Lyle Telford | Vancouver East | Independent | 1937 |
| Harold Edward Winch | Vancouver East | CCF | 1933 |
| Royal Lethington Maitland | Vancouver-Point Grey | Conservative | 1928, 1937 |
| James Alexander Paton | Vancouver-Point Grey | Conservative | 1937 |
| George Moir Weir | Vancouver-Point Grey | Liberal | 1933 |
| Herbert Anscomb | Victoria City | Conservative | 1933 |
| John Hart | Victoria City | Liberal | 1916, 1933 |
| Joseph Douglas Hunter | Victoria City | Conservative | 1937 |
| William Thomas Straith | Victoria City | Liberal | 1937 |
| John Joseph Alban Gillis | Yale | Liberal | 1928 |
Notes:

## Party standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Liberal | 31 |
| | Conservative | 8 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | 7 |
| | Independent | 1 |
| | Labour | 1 |
| Total | Total | 48 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 14 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Dewdney | David William Strachan | Liberal | May 20, 1938 | F.P. Patterson died February 10, 1938 |
| Vancouver Centre | Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson | CCF | May 1, 1939 | F. Crone died April 3, 1939 |
| Cranbrook | Arnold Joseph McGrath | Liberal | October 26, 1939 | E.M. MacPherson resigned September 27, 1939; named to federal Board of Transport Commissioners |
| Mackenzie | Manfred McGeer | Liberal | September 21, 1940 | J.M. Bryan died May 5, 1940 |
Notes:

## Other changes

* Rolf Wallgren Bruhn joins the Conservatives in 1938.
* James Lyle Telford expelled from the CCF on June 26, 1939, and becomes an independent.