# 18th Parliament of British Columbia

The 18th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1934 to 1937. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in November 1933. The Liberal Party, led by Thomas Dufferin Pattullo, formed the government. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) formed the official opposition.
Henry George Thomas Perry served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the 18th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1933.:
| 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 |
| Donald Morrison MacKay | Cariboo | Liberal | 1933 |
| Edward Dodsley Barrow | Chilliwack | Liberal | 1916, 1933 |
| William Henry Sutherland | Columbia-Revelstoke | Liberal | 1916 |
| Thomas King (1934) | Columbia-Revelstoke | Liberal | 1931, 1934 |
| Laurence Arnold Hanna | Comox | Liberal | 1928 |
| Hugh George Egioke Savage | Cowichan-Newcastle | Oxford Group Movement | 1933 |
| Frank Mitchell MacPherson | Cranbrook | Liberal | 1928 |
| Robert Swailes | Delta | CCF | 1933 |
| Robert Swailes | Delta | Social Constructive | 1933 |
| David William Strachan | Dewdney | Liberal | 1933 |
| Robert Henry Pooley | Esquimalt | Unionist | 1912 |
| Thomas Aubert Uphill | Fernie | Independent Labour Party | 1920 |
| Henry George Thomas Perry | Fort George | Liberal | 1920, 1933 |
| Dougald MacPherson | Grand Forks-Greenwood | Liberal | 1925, 1933 |
| Alexander McDonald | The Islands | Liberal | 1933 |
| Robert Henry Carson | Kamloops | Liberal | 1933 |
| Charles Sidney Leary | Kaslo-Slocan | Liberal | 1924, 1933 |
| George Matheson Murray | Lillooet | Liberal | 1933 |
| Ernest Bakewell | Mackenzie | CCF | 1933 |
| Ernest Bakewell | Mackenzie | Social Constructive | 1933 |
| Frank Putnam | Nelson-Creston | Liberal | 1933 |
| Arthur Wellesley Gray | New Westminster | Liberal | 1924 |
| Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald | North Okanagan | Liberal | 1916, 1933 |
| Harley Christian Erskine Anderson | North Vancouver | CCF | 1933 |
| Dorothy Steeves (1934) | North Vancouver | CCF | 1934 |
| Alexander Malcolm Manson | Omineca | Liberal | 1916 |
| Mark Matthew Connelly (1936) | Omineca | Liberal | 1936 |
| Clive Montgomery Francis Planta | Peace River | NPIG | 1933 |
| Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | Prince Rupert | Liberal | 1916 |
| Richard Ronald Burns | Rossland-Trail | Liberal | 1933 |
| Norman William Whittaker | Saanich | Liberal | 1933 |
| Rolf Wallgren Bruhn | Salmon Arm | NPIG | 1924 |
| Charles Herbert Percy Tupper | Similkameen | Liberal | 1933 |
| Edward Tourtellotte Kenney | Skeena | Liberal | 1933 |
| Joseph Allen Harris | South Okanagan | Liberal | 1933 |
| Gerald Grattan McGeer | Vancouver-Burrard | Liberal | 1916, 1933 |
| Helen Douglas Smith | Vancouver-Burrard | Liberal | 1933 |
| John Howard Forester (1936) | Vancouver-Burrard | Liberal | 1936 |
| Gordon McGregor Sloan | Vancouver Centre | Liberal | 1933 |
| Gordon Sylvester Wismer | Vancouver Centre | Liberal | 1933 |
| John Price | Vancouver East | CCF | 1933 |
| Harold Edward Winch | Vancouver East | CCF | 1933 |
| Stanley Stewart McKeen | Vancouver-Point Grey | Liberal | 1933 |
| George Moir Weir | Vancouver-Point Grey | Liberal | 1933 |
| Robert Wilkinson | Vancouver-Point Grey | Liberal |
| Herbert Anscomb | Victoria City | Independent | 1933 |
| Robert Connell | Victoria City | CCF | 1933 |
| Robert Connell | Victoria City | Social Constructive | 1933 |
| John Hart | Victoria City | Liberal | 1916, 1933 |
| Byron Ingemar Johnson | Victoria City | Liberal | 1933 |
| John Joseph Alban Gillis | Yale | Liberal | 1928 |
Notes:

## Party standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Liberal | 34 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | 7 |
| | Non-Partisan Independent Group | 2 |
| | Independent | 2 |
| | Unionist | 1 |
| | Independent Labour | 1 |
| Total | Total | 47 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 21 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Columbia | Thomas King | Liberal | March 8, 1934 | Re-establishment of Columbia electoral district |
| North Vancouver | Dorothy Steeves | CCF | July 14, 1934 | H.C.E. Anderson died April 17, 1934 |
| Omineca | Mark Matthew Connelly | Liberal | June 22, 1936 | A.M. Manson resigned September 14, 1935, to contest federal election |
| Vancouver-Burrard | John Howard Forester | Liberal | September 1, 1936 | G.G. McGeer resigned October 1, 1935, to contest federal election |
Notes:
* ↑ Acclaimed

## Other changes

* In August 1936 Robert Connell, Ernest Bakewell, John Price and Robert Swailes leave the CCF to create the Social Constructives.
* Vancouver Centre (res. Gordon McGregor Sloan appointed to Court of Appeal, April 5, 1937)
* Cariboo (res. Donald Morrison MacKay appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1937)