# 14th Parliament of British Columbia

The 14th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1917 to 1920. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September 1916. The British Columbia Liberal Party, led by Harlan Carey Brewster, formed the government. Following Brewster's death in March 1918, John Oliver became Premier.
John Walter Weart served as speaker until the start of the 1918 session, when John Keen succeeded him as speaker.

## Members of the 14th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1916.:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Harlan Carey Brewster | Alberni | Liberal | 1907, 1916 |
| Richard Pateman Wallis (1918) | Alberni | Conservative | 1918 |
| Richard John Burde (1919) | Alberni | Independent Soldier | 1919 |
| Frank Harry Mobley | Atlin | Liberal | 1916 |
| John MacKay Yorston | Cariboo | Liberal | 1907, 1916 |
| Edward Dodsley Barrow | Chilliwack | Liberal | 1916 |
| John Andrew Buckham | Columbia | Liberal | 1916 |
| Hugh Stewart | Comox | Liberal | 1916 |
| William Henry Hayward | Cowichan | Independent | 1900, 1907 |
| Kenneth Forrest Duncan (1919) | Cowichan | Unionist | 1919 |
| James Horace King | Cranbrook | Liberal | 1903, 1916 |
| Francis James Anderson MacKenzie | Delta | Conservative | 1909 |
| John Oliver | Dewdney | Liberal | 1900, 1916 |
| Robert Henry Pooley | Esquimalt | Conservative | 1912 |
| Alexander Ingram Fisher | Fernie | Liberal | 1916 |
| William Roderick Ross | Fort George | Conservative | 1903 |
| James Edwin Wallace Thompson | Grand Forks | Liberal | 1916 |
| John Duncan MacLean | Greenwood | Liberal | 1916 |
| Malcolm Bruce Jackson | The Islands | Liberal | 1916 |
| Frederick William Anderson | Kamloops | Liberal | 1916 |
| John Keen | Kaslo | Liberal | 1916 |
| Archibald McDonald | Lillooet | Conservative | 1903, 1909 |
| William Sloan | Nanaimo | Liberal | 1916 |
| William Oliver Rose | Nelson | Conservative | 1916 |
| Parker Williams | Newcastle | Independent Socialist | 1903 |
| James Hawthornthwaite (1918) | Newcastle | Independent Socialist | 1901, 1918 |
| David Whiteside | New Westminster | Liberal | 1916 |
| Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald | North Okanagan | Liberal | 1916 |
| George Samuel Hanes | North Vancouver | Liberal | 1916 |
| Alexander Malcolm Manson | Omineca | Liberal | 1916 |
| Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | Prince Rupert | Liberal | 1916 |
| William Henry Sutherland | Revelstoke | Liberal | 1916 |
| Gerald Grattan McGeer | Richmond | Liberal | 1916 |
| William David Willson | Rossland | Liberal | 1916 |
| Frederick Arthur Pauline | Saanich | Liberal | 1916 |
| Lytton Wilmot Shatford | Similkameen | Conservative | 1903 |
| William Alexander McKenzie (1918) | Similkameen | Conservative | 1918 |
| Charles Franklin Nelson | Slocan | Liberal | 1916 |
| James William Jones | South Okanagan | Conservative | 1916 |
| John Walter Weart | South Vancouver | Liberal | 1916 |
| James Hargrave Schofield | Trail | Conservative | 1907 |
| William John Bowser | Vancouver City | Conservative | 1903 |
| John Sedgwick Cowper | Vancouver City | Liberal | 1916 |
| John Wallace deBeque Farris | Vancouver City | Liberal | 1916 |
| Malcolm Archibald Macdonald | Vancouver City | Liberal | 1916 |
| John William McIntosh | Vancouver City | Liberal | 1916 |
| John William McIntosh | Vancouver City | Independent Liberal | 1916 |
| Ralph Smith | Vancouver City | Liberal | 1898, 1916 |
| Mary Ellen Smith (1918) | Vancouver City | Independent | 1918 |
| George Bell | Victoria City | Liberal | 1916 |
| Harlan Carey Brewster | Victoria City | Liberal | 1907, 1916 |
| Henry Charles Hall | Victoria City | Liberal | 1916 |
| John Hart | Victoria City | Liberal | 1916 |
| Francis William Henry Giolma (1918) | Victoria City | Soldier | 1918 |
| Joseph Walters | Yale | Liberal | 1916 |

## Party standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Liberal | 36 |
| | Conservative | 9 |
| | Independent | 1 |
| | Independent Socialist | 1 |
| Total | Total | 47 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 25 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held for the following members appointed to the provincial cabinet, as was required at the time:
* James Horace King, Minister of Public Works, acclaimed January 3, 1917
* John Oliver, Minister of Agriculture and Railways, acclaimed January 3, 1917
* John Duncan MacLean, Provincial Secretary and Minister of Education, acclaimed January 3, 1917
* William Sloan, Minister of Mines, acclaimed January 3, 1917
* Malcolm Archibald Macdonald, Attorney General, elected January 3, 1917
* Ralph Smith, Minister of Finance, elected January 3, 1917
* Harlan Carey Brewster, Premier, acclaimed January 3, 1917
* Thomas Dufferin Pattullo, Minister of Lands, elected January 13, 1917
* John Wallace deBeque Farris, Attorney General and Minister of Labour, acclaimed June 23, 1917
* John Hart, Minister of Finance, elected June 30, 1917
* Edward Dodsley Barrow, Minister of Agriculture, elected May 25, 1918
By-elections were held to replace members for various other reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Alberni | Richard Pateman Wallis | Conservative | January 24, 1918 | H.C. Brewster resigned; elected in both Alberni and Victoria City |
| Newcastle | James Hurst Hawthornthwaite | Independent Socialist | January 24, 1918 | P. Williams resigned; named to Workmen's Compensation Board January 1, 1917 |
| Similkameen | William Alexander McKenzie | Conservative | January 24, 1918 | L.W. Shatford resigned; named to Senate of Canada June 23, 1917 |
| Vancouver City | Mary Ellen Smith | Independent | January 24, 1918 | death of R. Smith, February 12, 1917 |
| Victoria City | Francis William Henry Giolma | Soldier | January 24, 1918 | death of H.C. Brewster, March 1, 1918 |
| Alberni | Richard John Burde | Independent Soldier | January 29, 1919 | death of R.P. Wallis, October 14, 1918 |
| Cowichan | Kenneth Forrest Duncan | Unionist | January 25, 1919 | W.H. Hayward resigned; official military duties in Ottawa |

## Other changes

* John William McIntosh resigns from the Liberals in April 1917 to become an Independent Liberal.
* At some point in the life of the legislature McIntosh, Richard John Burde, Kenneth Forrest Duncan and Francis William Henry Giolma form the Soldier Party.
* Aitlin (dec. Frank Harry Mobley February 3, 1920)