11th Parliament of British Columbia

The 11th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1907 to 1909. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in February 1907.^[1] The British Columbia Conservative Party led by Richard McBride formed the government.^[2]

David McEwen Eberts served as speaker.^[3]

Members of the 11th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1907.:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party
	Harlan Carey Brewster	Alberni	Liberal
	Henry Esson Young	Atlin	Conservative
	Harry Jones	Cariboo	Liberal
	John MacKay Yorston
	Charles William Munro	Chilliwhack	Liberal
	Henry George Parson	Columbia	Conservative
	Robert Grant	Comox	Conservative
	William Henry Hayward	Cowichan	Conservative
	James Horace King	Cranbrook	Liberal
	John Oliver	Delta	Liberal
	Richard McBride[nb 1]	Dewdney	Conservative
	John Jardine	Esquimalt	Liberal
	William Roderick Ross	Fernie	Conservative
	John McInnis	Grand Forks	Socialist
	George Ratcliffe Naden	Greenwood	Liberal
	Albert Edward McPhillips	The Islands	Conservative
	Frederick John Fulton	Kamloops	Conservative
	Neil Franklin MacKay	Kaslo	Conservative
	Mark Robert Eagleson	Lillooet	Liberal
	James Hurst Hawthornthwaite	Nanaimo City	Socialist
	George Arthur Benjamin Hall	Nelson City	Liberal
	Parker Williams	Newcastle	Socialist
	Thomas Gifford	New Westminster City	Conservative
	Price Ellison	Okanagan	Conservative
	Thomas Taylor	Revelstoke	Conservative
	Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton	Richmond	Conservative
	James Alexander MacDonald	Rossland City	Liberal
	David McEwen Eberts	Saanich	Conservative
	Lytton Wilmot Shatford	Similkameen	Conservative
	William Thomas Kergin	Skeena	Liberal
	William Hunter	Slocan	Conservative
	William John Bowser	Vancouver City	Conservative
	James Ford Garden
	Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan
	George Albert McGuire
	Robert Garnett Tatlow
	Henry Frederick William Behnsen	Victoria City	Conservative
	Frederick Davey
	Richard McBride[nb 1]
	Henry Broughton Thomson
	Stuart Alexander Henderson	Yale	Liberal
	James Hargrave Schofield	Ymir	Conservative

Notes:

1. Elected in both Dewdney and Victoria; choosing to sit for Victoria

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative	26
	Liberal	13
	Socialist	3
Total		42
Government Majority		10

By-elections

By-elections were held for the following members appointed to the provincial cabinet, as was required at the time:^[1]

• Henry Esson Young, Provincial Secretary,^[4] acclaimed March 12, 1907
• William John Bowser, Attorney General,^[5] elected August 15, 1907
• Thomas Taylor, Minister of Public Works,^[6] elected January 20, 1909

By-elections were held to replace members for various other reasons:^[1]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Dewdney	William J. Manson	Conservative	April 17, 1907[nb 1]	R. McBride resigned seat; elected in both Victoria City and Dewdney
Nanaimo City	James Hurst Hawthornthwaite	Conservative	January 13, 1909	J.H. Hawthornthwaite resigned seat to contest federal election October 26, 1908

Notes:

1. Acclaimed

References

1. "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
2. "Premiers of British Columbia 1871-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
3. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
4. Parker, C. W (1913). Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women. Vol. 1. p. 881. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
5. Roy, Patricia E. "William John Bowser". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
6. Parker, C. W (1916). Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women. Vol. 1. p. 797. Retrieved 2011-08-27.