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.^[1] The British Columbia Liberal Party, led by John Oliver, formed the government.^[2]

Alexander Malcolm Manson served as speaker until January, 1922, after which Frederick Arthur Pauline succeeded him as speaker.^[3]

Members of the 15th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1920.:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party
	Richard John Burde	Alberni	Independent
	Herbert Frederick Kergin	Atlin	Liberal
	John MacKay Yorston	Cariboo	Liberal
	Edward Dodsley Barrow	Chilliwack	Liberal
	John Andrew Buckham	Columbia	Liberal
	Thomas Menzies	Comox	People's
	Kenneth Forrest Duncan	Cowichan	Independent
	James Horace King	Cranbrook	Liberal
	John Oliver[nb 1]	Delta	Liberal
	John Alexander Catherwood	Dewdney	Conservative
	Robert Henry Pooley	Esquimalt	Conservative
	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Federated Labour
	Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George	Liberal
	Ezra Churchill Henniger	Grand Forks	Liberal
	John Duncan MacLean	Greenwood	Liberal
	Malcolm Bruce Jackson	The Islands	Liberal
	Frederick William Anderson	Kamloops	Liberal
	Fred W. Lister	Kaslo	Conservative
	Archibald McDonald	Lillooet	Conservative
	William Sloan	Nanaimo	Liberal
	William Oliver Rose	Nelson	Conservative
	Samuel Guthrie	Newcastle	Federated Labour
	David Whiteside	New Westminster	Liberal
	Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan	Liberal
	George Samuel Hanes	North Vancouver	Independent
	Alexander Malcolm Manson	Omineca	Liberal
	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert	Liberal
	William Henry Sutherland	Revelstoke	Liberal
	Thomas Pearson	Richmond	Conservative
	William Kemble Esling	Rossland	Conservative
	Frederick Arthur Pauline	Saanich	Liberal
	William Alexander McKenzie	Similkameen	Conservative
	William Hunter	Slocan	Conservative
	James William Jones	South Okanagan	Conservative
	Robert Henry Neelands	South Vancouver	Federated Labour
	James Hargrave Schofield	Trail	Conservative
	William John Bowser	Vancouver City	Conservative
	John Wallace deBeque Farris		Liberal
	Malcolm Archibald Macdonald
	Ian Alistair MacKenzie
	James Ramsay
	Mary Ellen Smith
	Joseph Badenoch Clearihue	Victoria City	Liberal
	John Hart
	Joshua Hinchcliffe		Conservative
	John Oliver[nb 1]		Liberal
	John McRae	Yale	Conservative

Notes:

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

Party standings

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

By-elections

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

• Alexander Malcolm Manson, Attorney General and Minister of Labour,^[4] acclaimed April 10, 1922
• William Henry Sutherland, Minister of Public Works,^[5] elected April 10, 1922

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Delta	Alexander McDonald Paterson	Conservative	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)

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 2011-09-23.
3. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
4. }"Manson, Alexander Malcolm, b. 1883". University of British Columbia Library. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
5. "Obituaries". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 53: 515. November 1945. PMC 1582368.