16th Parliament of British Columbia

The 16th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1924 to 1928. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1924.^[1] The British Columbia Liberal Party, led by John Oliver, formed a minority government. Following Oliver's death in August 1927, John Duncan MacLean became Premier.^[2]

John Andrew Buckham served as speaker for the assembly.^[3]

Members of the 16th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1924.:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party
	Richard John Burde	Alberni	Independent Liberal
	Herbert Frederick Kergin	Atlin	Liberal
	Francis Aubrey Browne	Burnaby	Canadian Labour
	David Alexander Stoddart	Cariboo	Provincial
	Edward Dodsley Barrow	Chilliwack	Liberal
	John Andrew Buckham	Columbia	Liberal
	Paul Phillips Harrison	Comox	Independent Liberal
	Cyril Francis Davie	Cowichan-Newcastle	Conservative
	Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger	Cranbrook	Conservative
	Fred W. Lister	Creston	Conservative
	Alexander McDonald Paterson	Delta	Liberal
	John Alexander Catherwood	Dewdney	Conservative
	Robert Henry Pooley	Esquimalt	Conservative
	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Canadian Labour
	Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George	Liberal
	John McKie	Grand Forks-Greenwood	Conservative
	Cyrus Wesley Peck	The Islands	Conservative
	James Reginald Colley	Kamloops	Liberal
	Charles Sidney Leary	Kaslo-Slocan	Liberal
	Albert Edward Munn	Lillooet	Liberal
	Michael Manson	Mackenzie	Conservative
	William Sloan	Nanaimo	Liberal
	Kenneth Campbell	Nelson	Liberal
	Edwin James Rothwell	New Westminster	Liberal
	Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan	Liberal
	John Melvin Bryan Sr.	North Vancouver	Liberal
	Alexander Malcolm Manson	Omineca	Liberal
	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert	Liberal
	William Henry Sutherland	Revelstoke	Liberal
	George Alexander Walkem	Richmond-Point Grey	Provincial
	James Hargrave Schofield	Rossland-Trail	Conservative
	Thomas George Coventry	Saanich	Conservative
	Rolf Wallgren Bruhn	Salmon Arm	Conservative
	William Alexander McKenzie	Similkameen	Conservative
	Horace Cooper Wrinch	Skeena	Liberal
	James William Jones	South Okanagan	Conservative
	Robert Henry Neelands	South Vancouver	Canadian Labour
	Andrew McCreight Creery	Vancouver City	Provincial
	Ian Alistair MacKenzie		Liberal
	Christopher McRae
	Victor Wentworth Odlum
	Mary Ellen Smith
	Charles Woodward
	Reginald Hayward	Victoria City	Conservative
	Joshua Hinchcliffe
	Robert Allan Gus Lyons
	Harold Despard Twigg
	John Duncan MacLean	Yale	Liberal

Notes:

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	23
	Conservative	17
	Provincial	3
	Canadian Labour Party	3
	Independent Liberal	2
Total		48
Government Majority		-2

By-elections

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

• Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald, defeated by Arthur Ormiston Cochrane, Conservative, October 9, 1924

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Nelson	John Oliver	Liberal	August 23, 1924	K. Campbell resigned August 1924; provide seat for J. Oliver
Grand Forks-Greenwood	Dougald McPherson	Liberal	April 25, 1925	death of J. McKie October 29, 1924
North Okanagan	William Farris Kennedy	Conservative	June 9, 1927	death of A.O. Cochrane December 4, 1926
New Westminster	Arthur Wellesley Gray	Liberal	August 25, 1927	death of E.J. Rothwell June 29, 1927
Nelson	James Albert McDonald	Liberal	October 17, 1927	death of J. Oliver August 17, 1927

Notes:

Other changes

• Shortly after the election Paul Phillips Harrison joins the Liberals while Richard John Burde becomes an independent.
• George Alexander Walkem joins the Conservatives in 1928.^[4]
• Nanaimo (dec. William Sloan March 2, 1928)
• Vancouver City(res. Ian Alistair Mackenzie appointed Provincial Secretary June 5, 1928)^[5]

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. Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs 1928
5. "British Columbia Executive Council Appointments 1871–1986" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2012-04-22.