12th Parliament of British Columbia

The 12th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1910 to 1912. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in November 1909.^[1] The British Columbia Conservative Party led by Richard McBride formed the government.^[2]

David McEwen Eberts served as speaker.^[3]

Members of the 12th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1909.:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party
	Harlan Carey Brewster	Alberni	Liberal
	Henry Esson Young	Atlin	Conservative
	Michael Callanan	Cariboo	Conservative
	John Anderson Fraser
	Samuel Arthur Cawley	Chilliwhack	Conservative
	Henry George Parson	Columbia	Conservative
	Michael Manson	Comox	Conservative
	William Henry Hayward	Cowichan	Conservative
	Thomas Donald Caven	Cranbrook	Conservative
	Francis James Anderson MacKenzie	Delta	Conservative
	William J. Manson	Dewdney	Conservative
	John Jardine	Esquimalt	Liberal
	William Roderick Ross	Fernie	Conservative
	Ernest Miller	Grand Forks	Conservative
	John Robert Jackson	Greenwood	Conservative
	Albert Edward McPhillips	The Islands	Conservative
	James Pearson Shaw	Kamloops	Conservative
	Neil Franklin MacKay	Kaslo	Conservative
	Archibald McDonald	Lillooet	Conservative
	James Hurst Hawthornthwaite	Nanaimo City	Socialist
	Harry Wright	Nelson City	Conservative
	Parker Williams	Newcastle	Socialist
	Thomas Gifford	New Westminster City	Conservative
	Price Ellison	Okanagan	Conservative
	Thomas Taylor	Revelstoke	Conservative
	Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton	Richmond	Conservative
	William Robert Braden	Rossland City	Conservative
	David McEwen Eberts	Saanich	Conservative
	Lytton Wilmot Shatford	Similkameen	Conservative
	William Manson	Skeena	Conservative
	William Hunter	Slocan	Conservative
	William John Bowser	Vancouver City	Conservative
	Alexander Henry Boswell MacGowan
	George Albert McGuire
	Charles Edward Tisdall
	Henry Holgate Watson
	Henry Frederick William Behnsen	Victoria City	Conservative
	Frederick Davey
	Richard McBride[nb 1]
	Henry Broughton Thomson
	Richard McBride[nb 1]	Yale	Conservative
	James Hargrave Schofield	Ymir	Conservative

Notes:

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

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative	38
	Liberal	2
	Socialist	2
Total		42
Government Majority		34

By-elections

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

• William Roderick Ross, Minister of Lands,^[4] elected November 26, 1910

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Yale	Alexander Lucas	Conservative	December 12, 1910[nb 1]	R. McBride resigned seat; elected in both Victoria City and Yale

Notes:

1. Acclaimed

Other changes

• Liberal John Jardine crossed the floor to join the Conservatives in 1911.^[1][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 2011-07-20.
3. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
4. "Executive Council Appointments 1871 - 1986" (PDF). Legislature of British Columbia. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
5. "Members of the Legislature of British Columbia" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2012-04-22.