6th Parliament of British Columbia

The 6th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1891 to 1894. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1890.^[1] John Robson served as premier until his death in 1892.^[2] Theodore Davie succeeded Robson as premier.

There were four sessions of the 6th Legislature:^[3]

Session	Start	End
1st	January 15, 1891	April 20, 1891
2nd	January 28, 1892	April 23, 1892
3rd	January 26, 1893	April 12, 1893
4th	January 18, 1894	April 12, 1894

David Williams Higgins served as speaker.^[4]

Members of the 6th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1891:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
Thomas Fletcher	Alberni	Government[nb 1]	1890
Joseph Mason	Cariboo	Government	1886
John Robson		Government	1871[a], 1882
Samuel Augustus Rogers		Government	1890
Ithiel Blake Nason		Government	1888, 1891
Hugh Watt		Government	1892
William Adams		Government	1893
Robert Hanley Hall	Cassiar	Government	1890
Joseph Hunter	Comox	Government	1871, 1890
Henry Croft	Cowichan	Government	1886
Theodore Davie		Government	1882
James Baker	East Kootenay	Government	1886
David Williams Higgins	Esquimalt	Government	1886
Charles Edward Pooley		Government	1882
John Paton Booth	The Islands	Government	1871[b], 1890
Alfred Wellington Smith	Lillooet	Government	1889
David Alexander Stoddart		Opposition[nb 2]	1890
William Thomas Forster	Nanaimo	Labour[nb 3]	1890
Colin Campbell McKenzie		Farmer[nb 4]	1890
Thomas Keith	Nanaimo City	Labour[nb 3]	1890
John Cunningham Brown	New Westminster City	Independent	1890
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton	Vancouver City	Opposition	1890
James Welton Horne		Independent	1890
George William Anderson	Victoria	Government	1886
David McEwen Eberts		Government	1890
Robert Beaven	Victoria City	Opposition	1871
John Grant		Opposition	1882
George Lawson Milne		Opposition	1890
John Herbert Turner		Government	1886
James M. Kellie	West Kootenay	Independent	1890
Thomas Edwin Kitchen	Westminster	Opposition	1890
James Punch		Opposition	1890
Colin Buchanan Sword		Opposition	1890
John Robson[nb 5]		Government	1871[c], 1882
George Bohun Martin	Yale	Government	1882
Charles Augustus Semlin		Opposition	1871, 1882
Forbes George Vernon		Government	1875, 1886

Notes:

1. Government candidates supported the Robson administration
2. opposed to the Robson administration
3. Both Labour candidates were nominated by the Miners' and Mine Labourers' Protective Association (MMLPA)
4. A "farmers' candidate" endorsed by the MMLPA
5. Elected in both Westminster and Cariboo, choosing to sit for Cariboo

By-elections

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

• James Baker Minister of Education and Immigration,^[5] acclaimed July 30, 1892

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Election date	Reason
Westminster	Colin Buchanan Sword	November 20, 1890	J. Robson resigned, elected in both Westminster and Cariboo
Cariboo	Ithiel Blake Nason	March 20, 1891	death of J. Mason on December 2, 1890
Cariboo	Hugh Watt	November 30, 1892	death of J. Robson on June 29, 1892
Cariboo	William Adams	November 30, 1893	death of I.B. Nason on May 27, 1893

Notes

1. Nanaimo
2. Cowichan
3. Nanaimo

References

1. "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2011. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
2. Roy, Patricia E (1990). "John Robson". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
3. Begg, Alexander (1894). History of British Columbia from its earliest discovery to the present time. p. 547. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12.
4. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
5. Gosnell, R. Edward (1906). A history; British Columbia. p. 310. Retrieved 2011-08-08.