6th Parliament of British Columbia

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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.

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

SessionStartEnd
1stJanuary 15, 1891April 20, 1891
2ndJanuary 28, 1882April 23, 1802
3rdJanuary 261, 1893April 12, 1893
4thJanuary 18, 1894April 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]

MemberElectoral districtParty
Thomas Fletcher Alberni Government [nb 1]
Joseph Mason Cariboo Government
John Robson Government
Samuel Augustus Rogers Government
Robert Hanley Hall Cassiar Government
Joseph Hunter Comox Government
Henry Croft Cowichan Government
Theodore Davie Government
James Baker East Kootenay Government
David Williams Higgins Esquimalt Government
Charles Edward Pooley Government
John Paton Booth The Islands Government
Alfred Wellington Smith Lillooet Government
David Alexander Stoddart Opposition [nb 2]
William Thomas Forster Nanaimo Labour [nb 3]
Colin Campbell McKenzie Farmer [nb 4]
Thomas Keith Nanaimo City Labour [nb 3]
John Cunningham Brown New Westminster City Independent
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton Vancouver City Opposition
James Welton Horne Independent
George William Anderson Victoria Government
David McEwen Eberts Government
Robert Beaven Victoria City Opposition
John Grant Opposition
George Lawson Milne Opposition
John Herbert Turner Government
James M. Kellie West Kootenay Independent
Thomas Edwin Kitchen Westminster Opposition
James Punch Opposition
John Robson [nb 5] Government
George Bohun Martin Yale Government
Charles Augustus Semlin Opposition
Forbes George Vernon Government

Notes:

  1. ↑ Government candidates supported the Robson administration
  2. ↑ opposed to the Robson administration
  3. 1 2 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]

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

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

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    4. ↑ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
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