British Columbia general election, 1894
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This was the seventh election held after British Columbia
became a province of Canada
on July 20, 1871. The number of members remained at 33 with the number of ridings increased to 26 as a result of the partition of the Yale and Westminster ridings.
Although Labour as a party had run candidates in previous election, this election saw the first victories by Labour candidates (in Nanaimo and Nanaimo City), and a "Farmer" candidate (in the second Nanaimo seat). There were five successful independents.
received a mandate after assuming power the year before. Robson died in office in 1892, yielding to Theodore Davie
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rather than the City of New Westminster, which was and continued to be represented by New Westminster City) was partitioned in four; Vancouver City was increased to three members from two while Cariboo was decreased to two from three. The Victoria, Nanaimo, West Kootenay and Lillooet ridings were partitioned also, and the Alberni and Cowichan ridings were combined into Cowichan-Alberni
, which was a two-member seat. In addition the Nanaimo-area riding of The Islands
which had appeared for the first time in 1890 election
was no longer on the hustings, although it would re-appear again following the major redistribution that preceded the 1903 election
. There were no political parties were not acceptable in the House by convention, though some members were openly partisan at the federal level (usually Conservative
, although both Liberal
and Labour allegiance were on display by some candidates).
These ridings were:
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|align="center"|William Adams
|align="center" rowspan=2 |Cariboo
Government
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|align="center" |Lillooet East
Opposition
|align="center"|James Douglas Prentice
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|align="center"|Samuel Augustus Rogers
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|align="center" |New Westminster City
Opposition
|align="center"|James Buckham Kennedy
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|align="center"|John Irving
|align="center" |Cassiar
Government
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|align="center" rowspan=3 |Vancouver City
Opposition
|align="center"|Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton
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|align="center"|Joseph Hunter
|align="center" |Comox
Government
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|align="center"|Robert Macpherson
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|align="center"|Theodore Davie
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|align="center" rowspan=2 |Cowichan-Alberni
Government
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|align="center"|Adolphus Williams
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|align="center"|James Mitchell Mutter
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|align="center" |Westminster-Delta
Opposition
|align="center"|Thomas William Forster
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|align="center"|James Baker
|align="center" |East Kootenay
Government
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|align="center" |Westminster-Dewdney
Opposition
|align="center"|Colin Buchanan Sword
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|align="center"|Theodore Davie
|align="center" rowspan=2 |Esquimalt
Government
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|align="center" |Yale-East
Opposition
|align="center"|Donald Graham
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|align="center"|Charles Edward Pooley
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|align="center" |Yale-West
Opposition
|align="center"|Charles Augustus Semlin
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|align="center"|Alfred Wellington Smith
|align="center" |Lillooet West
Government
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|align="center"|James McGregor
|align="center" |Nanaimo City
Government
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|align="center"|John Bryden
|align="center" |North Nanaimo
Government
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|align="center"|John Paton Booth
|align="center" |North Victoria
Government
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|align="center"|William Wymond Walkem
|align="center" |South Nanaimo
Government
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|align="center"|David McEwen Eberts
|align="center" |South Victoria
Government
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|align="center"|John Braden
|align="center" rowspan=4 |Victoria City
Government
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|align="center"|Henry Dallas Helmcken
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|align="center"|Robert Paterson Rithet
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|align="center"|John Herbert Turner
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|align="center"|James M. Kellie
|align="center" |West Kootenay (north riding)
Government
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|align="center"|John Frederick Hume
|align="center" |West Kootenay (South riding)
Government
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|align="center"|Thomas Edwin Kitchen
|align="center" |Westminster-Chilliwhack
Government
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|align="center"|Thomas Kidd
|align="center" |Westminster-Richmond
Government
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|align="center"|George Bohun Martin
|align="center" |Yale-North
Government
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|align-left"|1 Premier-Elect and Incumbent Premier
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| align="center" colspan="10"|Source: Elections BC
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British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
became a province of Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on July 20, 1871. The number of members remained at 33 with the number of ridings increased to 26 as a result of the partition of the Yale and Westminster ridings.
Non-party system
There were to be no political parties in the new province. The designations "Government" and "Opposition" and "Independent" (and variations on these) functioned in place of parties, but they were very loose and do not represent formal coalitions, more alignments of support during the campaign. "Government" meant in support of the current Premier; "Opposition" meant campaigning against him, and often enough the Opposition would win and immediately become the Government.Although Labour as a party had run candidates in previous election, this election saw the first victories by Labour candidates (in Nanaimo and Nanaimo City), and a "Farmer" candidate (in the second Nanaimo seat). There were five successful independents.
The Robson Government
The government of newspaperman John RobsonJohn Robson
John Robson was a Canadian journalist and politician, who served as the ninth Premier of the Province of British Columbia.-Journalist and activist:...
received a mandate after assuming power the year before. Robson died in office in 1892, yielding to Theodore Davie
Theodore Davie
Theodore Davie was a British Columbia lawyer, politician and jurist. He practiced law in Cassiar and Nanaimo before settling in Victoria and becoming a leading criminal lawyer. He was the brother of Alexander Edmund Batson Davie. Theodore Davie was first elected to the provincial legislature in...
.
Byelections not shown
Any changes due to byelections are shown below the main table showing the theoretical composition of the House after the election. A final table showing the composition of the House at the dissolution of the Legislature at the end of this Parliament can be found below the byelections. The main table represents the immediate results of the election only, not changes in governing coalitions or eventual changes due to byelections.List of ridings
The original ridings were thirteen in number, and Cowichan was restored to a two-member seat while Westminster (formerly New Wesminster, actually the rural areas of the New Westminster Land DistrictNew Westminster Land District
New Westminster Land District is one of 59 Land Districts of British Columbia, Canada, which are the underlying cadastral divisions of that province....
rather than the City of New Westminster, which was and continued to be represented by New Westminster City) was partitioned in four; Vancouver City was increased to three members from two while Cariboo was decreased to two from three. The Victoria, Nanaimo, West Kootenay and Lillooet ridings were partitioned also, and the Alberni and Cowichan ridings were combined into Cowichan-Alberni
Cowichan-Alberni
Cowichan-Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It appeared in the 1894 general election only. It was formed by combining the Alberni riding and parts of the older Cowichan riding...
, which was a two-member seat. In addition the Nanaimo-area riding of The Islands
The Islands
The Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1890 provincial election and lasted until it was integrated into the new riding Nanaimo and The Islands as of the 1941 election.- Demographics :-Notable MLAs:This...
which had appeared for the first time in 1890 election
British Columbia general election, 1890
This was the sixth election held after British Columbia became a province of Canada on July 20, 1871. The number of members was increased for this election from 27 in the previous election to 33, although the number of ridings was decreased to 18....
was no longer on the hustings, although it would re-appear again following the major redistribution that preceded the 1903 election
British Columbia general election, 1903
The British Columbia general election of 1903 was the tenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 5, 1903, and held on October 3, 1903...
. There were no political parties were not acceptable in the House by convention, though some members were openly partisan at the federal level (usually Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
, although both Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
and Labour allegiance were on display by some candidates).
These ridings were:
- CaribooCariboo (provincial electoral district)Cariboo was one of the twelve original electoral districts created when British Columbia became a Canadian province in 1871. Roughly corresponding to the old colonial electoral administrative district of the same name, it was a three-member riding until the 1894 election, when it was reduced...
(three members) - Cassiar
- ComoxComox (electoral district)Comox was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining Confederation, and was a one-member constituency...
- Cowichan-AlberniCowichan-AlberniCowichan-Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It appeared in the 1894 general election only. It was formed by combining the Alberni riding and parts of the older Cowichan riding...
(two members) - East KootenayEast Kootenay (provincial electoral district)Kootenay East is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada...
- EsquimaltEsquimalt (electoral district)Esquimalt was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of the province's first twelve ridings upon its entry into Confederation. It was originally a two-member riding...
(two members) - Lillooet EastLillooet East (electoral district)Lillooet East was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created from the division of the former two-member Lillooet into Lillooet East and Lillooet West, and appeared only in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections...
- Lillooet WestLillooet West (electoral district)Lillooet West was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created from the division of the former two-member Lillooet into Lillooet East and Lillooet West, and appeared only in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections...
- North Nanaimo
- South Nanaimo
- Nanaimo CityNanaimo CityNanaimo City was a provincial electoral district in the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia in Canada from 1890 to 1912. It was one of two Nanaimo ridings at the time, created out of the older Nanaimo riding , with intermediary ridings The Islands and Nanaimo and the Islands...
- New Westminster CityNew Westminster CityNew Westminster City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1871 to 1912. For other electoral districts in New Westminster, please see New Westminster .- Demographics :- Electoral history :...
- North VictoriaNorth VictoriaNorth Victoria was the a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created from a partition of the old Victoria riding, one of the province's first twelve, and first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding,...
- South VictoriaSouth VictoriaSouth Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding, along with North Victoria...
- Vancouver CityVancouver City (electoral district)Vancouver City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was a multiple member riding based in the newly-created city of Vancouver....
(three members) - Victoria CityVictoria City (provincial electoral district)Victoria City was one of the first twelve provincial electoral districts in the province of British Columbia, Canada, upon its entry into Confederation that year. It was originally a four-member riding, and elected to the Legislature several prominent Members of the Legislative Assembly and...
(four members) - West Kootenay (north riding)West Kootenay NorthWest Kootenay North was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894 election only. Its official name was "West Kootenay...
- West Kootenay (south riding)West Kootenay SouthWest Kootenay South was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894 election only. Its official name was "West Kootenay "...
- Westminster-ChilliwhackWestminster-ChilliwhackWestminster-Chilliwhack was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. It and its sister ridings Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Dewdney and Westminster-Richmond were successors to the old four-member Westminster riding, which appeared in 1890...
- Westminster-DeltaWestminster-DeltaWestminster-Delta was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. It and its sister ridings Westminster-Chilliwhack, Westminster-Dewdney and Westminster-Richmond were successors to the four-member Westminster riding, which appeared in 1890 only...
- Westminster-DewdneyWestminster-DewdneyWestminster-Dewdney was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. It and its sister ridings Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Chilliwhack and Westminster-Richmond were successors to the old four-member Westminster riding, which appeared in 1890...
- Westminster-RichmondWestminster-RichmondWestminster-Richmond was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. It and its sister ridings Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Dewdney and Westminster-Chilliwhack were successors to the old four-member Westminster riding, which appeared in 1890...
- Yale-EastYale-EastYale-East was a provincial electoral district in the British Columbia legislature that appeared only in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections. It and its sister ridings Yale-West and Yale-North were created from the older three-member Yale , which was one of the province's first twelve ridings as of...
- Yale-NorthYale-NorthYale-North was a provincial electoral district in the British Columbia legislature that appeared only in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections. It and its sister ridings Yale-West and Yale-East were created from the older three-member Yale , which was one of the province's first twelve ridings as of...
- Yale-WestYale-WestYale-West was a provincial electoral district in the British Columbia legislature that appeared only in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections. It and its sister ridings Yale-West and Yale-East were created from the older three-member Yale riding, which was one of the province's first twelve as of 1871...
Polling conditions
Natives (First Nations) and Chinese were disallowed from voting, although naturalized Kanakas (Hawaiian colonists) and American and West Indian blacks and certain others participated. The requirement that knowledge of English be spoken for balloting was discussed but not applied.Results by riding
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|align="center"|William Adams
William Adams (British Columbia politician)
William Adams was a farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1893 to 1898....
|align="center" rowspan=2 |Cariboo
Cariboo (electoral district)
Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1892.This riding was first created as Cariboo District following British Columbia's admission into the Canadian Confederation in 1871...
Government
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|align="center" |Lillooet East
Lillooet East (electoral district)
Lillooet East was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created from the division of the former two-member Lillooet into Lillooet East and Lillooet West, and appeared only in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections...
Opposition
|align="center"|James Douglas Prentice
James Douglas Prentice
James Douglas Prentice was a Scottish-born rancher and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet East in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1894 and from 1898 to 1903....
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|align="center"|Samuel Augustus Rogers
Samuel Augustus Rogers
Samuel Augustus Rogers was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo from 1890 to 1898 and from 1900 to 1903 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia....
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|align="center" |New Westminster City
New Westminster City
New Westminster City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1871 to 1912. For other electoral districts in New Westminster, please see New Westminster .- Demographics :- Electoral history :...
Opposition
|align="center"|James Buckham Kennedy
James Buckham Kennedy
James Buckham Kennedy was a Canadian lumberman and Liberal politician. Kennedy was the MLA for New Westminster from 1894 to 1898 and Member of Parliament for New Westminster for one term from 1904 to 1908. He also sat on New Westminster's city council.-References:...
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|align="center"|John Irving
John Irving (steamship captain)
John Irving was a steamship captain in British Columbia, Canada. He began on the Fraser River at the age of 18 and would become one of the most famous and prosperous riverboat captains of the era...
|align="center" |Cassiar
Government
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|align="center" rowspan=3 |Vancouver City
Vancouver City (electoral district)
Vancouver City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was a multiple member riding based in the newly-created city of Vancouver....
Opposition
|align="center"|Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton was a Canadian newspaperman, politician, and businessman.Born in Shoreditch , England, the son of Francis Cotton and Martha Ann Garrison, he was the co-owner and editor from 1887 to 1910 of the Vancouver, British Columbia Daily News-Advertiser newspaper...
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|align="center"|Joseph Hunter
Joseph Hunter (Canadian politician)
Joseph Hunter was a Scottish-born surveyor, civil engineer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo from 1871 to 1875 and from 1900 to 1904 and Comox from 1890 to 1898 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Aberdeen and educated there, concluding his...
|align="center" |Comox
Comox (electoral district)
Comox was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining Confederation, and was a one-member constituency...
Government
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|align="center"|Robert Macpherson
Robert Macpherson (Canadian politician)
Robert Macpherson was a Scottish-born carpenter, builder and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1900....
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|align="center"|Theodore Davie
Theodore Davie
Theodore Davie was a British Columbia lawyer, politician and jurist. He practiced law in Cassiar and Nanaimo before settling in Victoria and becoming a leading criminal lawyer. He was the brother of Alexander Edmund Batson Davie. Theodore Davie was first elected to the provincial legislature in...
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|align="center" rowspan=2 |Cowichan-Alberni
Cowichan-Alberni
Cowichan-Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It appeared in the 1894 general election only. It was formed by combining the Alberni riding and parts of the older Cowichan riding...
Government
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|align="center"|Adolphus Williams
Adolphus Williams
Adolphus Williams was a lawyer, magistrate and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Vancouver City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898....
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|align="center"|James Mitchell Mutter
James Mitchell Mutter
James Mitchell Mutter was a Scottish-born soldier, farmer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Cowichan-Alberni in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898....
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|align="center" |Westminster-Delta
Westminster-Delta
Westminster-Delta was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. It and its sister ridings Westminster-Chilliwhack, Westminster-Dewdney and Westminster-Richmond were successors to the four-member Westminster riding, which appeared in 1890 only...
Opposition
|align="center"|Thomas William Forster
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|align="center"|James Baker
James Baker (Canadian politician)
James Baker was an English-born soldier and British Columbia political figure. He represented Kootenay from 1886 to 1890, East Kootenay from 1890 to 1898 and East Kootenay South from 1898 to 1900 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in London, the son of Samuel Baker, and...
|align="center" |East Kootenay
East Kootenay (provincial electoral district)
Kootenay East is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada...
Government
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|align="center" |Westminster-Dewdney
Westminster-Dewdney
Westminster-Dewdney was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. It and its sister ridings Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Chilliwhack and Westminster-Richmond were successors to the old four-member Westminster riding, which appeared in 1890...
Opposition
|align="center"|Colin Buchanan Sword
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|align="center"|Theodore Davie
Theodore Davie
Theodore Davie was a British Columbia lawyer, politician and jurist. He practiced law in Cassiar and Nanaimo before settling in Victoria and becoming a leading criminal lawyer. He was the brother of Alexander Edmund Batson Davie. Theodore Davie was first elected to the provincial legislature in...
|align="center" rowspan=2 |Esquimalt
Esquimalt (electoral district)
Esquimalt was a provincial electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of the province's first twelve ridings upon its entry into Confederation. It was originally a two-member riding...
Government
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|align="center" |Yale-East
Yale-East
Yale-East was a provincial electoral district in the British Columbia legislature that appeared only in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections. It and its sister ridings Yale-West and Yale-North were created from the older three-member Yale , which was one of the province's first twelve ridings as of...
Opposition
|align="center"|Donald Graham
Donald Graham (politician)
Donald Graham was a Scottish-born farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale-East in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898....
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|align="center"|Charles Edward Pooley
Charles Edward Pooley
Charles Edward Pooley was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Esquimalt in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1882 to 1906 as a Conservative....
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|align="center" |Yale-West
Yale-West
Yale-West was a provincial electoral district in the British Columbia legislature that appeared only in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections. It and its sister ridings Yale-West and Yale-East were created from the older three-member Yale riding, which was one of the province's first twelve as of 1871...
Opposition
|align="center"|Charles Augustus Semlin
Charles Augustus Semlin
Charles Augustus Semlin was a British Columbia politician.Born near Barrie, Upper Canada, Semlin worked there as a schoolteacher until 1862 when he moved to British Columbia during the gold rush to become a prospector. In 1869 he purchased the Dominion Ranch and became a rancher...
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|align="center"|Alfred Wellington Smith
Alfred Wellington Smith
Alfred Wellington Smith was an English-born general merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet from 1889 to 1894 and Lillooet West from 1894 to 1903 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Bedford and educated at the Epworth Normal School...
|align="center" |Lillooet West
Lillooet West (electoral district)
Lillooet West was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created from the division of the former two-member Lillooet into Lillooet East and Lillooet West, and appeared only in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections...
Government
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|align="center"|James McGregor
James McGregor
James Bradley McGregor, born 1930 Cambridge, Ohio) is an American organist and composer.-Life:In 1953 he received a B.S. degree in music from Capital University, where he studied with William S. Bailey. In 1959, he received an M.S.M degree from the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New...
|align="center" |Nanaimo City
Nanaimo City
Nanaimo City was a provincial electoral district in the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia in Canada from 1890 to 1912. It was one of two Nanaimo ridings at the time, created out of the older Nanaimo riding , with intermediary ridings The Islands and Nanaimo and the Islands...
Government
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|align="center"|John Bryden
John Bryden (MLA)
John Bryden was a Scottish-born businessman and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Nanaimo from 1875 to 1876 and North Nanaimo from 1894 to 1900 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia....
|align="center" |North Nanaimo
Government
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|align="center"|John Paton Booth
John Paton Booth
John Paton Booth was a Scottish-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cowichan from 1871 to 1875, The Islands from 1890 to 1894 and North Victoria from 1894 to 1902 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He came to Guelph, Ontario at a young age, was educated in...
|align="center" |North Victoria
North Victoria
North Victoria was the a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created from a partition of the old Victoria riding, one of the province's first twelve, and first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding,...
Government
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|align="center"|William Wymond Walkem
William Wymond Walkem
William Wymond Walkem was a physician, author and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented South Nanaimo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898....
|align="center" |South Nanaimo
Government
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|align="center"|David McEwen Eberts
David McEwen Eberts
David McEwen Eberts was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Victoria from 1890 to 1894, South Victoria from 1894 to 1903 and Saanich from 1907 to 1916 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.He was born in Chatham, Ontario, the son of...
|align="center" |South Victoria
South Victoria
South Victoria was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in 1894 as part of a redistribution of the old Victoria riding, along with North Victoria...
Government
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|align="center"|John Braden
John Braden (politician)
John Braden was an English-born plumber and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898....
|align="center" rowspan=4 |Victoria City
Victoria City (provincial electoral district)
Victoria City was one of the first twelve provincial electoral districts in the province of British Columbia, Canada, upon its entry into Confederation that year. It was originally a four-member riding, and elected to the Legislature several prominent Members of the Legislative Assembly and...
Government
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|align="center"|Henry Dallas Helmcken
Henry Dallas Helmcken
Henry Dallas "Harry" Helmcken was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1903....
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|align="center"|Robert Paterson Rithet
Robert Paterson Rithet
Robert Paterson Rithet was a Scottish-born businessman and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898...
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|align="center"|John Herbert Turner
John Herbert Turner
John Herbert Turner was a British Columbia politician. Born in Claydon, Suffolk, England, Turner moved to British North America and worked as a merchant in Halifax and Charlottetown. In 1862 he moved to Victoria, British Columbia and founded Turner, Beeton and Co...
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|align="center"|James M. Kellie
James M. Kellie
James M. "Pothole" Kellie was a miner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented West Kootenay from 1890 to 1894, West Kootenay North from 1894 to 1898 and West Kootenay-Revelstoke from 1898 to 1899 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born in Cobourg, Ontario; his...
|align="center" |West Kootenay (north riding)
West Kootenay North
West Kootenay North was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894 election only. Its official name was "West Kootenay...
Government
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|align="center"|John Frederick Hume
John Frederick Hume
John Frederick Hume was a miner, notary public and political figure in British Columbia. He represented West Kootenay South in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898....
|align="center" |West Kootenay (South riding)
West Kootenay South
West Kootenay South was an electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1894 election only. Its official name was "West Kootenay "...
Government
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|align="center"|Thomas Edwin Kitchen
Thomas Edwin Kitchen
Thomas Edwin Kitchen was an English-born farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Westminster from 1890 to 1894 and Westminster-Chilliwhack from 1894 to 1897 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.He was born near Lakeside, Lancashire, the son of Thomas Kitchen, and...
|align="center" |Westminster-Chilliwhack
Westminster-Chilliwhack
Westminster-Chilliwhack was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. It and its sister ridings Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Dewdney and Westminster-Richmond were successors to the old four-member Westminster riding, which appeared in 1890...
Government
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|align="center"|Thomas Kidd
Thomas Kidd (British Columbia politician)
Thomas Kidd was an Irish-born farmer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Westminster-Richmond in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1902....
|align="center" |Westminster-Richmond
Westminster-Richmond
Westminster-Richmond was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. It and its sister ridings Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Dewdney and Westminster-Chilliwhack were successors to the old four-member Westminster riding, which appeared in 1890...
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|align="center"|George Bohun Martin
George Bohun Martin
George Bohun Martin was an English-born farmer, rancher and political figure in British Columbia, Canada...
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Yale-North
Yale-North was a provincial electoral district in the British Columbia legislature that appeared only in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections. It and its sister ridings Yale-West and Yale-East were created from the older three-member Yale , which was one of the province's first twelve ridings as of...
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See also
- List of British Columbia political parties
Further reading & references
- In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC.