18th Parliament of British Columbia

The 18th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1934 to 1937. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in November 1933.^[1] The Liberal Party, led by Thomas Dufferin Pattullo, formed the government.^[2] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) formed the official opposition.^[3]

Henry George Thomas Perry served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the 18th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1933.:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party
George Sharratt Pearson	Alberni-Nanaimo	Liberal
William James Asselstine	Atlin	Liberal
Ernest Edward Winch	Burnaby	CCF
Donald Morrison MacKay	Cariboo	Liberal
Edward Dodsley Barrow	Chilliwack	Liberal
William Henry Sutherland	Columbia-Revelstoke	Liberal
Laurence Arnold Hanna	Comox	Liberal
Hugh George Egioke Savage	Cowichan-Newcastle	Oxford Group Movement
Frank Mitchell MacPherson	Cranbrook	Liberal
Robert Swailes	Delta	CCF
David William Strachan	Dewdney	Liberal
Robert Henry Pooley	Esquimalt	Unionist
Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Independent Labour Party
Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George	Liberal
Dougald MacPherson	Grand Forks-Greenwood	Liberal
Alexander McDonald	The Islands	Liberal
Robert Henry Carson	Kamloops	Liberal
Charles Sidney Leary	Kaslo-Slocan	Liberal
George Matheson Murray	Lillooet	Liberal
Ernest Bakewell	Mackenzie	CCF
Frank Putnam	Nelson-Creston	Liberal
Arthur Wellesley Gray	New Westminster	Liberal
Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan	Liberal
Harley Christian Erskine Anderson	North Vancouver	CCF
Alexander Malcolm Manson	Omineca	Liberal
Clive Montgomery Francis Planta	Peace River	NPIG
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert	Liberal
Richard Ronald Burns	Rossland-Trail	Liberal
Norman William Whittaker	Saanich	Liberal
Rolf Wallgren Bruhn	Salmon Arm	NPIG
Charles Herbert Percy Tupper	Similkameen	Liberal
Edward Tourtellotte Kenney	Skeena	Liberal
Joseph Allen Harris	South Okanagan	Liberal
Gerald Grattan McGeer	Vancouver-Burrard	Liberal
Helen Douglas Smith	Vancouver-Burrard	Liberal
Gordon McGregor Sloan	Vancouver Centre	Liberal
Gordon Sylvester Wismer	Vancouver Centre	Liberal
John Price	Vancouver East	CCF
Harold Edward Winch	Vancouver East	CCF
Stanley Stewart McKeen	Vancouver-Point Grey	Liberal
George Moir Weir
Robert Wilkinson
Herbert Anscomb	Victoria City	Independent
Robert Connell		CCF
John Hart		Liberal
Byron Ingemar Johnson		Liberal
John Joseph Alban Gillis	Yale	Liberal

Notes:

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	34
	Co-operative Commonwealth	7
	Non-Partisan Independent Group	2
	Independent	2
	Unionist	1
	Independent Labour	1
Total		47
Government Majority		21

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Columbia	Thomas King^{[nb 1]}	Liberal	March 8, 1934	Re-establishment of Columbia electoral district
North Vancouver	Dorothy Steeves	CCF	July 14, 1934	H.C.E. Anderson died April 17, 1934
Omineca	Mark Matthew Connelly	Liberal	June 22, 1936	A.M. Manson resigned September 14, 1935, to contest federal election
Vancouver-Burrard	John Howard Forester	Liberal	September 1, 1936	G.G. McGeer resigned October 1, 1935, to contest federal election

Notes:

^ Acclaimed

Other changes

In August 1936 Robert Connell, Ernest Bakewell, John Price and Robert Swailes leave the CCF to create the Social Constructives.
Vancouver Centre (res. Gordon McGregor Sloan appointed to Court of Appeal, April 5, 1937) ^[5]
Cariboo (res. Donald Morrison MacKay appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1937) ^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
^ "Premiers of British Columbia 1871-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
^ "Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
^ "A checklist of members of the Legislature of British Columbia" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. 2013-05-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
^ Vancouver Sun, April 13, 1937

[5] Acclaimed

[elections-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] "Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-07-20.

[4] "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.

[6] "A checklist of members of the Legislature of British Columbia" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. 2013-05-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2022-03-26.

[7] Vancouver Sun, April 13, 1937

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