16th Parliament of British Columbia

The 16th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1924 to 1928. The members were elected in the [1924 British Columbia general election|British Columbia (electoral district)|Columbia general election] held in June 1924. The Liberal Party, led by John Oliver, formed a minority government. Following Oliver's death in August 1927, John Duncan MacLean became Premier.
John Andrew Buckham served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 16th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1924.:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term	Richard John Burde	Alberni	Independent Liberal	1919	3rd term	Herbert Frederick Kergin	Atlin	Liberal	1920	2nd term	Francis Aubrey Browne	Burnaby	Canadian Labour	1924	1st term	David Alexander Stoddart	Cariboo	Provincial	1890, 1895, 1924	3rd term*	Edward Dodsley Barrow	Chilliwack	Liberal	1916	3rd term	John Andrew Buckham	Columbia	Liberal	1916	3rd term	Paul Phillips Harrison	Comox	Independent Liberal	1924	1st term	Liberal	Cyril Francis Davie	Cowichan-Newcastle	Conservative	1924	1st term	Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger	Cranbrook	Conservative	1922	2nd term	Fred W. Lister	Creston	Conservative	1920	2nd term	Alexander McDonald Paterson	Delta	Liberal	1921	2nd term	John Alexander Catherwood	Dewdney	Conservative	1920	2nd term	Robert Henry Pooley	Esquimalt	Conservative	1912	4th term	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Canadian Labour	1920	2nd term	Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George	Liberal	1920	2nd term	John McKie	Grand Forks-Greenwood	Conservative	1924	1st term	Dougald McPherson	Liberal	1925	1st term	Cyrus Wesley Peck	The Islands	Conservative	1924	1st term	James Reginald Colley	Kamloops	Liberal	1924	1st term	Charles Sidney Leary	Kaslo-Slocan	Liberal	1924	1st term	Albert Edward Munn	Lillooet	Liberal	1924	1st term	Michael Manson	Mackenzie	Conservative	1909, 1924	3rd term*	William Sloan	Nanaimo	Liberal	1916	3rd term	Kenneth Campbell	Nelson	Liberal	1922	2nd term	John Oliver	Liberal	1900, 1916, 1924	6th term*	James Albert McDonald	Liberal	1927	1st term	Edwin James Rothwell	New Westminster	Liberal	1924	1st term	Arthur Wellesley Gray	Liberal	1927	1st term	Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan	Liberal	1916	3rd term	Arthur Ormiston Cochrane	Conservative	1924	1st term	William Farris Kennedy	Liberal	1927	1st term	John Melvin Bryan Sr.	North Vancouver	Liberal	1924	1st term	Alexander Malcolm Manson	Omineca	Liberal	1916	3rd term	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert	Liberal	1916	3rd term	William Henry Sutherland	Revelstoke	Liberal	1916	3rd term	George Alexander Walkem	Richmond-Point Grey	Provincial	1924	1st term	Conservative	James Hargrave Schofield	Rossland-Trail	Conservative	1907	6th term	Thomas George Coventry	Saanich	Conservative	1924	1st term	Rolf Wallgren Bruhn	Salmon Arm	Conservative	1924	1st term	William Alexander McKenzie	Similkameen	Conservative	1920	2nd term	Horace Cooper Wrinch	Skeena	Liberal	1924	1st term	James William Jones	South Okanagan	Conservative	1916	3rd term	Robert Henry Neelands	South Vancouver	Canadian Labour	1920	2nd term	Andrew McCreight Creery	Vancouver City	Provincial	1924	1st term	Ian Alistair MacKenzie	Liberal	1920	2nd term	Christopher McRae	1924	1st term	Victor Wentworth Odlum	1924	1st term	Mary Ellen Smith	1918	3rd term	Charles Woodward	1924	1st term	Reginald Hayward	Victoria City	Conservative	1924	1st term	Joshua Hinchcliffe	1920	2nd term	Robert Allan Gus Lyons	1924	1st term	Harold Despard Twigg	1924	1st term	John Duncan MacLean	Yale	Liberal	1916	3rd term
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By-elections

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

Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald, defeated by Arthur Ormiston Cochrane, Conservative, October 9, 1924

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Nelson	John Oliver	Liberal	August 23, 1924	K. Campbell resigned August 1924; provide seat for J. Oliver
Grand Forks-Greenwood	Dougald McPherson	Liberal	April 25, 1925	death of J. McKie October 29, 1924
North Okanagan	William Farris Kennedy	Conservative	June 9, 1927	death of A.O. Cochrane December 4, 1926
New Westminster	Arthur Wellesley Gray	Liberal	August 25, 1927	death of E.J. Rothwell June 29, 1927
Nelson	James Albert McDonald	Liberal	October 17, 1927	death of J. Oliver August 17, 1927

Notes:

Other changes

Shortly after the election Paul Phillips Harrison joins the Liberals while Richard John Burde becomes an independent.
George Alexander Walkem joins the Conservatives in 1928.
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