17th Parliament of British Columbia

The 17th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1929 to 1933. The members were elected in the [1928 British Columbia general election|British Columbia (electoral district)|Columbia general election] held in June 1928. The Conservative Party, led by Simon Fraser Tolmie, formed the government.
James William Jones served as speaker for the assembly until his resignation in 1930. Jones was replaced by Cyril Francis Davie.

Members of the 17th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1928.:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term	Laurence Arnold Hanna	Alberni	Liberal	1928	1st term	Herbert Frederick Kergin	Atlin	Liberal	1920	3rd term	William Robert Rutledge	Burnaby	Conservative	1928	1st term	Roderick MacKenzie	Cariboo	Conservative	1928	1st term	William Atkinson	Chilliwack	Conservative	1928	1st term	John Andrew Buckham	Columbia	Liberal	1916	4th term	Thomas King	Liberal	1931	1st term	George Kerr McNaughton	Comox	Conservative	1928	1st term	Cyril Francis Davie	Cowichan-Newcastle	Conservative	1924	2nd term	Frank Mitchell MacPherson	Cranbrook	Liberal	1928	1st term	Fred W. Lister	Creston	Conservative	1920	3rd term	John Walter Berry	Delta	Conservative	1928	1st term	Nelson Seymour Lougheed	Dewdney	Conservative	1928	1st term	Robert Henry Pooley	Esquimalt	Conservative	1912	5th term	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Independent Labour Party	1920	3rd term	Frederick Parker Burden	Fort George	Conservative	1928	1st term	Roy Walter Alward	Conservative	1931	1st term	Charles Morgan Kingston	Grand Forks-Greenwood	Conservative	1928	1st term	Cyrus Wesley Peck	The Islands	Conservative	1924	2nd term	MacGregor Fullerton MacIntosh	Conservative	1931	1st term	John Ralph Michell	Kamloops	Conservative	1928	1st term	James Fitzsimmons	Kaslo-Slocan	Conservative	1928	1st term	Ernest Crawford Carson	Lillooet	Conservative	1928	1st term	Michael Manson	Mackenzie	Conservative	1909, 1924	4th term*	George Sharratt Pearson	Nanaimo	Liberal	1928	1st term	Lorris E. Borden	Nelson	Conservative	1928	1st term	Arthur Wellesley Gray	New Westminster	Liberal	1924	2nd term	William Farris Kennedy	North Okanagan	Conservative	1927	2nd term	George Heggie	Conservative	1930	1st term	Ian Alistair MacKenzie	North Vancouver	Liberal	1920	3rd term	Jack Loutet	Conservative	1930	1st term	Alexander Malcolm Manson	Omineca	Liberal	1916	4th term	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert	Liberal	1916	4th term	William Henry Sutherland	Revelstoke	Liberal	1916	4th term	Samuel Lyness Howe	Richmond-Point Grey	Conservative	1928	1st term	James Hargrave Schofield	Rossland-Trail	Conservative	1907	7th term	Simon Fraser Tolmie	Saanich	Conservative	1928	1st term	Rolf Wallgren Bruhn	Salmon Arm	Conservative	1924	2nd term	William Alexander McKenzie	Similkameen	Conservative	1920	3rd term	Horace Cooper Wrinch	Skeena	Liberal	1924	2nd term	James William Jones	South Okanagan	Conservative	1916	4th term	Jonathan Webster Cornett	South Vancouver	Conservative	1928	1st term	William Dick	Vancouver City	Conservative	1928	1st term	Thomas Henry Kirk	1928	1st term	Royal Lethington Maitland	1928	1st term	William Curtis Shelly	1928	1st term	Nelson Spencer	1928	1st term	George Alexander Walkem	1924	2nd term	James Harry Beatty	Victoria City	Conservative	1928	1st term	Reginald Hayward	1924	2nd term	Joshua Hinchcliffe	1920	3rd term	Harold Despard Twigg	1924	2nd term	John Joseph Alban Gillis	Yale	Liberal	1928	1st 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. This requirement was abolished in 1929.

William Atkinson, Minister of Agriculture, acclaimed October 22, 1928
Nelson Seymour Lougheed, Minister of Public Works, acclaimed October 22, 1928
Robert Henry Pooley, Attorney-General, acclaimed October 22, 1928
Frederick Parker Burden, Minister of Lands, acclaimed October 22, 1928
Samuel Lyness Howe, Provincial Secretary and Minister of Fisheries, acclaimed October 22, 1928
Simon Fraser Tolmie, Premier, acclaimed October 22, 1928
William Alexander McKenzie, Minister of Mines, acclaimed October 22, 1928
William Curtis Shelly, Minister of Finance, acclaimed October 22, 1928
Joshua Hinchcliffe, Minister of Education, acclaimed October 22, 1928

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
North Okanagan	George Heggie	Conservative	July 2, 1930	W.F. Kennedy resigned May 19, 1930; named to Liquor Control Board
North Vancouver	Jack Loutet	Conservative	November 5, 1930	I.A. MacKenzie resigned June 27, 1930; named to federal cabinet
Fort George	Roy Walter Alward	Conservative	January 7, 1931	F.P. Burden resigned June 27, 1930; named Agent-General January 1, 1931
The Islands	MacGregor Fullerton MacIntosh	Conservative	February 10, 1931	C.W. Peck resigned January 3, 1931; named to Canada Pension Tribunal
Columbia	Thomas King	Liberal	December 19, 1931	J.A. Buckham died October 12, 1931

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Other changes

In 1932 the Independent Labour Party became the Socialist Party.Tom Uphill continues to sit as a Labour member.
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