18th Parliament of British Columbia


The 18th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1934 to 1937. The members were elected in the [1933 British Columbia general election|British Columbia (electoral district)|Columbia general election] held in November 1933. The Liberal Party, led by Thomas Dufferin Pattullo, formed the government. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation formed the official opposition.
Henry George Thomas Perry served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 18th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1933:
MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo.# of term
George Sharratt PearsonAlberni-NanaimoLiberal19282nd term
William James AsselstineAtlinLiberal19331st term
Ernest Edward WinchBurnabyCCF19331st term
Donald Morrison MacKayCaribooLiberal19331st term
Edward Dodsley BarrowChilliwackLiberal1916, 19334th term*
William Henry SutherlandColumbia-RevelstokeLiberal19165th term
Thomas King Liberal1931, 19342nd term*
Laurence Arnold HannaComoxLiberal19282nd term
Hugh George Egioke SavageCowichan-NewcastleOxford Group Movement19331st term
Frank Mitchell MacPhersonCranbrookLiberal19282nd term
Robert SwailesDeltaCCF19331st term
Social Constructives
David William StrachanDewdneyLiberal19331st term
Robert Henry PooleyEsquimaltUnionist19126th term
Thomas Aubert UphillFernieIndependent Labour Party19204th term
Henry George Thomas PerryFort GeorgeLiberal1920, 19333rd term*
Dougald MacPhersonGrand Forks-GreenwoodLiberal1925, 19332nd term*
Alexander McDonaldThe IslandsLiberal19331st term
Robert Henry CarsonKamloopsLiberal19331st term
Charles Sidney LearyKaslo-SlocanLiberal1924, 19332nd term*
George Matheson MurrayLillooetLiberal19331st term
Ernest BakewellMackenzieCCF19331st term
Social Constructives
Frank PutnamNelson-CrestonLiberal19331st term
Arthur Wellesley GrayNew WestminsterLiberal19243rd term
Kenneth Cattanach MacDonaldNorth OkanaganLiberal1916, 19334th term*
Harley Christian Erskine AndersonNorth VancouverCCF19331st term
Dorothy Steeves CCF19341st term
Alexander Malcolm MansonOminecaLiberal19165th term
Mark Matthew Connelly Liberal19361st term
Clive Montgomery Francis PlantaPeace RiverNPIG19331st term
Thomas Dufferin PattulloPrince RupertLiberal19165th term
Richard Ronald BurnsRossland-TrailLiberal19331st term
Norman William WhittakerSaanichLiberal19331st term
Rolf Wallgren BruhnSalmon ArmNPIG19243rd term
Charles Herbert Percy TupperSimilkameenLiberal19331st term
Edward Tourtellotte KenneySkeenaLiberal19331st term
Joseph Allen HarrisSouth OkanaganLiberal19331st term
Gerald Grattan McGeerVancouver-BurrardLiberal1916, 19332nd term*
Helen Douglas Smith19331st term
John Howard Forester 19361st term
Gordon McGregor SloanVancouver CentreLiberal19331st term
Gordon Sylvester Wismer19331st term
John PriceVancouver EastCCF19331st term
Harold Edward Winch19331st term
Stanley Stewart McKeenVancouver-Point GreyLiberal19331st term
George Moir Weir19331st term
Robert Wilkinson19331st term
Herbert AnscombVictoria CityIndependent19331st term
Robert ConnellCCF19331st term
Social Constructives
John HartLiberal1916, 19333rd term*
Byron Ingemar Johnson19331st term
John Joseph Alban GillisYaleLiberal19282nd term
--------------------------------Columbia-Revelstoke----------------------Robert SwailesDelta-19331st term
----------------------------------------------Ernest BakewellMackenzie-19331st term
-----------------North Vancouver--------Omineca------------------------------------------------Vancouver-BurrardLiberal---------Vancouver CentreLiberal------Vancouver EastCCF------Vancouver-Point GreyLiberal---------Victoria City---Robert Connell-19331st term
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By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
Electoral districtMember electedPartyElection dateReason
ColumbiaThomas KingLiberalMarch 8, 1934Re-establishment of Columbia electoral district
North VancouverDorothy SteevesCCFJuly 14, 1934H.C.E. Anderson died April 17, 1934
OminecaMark Matthew ConnellyLiberalJune 22, 1936A.M. Manson resigned September 14, 1935, to contest federal election
Vancouver-BurrardJohn Howard ForesterLiberalSeptember 1, 1936G.G. McGeer resigned October 1, 1935, to contest federal election