20th Parliament of British Columbia

The 20th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1941 to 1945. The members were elected in the [1941 British Columbia general election|British Columbia (electoral district)|Columbia general election] held in June 1941. The Liberals and Conservatives formed a coalition government led by John Hart. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Harold Winch formed the official opposition.
Norman William Whittaker served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 20th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1941.:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term	James Mowat	Alberni	Liberal	1941	1st term	Coalition	William James Asselstine	Atlin	Liberal	1933	3rd term	Coalition	Ernest Edward Winch	Burnaby	CCF	1933	3rd term	Louis LeBourdais	Cariboo	Liberal	1937	2nd term	Coalition	Leslie Harvey Eyres	Chilliwack	Conservative	1937	2nd term	Coalition	Thomas King	Columbia	Liberal	1931, 1934	4th term*	Coalition	Colin Cameron	Comox	CCF	1937	2nd term	Samuel Guthrie	Cowichan-Newcastle	CCF	1920, 1937	3rd term*	Frank William Green	Cranbrook	Conservative	1941	1st term	Coalition	Leonard Alec Shepherd	Delta	CCF	1937	2nd term	Roderick Charles MacDonald	Dewdney	Conservative	1941	1st term	Coalition	Elmer Victor Finland	Esquimalt	Conservative	1937	2nd term	Coalition	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Labour	1920	6th term	Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George	Liberal	1920, 1933	5th term*	Coalition	Thomas Alfred Love	Grand Forks-Greenwood	Conservative	1941	1st term	Coalition	Robert Henry Carson	Kamloops	Liberal	1933	3rd term	Coalition	Charles Sidney Leary	Kaslo-Slocan	Liberal	1924, 1933	4th term*	Coalition	Ernest Crawford Carson	Lillooet	Conservative	1928, 1941	2nd term*	Coalition	Herbert Gargrave	Mackenzie	CCF	1941	1st term	George Sharratt Pearson	Nanaimo and the Islands	Liberal	1928	4th term	Coalition	Frank Putnam	Nelson-Creston	Liberal	1933	3rd term	Coalition	Arthur Wellesley Gray	New Westminster	Liberal	1924	5th term	Coalition	Byron Ingemar Johnson	Liberal	1933, 1945	3rd term*	Coalition	Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan	Liberal	1916, 1933	6th term*	Coalition	Dorothy Steeves	North Vancouver	CCF	1934	3rd term	Herbert Anscomb	Oak Bay	Conservative	1933	3rd term	Coalition	Mark Matthew Connelly	Omineca	Liberal	1936	3rd term	Coalition	Glen Everton Braden	Peace River	Liberal	1937	2nd term	Coalition	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert	Liberal	1916	7th term	Harry Johnston	Revelstoke	Liberal	1937	2nd term	Coalition	Vincent Segur	CCF	1943	1st term	Herbert Wilfred Herridge	Rossland-Trail	CCF	1941	1st term	Norman William Whittaker	Saanich	Liberal	1933	3rd term	Coalition	Rolf Wallgren Bruhn	Salmon Arm	Conservative	1924	5th term	Coalition	George Faulds Stirling	CCF	1942	1st term	Bernard George Webber	Similkameen	CCF	1941	1st term	Edward Tourtellotte Kenney	Skeena	Liberal	1933	3rd term	Coalition	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Conservative	1941	1st term	Coalition	Winona Grace MacInnis	Vancouver-Burrard	CCF	1941	1st term	Charles Grant MacNeil	1941	1st term	Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson	Vancouver Centre	CCF	1939	2nd term	Wallis Walter LeFeaux	1941	1st term	Arthur James Turner	Vancouver East	CCF	1941	1st term	Harold Edward Winch	1933	3rd term	Royal Lethington Maitland	Vancouver-Point Grey	Conservative	1928, 1937	3rd term*	Coalition	James Alexander Paton	Conservative	1937	2nd term	Coalition	Tilly Jean Rolston	Conservative	1941	1st term	Coalition	John Hart	Victoria City	Liberal	1916, 1933	5th term*	Coalition	Nancy Hodges	Liberal	1941	1st term	Coalition	William Thomas Straith	Liberal	1937	2nd term	Coalition	John Joseph Alban Gillis	Yale	Liberal	1928	4th term	Coalition
-	-	-	-	-	-	James Mowat	Alberni	-	1941	1st term	-	William James Asselstine	Atlin	-	1933	3rd term	-	-	-	-	-	-	Louis LeBourdais	Cariboo	-	1937	2nd term	-	Leslie Harvey Eyres	Chilliwack	-	1937	2nd term	-	Thomas King	Columbia	-	1931, 1934	4th term*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Frank William Green	Cranbrook	-	1941	1st term	-	-	-	-	-	-	Roderick Charles MacDonald	Dewdney	-	1941	1st term	-	Elmer Victor Finland	Esquimalt	-	1937	2nd term	-	-	-	-	-	-	Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George	-	1920, 1933	5th term*	-	Thomas Alfred Love	Grand Forks-Greenwood	-	1941	1st term	-	Robert Henry Carson	Kamloops	-	1933	3rd term	-	Charles Sidney Leary	Kaslo-Slocan	-	1924, 1933	4th term*	-	Ernest Crawford Carson	Lillooet	-	1928, 1941	2nd term*	-	-	-	-	-	-	George Sharratt Pearson	Nanaimo and the Islands	-	1928	4th term	-	Frank Putnam	Nelson-Creston	-	1933	3rd term	-	Arthur Wellesley Gray	New Westminster	-	1924	5th term	-	Byron Ingemar Johnson	-	1933, 1945	3rd term*	-	Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan	-	1916, 1933	6th term*	-	-	-	-	-	-	Herbert Anscomb	Oak Bay	-	1933	3rd term	-	Mark Matthew Connelly	Omineca	-	1936	3rd term	-	Glen Everton Braden	Peace River	-	1937	2nd term	-	-	-	-	-	-	Harry Johnston	Revelstoke	-	1937	2nd term	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Norman William Whittaker	Saanich	-	1933	3rd term	-	Rolf Wallgren Bruhn	Salmon Arm	-	1924	5th term	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Edward Tourtellotte Kenney	Skeena	-	1933	3rd term	-	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	-	1941	1st term	-	-	Vancouver-Burrard	CCF	-	-	-	-	-	-	Vancouver Centre	CCF	-	-	-	-	-	-	Vancouver East	CCF	-	-	-	-	-	Royal Lethington Maitland	Vancouver-Point Grey	-	1928, 1937	3rd term*	-	James Alexander Paton	-	1937	2nd term	-	Tilly Jean Rolston	-	1941	1st term	-	John Hart	Victoria City	-	1916, 1933	5th term*	-	Nancy Hodges	-	1941	1st term	-	William Thomas Straith	-	1937	2nd term	-	John Joseph Alban Gillis	Yale	-	1928	4th term	-
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Party standings

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By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Salmon Arm	George Faulds Stirling	CCF	November 25, 1942	R.W. Bruhn died August 30, 1942
Revelstoke	Vincent Segur	CCF	June 14, 1943	H. Johnston died January 21, 1943
New Westminster	Byron Ingemar Johnson	Coalition	May 10, 1945	A.W. Gray died May 7, 1944

Other changes

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