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1900 British Columbia general election

The 1900 British Columbia general election was held in 1900. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 24, 1900, and held on June 9, 1900. The new legislature met for the first time on July 19, 1900.

Like in the previous BC general election, of the 38 MLAs 24 were elected in single member districts in 1900. There were also three 2-member districts and two 4-member districts. Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the district.

This was the last election in which political parties were not part of the official process in British Columbia, although because of the political chaos in this year resulting from the joint misrule of Premier Joseph Martin and the Lieutenant-Governor, Thomas Robert McInnes, many individual candidates declared their party affiliations in many ridings as a protest against the non-party system.

For more on the political circumstances of this election, please see 1898 British Columbia general election.

Results by riding

|- ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|Edwin Clarke Smith |align="center" |East Kootenay (south riding)<br /><small>Government</small> ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" rowspan=2|Cassiar<br /><small>Conservative Opposition<br />Independent Opposition</small> |align="center"|Charles William Digby Clifford ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|John Oliver |align="center" |Westminster-Delta<br /><small>Government</small> ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|James Stables ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|John Cunningham Brown |align="center" |New Westminster City<br /><small>Government</small> ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |Alberni<br /><small>Progressive</small> |align="center"|Alan Webster Neill ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|Hugh Bowie Gilmour |align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver City<br /><small>Government</small> ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" rowspan=2|Cariboo<br /><small>Opposition</small> |align="center"|Joseph Hunter ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|Joseph Martin<sup>1</sup> ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|Samuel Augustus Rogers ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|Smith Curtis |align="center" |West Kootenay-Rossland<br /><small>Government</small> ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |Comox<br /><small>Opposition</small> |align="center"|Lewis Alfred Mounce ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" rowspan=2 |Esquimalt<br /><small>Independent Opposition<br />Opposition</small> |align="center"|William Henry Hayward ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|Charles Edward Pooley ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |Cowichan<br /><small>Independent Conservative</small> |align="center"|Charles Herbert Dickie ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |Lillooet East<br /><small>Opposition Progressive</small> |align="center"|James Douglas Prentice ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |East Kootenay (north riding)<br /><small>Independent Progressive</small> |align="center"|Wilmer Cleveland Wells ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |Nanaimo City<br /><small>Labour</small> |align="center"|Ralph Smith ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |South Nanaimo<br /><small>Opposition</small> |align="center"|James Dunsmuir<sup>2</sup> ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |Lillooet West<br /><small>Independent Opposition</small> |align="center"|Alfred Wellington Smith ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" rowspan=2 |Vancouver City<br /><small>Conservative</small> |align="center"|James Ford Garden ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|Robert Garnett Tatlow ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |North Nanaimo<br /><small>Independent</small> |align="center"|William Wallace Burns McInnes ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |North Victoria<br /><small>Independent Liberal</small> |align="center"|John Paton Booth ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |South Victoria<br /><small>Opposition</small> |align="center"|David McEwen Eberts ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |West Kootenay-Nelson<br /><small>Opposition</small> |align="center"|John Frederick Hume ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" rowspan=4 |Victoria City<br /><small>Opposition</small> |align="center"|Richard Hall ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|Henry Dallas Helmcken ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|Albert Edward McPhillips ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center"|John Herbert Turner ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |West Kootenay-Revelstoke<br /><small>Conservative</small> |align="center"|Thomas Taylor ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |West Kootenay-Slocan<br /><small>Progressive</small> |align="center"|Robert Francis Green ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |Westminster-Chilliwhack<br /><small>Progressive</small> |align="center"|Charles William Munro ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |Westminster-Dewdney<br /><small>Conservative</small> |align="center"|Richard McBride ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |Westminster-Richmond<br /><small>Conservative</small> |align="center"|Thomas Kidd ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |Yale-East<br /><small>Opposition</small> |align="center"|Price Ellison ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |Yale-North<br /><small>Independent Opposition</small> |align="center"|Frederick John Fulton ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | | | | ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |align="center" |Yale-West<br /><small>Opposition Progressive</small> |align="center"|Denis Murphy ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | |align-left"|<sup>1</sup> Incumbent Premier | | | | |align-left"|<sup>2</sup> Premier-Elect |- | align="center" colspan="10"|Source: |-

See also

Further reading & references

  • ', Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC.

References