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1909 British Columbia General Election
The 1909 British Columbia general election was the twelfth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on October 20, 1909, and held on November 25, 1909. The new legislature met for the first time on January 20, 1910. The governing Conservative Party won its third consecutive term in government with over half of the popular vote and all but four of the 42 seats in the legislature, effectively a rout for the popular incumbent Premier, Sir Richard McBride. Despite winning almost one-third of the popular vote, the Liberal Party won only two seats, the same number won by the Socialist Party with only 11.5% of the vote. The first-past-the-post allocation of seats, combined with the multi-member constituencies in effect at the time, ensured that the Conservatives won with a lead of 34 seats, instead of only a lead of two seats that its proportion of the popular vot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard McBride
Sir Richard McBride, (December 15, 1870 – August 6, 1917) was a British Columbia politician and is often considered the founder of the British Columbia Conservative Party. McBride was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 1898 election and served in the cabinet of James Dunsmuir from 1900 to 1901. McBride believed that the province's system of non-party government was unstable and hindered development. After the lieutenant-governor appointed him the 16th premier in June 1903 and McBride announced that his government was a Conservative Party administration and would contest the upcoming election along party lines. On October 3, 1903, McBride's party, the British Columbia Conservative Party won the first provincial election to be fought along party lines with a two-seat majority. Richard McBride is interred in the Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, British Columbia. Premier of British Columbia The new Conservative government attempted to stabilize the economy by cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Callanan
Michael Callanan (March 29, 1849 – February 21, 1929) was an Irish-born physician and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo from 1909 to 1916 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative. He was born in 1849 in Clonakilty, County Cork, the son of Daniel J. Callanan, and was educated at Trinity College Dublin and in Paris. From 1875 to 1873, he practised in Kilbrittain and Rosscarbery. He came to Canada, settling in the Northwest Territories. Later, Callanan practised in Nanaimo and Victoria for eight years before moving to Quesnel in 1894 and Barkerville in 1899. Callanan was a physician for the Royal Cariboo Hospital in Barkerville. In 1885, he married Hannah Healy. He retired to New Westminster New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Manson
Michael Manson (April 29, 1857 – July 11, 1932) was a Scottish-born farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Comox from 1909 to 1916 and Mackenzie from 1924 to 1933 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative. He was born in Pickigarth, Shetland Islands, the son of John Manson and Margaret Bain. He came to British Columbia in 1874. In 1879, Manson married Jane Renwick. He was a director of the Call Creek Oyster Company. Manson also served as a justice of the peace. From 1887 to 1895, he operated a trading post on Cortes Island with his brother John. He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1916. Manson died in Bella Coola at the age of 75. The community of Mansons Landing Mansons Landing is an unincorporated community near the southern tip of Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia (electoral District)
Columbia was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. It lasted until the 1928 election, when it was merged into Columbia-Revelstoke for the 1933 election. Following the election the new Pattullo government moved to reestablish Columbia as a separate riding, and former MLA Thomas King was elected by acclamation in a 1934 by election. In 1966 the riding was renamed Columbia River. This riding was later merged with the Revelstoke riding to become Columbia River-Revelstoke, the current riding for the western part of the area. The eastern part of the riding is now part of East Kootenay. For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts). Demographics Political geography Notable elections Notable MLAs Electoral history ''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , Liberal , Wilmer Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry George Parson
Henry George Parson (September 13, 1865 – February 5, 1936) was an English-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Columbia from 1907 to 1912 as a Conservative. He was born in London, the son of George F. Parson, and was educated there. Parson came to Ottawa in 1883, moved to Banff in 1885 and then came to British Columbia in 1887. In 1889, he married Mary Jane Reid. Parson lived in Golden. He served as president of the Golden Board of Trade and of the Golden Hospital Society. He was chairman of the Royal Commission of Labour which produced its report in 1914. Parson died in Vancouver at the age of 70. The community of Parson A parson is an ordained Christian person responsible for a small area, typically a parish. The term was formerly often used for some Anglican clergy and, more rarely, for ordained ministers in some other churches. It is no longer a formal term d ... near Golden was named after him. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parker Williams
Parker Williams (May 31, 1872 – June 17, 1958) was a Welsh-born coal miner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Newcastle in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1903 to 1918 as a Socialist and later as an independent Socialist. He was born in 1872 and worked as a coal miner in Wales, Alberta and Washington state. Williams also worked on railways in Ontario and British Columbia. In 1891, he married Eleanor Price. Williams lived in Nanaimo. In 1917, he resigned his seat in the assembly after he was named a commissioner for the Worker's Compensation Board and he served in that function until he retired in April 1943. He also was responsible for administering the Mothers Pension Act and the Old Age Pension Act. Williams died at the age of 85 on his farm near Ladysmith Ladysmith may refer to: * Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa * Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada * Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States * Ladysmith, New South Wales, Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle (electoral District)
Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia to the south and including some of the city of Nanaimo. It appeared in the 1916 and 1920 elections only. In 1924, portions of it were incorporated into the new Cowichan-Newcastle riding. For other ridings in the Nanaimo area, please see Nanaimo (electoral districts) Nanaimo is the same of several Canadian federal and British Columbia provincial electoral districts, both historical and current, in and around the Vancouver Island city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Ridings "descended" from the original .... Demographics Electoral history ''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 982 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilliwhack (electoral District)
Chilliwhack was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1903. It was the successor riding to Westminster-Chilliwhack and itself was succeeded by Chilliwack after the 1912 election. Political Geography and History Notable elections Notable MLAs Electoral history ''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , Liberal , Charles William Munro , align="right", 330 , align="right", 55.28% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 597 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Liberal , Charles William Munro , align="right", 331 , align="right", 51.64% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Arthur Cawley
Samuel Arthur Cawley (November 29, 1858 – January 5, 1947) was a farmer, merchant, miner, real estate and insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Chilliwhack from 1909 to 1916 as a Conservative. Biography He was born in Brant County, Ontario in 1858, the son of Samuel Cawley and Isabella Falconer, and was educated there. Cawley came to British Columbia in 1878. In 1882, he married Emma Reeves. He farmed in the Chilliwack Valley until 1890, when he opened a hardware business in Chilliwack. He sold that business in 1896 and mined in the Harrison River The Harrison River is a short but large tributary of the Fraser River, entering it near the community of Chehalis, British Columbia, Canada. The Harrison drains Harrison Lake and is the ''de facto'' continuation of the Lillooet River, which feeds ... area. Finally, Cawley returned to Chilliwack, where he established a real estate, insurance and mining business. He ran unsuccessfully for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hurst Hawthornthwaite
James Hurst Hawthornthwaite (1869 – November 1, 1926) was an Irish-born land agent, businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Nanaimo City from 1901 to 1908 and from 1909 to 1912 as a Socialist and Newcastle from 1918 to 1920 as an Independent Socialist in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was born in County Westmeath and educated in England. Hawthornthwaite came to British Columbia during the 1880s. He worked as a secretary for the American consulate in Victoria and the New Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company Limited. In 1890, he married Elizabeth "Ada" Bate. Hawthornthwaite helped develop a workmen's compensation act in 1902. He also lobbied for improved safety standards and labour reforms in the mining industry. He was a founding member of the Socialist Party of Canada in 1904. He resigned his seat in 1908 to run unsuccessfully in the federal riding of Nanaimo. Hawthornthwaite was able to regain his seat in a by-election held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanaimo City
Nanaimo City was a provincial electoral district in the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia in Canada from 1890 to 1912. It was one of two Nanaimo ridings at the time, created out of the older Nanaimo riding (1871 to 1928), with intermediary ridings The Islands and Nanaimo and the Islands. The name Nanaimo was restored as a riding name in the 1996 election. For other current and historical federal and provincial Nanaimo-area ridings please see Nanaimo (electoral districts). Demographics Geography Other historical Nanaimo ridings * Nanaimo 1871-1928 *Nanaimo and the Islands -1963 * South Nanaimo * North Nanaimo *The Islands Nanaimo riding did not appear in the 1909 election, but Nanaimo City and The Islands were the Nanaimo-area ridings in the 1909 or 1912 election. In 1933 there was a Cowichan-Newcastle riding, while in 1937 the riding of Newcastle (southern and upland of metropolitan Nanaimo and the Gulf Islands to the southeast) appeared in the 1916 election, as did a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Anderson Fraser (politician)
John Anderson Fraser (4 April 1866 – 8 May 1960) was a Conservative Party of Canada (historical), Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Shakespeare, Ontario, Shakespeare, Canada West and became a merchant and teacher. He attended the secondary school Stratford, Ontario, Stratford Collegiate Institute and became a director of John A. Fraser and Company. He taught schools in Ontario and British Columbia. Fraser entered provincial politics at the Cariboo (provincial electoral district), Cariboo riding for the British Columbia Conservative Party, Conservatives in the 1909 British Columbia general election, 1909 British Columbia election, joining fellow Conservative Michael Callanan in the two-member riding. He was re-elected there in 1912 British Columbia general election, 1912. After Cariboo was changed to a single-member riding, Fraser was the sole Conservative candidate in the 1916 British Columbia general election, 1916 provincial electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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