49:
Although Labour as a party had run candidates in previous election, this election saw the first victories by Labour candidates (in
Nanaimo and Nanaimo City), and a "Farmer" candidate (in the second Nanaimo seat). As well a Labour-oriented Nationalist Party candidate was elected in Vancouver City -
94:
rather than the City of New
Westminster, which was and continued to be represented by New Westminster City) was partitioned in four; Vancouver City was increased to three members from two while Cariboo was decreased to two from three. The Victoria, Nanaimo, West Kootenay and Lillooet ridings were
81:
Any changes due to byelections are shown below the main table showing the theoretical composition of the House after the election. A final table showing the composition of the House at the dissolution of the
Legislature at the end of this Parliament can be found below the byelections. The main
45:
There were to be no political parties in the new province. The designations "Government" and "Opposition" and "Independent" (and variations on these) functioned in place of parties, but they were very loose and do not represent formal coalitions, more alignments of support during the campaign.
285:
Natives (First
Nations) and Chinese were disallowed from voting, although naturalized Kanakas (Hawaiian colonists) and American and West Indian blacks and certain others participated. The requirement that knowledge of English be spoken for balloting was discussed but not applied.
27:, in 1894 of the 33 MLAs 20 were elected in single member districts. There were also three 2-member districts, one 3-member district and one 4-member district. Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the district.
1471:
1451:
1476:
1456:
744:
1466:
1054:
46:"Government" meant in support of the current Premier; "Opposition" meant campaigning against him, and often enough the Opposition would win and immediately become the Government.
90:
The original ridings were thirteen in number, and
Cowichan was restored to a two-member seat while Westminster (formerly New Westminster, actually the rural areas of the
20:
was held in 1894. The number of members remained at 33 with the number of ridings increased to 26 as a result of the partition of the Yale and
Westminster ridings.
1491:
1134:
115:. There were no political parties were not acceptable in the House by convention, though some members were openly partisan at the federal level (usually
1496:
1516:
1506:
1501:
1058:, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC.
1177:
1172:
1094:
443:
213:
870:
577:
219:
154:
1041:
339:
82:
table represents the immediate results of the election only, not changes in governing coalitions or eventual changes due to byelections.
1511:
1143:
1435:
1430:
1425:
1420:
1415:
1410:
975:
1167:
1162:
1127:
488:
345:
130:
51:
1547:
1393:
1387:
1382:
1377:
1372:
1367:
1362:
1357:
1352:
1347:
1342:
1337:
1332:
1327:
1322:
1317:
1312:
1307:
1302:
1297:
1292:
1287:
1282:
1277:
1272:
1267:
1262:
1257:
1252:
1247:
1242:
1237:
1232:
1227:
1222:
1217:
1207:
1202:
1197:
1192:
1187:
1182:
112:
104:
24:
1528:
1486:
1120:
846:
466:
207:
116:
704:
362:
171:
165:
1557:
1552:
571:
1481:
1461:
420:
1157:
623:
159:
120:
91:
453:
426:
136:
1102:
650:
472:
142:
69:
received a mandate after assuming power the year before. Robson died in office in 1892, yielding to
864:
66:
957:
731:
698:
237:
1112:
901:
685:
385:
372:
888:
816:
663:
536:
407:
981:
951:
604:
397:
255:
195:
8:
999:
933:
914:
840:
594:
558:
548:
249:
231:
225:
111:, although it would re-appear again following the major redistribution that preceded the
768:
675:
523:
243:
1095:"Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986 Part One 7th General Election 1894"
792:
507:
148:
96:
927:
798:
617:
501:
201:
70:
1541:
822:
774:
183:
177:
750:
189:
95:
partitioned also, and the
Alberni and Cowichan ridings were combined into
100:
1005:
267:
99:, which was a two-member seat. In addition the Nanaimo-area riding of
721:
640:
273:
261:
108:
1142:
1055:
In the Sea of
Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia
123:
and Labour allegiance were on display by some candidates).
1047:
297:Results of British Columbia general election, 1894
1539:
1144:Elections and referendums in British Columbia
1128:
1135:
1121:
1075:Electoral History of BC, 1871-1986, p. 545
1042:List of British Columbia political parties
1026:
103:which had appeared for the first time in
57:There were five successful independents.
868:
621:
505:
441:
343:
76:
60:
1540:
18:1894 British Columbia general election
1529:List of British Columbia by-elections
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280:
35:
1022:Premier-Elect and Incumbent Premier
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30:
40:
13:
85:
14:
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1048:Further reading & references
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65:The government of newspaperman
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1:
1548:Elections in British Columbia
92:New Westminster Land District
1003:
998:
979:
974:
955:
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934:West Kootenay (North riding)
931:
926:
913:
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863:
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662:
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549:West Kootenay (South riding)
546:
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522:
500:
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470:
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454:Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton
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424:
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232:West Kootenay (south riding)
226:West Kootenay (north riding)
25:previous BC general election
7:
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10:
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1444:
1403:
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919:
911:
906:
898:
893:
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880:
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614:
609:
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568:
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544:
541:
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528:
520:
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493:
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463:
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321:
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1558:1894 in British Columbia
1553:1894 elections in Canada
958:Westminster-Chilliwhack
732:Charles Augustus Semlin
699:Alfred Wellington Smith
238:Westminster-Chilliwhack
902:Robert Paterson Rithet
686:Thomas William Forster
386:Samuel Augustus Rogers
373:James Douglas Prentice
1105:on December 21, 2004.
889:Henry Dallas Helmcken
817:William Wymond Walkem
664:Charles Edward Pooley
537:James Mitchell Mutter
408:James Buckham Kennedy
107:was no longer on the
77:Byelections not shown
61:The Robson Government
982:Westminster-Richmond
952:Thomas Edwin Kitchen
605:Colin Buchanan Sword
398:New Westminster City
256:Westminster-Richmond
196:New Westminster City
126:These ridings were:
1404:Municipal elections
1000:George Bohun Martin
915:John Herbert Turner
841:David McEwen Eberts
595:Westminster-Dewdney
559:John Frederick Hume
250:Westminster-Dewdney
281:Polling conditions
36:Issues and debates
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1534:
1151:General elections
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876:
852:
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804:
780:
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710:
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676:Westminster-Delta
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629:
600:
583:
554:
524:Adolphus Williams
513:
489:Robert Macpherson
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449:
432:
403:
368:
351:
326:
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290:Results by riding
244:Westminster-Delta
52:Robert Macpherson
31:Political context
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1130:
1123:
1114:
1113:
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1076:
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985:
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826:
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778:
754:
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679:
644:
627:
598:
581:
552:
511:
508:Cowichan-Alberni
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447:
430:
401:
366:
349:
324:
317:
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293:
149:Cowichan-Alberni
119:, although both
97:Cowichan-Alberni
41:Non-party system
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1141:
1111:
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1099:elections.bc.ca
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1092:
1088:
1083:
1079:
1074:
1070:
1050:
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1008:
984:
960:
936:
928:James M. Kellie
873:
849:
825:
801:
777:
753:
724:
707:
678:
643:
626:
597:
580:
551:
510:
475:
446:
429:
400:
365:
348:
323:
316:
292:
283:
216:(three members)
133:(three members)
88:
86:List of ridings
79:
63:
43:
38:
33:
12:
11:
5:
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847:South Victoria
843:
838:
834:
833:
830:
819:
814:
810:
809:
806:
799:North Victoria
795:
790:
786:
785:
782:
771:
766:
762:
761:
758:
747:
745:James McGregor
742:
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734:
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715:
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618:Theodore Davie
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502:Theodore Davie
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444:Vancouver City
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265:
259:
253:
247:
241:
235:
229:
223:
222:(four members)
217:
214:Vancouver City
211:
208:South Victoria
205:
202:North Victoria
199:
193:
187:
181:
175:
169:
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152:
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140:
134:
87:
84:
78:
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71:Theodore Davie
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29:
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1244:
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1224:
1221:
1219:
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1211:
1209:
1206:
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1201:
1199:
1196:
1194:
1191:
1189:
1186:
1184:
1181:
1179:
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1159:
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1119:
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1115:
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1072:
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1057:
1056:
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1043:
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1039:
1029:
1025:
1021:
1019:
1018:
1012:
1007:
1001:
994:
988:
983:
977:
970:
964:
959:
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946:
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935:
929:
922:
916:
909:
903:
896:
890:
883:
877:
872:
871:Victoria City
866:
859:
853:
848:
842:
835:
829:
824:
823:South Nanaimo
818:
811:
805:
800:
794:
787:
781:
776:
775:North Nanaimo
770:
763:
757:
752:
746:
739:
733:
728:
723:
711:
706:
705:Lillooet West
700:
693:
687:
682:
677:
665:
658:
652:
651:Donald Graham
647:
642:
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625:
619:
612:
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584:
579:
578:East Kootenay
573:
566:
560:
555:
550:
538:
531:
525:
514:
509:
503:
496:
490:
479:
474:
468:
467:Joseph Hunter
461:
455:
450:
445:
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428:
422:
415:
409:
404:
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387:
380:
374:
369:
364:
363:Lillooet East
352:
347:
341:
340:William Adams
334:
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220:Victoria City
218:
215:
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209:
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185:
184:South Nanaimo
182:
179:
178:North Nanaimo
176:
173:
172:Lillooet West
170:
167:
166:Lillooet East
164:
162:(two members)
161:
158:
156:
155:East Kootenay
153:
151:(two members)
150:
147:
144:
141:
138:
135:
132:
129:
128:
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118:
114:
113:1903 election
110:
106:
105:1890 election
102:
98:
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83:
74:
72:
68:
58:
55:
53:
47:
28:
26:
21:
19:
1392:
1212:
1103:the original
1098:
1089:
1080:
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1062:
1061:
1053:
1027:
1004:
980:
956:
932:
869:
845:
821:
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773:
751:Nanaimo City
749:
720:
703:
674:
639:
622:
593:
576:
547:
506:
471:
442:
425:
396:
361:
344:
284:
276:(one member)
270:(one member)
264:(one member)
258:(one member)
252:(one member)
246:(one member)
240:(one member)
234:(one member)
228:(one member)
210:(one member)
204:(one member)
198:(one member)
192:(one member)
190:Nanaimo City
186:(one member)
180:(one member)
174:(one member)
168:(one member)
145:(one member)
139:(one member)
125:
117:Conservative
89:
80:
64:
56:
48:
44:
22:
17:
15:
1445:Referendums
976:Thomas Kidd
865:John Braden
769:John Bryden
572:James Baker
421:John Irving
325:& party
318:& party
305:Opposition
302:Government
101:The Islands
67:John Robson
23:Unlike the
1542:Categories
1527:See also:
1010:Government
1006:Yale-North
986:Government
962:Government
938:Government
875:Government
851:Government
827:Government
803:Government
779:Government
755:Government
726:Opposition
709:Government
680:Opposition
645:Opposition
628:Government
599:Opposition
582:Government
553:Opposition
512:Government
477:Government
448:Opposition
431:Government
402:Opposition
367:Opposition
350:Government
268:Yale-North
722:Yale-West
641:Yale-East
624:Esquimalt
274:Yale-West
262:Yale-East
160:Esquimalt
1063:Specific
1036:See also
109:hustings
1028:Source:
427:Cassiar
346:Cariboo
329:Member
312:Member
137:Cassiar
131:Cariboo
121:Liberal
322:Riding
315:Riding
473:Comox
143:Comox
1517:2018
1512:2011
1507:2009
1502:2005
1497:2002
1492:1991
1487:1972
1482:1952
1477:1937
1472:1924
1467:1920
1462:1916
1457:1909
1452:1873
1436:2022
1431:2018
1426:2014
1421:2011
1416:2008
1411:2005
1394:2024
1388:2020
1383:2017
1378:2013
1373:2009
1368:2005
1363:2001
1358:1996
1353:1991
1348:1986
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