16th Parliament of British Columbia

The 16th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1924 to 1928. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1924. The British Columbia Liberal Party, led by John Oliver, formed a minority government. Following Oliver's death in August 1927, John Duncan MacLean became Premier.

John Andrew Buckham served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 16th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1924.:

	Member	Electoral district	Party
	Richard John Burde	Alberni	Independent Liberal	Herbert Frederick Kergin	Atlin	Liberal	Francis Aubrey Browne	Burnaby	Canadian Labour
	David Alexander Stoddart	Cariboo	Provincial	Edward Dodsley Barrow	Chilliwack	Liberal	John Andrew Buckham	Columbia	Liberal
	Paul Phillips Harrison	Comox	Independent Liberal	Cyril Francis Davie	Cowichan-Newcastle	Conservative	Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger	Cranbrook	Conservative	Fred W. Lister	Creston	Conservative	Alexander McDonald Paterson	Delta	Liberal	John Alexander Catherwood	Dewdney	Conservative	Robert Henry Pooley	Esquimalt	Conservative	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Canadian Labour	Henry George Thomas Perry	Fort George	Liberal	John McKie	Grand Forks-Greenwood	Conservative	Cyrus Wesley Peck	The Islands	Conservative	James Reginald Colley	Kamloops	Liberal	Charles Sidney Leary	Kaslo-Slocan	Liberal	Albert Edward Munn	Lillooet	Liberal	Michael Manson	Mackenzie	Conservative	William Sloan	Nanaimo	Liberal	Kenneth Campbell	Nelson	Liberal	Edwin James Rothwell	New Westminster	Liberal	Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald	North Okanagan	Liberal	John Melvin Bryan Sr.	North Vancouver	Liberal	Alexander Malcolm Manson	Omineca	Liberal	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Prince Rupert	Liberal	William Henry Sutherland	Revelstoke	Liberal
	George Alexander Walkem	Richmond-Point Grey	Provincial	James Hargrave Schofield	Rossland-Trail	Conservative	Thomas George Coventry	Saanich	Conservative	Rolf Wallgren Bruhn	Salmon Arm	Conservative	William Alexander McKenzie	Similkameen	Conservative	Horace Cooper Wrinch	Skeena	Liberal	James William Jones	South Okanagan	Conservative	Robert Henry Neelands	South Vancouver	Canadian Labour
	Andrew McCreight Creery	Vancouver City	Provincial	Ian Alistair MacKenzie	Liberal	Christopher McRae	Victor Wentworth Odlum	Mary Ellen Smith	Charles Woodward	Reginald Hayward	Victoria City	Conservative	Joshua Hinchcliffe	Robert Allan Gus Lyons	Harold Despard Twigg	John Duncan MacLean	Yale	Liberal

Notes:

Party standings

Affiliation		Members	Liberal Party	23	Conservative Party	17
	Provincial	3	Canadian Labour	3
	Independent Liberal	2
Total		48
Government Minority		2

By-elections

By-elections were held for the following members appointed to the provincial cabinet, as was required at the time:

• Kenneth Cattanach MacDonald, defeated by Arthur Ormiston Cochrane, Conservative, October 9, 1924

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Nelson	John Oliver	Liberal	August 23, 1924	K. Campbell resigned August 1924; provide seat for J. Oliver
Grand Forks-Greenwood	Dougald McPherson	Liberal	April 25, 1925	death of J. McKie October 29, 1924
North Okanagan	William Farris Kennedy	Conservative	June 9, 1927	death of A.O. Cochrane December 4, 1926
New Westminster	Arthur Wellesley Gray	Liberal	August 25, 1927	death of E.J. Rothwell June 29, 1927
Nelson	James Albert McDonald	Liberal	October 17, 1927	death of J. Oliver August 17, 1927

Notes:

Other changes

• Shortly after the election Paul Phillips Harrison joins the Liberals while Richard John Burde becomes an independent.
• George Alexander Walkem joins the Conservatives in 1928.
• Nanaimo (dec. William Sloan March 2, 1928)
• Vancouver City(res. Ian Alistair Mackenzie appointed Provincial Secretary June 5, 1928)