55:. The political alignments designated at the time of the dropping of the writ did not necessarily have anything to do with the jockeying for power and support once the election returns were in. Therefore, members shown as "Government" or "Opposition" only ran under that slate and had no necessary allegiances or party loyalties to follow. If a new government formed from the "Opposition" slate, as here with
70:, continued to support Martin so long as there was no sitting of the House, such that a situation of non-confidence could be proven, even though Martin had only himself and one other member in his caucus. Martin held out for six months, but the inevitable sitting of the House and immediate vote of non-confidence and subsequent election removed him from power and brought in
47:, British Columbia politics were officially non-partisan and political parties were not part of the process. This trend began to change in the 1898 and 1900 elections with the appearance of party-designated candidates and some party-declared members; for example,
31:, in 1898 of the 38 MLAs 24 were elected in single member districts. 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.
1005:
59:, there was nothing to say that someone who'd run under the "Government" banner might not cross the floor either to join the governing caucus, or actually be invited over to take a cabinet position.
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1034:
1396:
1416:
1406:
1401:
1077:
1072:
457:
637:
77:
It was because of this debacle, born in this election and the ones that preceded it, that party politics was finally introduced to
British Columbia for the
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In the table below, the seating is only as it was when the House convened. The failure of Semlin's government fell on the shoulders of an over-ambitious
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1062:
1027:
21:
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502:
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1293:
1287:
1282:
1277:
1272:
1267:
1262:
1257:
1252:
1247:
1242:
1237:
1232:
1227:
1222:
1217:
1212:
1207:
1202:
1197:
1192:
1187:
1182:
1177:
1172:
1167:
1162:
1157:
1152:
1147:
1142:
1137:
1132:
1127:
1122:
1112:
1107:
1102:
1097:
1092:
1087:
1082:
78:
44:
28:
1428:
1386:
192:
66:
by early 1900. He held on to power despite a petition from
Members of the House to the Lieutenant-Governor, but the Lieutenant-Governor,
1371:
1351:
1020:
591:
537:
63:
1376:
440:
319:
1457:
1452:
421:
388:
48:
1356:
1381:
1366:
1361:
180:
1057:
273:
256:
134:
302:
467:
157:
140:
221:
631:
296:
712:
654:
925:
759:
434:
375:
342:
56:
815:
689:
572:
329:
283:
237:
992:
769:
677:
250:
67:
851:
734:
724:
608:
486:
788:
747:
699:
618:
585:
394:
348:
893:
202:
167:
1012:
805:
515:
40:
550:
782:
664:
556:
215:
71:
1441:
828:
521:
411:
52:
985:"Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986 Part One 8th General Election 1898"
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was held in 1898. It was held to elect members of the
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8:
1035:
1021:
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635:
455:
190:
138:
88:
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967:
18:1898 British Columbia general election
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819:
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719:
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708:
703:
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681:
673:
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646:
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622:
603:
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268:
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241:
233:
230:
211:
206:
187:
184:
176:
171:
152:
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130:
135:Charles William Digby Clifford
1:
1448:Elections in British Columbia
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892:
881:
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849:
832:
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814:
803:
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781:
768:
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746:
733:
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606:
589:
584:
571:
554:
549:
536:
519:
514:
501:
484:
479:
468:Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton
466:
438:
433:
420:
409:
395:East Kootenay (south riding)
392:
387:
374:
363:
349:East Kootenay (north riding)
346:
341:
328:
317:
300:
295:
282:
271:
254:
249:
236:
219:
214:
201:
179:
166:
155:
133:
29:previous BC general election
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91:
1425:
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820:
801:
798:
779:
774:
755:
752:
744:
739:
720:
717:
709:
704:
685:
682:
674:
669:
650:
647:
628:
623:
604:
601:
582:
577:
569:
566:
547:
542:
534:
531:
512:
507:
499:
496:
477:
472:
453:
450:
431:
426:
407:
404:
385:
380:
361:
358:
339:
334:
315:
312:
297:William Russell Robertson
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131:
116:
109:
99:
96:
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713:Albert Edward McPhillips
655:West Kootenay-Revelstoke
926:Charles Augustus Semlin
760:Westminster-Chilliwhack
435:Alfred Wellington Smith
376:Robert Edward McKechnie
57:Charles Augustus Semlin
816:Thomas William Forster
690:West Kootenay-Rossland
573:Charles Edward Tisdall
343:William George Nielson
330:James Douglas Prentice
284:David Williams Higgins
238:John Charlton Kinchant
770:Charles William Munro
678:Henry Dallas Helmcken
251:Charles Edward Pooley
68:Thomas Robert McInnes
995:on December 8, 2004.
852:Westminster-Richmond
735:Robert Francis Green
725:West Kootenay-Slocan
609:West Kootenay-Nelson
487:New Westminster City
1304:Municipal elections
789:Westminster-Dewdney
748:John Herbert Turner
700:James Morris Martin
619:John Frederick Hume
586:David McEwen Eberts
481:Alexander Henderson
937:Incumbent Premier
894:Francis John Deane
203:Hans Lars Helgesen
168:Alan Webster Neill
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1434:
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503:Robert Macpherson
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114:
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551:John Paton Booth
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490:
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444:
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369:
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260:
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196:
161:
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112:
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1472:
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727:
692:
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611:
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524:
489:
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443:
414:
397:
368:
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11:
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1409:
1404:
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1384:
1379:
1374:
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1354:
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1341:
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1323:
1318:
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1305:
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1290:
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1275:
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1080:
1075:
1070:
1065:
1060:
1054:
1052:
1048:
1047:
1042:
1040:
1039:
1032:
1025:
1017:
1011:
1010:
999:
998:
976:
966:
965:
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960:
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956:
950:
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935:
932:
931:
928:
923:
912:
909:
907:
905:
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871:
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867:
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848:
845:
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822:
821:
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629:
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621:
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588:
583:
579:
578:
575:
570:
567:
564:
557:North Victoria
553:
548:
544:
543:
540:
535:
532:
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267:
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253:
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244:
243:
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235:
232:
229:
218:
216:James Dunsmuir
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174:
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151:
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125:
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108:
105:
102:
101:
98:
94:
93:
86:
83:
72:James Dunsmuir
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1038:
1033:
1031:
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1007:
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947:
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941:
939:
936:
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823:
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812:
807:
795:
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784:
777:
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766:
761:
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742:
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633:
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580:
574:
563:
558:
552:
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539:
538:Joseph Martin
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523:
522:North Nanaimo
517:
510:
504:
493:
488:
482:
475:
469:
464:
459:
447:
442:
441:Lillooet West
436:
429:
423:
418:
413:
412:South Nanaimo
401:
396:
390:
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377:
372:
367:
355:
350:
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326:
321:
320:Lillooet East
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142:
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129:
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106:
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103:
95:
90:
84:
82:
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79:1903 election
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73:
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65:
64:Joseph Martin
60:
58:
54:
53:South Nanaimo
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19:
1292:
1117:
1004:
993:the original
988:
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914:
882:
850:
833:
804:
787:
758:
723:
688:
653:
636:
632:Richard Hall
607:
590:
555:
520:
485:
456:
439:
410:
393:
366:Nanaimo City
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318:
301:
272:
255:
220:
191:
156:
139:
76:
61:
38:
26:
17:
15:
1345:Referendums
862:Thomas Kidd
516:John Bryden
422:Ralph Smith
389:James Baker
181:John Irving
120:& party
113:& party
100:Opposition
97:Government
49:Ralph Smith
1442:Categories
1427:See also:
962:References
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274:Esquimalt
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