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20th Parliament of British Columbia

Legislative assembly

Summary

Legislative assembly

Diagram of the 20th Parliament of British Columbia in 1941

The 20th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1941 to 1945. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1941. The Liberals and Conservatives formed a coalition government led by John Hart. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Harold Winch formed the official opposition.

Norman William Whittaker served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 20th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1941.:

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)
James Mowat	Alberni	Liberal	1941	1st term

Notes:

Party standings

Affiliation	Members
21	14
Total
48
Government Majority
16Former Liberal Party leader Thomas Dufferin Pattullo did not support the coalition, which therefore had 32 seats.

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Salmon Arm	George Faulds Stirling	CCF	November 25, 1942	R.W. Bruhn died August 30, 1942
Revelstoke	Vincent Segur	CCF	June 14, 1943	H. Johnston died January 21, 1943
New Westminster	Byron Ingemar Johnson	Coalition	May 10, 1945	A.W. Gray died May 7, 1944

Other changes

Rossland-Trail (res. Herbert Wilfred Herridge to contest the 1945 Federal Election)

Notes

References

"Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986". Elections BC.
"Premiers of British Columbia 1871-". BC Legislature.
"Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903-". BC Legislature.
"Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-". BC Legislature.

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