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21st Parliament of British Columbia

The 21st Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1946 to 1949. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in October 1945. 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. Hart retired as premier in December 1947 and was replaced by Byron Ingemar "Boss" Johnson.

Norman William Whittaker served as speaker for the assembly until September 1947. Robert Henry Carson then served as speaker until January 1949. Former premier John Hart became speaker the following month.

Members of the 21st Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1945:

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)
James Mowat	Alberni	Coalition (Liberal)	1941	2nd term

Notes:

Party standings

Affiliation	Members
Liberal-Conservative coalition	37
Total
48
Government Majority
26

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
North Okanagan	Charles William Morrow	Coalition	December 19, 1945	K.C. MacDonald died November 19, 1945
Vancouver-Point Grey	Albert Reginald MacDougall	Coalition	June 24, 1946	J.A. Paton died February 19, 1946
Leigh Forbes Stevenson	R.L. Maitland died March 28, 1946
Cariboo	Walter Hogg	Coalition	February 23, 1948	L. LeBourdais died September 27, 1947
Saanich	Arthur James Richard Ash	Coalition	February 23, 1948	N.W. Whittaker resigned September 13, 1947; named to B.C. Supreme Court
Rossland-Trail	James O'Donnell Quinn	CCF	November 29, 1948	J.L. Webster died August 8, 1948
South Okanagan	Robert Denis Browne-Clayton	Coalition	February 23, 1948	W.A.C. Bennett resigned May 17, 1948, to contest federal by-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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