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Dunsmuir ministry
14th ministry of British Columbia
Date formed	June 15, 1900 (1900-06-15)
Date dissolved	November 21, 1902 (1902-11-21)
People and organisations
Monarch	Victoria (1900–1901) Edward VII (1901–1902)
Lieutenant Governor	Thomas Robert McInnes (1900) Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (1900–1902)
Premier	James Dunsmuir
No. of ministers	5
Ministers removed	3
Total no. of members	8
Member parties	Non-partisan
History
Election	1900
Legislature term	9th Parliament
Predecessor	Martin ministry
Successor	Prior ministry

The Dunsmuir ministry was the combined Cabinet that governed British Columbia from June 15, 1900, to November 21, 1902. It was led by James Dunsmuir, the 14th premier of British Columbia. It was formed following the 1900 general election, in which the incumbent premier, Joseph Martin, failed to gain a majority; he subsequently recommended Dunsmuir as the next government leader.

On November 21, 1902, Dunsmuir submitted his resignation to Lieutenant Governor Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière and recommended Edward Gawler Prior as his successor. Joly de Lotbinière then invited Prior to form a government, who accepted and formed the Prior ministry.

List of ministers

Cabinet shuffles

On September 3, 1901, finance minister John Herbert Turner resigned in order to become the province's agent general in London and was succeeded by James Douglas Prentice; Prentice, the provincial secretary and education minister, was in turn succeeded by John Cunningham Brown. Brown was an ally of former premier Joseph Martin, and his appointment was opposed by Richard McBride – Martin's political rival – who resigned from cabinet in protest. On September 18, Brown was defeated in a ministerial by-election. Two weeks later, on October 4, Brown resigned from cabinet, and Prentice regained the portfolios while also remaining minister of finance and agriculture.

On March 6, 1902, Edward Gawler Prior joined cabinet as minister of mines, filling the absence left by McBride.

Notes

1. ^ Acting

References

1. "Dunsmuir the New Premier". Vancouver Daily Province. June 15, 1900. p. 1.
2. "Mr. Dunsmuir Has Resigned; Col. Prior Now Premier". The Vancouver Daily Province. November 22, 1902. p. 1.
3. "British Columbia Executive Council Appointments (1871-1986)" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. p. 29. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
4. "J. C. Brown Sworn In—R. McBride Resigns and Will Contest His Re-Election". The Vancouver Daily World. September 3, 1901. p. 1.
5. "Gifford Wins a Splendid Victory". The Vancouver Daily Province. September 19, 1901. p. 1.
6. "Brown Resigns Cabinet Porision". Victoria Daily Times. October 4, 1901.
7. "Colonel E. G. Prior Sworn in as Minister of Mines". The Vernon News. March 6, 1902. p. 1.

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• Ministries of Edward VII
• 1900s in British Columbia
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