McBride of McKenna-McBride: Premier Richard McBride and the Indian Question in British Columbia ...

• Main Author: Roy, Patricia E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly 2012
• Subjects: Indian; First Nations
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/bcs.v0i172.2059; https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/view/2059

To those who study the history of the First Nations in British Columbia, the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs in British Columbia, popularly known as the McKenna-McBride Commission, a joint federal-provincial project, is a familiar document.McKenna as a commissioner is well known but who was McBride?Richard McBride, a native British Columbian though not of aboriginal ancestry, was the Conservative premier of British Columbia, 1903-1915.As the winner of four consecutive provincial elections, he understood popular opinion in the province so an examination of his views on the “Indians” provides background for the Commission. . ... : BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly, No 172: Winter 2011/12 ...