28th Parliament of British Columbia

The 28th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1967 to 1969. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September 1966.[1] The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government.[2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Robert Strachan formed the official opposition.[3]

William Harvey Murray served as speaker for the assembly.[4]

Members of the 28th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1966:[1]

Member Electoral district Party
  Howard Richmond McDiarmid Alberni Social Credit
     Frank Arthur Calder Atlin NDP
  Francis Xavier Richter Boundary-Similkameen Social Credit
     Gordon Dowding Burnaby-Edmonds NDP
     Eileen Dailly Burnaby North NDP
     Fred Vulliamy Burnaby-Willingdon NDP
  William Collins Speare Cariboo Social Credit
  William Kenneth Kiernan Chilliwack Social Credit
  James Roland Chabot Columbia River Social Credit
  Daniel Robert John Campbell Comox Social Credit
     David Barrett Coquitlam NDP
     Robert Martin Strachan Cowichan-Malahat NDP
  Robert Wenman Delta Social Credit
  George Mussallem Dewdney Social Credit
  Herbert Joseph Bruch Esquimalt Social Credit
  Ray Gillis Williston Fort George Social Credit
  Philip Arthur Gaglardi Kamloops Social Credit
     Leo Thomas Nimsick Kootenay NDP
  Hunter Bertram Vogel Langley Social Credit
  Isabel Dawson Mackenzie Social Credit
     David Daniel Stupich Nanaimo NDP
  Wesley Drewett Black Nelson-Creston Social Credit
     John McRae (Rae) Eddie New Westminster NDP
  Patricia Jordan North Okanagan Social Credit
  Dean Edward Smith North Peace River Social Credit
     Raymond Joseph Perrault North Vancouver-Capilano Liberal
     Barrie Aird Clark North Vancouver-Seymour Liberal
     Alan Brock MacFarlane Oak Bay Liberal
  Cyril Morley Shelford Omineca Social Credit
  William Harvey Murray Prince Rupert Social Credit
     Randolph Harding Revelstoke-Slocan NDP
  Ernest A. LeCours Richmond Social Credit
  Donald Leslie Brothers Rossland-Trail Social Credit
  John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle Saanich and the Islands Social Credit
  Willis Franklin Jefcoat Shuswap Social Credit
  Dudley George Little Skeena Social Credit
  William Andrew Cecil Bennett South Okanagan Social Credit
  Donald McGray Phillips South Peace River Social Credit
     Ernest Hall Surrey NDP
     Thomas Rodney Berger Vancouver-Burrard NDP
     Raymond Parkinson
  Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi Vancouver Centre Social Credit
  Evan Maurice Wolfe
     Alexander Barrett MacDonald Vancouver East NDP
     Robert Arthur Williams
  Grace Mary McCarthy Vancouver-Little Mountain Social Credit
  Leslie Raymond Peterson
     Garde Basil Gardom Vancouver-Point Grey Liberal
     Patrick Lucey McGeer
  Thomas Audley Bate Vancouver South Social Credit
  Ralph Raymond Loffmark
  William Neelands Chant Victoria Social Credit
  Waldo McTavish Skillings
     Louis Allan Williams West Vancouver-Howe Sound Liberal
     William Leonard Hartley Yale-Lillooet NDP

Notes:

    Party standings
    Affiliation Members
    Social Credit 33
         New Democratic Party 16
    Liberal 6
     Total
    		 55
     Government Majority
    		 11

    By-elections

    By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:[1]

    Electoral district Member elected Party Election date Reason
    Cariboo Robert William Bonner Social Credit November 28, 1966 W.C. Speare resigned to provide seat for R.W. Bonner
    Vancouver South Norman Levi NDP May 21, 1968 death of T.A. Bate September 21, 1967
    North Vancouver-Capilano David Maurice Brousson Liberal July 15, 1968 R.J. Perrault resigned June 5, 1968, to contest federal seat
    Oak Bay Allan Leslie Cox Liberal July 15, 1968 A.B. MacFarlane resigned April 25, 1968, for "personal reasons"; named to B.C. Supreme Court April 26, 1968
    Revelstoke-Slocan William Stewart King NDP July 15, 1968 R. Harding resigned June 5, 1968, to contest federal seat
    Burnaby-Willingdon James Gibson Lorimer NDP January 13, 1969 death of F.J. Vulliamy October 20, 1968

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      References
      1. "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871–1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
      2. "Premiers of British Columbia 1871-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
      3. "Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
      4. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
      5. Vancouver Sun, July 22, 1969
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