23rd Parliament of British Columbia

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The 23rd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from February 1953 to March 1953. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1952. [1] The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government. [2] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Harold Winch formed the official opposition. [3]

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Thomas James Irwin served as speaker for the assembly. [4]

The government was defeated on Bill 79, known as the "Rolston formula", on March 24. [5]

Members of the 23rd Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1952: [1]

MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo.# of term(s)
  Stanley John Squire Alberni CCF 19521st term
  Frank Arthur Calder Atlin CCF 19492nd term
  Ernest Edward Winch Burnaby CCF 19336th term
  William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd Cariboo Social Credit 19521st term
  William Kenneth Kiernan Chilliwack Social Credit 19521st term
  Richard Orr Newton Columbia Social Credit 19521st term
  Robert William Bonner (1952) Social Credit 19521st term
  William Campbell Moore Comox CCF 19521st term
  Robert Martin Strachan Cowichan-Newcastle CCF 19521st term
  Leo Thomas Nimsick Cranbrook CCF 19492nd term
  Thomas Irwin Delta Social Credit 19521st term
  Lyle Wicks Dewdney Social Credit 19521st term
  Frank Mitchell Esquimalt CCF 19512nd term
  Thomas Aubert Uphill Fernie Labour 19209th term
  Llewellyn Leslie King Fort George Social Credit 19521st term
  Rupert Williams Haggen Grand Forks-Greenwood CCF 19492nd term
  Philip Arthur Gaglardi Kamloops Social Credit 19521st term
  Randolph Harding Kaslo-Slocan CCF 19453rd term
  Ernest Crawford Carson Lillooet Progressive Conservative 1928, 19415th term*
  Anthony John Gargrave Mackenzie CCF 19521st term
  Lorenzo (Larry) Giovando Nanaimo and the Islands Progressive Conservative 19521st term
  Wesley Drewett Black Nelson-Creston Social Credit 19521st term
  John McRae (Rae) Eddie New Westminster CCF 19521st term
  Lorne Shantz North Okanagan Social Credit 19521st term
  Martin Elliott Sowden North Vancouver Liberal 19521st term
  Philip Archibald Gibbs Oak Bay Liberal 19521st term
  Cyril Morley Shelford Omineca Social Credit 19521st term
  Charles William Parker Peace River Social Credit 19521st term
  George Edwin Hills Prince Rupert CCF 19521st term
  Vincent Segur Revelstoke CCF 1943, 19522nd term*
  Robert Edward Sommers Rossland-Trail Social Credit 19521st term
  Frank Snowsell Saanich CCF 19521st term
  James Allan Reid Salmon Arm Social Credit 19521st term
  Harry Denyer Francis Similkameen Social Credit 19521st term
  Einar Maynard Gunderson (1952) Social Credit 19521st term
  Edward Tourtellotte Kenney Skeena Liberal 19336th term
  William Andrew Cecil Bennett South Okanagan Social Credit 1941, [a] 19494th term*
  Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin Vancouver-Burrard Social Credit 19521st term
  Bert Price 19521st term
  James Campbell Bury Vancouver Centre CCF 19521st term
  Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson 1939, 19523rd term*
  Arthur James Turner Vancouver East CCF 19414th term
  Harold Edward Winch 19336th term
  Albert Reginald MacDougall Vancouver-Point Grey Progressive Conservative 19463rd term
  George Clark Miller 19521st term
  Tilly Jean Rolston Social Credit 1941 [a] 4th term
  Nancy Hodges Victoria City Liberal 19414th term
  Daniel John Proudfoot 19492nd term
  William Thomas Straith 19375th term
  Irvine Finlay Corbett Yale Social Credit 19521st term

Party standings

AffiliationMembers
Social Credit 19
Co-operative Commonwealth 18
Liberal 6
Progressive Conservative 4
Labour 1
 Total
48
 Government Majority
-10

By-elections

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

Electoral districtMember electedPartyElection dateReason
Columbia Robert William Bonner Social Credit November 24, 1952R.O. Newton resigned to provide seat for R.W. Bonner
Similkameen Einar Maynard Gunderson Social Credit November 24, 1952H.D. Francis resigned to provide seat for E.M. Gunderson

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Notes

  1. 1 2 First elected as a Conservative

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  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. ↑ "Bennett, W.A.C. (William Andrew Cecil)". British Columbia Archival Information Network. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
  6. ↑ "The Vancouver Sun - Google News Archive Search".
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