27th Parliament of British Columbia

The 27th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1964 to 1966. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September 1963. ^[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 27th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1963: ^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Stanley John Squire	Alberni	NDP	1952
	Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	NDP	1949, 1960
	Gordon Dowding	Burnaby	NDP	1956
	Charles Willoughby MacSorley		Social Credit	1963
	William Collins Speare	Cariboo	Social Credit	1957
	William Kenneth Kiernan	Chilliwack	Social Credit	1952
	James Roland Chabot	Columbia	Social Credit	1963
	Daniel Robert John Campbell	Comox	Social Credit	1956
	Robert Martin Strachan	Cowichan-Newcastle	NDP	1952
	Leo Thomas Nimsick	Cranbrook	NDP	1949
	Ernest A. LeCours	Delta	Social Credit	1963
	Hunter Bertram Vogel			1963
	David Barrett	Dewdney	NDP	1960
	Herbert Joseph Bruch	Esquimalt	Social Credit	1953
	Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay	Fernie	Liberal	1960
	Ray Gillis Williston	Fort George	Social Credit	1953
	Lois Mabel Haggen	Grand Forks-Greenwood	NDP	1956
	Philip Arthur Gaglardi	Kamloops	Social Credit	1952
	Randolph Harding	Kaslo-Slocan	NDP	1945
	Donald Frederick Robinson	Lillooet	Social Credit	1955
	Anthony John Gargrave	Mackenzie	NDP	1952
	David Daniel Stupich	Nanaimo and the Islands	NDP	1963
	Wesley Drewett Black	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit	1952
	John McRae (Rae) Eddie	New Westminster	NDP	1952
	George William McLeod	North Okanagan	Social Credit	1963
	Jacob Francis Huhn	North Peace River	Social Credit	1960
	James Gordon Gibson	North Vancouver	Liberal	1953, [a] 1960
	Raymond Joseph Perrault			1960
	Alan Brock MacFarlane	Oak Bay	Liberal	1960
	Cyril Morley Shelford	Omineca	Social Credit	1952
	William Harvey Murray	Prince Rupert	Social Credit	1956
	Arvid Lundell	Revelstoke	Social Credit	1949, [b] 1956, 1963
	Donald Leslie Brothers	Rossland-Trail	Social Credit	1958
	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	Saanich	Social Credit	1953
	Willis Franklin Jefcoat	Salmon Arm	Social Credit	1960
	Francis Xavier Richter	Similkameen	Social Credit	1953
	Dudley George Little	Skeena	Social Credit	1960
	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Social Credit	1941, [b] 1949
	Stanley Carnell	South Peace River	Social Credit	1956
	Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin	Vancouver-Burrard	Social Credit	1952
	Bert Price			1952
	Alexander Small Matthew	Vancouver Centre	Social Credit	1953
	Leslie Raymond Peterson			1955
	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	Vancouver East	NDP	1960
	Arthur James Turner			1941
	Robert William Bonner	Vancouver-Point Grey	Social Credit	1952
	Ralph Raymond Loffmark			1963
	Patrick Lucey McGeer		Liberal	1962
	William Neelands Chant	Victoria City	Social Credit	1953
	Waldo McTavish Skillings			1960
	John Donald Smith			1956
	William Leonard Hartley	Yale	NDP	1963

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Social Credit	33
	New Democratic	14
	Liberal	5
Total		52
Government Majority		14

By-elections

None.

Other changes

• North Okanagan (dec. George William McLeod December 1965)

Notes

1. Lillooet
2. First elected as a Conservative

References

1. "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.