29th Parliament of British Columbia

The 29th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1970 to 1972. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in August 1969. ^[1] The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government. ^[2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Dave Barrett formed the official opposition. ^[3]

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

Members of the 29th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1969: ^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Howard Richmond McDiarmid	Alberni	Social Credit	1966
	Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	NDP	1949, 1960
	Francis Xavier Richter	Boundary-Similkameen	Social Credit	1953
	Gordon Dowding	Burnaby-Edmonds	NDP	1956
	Eileen Dailly	Burnaby North	NDP	1966
	James Gibson Lorimer	Burnaby-Willingdon	NDP	1969
	Alexander Vaughan Fraser	Cariboo	Social Credit	1969
	William Kenneth Kiernan	Chilliwack	Social Credit	1952
	James Roland Chabot	Columbia River	Social Credit	1963
	Daniel Robert John Campbell	Comox	Social Credit	1956
	David Barrett	Coquitlam	NDP	1960
	Robert Martin Strachan	Cowichan-Malahat	NDP	1952
	Robert Wenman	Delta	Social Credit	1966
	George Mussallem	Dewdney	Social Credit	1966
	Herbert Joseph Bruch	Esquimalt	Social Credit	1953
	Ray Gillis Williston	Fort George	Social Credit	1953
	Philip Arthur Gaglardi	Kamloops	Social Credit	1952
	Leo Thomas Nimsick	Kootenay	NDP	1949
	Hunter Bertram Vogel	Langley	Social Credit	1963
	Isabel Dawson	Mackenzie	Social Credit	1966
	Frank James Ney	Nanaimo	Social Credit	1969
	Wesley Drewett Black	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit	1952
	Dennis Geoffrey Cocke	New Westminster	NDP	1969
	Patricia Jordan	North Okanagan	Social Credit	1966
	Dean Edward Smith	North Peace River	Social Credit	1966
	David Maurice Brousson	North Vancouver-Capilano	Liberal	1968
	Barrie Aird Clark	North Vancouver-Seymour	Liberal	1966
	George Scott Wallace	Oak Bay	Social Credit	1969
			Independent
			Progressive Conservative
	Cyril Morley Shelford	Omineca	Social Credit	1952
	William Harvey Murray	Prince Rupert	Social Credit	1956
	Burton Peter Campbell	Revelstoke-Slocan	Social Credit	1969
	Ernest A. LeCours	Richmond	Social Credit	1963
	Donald Leslie Brothers	Rossland-Trail	Social Credit	1958
	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	Saanich and the Islands	Social Credit	1953
	Willis Franklin Jefcoat	Shuswap	Social Credit	1960
	Dudley George Little	Skeena	Social Credit	1960
	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Social Credit	1941, [a] 1949
	Donald Albert Marshall	South Peace River	Social Credit	1969
			Progressive Conservative
	Ernest Hall	Surrey	NDP	1966
	Harold James Merilees	Vancouver-Burrard	Social Credit	1969
	Bert Price			1952, 1969
	Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi	Vancouver Centre	Social Credit	1966
	Evan Maurice Wolfe			1966
	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	Vancouver East	NDP	1960
	Robert Arthur Williams			1966
	Grace Mary McCarthy	Vancouver-Little Mountain	Social Credit	1966
	Leslie Raymond Peterson			1955
	Garde Basil Gardom	Vancouver-Point Grey	Liberal	1966
	Patrick Lucey McGeer			1962
	Agnes Kripps	Vancouver South	Social Credit	1969
	Ralph Raymond Loffmark			1963
	William Neelands Chant	Victoria	Social Credit	1953
	Waldo McTavish Skillings			1960
	Louis Allan Williams	West Vancouver-Howe Sound	Liberal	1966
	William Leonard Hartley	Yale-Lillooet	NDP	1963

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Social Credit	38
	New Democratic	12
	Liberal	5
Total		55
Government Majority		21

By-elections

None.

Other changes

• George Scott Wallace becomes an Independent on August 17, 1971. ^[5] He joins the Progressive Conservatives in January 1972.
• Donald Albert Marshall joins the Progressive Conservatives on March 22, 1972. ^[5]

Notes

1. 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.
5. "A checklist of members of the Legislature of British Columbia" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. 2013-05-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2022-03-26.