30th Parliament of British Columbia

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Diagram of the 30th Parliament of British Columbia
  NDP: 38 seats
  Social Credit: 10 seats
  Liberal: 5 seats
  Progressive Conservative: 2 seats

The 30th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1972 to 1975. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in August 1972. [1] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Dave Barrett formed the government. [2] The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the official opposition. Bill Bennett was elected Social Credit party leader in November 1973 after his father resigned his seat in the assembly in June 1973. [3]

Contents

Gordon Dowding served as speaker for the assembly. [4]

Members of the 30th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1972: [1]

MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously elected
  Robert Evans Skelly Alberni NDP 1972
  Frank Arthur Calder Atlin NDP 1949, 1960
  Social Credit
  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
  Harvey Schroeder Chilliwack Social Credit 1972
  James Roland Chabot Columbia River Social Credit 1963
  Karen Elizabeth Sanford Comox NDP 1972
  David Barrett Coquitlam NDP 1960
  Robert Martin Strachan Cowichan-Malahat NDP 1952
  Carl Liden Delta NDP 1972
  Peter Rolston Dewdney NDP 1972
  James Henry Gorst Esquimalt NDP 1972
  Allan Alfred Nunweiler Fort George NDP 1972
  Gerald Hamilton Anderson Kamloops NDP 1972
  Leo Thomas Nimsick Kootenay NDP 1949
  Robert Howard McClelland Langley Social Credit 1972
  Don Lockstead Mackenzie NDP 1972
  David Daniel Stupich Nanaimo NDP 1963, 1972
  Lorne Nicolson Nelson-Creston NDP 1972
  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
  Gordon Fulerton Gibson Liberal 1974
  Colin Gabelmann North Vancouver-Seymour NDP 1972
  George Scott Wallace Oak Bay Progressive Conservative 1969 [a]
  Douglas Tynwald Kelly Omineca NDP 1972
  Graham Lea Prince Rupert NDP 1972
  William Stewart King Revelstoke-Slocan NDP 1968, 1972
  Harold Leslie Steves Richmond NDP 1972
  Christopher D'Arcy Rossland-Trail NDP 1972
  Hugh Austin Curtis Saanich and the Islands Progressive Conservative 1972
  Social Credit
  Donald Emerson Lewis Shuswap NDP 1972
  Hartley Douglas Dent Skeena NDP 1972
  William Andrew Cecil Bennett South Okanagan Social Credit 1941, [b] 1949
  William Richards Bennett Social Credit 1973
  Donald McGray Phillips South Peace River Social Credit 1966, 1972
  Ernest Hall Surrey NDP 1966
  Rosemary Brown Vancouver-Burrard NDP 1972
  Norman Levi 1968, [c] 1972
  Emery Oakland Barnes Vancouver Centre NDP 1972
  Gary Lauk 1972
  Alexander Barrett MacDonald Vancouver East NDP 1960
  Robert Arthur Williams 1966
  Roy Thomas Cummings Vancouver-Little Mountain NDP 1972
  Phyllis Florence Young 1972
  Garde Basil Gardom Vancouver-Point Grey Liberal 1966
  Social Credit
  Patrick Lucey McGeer Liberal 1962
  Social Credit
  Jack A. Radford Vancouver South NDP 1972
  Daisy Webster 1972
  David Alexander Anderson Victoria Liberal 1972
  Newell Orrin Ruston Morrison Social Credit 1972
  Louis Allan Williams West Vancouver-Howe Sound Liberal 1966
  Social Credit
  William Leonard Hartley Yale-Lillooet NDP 1972

Party standings

AffiliationMembers
New Democratic 38
Social Credit 10
Liberal 5
Progressive Conservative 2
 Total
55
 Government Majority
21

By-elections

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

Electoral districtMember electedPartyElection dateReason
South Okanagan William Richards Bennett Social Credit September 7, 1973W.A.C. Bennett resigned June 5, 1973; retired from politics
North Vancouver-Capilano Gordon Fulerton Gibson Liberal February 5, 1974D.M. Brousson resigned October 23, 1973, to look after business interests

Other changes

Notes

  1. ↑ First elected as a Social Credit
  2. ↑ First elected as a Conservative
  3. ↑ Vancouver South

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  4. ↑ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
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