30th Parliament of British Columbia

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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]

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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 districtParty
  Robert Evans Skelly Alberni NDP
  Frank Arthur Calder Atlin NDP
  Francis Xavier Richter Boundary-Similkameen Social Credit
  Gordon Dowding Burnaby-Edmonds NDP
  Eileen Dailly Burnaby North NDP
  James Gibson Lorimer Burnaby-Willingdon NDP
  Alexander Vaughan Fraser Cariboo Social Credit
  Harvey Schroeder Chilliwack Social Credit
  James Roland Chabot Columbia River Social Credit
  Karen Elizabeth Sanford Comox NDP
  David Barrett Coquitlam NDP
  Robert Martin Strachan Cowichan-Malahat NDP
  Carl Liden Delta NDP
  Peter Rolston Dewdney NDP
  James Henry Gorst Esquimalt NDP
  Allan Alfred Nunweiler Fort George NDP
  Gerald Hamilton Anderson Kamloops NDP
  Leo Thomas Nimsick Kootenay NDP
  Robert Howard McClelland Langley Social Credit
  Don Lockstead Mackenzie NDP
  David Daniel Stupich Nanaimo NDP
  Lorne Nicolson Nelson-Creston NDP
  Dennis Geoffrey Cocke New Westminster NDP
  Patricia Jordan North Okanagan Social Credit
  Dean Edward Smith North Peace River Social Credit
  David Maurice Brousson North Vancouver-Capilano Liberal
  Colin Gabelmann North Vancouver-Seymour NDP
  George Scott Wallace Oak Bay Progressive Conservative
  Douglas Tynwald Kelly Omineca NDP
  Graham Lea Prince Rupert NDP
  William Stewart King Revelstoke-Slocan NDP
  Harold Leslie Steves Richmond NDP
  Christopher D'Arcy Rossland-Trail NDP
  Hugh Austin Curtis Saanich and the Islands Progressive Conservative
  Donald Emerson Lewis Shuswap NDP
  Hartley Douglas Dent Skeena NDP
  William Andrew Cecil Bennett South Okanagan Social Credit
  Donald McGray Phillips South Peace River Social Credit
  Ernest Hall Surrey NDP
  Rosemary Brown Vancouver-Burrard NDP
  Norman Levi
  Emery Oakland Barnes Vancouver Centre NDP
  Gary Lauk
  Alexander Barrett MacDonald Vancouver East NDP
  Robert Arthur Williams
  Roy Thomas Cummings Vancouver-Little Mountain NDP
  Phyllis Florence Young
  Garde Basil Gardom Vancouver-Point Grey Liberal
  Patrick Lucey McGeer
  Jack A. Radford Vancouver South NDP
  Daisy Webster
  David Alexander Anderson Victoria Liberal
  Newell Orrin Ruston Morrison Social Credit
  Louis Allan Williams West Vancouver-Howe Sound Liberal
  William Leonard Hartley Yale-Lillooet NDP

Notes:

    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

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