31st Parliament of British Columbia

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The 31st Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1976 to 1979. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in December 1975. [1] The Social Credit Party led by Bill Bennett formed the government. [2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by William Stewart King formed the official opposition. Dave Barrett had lost his seat in the election; he was reelected in a by-election held in June 1976 and resumed his role as party leader. [3]

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Dean Smith served as speaker for the assembly until 1978 when he resigned as speaker. Harvey Schroeder replaced Smith as speaker in 1979. [4]

Members of the 31st General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1975: [1]

MemberElectoral districtParty
  Robert Evans Skelly Alberni NDP
  Frank Arthur Calder Atlin Social Credit
  James J. (Jim) Hewitt Boundary-Similkameen Social Credit
  Raymond L. Loewen Burnaby-Edmonds Social Credit
  Eileen Dailly Burnaby North NDP
  Elwood Neal Veitch Burnaby-Willingdon Social Credit
  Alexander Vaughan Fraser Cariboo Social Credit
  Harvey Schroeder Chilliwack Social Credit
  James Roland Chabot Columbia River Social Credit
  Karen Elizabeth Sanford Comox NDP
  George Herman Kerster Coquitlam Social Credit
  Barbara Brookman Wallace Cowichan-Malahat NDP
  Kenneth Walter Davidson Delta Social Credit
  George Mussallem Dewdney Social Credit
  Lyle Benjamin James Kahl Esquimalt Social Credit
  Howard John Lloyd Fort George Social Credit
  Rafe Kenneth Mair Kamloops Social Credit
  George Wayne Haddad Kootenay Social Credit
  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
  Gordon Fulerton Gibson North Vancouver-Capilano Liberal
  John (Jack) Davis North Vancouver-Seymour Social Credit
  George Scott Wallace Oak Bay Progressive Conservative
  Jack Joseph Kempf Omineca Social Credit
  Graham Lea Prince Rupert NDP
  William Stewart King Revelstoke-Slocan NDP
  James Arthur Nielsen Richmond Social Credit
  Christopher D'Arcy Rossland-Trail NDP
  Hugh Austin Curtis Saanich and the Islands Social Credit
  Leonard Bawtree Shuswap Social Credit
  Cyril Morley Shelford Skeena Social Credit
  William Richards Bennett South Okanagan Social Credit
  Donald McGray Phillips South Peace River Social Credit
  William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm Surrey Social Credit
  Rosemary Brown Vancouver-Burrard NDP
  Norman Levi
  Emery Oakland Barnes Vancouver Centre NDP
  Gary Lauk
  Alexander Barrett MacDonald Vancouver East NDP
  Robert Arthur Williams
  Grace Mary McCarthy Vancouver-Little Mountain Social Credit
  Evan Maurice Wolfe
  Garde Basil Gardom Vancouver-Point Grey Social Credit
  Patrick Lucey McGeer
  Charles Stephen Rogers Vancouver South Social Credit
  William Gerald Strongman
  Charles Frederick Barber Victoria NDP
  Robert Samuel Bawlf Social Credit
  Louis Allan Williams West Vancouver-Howe Sound Social Credit
  Thomas Manville Waterland Yale-Lillooet Social Credit

Notes:

    Party standings

    AffiliationMembers
    Social Credit 35
      New Democratic Party 18
    Liberal 1
    Progressive Conservative 1
     Total
    		55
     Government Majority
    		15

    By-elections

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

    Electoral districtMember electedPartyElection dateReason
    Vancouver East David Barrett NDP June 3, 1976R.A. Williams resigned February 27, 1976, to provide seat for D. Barrett
    Oak Bay Victor Albert Stephens Progressive Conservative March 20, 1978G.S. Wallace resigned December 31, 1977, to return to medical practice

    Notes: Two by-elections were called in 1979 for the ridings of North Vancouver-Seymour and North Vancouver-Capilano but they were cancelled when a 1979 general election was scheduled.

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      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.
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