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 districtPartyFirst elected / previously elected
  Robert Evans Skelly Alberni NDP 1972
  Frank Arthur Calder Atlin Social Credit 1949 [a] , 1960 [b]
  James J. (Jim) Hewitt Boundary-Similkameen Social Credit 1975
  Raymond L. Loewen Burnaby-Edmonds Social Credit 1975
  Eileen Dailly Burnaby North NDP 1966
  Elwood Neal Veitch Burnaby-Willingdon Social Credit 1975
  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
  George Herman Kerster Coquitlam Social Credit 1975
  Barbara Brookman Wallace Cowichan-Malahat NDP 1975
  Kenneth Walter Davidson Delta Social Credit 1975
  George Mussallem Dewdney Social Credit 1966, 1975
  Lyle Benjamin James Kahl Esquimalt Social Credit 1975
  Howard John Lloyd Fort George Social Credit 1975
  Rafe Kenneth Mair Kamloops Social Credit 1975
  George Wayne Haddad Kootenay Social Credit 1975
  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
  Gordon Fulerton Gibson North Vancouver-Capilano Liberal 1974
  John (Jack) Davis North Vancouver-Seymour Social Credit 1975
  George Scott Wallace Oak Bay Progressive Conservative 1969 [c]
  Victor Albert Stephens Progressive Conservative 1978
  Jack Joseph Kempf Omineca Social Credit 1975
  Graham Lea Prince Rupert NDP 1972
  William Stewart King Revelstoke-Slocan NDP 1968, 1972
  James Arthur Nielsen Richmond Social Credit 1975
  Christopher D'Arcy Rossland-Trail NDP 1972
  Hugh Austin Curtis Saanich and the Islands Social Credit 1972 [d]
  Leonard Bawtree Shuswap Social Credit 1975
  Cyril Morley Shelford Skeena Social Credit 1952 [e] , 1975
  William Richards Bennett South Okanagan Social Credit 1973
  Donald McGray Phillips South Peace River Social Credit 1966, 1972
  William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm Surrey Social Credit 1975
  Rosemary Brown Vancouver-Burrard NDP 1972
  Norman Levi 1968 [f] , 1972
  Emery Oakland Barnes Vancouver Centre NDP 1972
  Gary Lauk 1972
  Alexander Barrett MacDonald Vancouver East NDP 1960
  Robert Arthur Williams 1966
  David Barrett 1960 [g] , 1976
  Grace Mary McCarthy Vancouver-Little Mountain Social Credit 1966, 1975
  Evan Maurice Wolfe 1966 [h] , 1975
  Garde Basil Gardom Vancouver-Point Grey Social Credit 1966 [i]
  Patrick Lucey McGeer 1962 [j]
  Charles Stephen Rogers Vancouver South Social Credit 1975
  William Gerald Strongman 1975
  Charles Frederick Barber Victoria NDP 1975
  Robert Samuel Bawlf Social Credit 1975
  Louis Allan Williams West Vancouver-Howe Sound Social Credit 1966 [k]
  Thomas Manville Waterland Yale-Lillooet Social Credit 1975

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
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Notes

  1. ↑ First elected as a CCF
  2. ↑ Re-elected as a CCF
  3. ↑ First elected as a Social Credit
  4. ↑ First elected as a Progressive Conservative
  5. ↑ Omineca
  6. ↑ Vancouver South
  7. ↑ Dewdney
  8. ↑ Vancouver Centre
  9. ↑ First elected as a Liberal
  10. ↑ First elected as a Liberal
  11. ↑ First elected as a Liberal

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References

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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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