33rd Parliament of British Columbia

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The 33rd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1983 to 1986. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in May 1983. [1] The Social Credit Party led by Bill Bennett formed the government. After Bennett retired in 1986, Bill Vander Zalm became Premier. [2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Dave Barrett formed the official opposition. After Barrett resigned his seat in 1984, Bob Skelly became party leader. [3]

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Kenneth Walter Davidson served as speaker for the assembly. [4]

Members of the 33rd Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1983: [1]

MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously elected
  Robert Evans Skelly Alberni NDP 1972
  Al Passarell Atlin NDP 1979
  Social Credit
  James J. (Jim) Hewitt Boundary-Similkameen Social Credit 1975
  Rosemary Brown Burnaby-Edmonds NDP 1972
  Eileen Dailly Burnaby North NDP 1966
  Elwood Neal Veitch Burnaby-Willingdon Social Credit 1975, 1983
  Alexander Vaughan Fraser Cariboo Social Credit 1969
  William Samuel (Bill) Ritchie Central Fraser Valley Social Credit 1979
  Harvey Schroeder Chilliwack Social Credit 1972
  James Roland Chabot Columbia River Social Credit 1963
  Karen Elizabeth Sanford Comox NDP 1972
  Mark Willson Rose Coquitlam-Moody NDP 1983
  Barbara Brookman Wallace Cowichan-Malahat NDP 1975
  Kenneth Walter Davidson Delta Social Credit 1975
  Forbes Charles Austin Pelton Dewdney Social Credit 1983
  Frank Mitchell Esquimalt-Port Renfrew NDP 1951, 1979
  Claude Harry Richmond Kamloops Social Credit 1981
  Terence Patrick Segarty Kootenay Social Credit 1979
  Robert Howard McClelland Langley Social Credit 1972
  Don Lockstead Mackenzie NDP 1972
  John Michael Parks Maillardville-Coquitlam Social Credit 1983
  David Daniel Stupich Nanaimo NDP 1963, 1972
  Lorne Nicolson Nelson-Creston NDP 1972
  Dennis Geoffrey Cocke New Westminster NDP 1969
  Colin Stuart Gabelmann North Island NDP 1972 [a] , 1979
  Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet North Peace River Social Credit 1979
  Angus Creelman Ree North Vancouver-Capilano Social Credit 1979
  John (Jack) Davis North Vancouver-Seymour Social Credit 1975
  Brian Ray Douglas Smith Oak Bay-Gordon Head Social Credit 1979
  Donald James Campbell Okanagan North Social Credit 1983
  Lyle MacWilliam NDP 1984
  William Richards Bennett Okanagan South Social Credit 1973
  Jack Joseph Kempf Omineca Social Credit 1975
  John Herbert (Jack) Heinrich Prince George North Social Credit 1979
  William Bruce Strachan Prince George South Social Credit 1979
  Graham Lea Prince Rupert NDP 1972
  United Party
  Progressive Conservative
  James Arthur Nielsen Richmond Social Credit 1975
  Christopher D'Arcy Rossland-Trail NDP 1972
  Hugh Austin Curtis Saanich and the Islands Social Credit 1972 [b]
  Michael C. Clifford Shuswap-Revelstoke Social Credit 1983
  Frank Howard Skeena NDP 1953, 1979
  Donald McGray Phillips South Peace River Social Credit 1966, 1972
  Rita Margaret Johnston Surrey Social Credit 1983
  William Earl (Bill) Reid 1983
  Emery Oakland Barnes Vancouver Centre NDP 1972
  Gary Lauk 1972
  David Barrett Vancouver East NDP 1960 [c] , 1976
  Alexander Barrett MacDonald 1960
  Robert Arthur Williams 1966, 1984
  Grace Mary McCarthy Vancouver-Little Mountain Social Credit 1966, 1975
  Douglas Lyle Mowat 1983
  Garde Basil Gardom Vancouver-Point Grey Social Credit 1966 [d]
  Patrick Lucey McGeer 1962 [e]
  Russell Gordon Fraser Vancouver South Social Credit 1983
  Charles Stephen Rogers 1975
  Robin Kyle Blencoe Victoria NDP 1983
  Gordon William Hanson 1979
  John Douglas Reynolds West Vancouver-Howe Sound Social Credit 1983
  Thomas Manville Waterland Yale-Lillooet Social Credit 1975

Party standings

AffiliationMembers
Social Credit 35
  New Democratic Party 22
 Total
57
 Government Majority
13

By-elections

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

Electoral districtMember electedPartyElection dateReason
Okanagan North Lyle MacWilliam New Democratic Party November 8, 1984Death of D.J. Campbell June 10, 1984
Vancouver East Robert Arthur Williams New Democratic Party November 8, 1984D. Barrett resigned June 1, 1984, to become a talk show host

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Notes

  1. ↑ North Vancouver-Seymour
  2. ↑ First elected as a Progressive Conservative
  3. ↑ Dewdney
  4. ↑ First elected as a Liberal
  5. ↑ First elected as a Liberal

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