33rd Parliament of British Columbia

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]

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]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First 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 (1984)		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
			Independent
			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 [b]	1972
	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 (1984)			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 [d]
	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

Affiliation		Members
	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 district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Okanagan North	Lyle MacWilliam	New Democratic Party	November 8, 1984	Death of D.J. Campbell June 10, 1984
Vancouver East	Robert Arthur Williams	New Democratic Party	November 8, 1984	D. Barrett resigned June 1, 1984, to become a talk show host

Other changes

• Graham Lea becomes an Independent on June 20, 1984, and on February 8, 1985, he forms the United Party. He dissolves the United Party to join the Progressive Conservatives on March 26, 1986. ^[5]
• Al Passarell joins Social Credit on October 22, 1985. ^[5]
• South Peace River (res. Donald McGray Phillips April 28, 1986.) ^[5]
• Yale-Lillooet (res. Thomas Manville Waterland August 5, 1986.) ^[5]
• Langley (res. Robert Howard McClelland August 7, 1986.) ^[5]

Notes

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

References

1. "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
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.
5. "A checklist of members of the Legislature of British Columbia" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. 2013-05-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2022-03-26.