34th Parliament of British Columbia

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The 34th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1987 to 1991. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in October 1986.^[1] The Social Credit Party led by Bill Vander Zalm formed the government. Vander Zalm resigned in 1991 after he was found to have put himself into a conflict of interest; Rita Johnston then became Premier.^[2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Bob Skelly formed the official opposition.^[3]

Members of the 34th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1986:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected
Robert Evans Skelly	Alberni	NDP	1972
Gerard A. Janssen (1988)	Alberni	NDP	1988
Larry Guno	Atlin	NDP	1986
James J. (Jim) Hewitt	Boundary-Similkameen	Social Credit	1975
Ivan Charles Messmer		Social Credit	1986
Bill Barlee (1988)		NDP	1988
David Maurice Mercier	Burnaby-Edmonds	Social Credit	1986
		Independent Social Credit
		Social Credit
James Barry Jones	Burnaby North	NDP	1986
Elwood Neal Veitch	Burnaby-Willingdon	Social Credit	1975, 1983
Alexander Vaughan Fraser	Cariboo	Social Credit	1969
T. Neil Vant		Social Credit	1986
David Zirnhelt (1989)		NDP	1989
Harry H. De Jong	Central Fraser Valley	Social Credit	1986
Peter Albert Dueck	Central Fraser Valley	Social Credit	1986
John Jansen	Chilliwack	Social Credit	1986
Duane Delton Crandall	Columbia River	Social Credit	1986
		Independent Social Credit
		Social Credit
Stanley Brian Hagen	Comox	Social Credit	1986
Mark Willson Rose	Coquitlam-Moody	NDP	1983
Graham Preston Bruce	Cowichan-Malahat	Social Credit	1986
		Independent Social Credit
		Social Credit
Kenneth Walter Davidson	Delta	Social Credit	1975
John Lawrence Savage	Delta	Social Credit	1986
Johann Alvin Norman Jacobsen	Dewdney	Social Credit	1983
Forbes Charles Austin Pelton	Dewdney	Social Credit	1986
Munmohan Singh (Moe) Sihota	Esquimalt-Port Renfrew	NDP	1986
Claude Harry Richmond	Kamloops	Social Credit	1981
Stuart Douglas Boland (Bud) Smith	Kamloops	Social Credit	1986
Kathleen Anne Edwards	Kootenay	NDP	1986
Caroline Mary (Carol) Gran	Langley	Social Credit	1986
Daniel George Peterson	Langley	Social Credit	1986
Harold Long	Mackenzie	Social Credit	1986
John Massey Cashore	Maillardville-Coquitlam	NDP	1986
Laurence Dale Lovick	Nanaimo	NDP	1986
David Daniel Stupich			1963, 1972
Jan Pullinger (1989)			1989
Howard Leroy Dirks	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit	1986
Anita Mae Joan Hagen	New Westminster	NDP	1986
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
Elizabeth Cull (1989)	Oak Bay-Gordon Head	NDP	1989
Lyall Franklin Hanson	Okanagan North	Social Credit	1986
Larry Chalmers	Okanagan South	Social Credit	1986
Clifford Jack Serwa	Okanagan South	Social Credit	1986
Jack Joseph Kempf	Omineca	Social Credit	1975
		Independent
		Social Credit
Lois Ruth Boone	Prince George North	NDP	1986
William Bruce Strachan	Prince George South	Social Credit	1979
Arthur Daniel Miller	Prince Rupert	NDP	1986
Nick Loenen	Richmond	Social Credit	1986
William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm	Richmond	Social Credit	1975,^[b] 1986
Christopher D'Arcy	Rossland-Trail	NDP	1972
Mel Couvelier	Saanich and the Islands	Social Credit	1986
Terry Huberts	Saanich and the Islands	Social Credit	1986
Clifford C. Michael	Shuswap-Revelstoke	Social Credit	1983
David Fletcher Hewlett Parker	Skeena	Social Credit	1986
John Sylverster (Jack) Weisgerber	South Peace River	Social Credit	1986
Joan Kathleen Smallwood	Surrey-Guildford-Whalley	NDP	1986
Rita Margaret Johnston	Surrey-Newton	Social Credit	1983
William Earl (Bill) Reid	Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale	Social Credit	1983
Emery Oakland Barnes	Vancouver Centre	NDP	1972
Michael Franklin Harcourt	Vancouver Centre	NDP	1986
Glen David Clark	Vancouver East	NDP	1986
Robert Arthur Williams	Vancouver East	NDP	1966, 1984
Grace Mary McCarthy	Vancouver-Little Mountain	Social Credit	1966, 1975
Douglas Lyle Mowat		Social Credit	1983
		Independent Social Credit
		Social Credit
Avril Kim Campbell	Vancouver-Point Grey	Social Credit	1986
Darlene R. Marzari		NDP	1986
Tom Perry (1989)		NDP	1989
Russell Gordon Fraser	Vancouver South	Social Credit	1983
Charles Stephen Rogers	Vancouver South	Social Credit	1975
Robin Kyle Blencoe	Victoria	NDP	1983
Gordon William Hanson	Victoria	NDP	1979
John Douglas Reynolds	West Vancouver-Howe Sound	Social Credit	1983
James Thomas Rabbitt	Yale-Lillooet	Social Credit	1986

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Social Credit	47
	New Democratic	22
Total		69
Government Majority		25

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:^[5]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Boundary-Similkameen	Bill Barlee	New Democratic Party	June 8, 1988	James J. Hewitt resigned December 10, 1987
Alberni	Gerard A. Janssen	New Democratic Party	November 19, 1988	Robert E. Skelly resigned May 10, 1988
Nanaimo	Jan Pullinger	New Democratic Party	March 15, 1989	David D. Stuphich resigned October 13, 1988
Vancouver-Point Grey	Tom Perry	New Democratic Party	March 15, 1989	Kim Campbell resigned October 27, 1988
Cariboo	David Zirnhelt	New Democratic Party	September 20, 1989	Alexander V. Fraser died May 11, 1989
Oak Bay-Gordon Head	Elizabeth Cull	New Democratic Party	December 13, 1989	Brian Smith resigned November 15, 1989

Other changes

Jack Joseph Kempf left the Social Credit caucus and became an independent on March 30, 1987. He rejoined on June 25, 1990.^[6]
On October 3, 1989 Graham Bruce, Duane Delton Crandall, David Maurice Mercier, and Doug Mowat resigned from the Social Credit caucus to become Independent Social Credit. Crandall rejoined the Social Credit caucus on January 24, 1990. Bruce, Mercier and Mowat rejoined on February 14.^[6]
Jack Davis, MLA for North Vancouver-Seymour, died on March 27, 1991.^[6]
Robert Arthur Williams, MLA for Vancouver East, resigned his seat on May 7, 1991.^[6]
Anthony Brummet, MLA for North Peace River resigned his seat on June 8, 1991.^[6]

Notes

References

1 2 "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871–1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
↑ "Premiers of British Columbia 1871–" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
↑ "Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903–" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
↑ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872–" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
↑ "Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987–2001" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
1 2 3 4 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.

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[5] North Vancouver-Seymour

[6] Surrey

[elections-1] 1 2 "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871–1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.

[premier-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.

[7] "Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987–2001" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2012-02-18.

[cross-8] 1 2 3 4 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.

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