31st Parliament of British Columbia

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]

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 Parliament

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

Member Electoral district Party First elected / previously elected No.# of term(s)
  Robert Evans Skelly Alberni NDP 1972 2nd term
  Frank Arthur Calder Atlin Social Credit[a] 1949, 1960 9th term*
  James J. (Jim) Hewitt Boundary-Similkameen Social Credit 1975 1st term
  Raymond L. Loewen Burnaby-Edmonds Social Credit 1975 1st term
  Eileen Dailly Burnaby North NDP 1966 4th term
  Elwood Neal Veitch Burnaby-Willingdon Social Credit 1975 1st term
  Alexander Vaughan Fraser Cariboo Social Credit 1969 3rd term
  Harvey Schroeder Chilliwack Social Credit 1972 2nd term
  James Roland Chabot Columbia River Social Credit 1963 5th term
  Karen Elizabeth Sanford Comox NDP 1972 2nd term
  George Herman Kerster Coquitlam Social Credit 1975 1st term
  Barbara Brookman Wallace Cowichan-Malahat NDP 1975 1st term
  Kenneth Walter Davidson Delta Social Credit 1975 1st term
  George Mussallem Dewdney Social Credit 1966, 1975 3rd term*
  Lyle Benjamin James Kahl Esquimalt Social Credit 1975 1st term
  Howard John Lloyd Fort George Social Credit 1975 1st term
  Rafe Kenneth Mair Kamloops Social Credit 1975 1st term
  George Wayne Haddad Kootenay Social Credit 1975 1st term
  Robert Howard McClelland Langley Social Credit 1972 2nd term
  Don Lockstead Mackenzie NDP 1972 2nd term
  David Daniel Stupich Nanaimo NDP 1963, 1972 4th term*
  Lorne Nicolson Nelson-Creston NDP 1972 2nd term
  Dennis Geoffrey Cocke New Westminster NDP 1969 3rd term
  Patricia Jordan North Okanagan Social Credit 1966 4th term
  Dean Edward Smith North Peace River Social Credit 1966 4th term
  Gordon Fulerton Gibson North Vancouver-Capilano Liberal 1974 2nd term
  John (Jack) Davis North Vancouver-Seymour Social Credit 1975 1st term
  George Scott Wallace Oak Bay Progressive Conservative 1969[b] 3rd term
  Victor Albert Stephens (1978) 1978 1st term
  Jack Joseph Kempf Omineca Social Credit 1975 1st term
  Graham Lea Prince Rupert NDP 1972 2nd term
  William Stewart King Revelstoke-Slocan NDP 1968, 1972 3rd term*
  James Arthur Nielsen Richmond Social Credit 1975 1st term
  Christopher D'Arcy Rossland-Trail NDP 1972 2nd term
  Hugh Austin Curtis Saanich and the Islands Social Credit[c] 1972 2nd term
  Leonard Bawtree Shuswap Social Credit 1975 1st term
  Cyril Morley Shelford Skeena Social Credit 1952,[d] 1975 8th term*
  William Richards Bennett South Okanagan Social Credit 1973 2nd term
  Donald McGray Phillips South Peace River Social Credit 1966, 1972 3rd term*
  William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm Surrey Social Credit 1975 1st term
  Rosemary Brown Vancouver-Burrard NDP 1972 2nd term
  Norman Levi 1968,[e] 1972 3rd term*
  Emery Oakland Barnes Vancouver Centre NDP 1972 2nd term
  Gary Lauk 1972 2nd term
  Alexander Barrett MacDonald Vancouver East NDP 1960 6th term
  Robert Arthur Williams 1966 4th term
  David Barrett (1976) 1960,[f] 1976 6th term*
  Grace Mary McCarthy Vancouver-Little Mountain Social Credit 1966, 1975 3rd term*
  Evan Maurice Wolfe 1966,[g] 1975 3rd term*
  Garde Basil Gardom Vancouver-Point Grey Social Credit 1966[h] 4th term
  Patrick Lucey McGeer 1962[h] 6th term
  Charles Stephen Rogers Vancouver South Social Credit 1975 1st term
  William Gerald Strongman 1975 1st term
  Charles Frederick Barber Victoria NDP 1975 1st term
  Robert Samuel Bawlf Social Credit 1975 1st term
  Louis Allan Williams West Vancouver-Howe Sound Social Credit[h] 1966 4th term
  Thomas Manville Waterland Yale-Lillooet Social Credit 1975 1st term

Party standings

Affiliation Members
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 district Member elected Party Election date Reason
Vancouver East David Barrett NDP June 3, 1976 R.A. Williams resigned February 27, 1976, to provide seat for D. Barrett
Oak Bay Victor Albert Stephens Progressive Conservative March 20, 1978 G.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.

Notes

  1. ^ First elected as a CCF
  2. ^ First elected as a Social Credit candidate
  3. ^ First elected as a Progressive Conservative
  4. ^ Omineca
  5. ^ Vancouver South
  6. ^ Dewdney
  7. ^ Vancouver Centre
  8. ^ a b c First elected as a Liberal

References

  1. ^ a b c "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871–1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  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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