29th Parliament of British Columbia

The 29th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1970 to 1972. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in August 1969.[1] The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government.[2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Dave Barrett formed the official opposition.[3]

William Harvey Murray served as speaker for the assembly.[4]

## Members of the 29th General Assembly

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The following members were elected to the assembly in 1969:[1]

| Member  | Electoral district  | Party  | First elected / previously elected

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| Howard Richmond McDiarmid | Alberni | Social Credit | 1966
| Frank Arthur Calder | Atlin | NDP | 1949, 1960
| Francis Xavier Richter | Boundary-Similkameen | Social Credit | 1953
| Gordon Dowding | Burnaby-Edmonds | NDP | 1956
| Eileen Dailly | Burnaby North | NDP | 1966
| James Gibson Lorimer | Burnaby-Willingdon | NDP | 1969
| Alexander Vaughan Fraser | Cariboo | Social Credit | 1969
| William Kenneth Kiernan | Chilliwack | Social Credit | 1952
| James Roland Chabot | Columbia River | Social Credit | 1963
| Daniel Robert John Campbell | Comox | Social Credit | 1956
| David Barrett | Coquitlam | NDP | 1960
| Robert Martin Strachan | Cowichan-Malahat | NDP | 1952
| Robert Wenman | Delta | Social Credit | 1966
| George Mussallem | Dewdney | Social Credit | 1966
| Herbert Joseph Bruch | Esquimalt | Social Credit | 1953
| Ray Gillis Williston | Fort George | Social Credit | 1953
| Philip Arthur Gaglardi | Kamloops | Social Credit | 1952
| Leo Thomas Nimsick | Kootenay | NDP | 1949
| Hunter Bertram Vogel | Langley | Social Credit | 1963
| Isabel Dawson | Mackenzie | Social Credit | 1966
| Frank James Ney | Nanaimo | Social Credit | 1969
| Wesley Drewett Black | Nelson-Creston | Social Credit | 1952
| Dennis Geoffrey Cocke | New Westminster | NDP | 1969
| Patricia Jordan | North Okanagan | Social Credit | 1966
| Dean Edward Smith | North Peace River | Social Credit | 1966
| David Maurice Brousson | North Vancouver-Capilano | Liberal | 1968
| Barrie Aird Clark | North Vancouver-Seymour | Liberal | 1966
| George Scott Wallace | Oak Bay | Social Credit | 1969
| Independent
| Progressive Conservative
| Cyril Morley Shelford | Omineca | Social Credit | 1952
| William Harvey Murray | Prince Rupert | Social Credit | 1956
| Burton Peter Campbell | Revelstoke-Slocan | Social Credit | 1969
| Ernest A. LeCours | Richmond | Social Credit | 1963
| Donald Leslie Brothers | Rossland-Trail | Social Credit | 1958
| John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle | Saanich and the Islands | Social Credit | 1953
| Willis Franklin Jefcoat | Shuswap | Social Credit | 1960
| Dudley George Little | Skeena | Social Credit | 1960
| William Andrew Cecil Bennett | South Okanagan | Social Credit | 1941,[a] 1949
| Donald Albert Marshall | South Peace River | Social Credit | 1969
| Progressive Conservative
| Ernest Hall | Surrey | NDP | 1966
| Harold James Merilees | Vancouver-Burrard | Social Credit | 1969
| Bert Price | 1952, 1969
| Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi | Vancouver Centre | Social Credit | 1966
| Evan Maurice Wolfe | 1966
| Alexander Barrett MacDonald | Vancouver East | NDP | 1960
| Robert Arthur Williams | 1966
| Grace Mary McCarthy | Vancouver-Little Mountain | Social Credit | 1966
| Leslie Raymond Peterson | 1955
| Garde Basil Gardom | Vancouver-Point Grey | Liberal | 1966
| Patrick Lucey McGeer | 1962
| Agnes Kripps | Vancouver South | Social Credit | 1969
| Ralph Raymond Loffmark | 1963
| William Neelands Chant | Victoria | Social Credit | 1953
| Waldo McTavish Skillings | 1960
| Louis Allan Williams | West Vancouver-Howe Sound | Liberal | 1966
| William Leonard Hartley | Yale-Lillooet | NDP | 1963

## Party standings

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Affiliation  | Members

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| Social Credit | 38
| New Democratic | 12
| Liberal | 5
Total
| 55
Government Majority
| 21

## By-elections

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None.

## Other changes

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* George Scott Wallace becomes an Independent on August 17, 1971.[5] He joins the Progressive Conservatives in January 1972.
* Donald Albert Marshall joins the Progressive Conservatives on March 22, 1972.[5]

## Notes

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1. ^ First elected as a Conservative

## References

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1. ^ a b "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 b "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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