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

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

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

Notes:

Party standings

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

By-elections

None

Other changes

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^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.

[elections-1] "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.

[cross-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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