23rd Parliament of British Columbia explained

The 23rd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from February 1953 to March 1953. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1952.^[1] The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government.^[2] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Harold Winch formed the official opposition.^[3]

Thomas James Irwin served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

The government was defeated on Bill 79, known as the "Rolston formula", on March 24.^[5]

Members of the 23rd General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1952:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	Stanley John Squire	Alberni	CCF	Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	CCF	Ernest Edward Winch	Burnaby	CCF	William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd	Cariboo	Social Credit	William Kenneth Kiernan	Chilliwack	Social Credit	Richard Orr Newton	Columbia	Social Credit	William Campbell Moore	Comox	CCF	Robert Martin Strachan	Cowichan-Newcastle	CCF	Leo Thomas Nimsick	Cranbrook	CCF	Thomas Irwin	Delta	Social Credit	Lyle Wicks	Dewdney	Social Credit	Frank Mitchell	Esquimalt	CCF	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Labour	Llewellyn Leslie King	Fort George	Social Credit	Rupert Williams Haggen	Grand Forks-Greenwood	CCF	Philip Arthur Gaglardi	Kamloops	Social Credit	Randolph Harding	Kaslo-Slocan	CCF	Ernest Crawford Carson	Lillooet	Progressive Conservative	Anthony John Gargrave	Mackenzie	CCF	Lorenzo (Larry) Giovando	Nanaimo and the Islands	Progressive Conservative	Wesley Drewett Black	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit	John McRae (Rae) Eddie	New Westminster	CCF	Lorne Shantz	North Okanagan	Social Credit	Martin Elliott Sowden	North Vancouver	Liberal	Philip Archibald Gibbs	Oak Bay	Liberal	Cyril Morley Shelford	Omineca	Social Credit	Charles William Parker	Peace River	Social Credit	George Edwin Hills	Prince Rupert	CCF	Vincent Segur	Revelstoke	CCF	Robert Edward Sommers	Rossland-Trail	Social Credit	Frank Snowsell	Saanich	CCF	James Allan Reid	Salmon Arm	Social Credit	Harry Denyer Francis	Similkameen	Social Credit	Edward Tourtellotte Kenney	Skeena	Liberal	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Social Credit	Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin	Vancouver-Burrard	Social Credit	Bert Price	James Campbell Bury	Vancouver Centre	CCF	Laura Emma Marshall Jamieson	Arthur James Turner	Vancouver East	CCF	Harold Edward Winch	Albert Reginald MacDougall	Vancouver-Point Grey	Progressive Conservative	George Clark Miller	Tilly Jean Rolston	Social Credit	Nancy Hodges	Victoria City	Liberal	Daniel John Proudfoot	William Thomas Straith	Irvine Finlay Corbett	Yale	Social Credit

Notes:

1. Web site: Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Elections BC . 2020-08-31.
2. Web site: Premiers of British Columbia 1871- . BC Legislature . 2011-09-23.
3. Web site: Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903- . https://web.archive.org/web/20110220035338/http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/leaders_of_the_opposition.pdf . dead . 2011-02-20 . BC Legislature . 2011-07-20 .
4. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872- . BC Legislature . 2011-09-23.
5. Web site: Bennett, W.A.C. (William Andrew Cecil) . British Columbia Archival Information Network . 2011-12-07.

Party standings

Affiliation		Members	19	18	6	4	1
Total		48
Government Majority		-10

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:^[1]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Columbia	Robert William Bonner	Social Credit	November 24, 1952	R.O. Newton resigned to provide seat for R.W. Bonner
Similkameen	Einar Maynard Gunderson	Social Credit	November 24, 1952	H.D. Francis resigned to provide seat for E.M. Gunderson

Notes:

1. Web site: Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986. Elections BC . 2020-08-31.
2. Web site: Premiers of British Columbia 1871- . BC Legislature . 2011-09-23.
3. Web site: Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903- . https://web.archive.org/web/20110220035338/http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/leaders_of_the_opposition.pdf . dead . 2011-02-20 . BC Legislature . 2011-07-20 .
4. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872- . BC Legislature . 2011-09-23.
5. Web site: Bennett, W.A.C. (William Andrew Cecil) . British Columbia Archival Information Network . 2011-12-07.

Other changes

• Lillooet (dec. Ernest Crawford Carson October 21, 1952)
• Vancouver-Point Grey (dec. Albert Reginald MacDougall January 20, 1953) ^[6]