26th Parliament of British Columbia explained

The 26th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1961 to 1963. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September 1960.^[1] The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government.^[2] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by Robert Strachan formed the official opposition.^[3]

Lorne Shantz served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the 26th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1960:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	Stanley John Squire	Alberni	CCF	1952	Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	CCF	1949, 1960	Cedric Cox	Burnaby	CCF	1957	Gordon Dowding	1956	William Collins Speare	Cariboo	Social Credit	1957	William Kenneth Kiernan	Chilliwack	Social Credit	1952	Richard Orr Newton	Columbia	Social Credit	1952, 1953	Frank Greenwood^[5]	Social Credit	1963	Daniel Robert John Campbell	Comox	Social Credit	1956	Robert Martin Strachan	Cowichan-Newcastle	CCF	1952	Leo Thomas Nimsick	Cranbrook	CCF	1949	Camille Mather	Delta	CCF	1960	James Henry Rhodes	1960	David Barrett	Dewdney	CCF	1960	Herbert Joseph Bruch	Esquimalt	Social Credit	1953	Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay	Fernie	Liberal	1960	Ray Gillis Williston	Fort George	Social Credit	1953	Lois Mabel Haggen	Grand Forks-Greenwood	CCF	1956	Philip Arthur Gaglardi	Kamloops	Social Credit	1952	Randolph Harding	Kaslo-Slocan	CCF	1945	Donald Frederick Robinson	Lillooet	Social Credit	1955	Anthony John Gargrave	Mackenzie	CCF	1952	Earle Cathers Westwood	Nanaimo and the Islands	Social Credit	1956	Wesley Drewett Black	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit	1952	John McRae (Rae) Eddie	New Westminster	CCF	1952	Lorne Shantz	North Okanagan	Social Credit	1952	Jacob Francis Huhn	North Peace River	Social Credit	1960	James Gordon Gibson	North Vancouver	Liberal	1953, 1960	Raymond Joseph Perrault	1960	Alan Brock MacFarlane	Oak Bay	Liberal	1960	Cyril Morley Shelford	Omineca	Social Credit	1952	William Harvey Murray	Prince Rupert	Social Credit	1956	George Hobbs	Revelstoke	CCF	1960	Margaret Frances Hobbs	CCF	1962	Donald Leslie Brothers	Rossland-Trail	Social Credit	1958	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	Saanich	Social Credit	1953	Willis Franklin Jefcoat	Salmon Arm	Social Credit	1960	Francis Xavier Richter	Similkameen	Social Credit	1953	Dudley George Little	Skeena	Social Credit	1960	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Social Credit	1941, 1949	Stanley Carnell	South Peace River	Social Credit	1956	Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin	Vancouver-Burrard	Social Credit	1952	Bert Price	1952	Alexander Small Matthew	Vancouver Centre	Social Credit	1953	Leslie Raymond Peterson	1955	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	Vancouver East	CCF	1960	Arthur James Turner	1941	Thomas Audley Bate	Vancouver-Point Grey	Social Credit	1953	Robert William Bonner	1952	Buda Hosmer Brown	1953	Patrick Lucey McGeer	Liberal	1962	William Neelands Chant	Victoria City	Social Credit	1953	Waldo McTavish Skillings	1960	John Donald Smith	1956	Irvine Finlay Corbett	Yale	Social Credit	1952

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. Election called before member took seat

Party standings

Affiliation		Members	32	16	4
Total		52
Government Majority		12

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Revelstoke	Margaret Frances Hobbs	CCF	September 4, 1962	death of G. Hobbs January 30, 1962
Vancouver-Point Grey	Patrick Lucey McGeer	Liberal	December 17, 1962	death of B.H. Brown August 12, 1962
Columbia	Frank Greenwood^[6]	Social Credit	July 15, 1963	death of R.O. Newton February 14, 1963

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. Election called before member took seat
6. Election called before member took seat