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

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^[5]	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