27th Parliament of British Columbia explained

The 27th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1964 to 1966. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September 1963.^[1] The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government.^[2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Robert Strachan formed the official opposition.^[3]

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

Members of the 27th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1963:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	Stanley John Squire	Alberni	NDP	1952	Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	NDP	1949, 1960	Gordon Dowding	Burnaby	NDP	1956	Charles Willoughby MacSorley	Social Credit	1963	William Collins Speare	Cariboo	Social Credit	1957	William Kenneth Kiernan	Chilliwack	Social Credit	1952	James Roland Chabot	Columbia	Social Credit	1963	Daniel Robert John Campbell	Comox	Social Credit	1956	Robert Martin Strachan	Cowichan-Newcastle	NDP	1952	Leo Thomas Nimsick	Cranbrook	NDP	1949	Ernest A. LeCours	Delta	Social Credit	1963	Hunter Bertram Vogel	1963	David Barrett	Dewdney	NDP	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	NDP	1956	Philip Arthur Gaglardi	Kamloops	Social Credit	1952	Randolph Harding	Kaslo-Slocan	NDP	1945	Donald Frederick Robinson	Lillooet	Social Credit	1955	Anthony John Gargrave	Mackenzie	NDP	1952	David Daniel Stupich	Nanaimo and the Islands	NDP	1963	Wesley Drewett Black	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit	1952	John McRae (Rae) Eddie	New Westminster	NDP	1952	George William McLeod	North Okanagan	Social Credit	1963	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	Arvid Lundell	Revelstoke	Social Credit	1949, 1963	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	NDP	1960	Arthur James Turner	1941	Robert William Bonner	Vancouver-Point Grey	Social Credit	1952	Ralph Raymond Loffmark	1963	Patrick Lucey McGeer	Liberal	1962	William Neelands Chant	Victoria City	Social Credit	1953	Waldo McTavish Skillings	1960	John Donald Smith	1956	William Leonard Hartley	Yale	NDP	1963

Party standings

Affiliation		Members	33	14	5
Total		52
Government Majority		14

By-elections

None.

Other changes

• North Okanagan (dec. George William McLeod December 1965)

Notes and References

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.