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

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	33	14	5
Total		52
Government Majority		14

By-elections

None.

Other changes

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