28th Parliament of British Columbia explained

The 28th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1967 to 1969. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September 1966.^[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 28th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1966:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party	Howard Richmond McDiarmid	Alberni	Social Credit	Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	NDP	Francis Xavier Richter	Boundary-Similkameen	Social Credit	Gordon Dowding	Burnaby-Edmonds	NDP	Eileen Dailly	Burnaby North	NDP	Fred Vulliamy	Burnaby-Willingdon	NDP	William Collins Speare	Cariboo	Social Credit	William Kenneth Kiernan	Chilliwack	Social Credit	James Roland Chabot	Columbia River	Social Credit	Daniel Robert John Campbell	Comox	Social Credit	David Barrett	Coquitlam	NDP	Robert Martin Strachan	Cowichan-Malahat	NDP	Robert Wenman	Delta	Social Credit	George Mussallem	Dewdney	Social Credit	Herbert Joseph Bruch	Esquimalt	Social Credit	Ray Gillis Williston	Fort George	Social Credit	Philip Arthur Gaglardi	Kamloops	Social Credit	Leo Thomas Nimsick	Kootenay	NDP	Hunter Bertram Vogel	Langley	Social Credit	Isabel Dawson	Mackenzie	Social Credit	David Daniel Stupich	Nanaimo	NDP	Wesley Drewett Black	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit	John McRae (Rae) Eddie	New Westminster	NDP	Patricia Jordan	North Okanagan	Social Credit	Dean Edward Smith	North Peace River	Social Credit	Raymond Joseph Perrault	North Vancouver-Capilano	Liberal	Barrie Aird Clark	North Vancouver-Seymour	Liberal	Alan Brock MacFarlane	Oak Bay	Liberal	Cyril Morley Shelford	Omineca	Social Credit	William Harvey Murray	Prince Rupert	Social Credit	Randolph Harding	Revelstoke-Slocan	NDP	Ernest A. LeCours	Richmond	Social Credit	Donald Leslie Brothers	Rossland-Trail	Social Credit	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	Saanich and the Islands	Social Credit	Willis Franklin Jefcoat	Shuswap	Social Credit	Dudley George Little	Skeena	Social Credit	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Social Credit	Donald McGray Phillips	South Peace River	Social Credit	Ernest Hall	Surrey	NDP	Thomas Rodney Berger	Vancouver-Burrard	NDP	Raymond Parkinson	Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi	Vancouver Centre	Social Credit	Evan Maurice Wolfe	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	Vancouver East	NDP	Robert Arthur Williams	Grace Mary McCarthy	Vancouver-Little Mountain	Social Credit	Leslie Raymond Peterson	Garde Basil Gardom	Vancouver-Point Grey	Liberal	Patrick Lucey McGeer	Thomas Audley Bate	Vancouver South	Social Credit	Ralph Raymond Loffmark	William Neelands Chant	Victoria	Social Credit	Waldo McTavish Skillings	Louis Allan Williams	West Vancouver-Howe Sound	Liberal	William Leonard Hartley	Yale-Lillooet	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	16	6
Total		55
Government Majority		11

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Cariboo	Robert William Bonner	Social Credit	November 28, 1966	W.C. Speare resigned to provide seat for R.W. Bonner
Vancouver South	Norman Levi	NDP	May 21, 1968	death of T.A. Bate September 21, 1967
North Vancouver-Capilano	David Maurice Brousson	Liberal	July 15, 1968	R.J. Perrault resigned June 5, 1968, to contest federal seat
Oak Bay	Allan Leslie Cox	Liberal	July 15, 1968	A.B. MacFarlane resigned April 25, 1968, for "personal reasons"; named to B.C. Supreme Court April 26, 1968
Revelstoke-Slocan	William Stewart King	NDP	July 15, 1968	R. Harding resigned June 5, 1968, to contest federal seat
Burnaby-Willingdon	James Gibson Lorimer	NDP	January 13, 1969	death of F.J. Vulliamy October 20, 1968

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.

Other changes

• Cariboo (res. Robert Bonner 1969)^[5]