28th Parliament of British Columbia
# 28th Parliament of British Columbia

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. The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government. The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Robert Strachan formed the official opposition.

William Harvey Murray served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the 28th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1966:

| 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 | Vancouver-Burrard | NDP |
| Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi | Vancouver Centre | Social Credit |
| Evan Maurice Wolfe | Vancouver Centre | Social Credit |
| Alexander Barrett MacDonald | Vancouver East | NDP |
| Robert Arthur Williams | Vancouver East | NDP |
| Grace Mary McCarthy | Vancouver-Little Mountain | Social Credit |
| Leslie Raymond Peterson | Vancouver-Little Mountain | Social Credit |
| Garde Basil Gardom | Vancouver-Point Grey | Liberal |
| Patrick Lucey McGeer | Vancouver-Point Grey | Liberal |
| Thomas Audley Bate | Vancouver South | Social Credit |
| Ralph Raymond Loffmark | Vancouver South | Social Credit |
| William Neelands Chant | Victoria | Social Credit |
| Waldo McTavish Skillings | Victoria | Social Credit |
| Louis Allan Williams | West Vancouver-Howe Sound | Liberal |
| William Leonard Hartley | Yale-Lillooet | NDP |

Notes:

## Party standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| - | - | - |
| | Social Credit | 33 |
| | New Democratic | 16 |
| | Liberal | 6 |
| Total | Total | 55 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 11 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

| 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:

## Other changes

* Cariboo (res. Robert Bonner 1969)
