24th Parliament of British Columbia

The 24th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from September 1953 to 1956. The members were elected in the [1953 British Columbia general election|British Columbia (electoral district)|Columbia general election] held in June 1953. The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Arnold Webster formed the official opposition.
Thomas James Irwin served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 24th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1953:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term	Stanley John Squire	Alberni	CCF	1952	2nd term	Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	CCF	1949	3rd term	Ernest Edward Winch	Burnaby	CCF	1933	7th term	William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd	Cariboo	Social Credit	1952	2nd term	William Kenneth Kiernan	Chilliwack	Social Credit	1952	2nd term	Richard Orr Newton	Columbia	Social Credit	1952, 1953	2nd term*	William Campbell Moore	Comox	CCF	1952	2nd term	Robert Martin Strachan	Cowichan-Newcastle	CCF	1952	2nd term	Leo Thomas Nimsick	Cranbrook	CCF	1949	3rd term	Thomas Irwin	Delta	Social Credit	1952	2nd term	Lyle Wicks	Dewdney	Social Credit	1952	2nd term	Herbert Joseph Bruch	Esquimalt	Social Credit	1953	1st term	Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Labour	1920	10th term	Ray Gillis Williston	Fort George	Social Credit	1953	1st term	Rupert Williams Haggen	Grand Forks-Greenwood	CCF	1949	3rd term	Philip Arthur Gaglardi	Kamloops	Social Credit	1952	2nd term	Randolph Harding	Kaslo-Slocan	CCF	1945	4th term	James Gordon Gibson	Lillooet	Liberal	1953	1st term	Donald Frederick Robinson	Social Credit	1955	1st term	Anthony John Gargrave	Mackenzie	CCF	1952	2nd term	Lorenzo (Larry) Giovando	Nanaimo and the Islands	Progressive Conservative	1952	2nd term	Independent	Wesley Drewett Black	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit	1952	2nd term	John McRae (Rae) Eddie	New Westminster	CCF	1952	2nd term	Lorne Shantz	North Okanagan	Social Credit	1952	2nd term	George Henry Tomlinson, Jr.	North Vancouver	Social Credit	1953	1st term	Philip Archibald Gibbs	Oak Bay	Liberal	1952	2nd term	Cyril Morley Shelford	Omineca	Social Credit	1952	2nd term	Charles William Parker	Peace River	Social Credit	1952	2nd term	Arthur Bruce Brown	Prince Rupert	Liberal	1953	1st term	Vincent Segur	Revelstoke	CCF	1943, 1952	3rd term*	Robert Edward Sommers	Rossland-Trail	Social Credit	1952	2nd term	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	Saanich	Social Credit	1953	1st term	James Allan Reid	Salmon Arm	Social Credit	1952	2nd term	Francis Xavier Richter	Similkameen	Social Credit	1953	1st term	Frank Howard	Skeena	CCF	1953	1st term	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Social Credit	1941, 1949	5th term*	Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin	Vancouver-Burrard	Social Credit	1952	2nd term	Bert Price	1952	2nd term	Alexander Small Matthew	Vancouver Centre	Social Credit	1953	1st term	George Churchill Moxham	1953	1st term	Leslie Raymond Peterson	1956	1st term	Arthur James Turner	Vancouver East	CCF	1941	5th term	Arnold Alexander Webster	1953	1st term	Thomas Audley Bate	Vancouver-Point Grey	Social Credit	1953	1st term	Robert William Bonner	1952	2nd term	Arthur Laing	Liberal	1953	1st term	Lydia Augusta Arsens	Victoria City	Social Credit	1953	1st term	William Neelands Chant	1953	1st term	Walter Percival Wright	1953	1st term	George Frederick Thompson Gregory	Liberal	1953	1st term	Irvine Finlay Corbett	Yale	Social Credit	1952	2nd term
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By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Victoria City	George Frederick Thompson Gregory	Liberal	November 24, 1953	W.P. Wright resigned to provide seat for E.M. Gunderson
Lillooet	Donald Frederick Robinson	Social Credit	September 12, 1955	J.G. Gibson resigned to seek electoral vindication for allegations of fraud and patronage that he made in the legislature
Vancouver Centre	Leslie Raymond Peterson	Social Credit	January 9, 1956	death of G.C. Moxham November 10, 1955

Other changes

Lorenzo Giovando leaves the Progressive Conservatives to become an Independent in July 1954.