27th Parliament of British Columbia


The 27th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1964 to 1966. The members were elected in the [1963 British Columbia general election|British Columbia (electoral district)|Columbia general election] held in September 1963. The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government. The New Democratic Party led by Robert Strachan formed the official opposition.
William Harvey Murray served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 27th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1963:
MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo.# of term
Stanley John SquireAlberniNDP19525th term
Frank Arthur CalderAtlinNDP1949, 19605th term*
Gordon DowdingBurnabyNDP19563rd term
Charles Willoughby MacSorleySocial Credit19631st term
William Collins SpeareCaribooSocial Credit19573rd term
William Kenneth KiernanChilliwackSocial Credit19525th term
James Roland ChabotColumbiaSocial Credit19631st term
Daniel Robert John CampbellComoxSocial Credit19563rd term
Robert Martin StrachanCowichan-NewcastleNDP19525th term
Leo Thomas NimsickCranbrookNDP19496th term
Ernest A. LeCoursDeltaSocial Credit19631st term
Hunter Bertram Vogel19631st term
David BarrettDewdneyNDP19602nd term
Herbert Joseph BruchEsquimaltSocial Credit19534th term
Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKayFernieLiberal19602nd term
Ray Gillis WillistonFort GeorgeSocial Credit19534th term
Lois Mabel HaggenGrand Forks-GreenwoodNDP19563rd term
Philip Arthur GaglardiKamloopsSocial Credit19525th term
Randolph HardingKaslo-SlocanNDP19457th term
Donald Frederick RobinsonLillooetSocial Credit19554th term
Anthony John GargraveMackenzieNDP19525th term
David Daniel StupichNanaimo and the IslandsNDP19631st term
Wesley Drewett BlackNelson-CrestonSocial Credit19525th term
John McRae (Rae) EddieNew WestminsterNDP19525th term
George William McLeodNorth OkanaganSocial Credit19631st term
Jacob Francis HuhnNorth Peace RiverSocial Credit19602nd term
James Gordon GibsonNorth VancouverLiberal1953, 19603rd term*
Raymond Joseph Perrault19602nd term
Alan Brock MacFarlaneOak BayLiberal19602nd term
Cyril Morley ShelfordOminecaSocial Credit19525th term
William Harvey MurrayPrince RupertSocial Credit19563rd term
Arvid LundellRevelstokeSocial Credit1949, 1956, 19633rd term*
Donald Leslie BrothersRossland-TrailSocial Credit19583rd term
John Douglas Tidball TisdalleSaanichSocial Credit19534th term
Willis Franklin JefcoatSalmon ArmSocial Credit19602nd term
Francis Xavier RichterSimilkameenSocial Credit19534th term
Dudley George LittleSkeenaSocial Credit19602nd term
William Andrew Cecil BennettSouth OkanaganSocial Credit1941, 19498th term*
Stanley CarnellSouth Peace RiverSocial Credit19563rd term
Eric Charles Fitzgerald MartinVancouver-BurrardSocial Credit19525th term
Bert Price19525th term
Alexander Small MatthewVancouver CentreSocial Credit19534th term
Leslie Raymond Peterson19564th term
Alexander Barrett MacDonaldVancouver EastNDP19602nd term
Arthur James Turner19418th term
Robert William BonnerVancouver-Point GreySocial Credit19525th term
Ralph Raymond Loffmark19631st term
Patrick Lucey McGeerLiberal19622nd term
William Neelands ChantVictoria CitySocial Credit19534th term
Waldo McTavish Skillings19602nd term
John Donald Smith19563rd term
William Leonard HartleyYaleNDP19631st term
-----------------Burnaby--------------------------------------DeltaSocial Credit----------------------------------------------------------------------------North VancouverLiberal-------------------------------------------------------------Vancouver-BurrardSocial Credit------Vancouver CentreSocial Credit------Vancouver EastNDP------Vancouver-Point GreySocial Credit----------Victoria CitySocial Credit-------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Vancouver-Point Grey-----------Victoria CitySocial Credit-------------

By-elections

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