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 led by Robert Strachan formed the official opposition.
William Harvey Murray served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 28th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1966:
MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo.# of term
Howard Richmond McDiarmidAlberniSocial Credit19661st term
Frank Arthur CalderAtlinNDP1949, 19606th term*
Francis Xavier RichterBoundary-SimilkameenSocial Credit19535th term
Gordon DowdingBurnaby-EdmondsNDP19564th term
Eileen DaillyBurnaby NorthNDP19661st term
Fred VulliamyBurnaby-WillingdonNDP19661st term
James Gibson Lorimer NDP19691st term
William Collins SpeareCaribooSocial Credit19574th term
Robert William Bonner Social Credit1952, 19666th term*
William Kenneth KiernanChilliwackSocial Credit19526th term
James Roland ChabotColumbia RiverSocial Credit19632nd term
Daniel Robert John CampbellComoxSocial Credit19564th term
David BarrettCoquitlamNDP19603rd term
Robert Martin StrachanCowichan-MalahatNDP19526th term
Robert WenmanDeltaSocial Credit19661st term
George MussallemDewdneySocial Credit19661st term
Herbert Joseph BruchEsquimaltSocial Credit19535th term
Ray Gillis WillistonFort GeorgeSocial Credit19535th term
Philip Arthur GaglardiKamloopsSocial Credit19526th term
Leo Thomas NimsickKootenayNDP19497th term
Hunter Bertram VogelLangleySocial Credit19632nd term
Isabel DawsonMackenzieSocial Credit19661st term
David Daniel StupichNanaimoNDP19632nd term
Wesley Drewett BlackNelson-CrestonSocial Credit19526th term
John McRae (Rae) EddieNew WestminsterNDP19526th term
Patricia JordanNorth OkanaganSocial Credit19661st term
Dean Edward SmithNorth Peace RiverSocial Credit19661st term
Raymond Joseph PerraultNorth Vancouver-CapilanoLiberal19603rd term
David Maurice Brousson Liberal19681st term
Barrie Aird ClarkNorth Vancouver-SeymourLiberal19661st term
Alan Brock MacFarlaneOak BayLiberal19603rd term
Allan Leslie Cox Liberal19681st term
Cyril Morley ShelfordOminecaSocial Credit19526th term
William Harvey MurrayPrince RupertSocial Credit19564th term
Randolph HardingRevelstoke-SlocanNDP19458th term
William Stewart King NDP19681st term
Ernest A. LeCoursRichmondSocial Credit19632nd term
Donald Leslie BrothersRossland-TrailSocial Credit19584th term
John Douglas Tidball TisdalleSaanich and the IslandsSocial Credit19535th term
Willis Franklin JefcoatShuswapSocial Credit19603rd term
Dudley George LittleSkeenaSocial Credit19603rd term
William Andrew Cecil BennettSouth OkanaganSocial Credit1941, 19499th term*
Donald McGray PhillipsSouth Peace RiverSocial Credit19661st term
Ernest HallSurreyNDP19661st term
Thomas Rodney BergerVancouver-BurrardNDP19661st term
Raymond Parkinson19661st term
Harold Peter (Herb) CapozziVancouver CentreSocial Credit19661st term
Evan Maurice Wolfe19661st term
Alexander Barrett MacDonaldVancouver EastNDP19603rd term
Robert Arthur Williams19661st term
Grace Mary McCarthyVancouver-Little MountainSocial Credit19661st term
Leslie Raymond Peterson19565th term
Garde Basil GardomVancouver-Point GreyLiberal19661st term
Patrick Lucey McGeer19623rd term
Thomas Audley BateVancouver SouthSocial Credit1953, 19664th term*
Ralph Raymond Loffmark19632nd term
Norman Levi NDP19681st term
William Neelands ChantVictoriaSocial Credit19535th term
Waldo McTavish Skillings19603rd term
Louis Allan WilliamsWest Vancouver-Howe SoundLiberal19661st term
William Leonard HartleyYale-LillooetNDP19632nd term
--------------------------------Burnaby-Willingdon--------Cariboo--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------North Vancouver-Capilano-------------Oak Bay------------------Revelstoke-Slocan------------------------------------------------Vancouver-BurrardNDP------Vancouver CentreSocial Credit------Vancouver EastNDP------Vancouver-Little MountainSocial Credit------Vancouver-Point GreyLiberal------Vancouver SouthSocial Credit----------VictoriaSocial Credit---------------
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By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
Electoral districtMember electedPartyElection dateReason
CaribooRobert William BonnerSocial CreditNovember 28, 1966W.C. Speare resigned to provide seat for R.W. Bonner
Vancouver SouthNorman LeviNDPMay 21, 1968death of T.A. Bate September 21, 1967
North Vancouver-CapilanoDavid Maurice BroussonLiberalJuly 15, 1968R.J. Perrault resigned June 5, 1968, to contest federal seat
Oak BayAllan Leslie CoxLiberalJuly 15, 1968A.B. MacFarlane resigned April 25, 1968, for "personal reasons"; named to B.C. Supreme Court April 26, 1968
Revelstoke-SlocanWilliam Stewart KingNDPJuly 15, 1968R. Harding resigned June 5, 1968, to contest federal seat
Burnaby-WillingdonJames Gibson LorimerNDPJanuary 13, 1969death of F.J. Vulliamy October 20, 1968

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