29th Parliament of British Columbia

The 29th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1970 to 1972. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in August 1969. The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government. The New Democratic Party led by Dave Barrett formed the official opposition.
William Harvey Murray served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 29th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1969:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term	Howard Richmond McDiarmid	Alberni	Social Credit	1966	2nd term	Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	NDP	1949, 1960	7th term*	Francis Xavier Richter	Boundary-Similkameen	Social Credit	1953	6th term	Gordon Dowding	Burnaby-Edmonds	NDP	1956	5th term	Eileen Dailly	Burnaby North	NDP	1966	2nd term	James Gibson Lorimer	Burnaby-Willingdon	NDP	1969	2nd term	Alexander Vaughan Fraser	Cariboo	Social Credit	1969	1st term	William Kenneth Kiernan	Chilliwack	Social Credit	1952	7th term	James Roland Chabot	Columbia River	Social Credit	1963	3rd term	Daniel Robert John Campbell	Comox	Social Credit	1956	5th term	David Barrett	Coquitlam	NDP	1960	4th term	Robert Martin Strachan	Cowichan-Malahat	NDP	1952	7th term	Robert Wenman	Delta	Social Credit	1966	2nd term	George Mussallem	Dewdney	Social Credit	1966	2nd term	Herbert Joseph Bruch	Esquimalt	Social Credit	1953	6th term	Ray Gillis Williston	Fort George	Social Credit	1953	6th term	Philip Arthur Gaglardi	Kamloops	Social Credit	1952	7th term	Leo Thomas Nimsick	Kootenay	NDP	1949	8th term	Hunter Bertram Vogel	Langley	Social Credit	1963	3rd term	Isabel Dawson	Mackenzie	Social Credit	1966	2nd term	Frank James Ney	Nanaimo	Social Credit	1969	1st term	Wesley Drewett Black	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit	1952	7th term	Dennis Geoffrey Cocke	New Westminster	NDP	1969	1st term	Patricia Jordan	North Okanagan	Social Credit	1966	2nd term	Dean Edward Smith	North Peace River	Social Credit	1966	2nd term	David Maurice Brousson	North Vancouver-Capilano	Liberal	1968	2nd term	Barrie Aird Clark	North Vancouver-Seymour	Liberal	1966	2nd term	George Scott Wallace	Oak Bay	Social Credit	1969	1st term
	Independent	Progressive Conservative	Cyril Morley Shelford	Omineca	Social Credit	1952	7th term	William Harvey Murray	Prince Rupert	Social Credit	1956	5th term	Burton Peter Campbell	Revelstoke-Slocan	Social Credit	1969	1st term	Ernest A. LeCours	Richmond	Social Credit	1963	3rd term	Donald Leslie Brothers	Rossland-Trail	Social Credit	1958	5th term	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	Saanich and the Islands	Social Credit	1953	6th term	Willis Franklin Jefcoat	Shuswap	Social Credit	1960	4th term	Dudley George Little	Skeena	Social Credit	1960	4th term	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Social Credit	1941, 1949	10th term*	Donald Albert Marshall	South Peace River	Social Credit	1969	1st term	Progressive Conservative	Ernest Hall	Surrey	NDP	1966	2nd term	Harold James Merilees	Vancouver-Burrard	Social Credit	1969	1st term	Bert Price	1952, 1969	6th term*	Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi	Vancouver Centre	Social Credit	1966	2nd term	Evan Maurice Wolfe	1966	2nd term	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	Vancouver East	NDP	1960	4th term	Robert Arthur Williams	1966	2nd term	Grace Mary McCarthy	Vancouver-Little Mountain	Social Credit	1966	2nd term	Leslie Raymond Peterson	1956	6th term	Garde Basil Gardom	Vancouver-Point Grey	Liberal	1966	2nd term	Patrick Lucey McGeer	1962	4th term	Agnes Kripps	Vancouver South	Social Credit	1969	1st term	Ralph Raymond Loffmark	1963	3rd term	William Neelands Chant	Victoria	Social Credit	1953	6th term	Waldo McTavish Skillings	1960	4th term	Louis Allan Williams	West Vancouver-Howe Sound	Liberal	1966	2nd term	William Leonard Hartley	Yale-Lillooet	NDP	1963	3rd term	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	George Scott Wallace	Oak Bay	-	1969	1st term
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Donald Albert Marshall	South Peace River	-	1969	1st term	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Vancouver-Burrard	Social Credit	-	-	-	-	-	-	Vancouver Centre	Social Credit	-	-	-	-	-	-	Vancouver East	NDP	-	-	-	-	-	-	Vancouver-Little Mountain	Social Credit	-	-	-	-	-	-	Vancouver-Point Grey	Liberal	-	-	-	-	-	-	Vancouver South	Social Credit	-	-	-	-	-	-	Victoria	Social Credit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	George Scott Wallace	Oak Bay	-	1969	1st term

By-elections

None.

Other changes

George Scott Wallace becomes an Independent on August 17, 1971. He joins the Progressive Conservatives in January 1972.
Donald Albert Marshall joins the Progressive Conservatives on March 22, 1972.