30th Parliament of British Columbia


The 30th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1972 to 1975. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in August 1972. The New Democratic Party led by Dave Barrett formed the government, and the [British Columbia British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit Party|Social Credit Party] led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the official opposition. Bill Bennett was elected Social Credit party leader in November 1973 after his father resigned his seat in the assembly in June 1973.
Gordon Dowding served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 30th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1972:
MemberElectoral districtPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo.# of term
Robert Evans SkellyAlberniNDP19721st term
Frank Arthur CalderAtlinNDP1949, 19608th term*
Social Credit
Francis Xavier RichterBoundary-SimilkameenSocial Credit19537th term
Gordon DowdingBurnaby-EdmondsNDP19566th term
Eileen DaillyBurnaby NorthNDP19663rd term
James Gibson LorimerBurnaby-WillingdonNDP19693rd term
Alexander Vaughan FraserCaribooSocial Credit19692nd term
Harvey SchroederChilliwackSocial Credit19721st term
James Roland ChabotColumbia RiverSocial Credit19634th term
Karen Elizabeth SanfordComoxNDP19721st term
David BarrettCoquitlamNDP19605th term
Robert Martin StrachanCowichan-MalahatNDP19528th term
Carl LidenDeltaNDP19721st term
Peter RolstonDewdneyNDP19721st term
James Henry GorstEsquimaltNDP19721st term
Allan Alfred NunweilerFort GeorgeNDP19721st term
Gerald Hamilton AndersonKamloopsNDP19721st term
Leo Thomas NimsickKootenayNDP19499th term
Robert Howard McClellandLangleySocial Credit19721st term
Don LocksteadMackenzieNDP19721st term
David Daniel StupichNanaimoNDP1963, 19723rd term*
Lorne NicolsonNelson-CrestonNDP19721st term
Dennis Geoffrey CockeNew WestminsterNDP19692nd term
Patricia JordanNorth OkanaganSocial Credit19663rd term
Dean Edward SmithNorth Peace RiverSocial Credit19663rd term
David Maurice BroussonNorth Vancouver-CapilanoLiberal19683rd term
Gordon Fulerton Gibson Liberal19741st term
Colin GabelmannNorth Vancouver-SeymourNDP19721st term
George Scott WallaceOak BayProgressive Conservative19692nd term
Douglas Tynwald KellyOminecaNDP19721st term
Graham LeaPrince RupertNDP19721st term
William Stewart KingRevelstoke-SlocanNDP1968, 19722nd term*
Harold Leslie StevesRichmondNDP19721st term
Christopher D'ArcyRossland-TrailNDP19721st term
Hugh Austin CurtisSaanich and the IslandsProgressive Conservative19721st term
Social Credit
Donald Emerson LewisShuswapNDP19721st term
Hartley Douglas DentSkeenaNDP19721st term
William Andrew Cecil BennettSouth OkanaganSocial Credit1941, 194911th term*
William Richards Bennett Social Credit19731st term
Donald McGray PhillipsSouth Peace RiverSocial Credit1966, 19722nd term*
Ernest HallSurreyNDP19663rd term
Rosemary BrownVancouver-BurrardNDP19721st term
Norman Levi1968, 19722nd term*
Emery Oakland BarnesVancouver CentreNDP19721st term
Gary Lauk19721st term
Alexander Barrett MacDonaldVancouver EastNDP19605th term
Robert Arthur Williams19663rd term
Roy Thomas CummingsVancouver-Little MountainNDP19721st term
Phyllis Florence Young19721st term
Garde Basil GardomVancouver-Point GreyLiberal19663rd term
Independent
Social Credit
Patrick Lucey McGeerLiberal19625th term
Independent
Social Credit
Jack A. RadfordVancouver SouthNDP19721st term
Daisy Webster19721st term
David Alexander AndersonVictoriaLiberal19721st term
Newell Orrin Ruston MorrisonSocial Credit19721st term
Louis Allan WilliamsWest Vancouver-Howe SoundLiberal19663rd term
Independent
Social Credit
William Leonard HartleyYale-LillooetNDP19634th term
-----------Frank Arthur CalderAtlin-1949, 19608th term*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------North Vancouver-Capilano------------------------------------------Hugh Austin CurtisSaanich and the Islands-19721st term
------------South Okanagan------------------Vancouver-BurrardNDP------Vancouver CentreNDP------Vancouver EastNDP------Vancouver-Little MountainNDP-----Garde Basil GardomVancouver-Point Grey-19663rd term
--Patrick Lucey McGeer-19625th term
---Vancouver SouthNDP------Victoria-------Louis Allan WilliamsWest Vancouver-Howe Sound-19663rd term
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Garde Basil GardomVancouver-Point Grey-19663rd term
--Patrick Lucey McGeer-19625th term
-------------------Louis Allan WilliamsWest Vancouver-Howe Sound-19663rd term
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By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
Electoral districtMember electedPartyElection dateReason
South OkanaganWilliam Richards BennettSocial CreditSeptember 7, 1973W. A. C. Bennett resigned June 5, 1973; retired from politics
North Vancouver-CapilanoGordon Fulerton GibsonLiberalFebruary 5, 1974D.M. Brousson resigned October 23, 1973, to look after business interests

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