33rd Parliament of British Columbia

The 33rd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1983 to 1986. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in May 1983. The [British Columbia British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit Party|Social Credit Party] led by Bill Bennett formed the government. After Bennett retired in 1986, Bill Vander Zalm became Premier. The New Democratic Party led by Dave Barrett formed the official opposition. After Barrett resigned his seat in 1984, Bob Skelly became party leader.
Kenneth Walter Davidson served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 33rd Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1983:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term	Robert Evans Skelly	Alberni	NDP	1972	4th term	Al Passarell	Atlin	NDP	1979	2nd term	Social Credit	James J. (Jim) Hewitt	Boundary-Similkameen	Social Credit	1975	3rd term	Rosemary Brown	Burnaby-Edmonds	NDP	1972	4th term	Eileen Dailly	Burnaby North	NDP	1966	6th term	Elwood Neal Veitch	Burnaby-Willingdon	Social Credit	1975, 1983	2nd term*	Alexander Vaughan Fraser	Cariboo	Social Credit	1969	5th term	William Samuel (Bill) Ritchie	Central Fraser Valley	Social Credit	1979	2nd term	Harvey Schroeder	Chilliwack	Social Credit	1972	4th term	James Roland Chabot	Columbia River	Social Credit	1963	7th term	Karen Elizabeth Sanford	Comox	NDP	1972	4th term	Mark Willson Rose	Coquitlam-Moody	NDP	1983	1st term	Barbara Brookman Wallace	Cowichan-Malahat	NDP	1975	3rd term	Kenneth Walter Davidson	Delta	Social Credit	1975	3rd term	Forbes Charles Austin Pelton	Dewdney	Social Credit	1983	1st term	Frank Mitchell	Esquimalt-Port Renfrew	NDP	1951, 1979	4th term*	Claude Harry Richmond	Kamloops	Social Credit	1981	2nd term	Terence Patrick Segarty	Kootenay	Social Credit	1979	2nd term	Robert Howard McClelland	Langley	Social Credit	1972	4th term	Don Lockstead	Mackenzie	NDP	1972	4th term	John Michael Parks	Maillardville-Coquitlam	Social Credit	1983	1st term	David Daniel Stupich	Nanaimo	NDP	1963, 1972	6th term*	Lorne Nicolson	Nelson-Creston	NDP	1972	4th term	Dennis Geoffrey Cocke	New Westminster	NDP	1969	5th term	Colin Stuart Gabelmann	North Island	NDP	1972, 1979	3rd term*	Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet	North Peace River	Social Credit	1979	2nd term	Angus Creelman Ree	North Vancouver-Capilano	Social Credit	1979	2nd term	John (Jack) Davis	North Vancouver-Seymour	Social Credit	1975	3rd term	Brian Ray Douglas Smith	Oak Bay-Gordon Head	Social Credit	1979	2nd term	Donald James Campbell	Okanagan North	Social Credit	1983	1st term	Lyle MacWilliam	NDP	1984	1st term	William Richards Bennett	Okanagan South	Social Credit	1973	4th term	Jack Joseph Kempf	Omineca	Social Credit	1975	3rd term	John Herbert (Jack) Heinrich	Prince George North	Social Credit	1979	2nd term	William Bruce Strachan	Prince George South	Social Credit	1979	2nd term	Graham Lea	Prince Rupert	NDP	1972	4th term	Independent	United Party	Progressive Conservative	James Arthur Nielsen	Richmond	Social Credit	1975	3rd term	Christopher D'Arcy	Rossland-Trail	NDP	1972	4th term	Hugh Austin Curtis	Saanich and the Islands	Social Credit	1972	4th term	Michael C. Clifford	Shuswap-Revelstoke	Social Credit	1983	1st term	Frank Howard	Skeena	NDP	1953, 1979	3rd term*	Donald McGray Phillips	South Peace River	Social Credit	1966, 1972	5th term*	Rita Margaret Johnston	Surrey	Social Credit	1983	1st term	William Earl (Bill) Reid	1983	1st term	Emery Oakland Barnes	Vancouver Centre	NDP	1972	4th term	Gary Lauk	1972	4th term	David Barrett	Vancouver East	NDP	1960, 1976	8th term*	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	1960	8th term	Robert Arthur Williams	1966, 1984	5th term*	Grace Mary McCarthy	Vancouver-Little Mountain	Social Credit	1966, 1975	5th term*	Douglas Lyle Mowat	1983	1st term	Garde Basil Gardom	Vancouver-Point Grey	Social Credit	1966	6th term	Patrick Lucey McGeer	1962	8th term	Russell Gordon Fraser	Vancouver South	Social Credit	1983	1st term	Charles Stephen Rogers	1975	3rd term	Robin Kyle Blencoe	Victoria	NDP	1983	1st term	Gordon William Hanson	1979	2nd term	John Douglas Reynolds	West Vancouver-Howe Sound	Social Credit	1983	1st term	Thomas Manville Waterland	Yale-Lillooet	Social Credit	1975	3rd 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
Okanagan North	Lyle MacWilliam	New Democratic Party	November 8, 1984	Death of D.J. Campbell June 10, 1984
Vancouver East	Robert Arthur Williams	New Democratic Party	November 8, 1984	D. Barrett resigned June 1, 1984, to become a talk show host

Other changes

Graham Lea becomes an Independent on June 20, 1984, and on February 8, 1985, he forms the United Party. He dissolves the United Party to join the Progressive Conservatives on March 26, 1986.
Al Passarell joins Social Credit on October 22, 1985.
South Peace River
Yale-Lillooet
Langley