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The 27th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1964 to 1966. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September 1963.[1] The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government.[2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Robert Strachan formed the official opposition.[3]

William Harvey Murray served as speaker for the assembly.[4]

Members of the 27th General Assembly

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The following members were elected to the assembly in 1963:[1]

Member Electoral district Party First elected / previously elected
  Stanley John Squire Alberni NDP 1952
  Frank Arthur Calder Atlin NDP 1949, 1960
  Gordon Dowding Burnaby NDP 1956
  Charles Willoughby MacSorley Social Credit 1963
  William Collins Speare Cariboo Social Credit 1957
  William Kenneth Kiernan Chilliwack Social Credit 1952
  James Roland Chabot Columbia Social Credit 1963
  Daniel Robert John Campbell Comox Social Credit 1956
  Robert Martin Strachan Cowichan-Newcastle NDP 1952
  Leo Thomas Nimsick Cranbrook NDP 1949
  Ernest A. LeCours Delta Social Credit 1963
  Hunter Bertram Vogel 1963
  David Barrett Dewdney NDP 1960
  Herbert Joseph Bruch Esquimalt Social Credit 1953
  Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay Fernie Liberal 1960
  Ray Gillis Williston Fort George Social Credit 1953
  Lois Mabel Haggen Grand Forks-Greenwood NDP 1956
  Philip Arthur Gaglardi Kamloops Social Credit 1952
  Randolph Harding Kaslo-Slocan NDP 1945
  Donald Frederick Robinson Lillooet Social Credit 1955
  Anthony John Gargrave Mackenzie NDP 1952
  David Daniel Stupich Nanaimo and the Islands NDP 1963
  Wesley Drewett Black Nelson-Creston Social Credit 1952
  John McRae (Rae) Eddie New Westminster NDP 1952
  George William McLeod North Okanagan Social Credit 1963
  Jacob Francis Huhn North Peace River Social Credit 1960
  James Gordon Gibson North Vancouver Liberal 1953,[a] 1960
  Raymond Joseph Perrault 1960
  Alan Brock MacFarlane Oak Bay Liberal 1960
  Cyril Morley Shelford Omineca Social Credit 1952
  William Harvey Murray Prince Rupert Social Credit 1956
  Arvid Lundell Revelstoke Social Credit 1949[b], 1963
  Donald Leslie Brothers Rossland-Trail Social Credit 1958
  John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle Saanich Social Credit 1953
  Willis Franklin Jefcoat Salmon Arm Social Credit 1960
  Francis Xavier Richter Similkameen Social Credit 1953
  Dudley George Little Skeena Social Credit 1960
  William Andrew Cecil Bennett South Okanagan Social Credit 1941[c], 1949
  Stanley Carnell South Peace River Social Credit 1956
  Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin Vancouver-Burrard Social Credit 1952
  Bert Price 1952
  Alexander Small Matthew Vancouver Centre Social Credit 1953
  Leslie Raymond Peterson 1955
  Alexander Barrett MacDonald Vancouver East NDP 1960
  Arthur James Turner 1941
  Robert William Bonner Vancouver-Point Grey Social Credit 1952
  Ralph Raymond Loffmark 1963
  Patrick Lucey McGeer Liberal 1962
  William Neelands Chant Victoria City Social Credit 1953
  Waldo McTavish Skillings 1960
  John Donald Smith 1956
  William Leonard Hartley Yale NDP 1963

Party standings

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Affiliation Members
Social Credit 33
New Democratic 14
Liberal 5
 Total
 52
 Government Majority
 14

By-elections

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None.

Other changes

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Notes

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  1. ^ Lillooet
  2. ^ First elected as a Conservative
  3. ^ First elected as a Conservative

References

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  1. ^ a b "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  2. ^ "Premiers of British Columbia 1871-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  3. ^ "Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  4. ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
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