The 32nd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1979 to 1983. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in May 1979.[1] The Social Credit Party led by Bill Bennett formed the government.[2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Dave Barrett formed the official opposition.[3]

Harvey Schroeder served as speaker for the assembly until August 1982 when he resigned as speaker. Kenneth Walter Davidson replaced Schroeder as speaker in September 1982.[4]

Members of the 32nd General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1979:[1]

Member Electoral district Party
  Robert Evans Skelly Alberni NDP
  Al Passarell Atlin NDP
  James J. (Jim) Hewitt Boundary-Similkameen Social Credit
  Rosemary Brown Burnaby-Edmonds NDP
  Eileen Dailly Burnaby North NDP
  James Gibson Lorimer Burnaby-Willingdon NDP
  Alexander Vaughan Fraser Cariboo Social Credit
  William Samuel (Bill) Ritchie Central Fraser Valley Social Credit
  Harvey Schroeder Chilliwack Social Credit
  James Roland Chabot Columbia River Social Credit
  Karen Elizabeth Sanford Comox NDP
  Stuart Malcolm Leggatt Coquitlam-Moody NDP
  Barbara Brookman Wallace Cowichan-Malahat NDP
  Kenneth Walter Davidson Delta Social Credit
  George Mussallem Dewdney Social Credit
  Frank Mitchell Esquimalt-Port Renfrew NDP
  Rafe Kenneth Mair Kamloops Social Credit
  Terence Patrick Segarty Kootenay Social Credit
  Robert Howard McClelland Langley Social Credit
  Don Lockstead Mackenzie NDP
  Norman Levi Maillardville-Coquitlam NDP
  David Daniel Stupich Nanaimo NDP
  Lorne Nicolson Nelson-Creston NDP
  Dennis Geoffrey Cocke New Westminster NDP
  Colin Stuart Gabelmann North Island NDP
  Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet North Peace River Social Credit
  Angus Creelman Ree North Vancouver-Capilano Social Credit
  John (Jack) Davis North Vancouver-Seymour Social Credit
  Brian Ray Douglas Smith Oak Bay-Gordon Head Social Credit
  Patricia Jordan Okanagan North Social Credit
  William Richards Bennett Okanagan South Social Credit
  Jack Joseph Kempf Omineca Social Credit
  John Herbert (Jack) Heinrich Prince George North Social Credit
  William Bruce Strachan Prince George South Social Credit
  Graham Lea Prince Rupert NDP
  James Arthur Nielsen Richmond Social Credit
  Christopher D'Arcy Rossland-Trail NDP
  Hugh Austin Curtis Saanich and the Islands Social Credit
  William Stewart King Shuswap-Revelstoke NDP
  Frank Howard Skeena NDP
  Donald McGray Phillips South Peace River Social Credit
  Ernest Hall Surrey NDP
  William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm Social Credit
  Emery Oakland Barnes Vancouver Centre NDP
  Gary Lauk
  David Barrett Vancouver East NDP
  Alexander Barrett MacDonald
  Grace Mary McCarthy Vancouver-Little Mountain Social Credit
  Evan Maurice Wolfe
  Garde Basil Gardom Vancouver-Point Grey Social Credit
  Patrick Lucey McGeer
  Peter Stewart Hyndman Vancouver South Social Credit
  Charles Stephen Rogers
  Charles Frederick Barber Victoria NDP
  Gordon William Hanson
  Louis Allan Williams West Vancouver-Howe Sound Social Credit
  Thomas Manville Waterland Yale-Lillooet Social Credit

Notes:


Party standings

Affiliation Members
Social Credit 31
New Democratic 26
 Total
 57
 Government Majority
 5

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:[1]

Electoral district Member elected Party Election date Reason
Kamloops Claude Harry Richmond Social Credit May 14, 1981 K.R. Mair resigned February 1, 1981, to become a talk show host

Notes:


References

  1. ^ a b c "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2011. 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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