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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 Parliament

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

Member Electoral district Party First elected / previously elected No.# of term(s)
  Robert Evans Skelly Alberni NDP 1972 3rd term
  Al Passarell Atlin NDP 1979 1st term
  James J. (Jim) Hewitt Boundary-Similkameen Social Credit 1975 2nd term
  Rosemary Brown Burnaby-Edmonds NDP 1972 3rd term
  Eileen Dailly Burnaby North NDP 1966 5th term
  James Gibson Lorimer Burnaby-Willingdon NDP 1969, 1979 4th term*
  Alexander Vaughan Fraser Cariboo Social Credit 1969 4th term
  William Samuel (Bill) Ritchie Central Fraser Valley Social Credit 1979 1st term
  Harvey Schroeder Chilliwack Social Credit 1972 3rd term
  James Roland Chabot Columbia River Social Credit 1963 6th term
  Karen Elizabeth Sanford Comox NDP 1972 3rd term
  Stuart Malcolm Leggatt Coquitlam-Moody NDP 1979 1st term
  Barbara Brookman Wallace Cowichan-Malahat NDP 1975 2nd term
  Kenneth Walter Davidson Delta Social Credit 1975 2nd term
  George Mussallem Dewdney Social Credit 1966, 1975 4th term*
  Frank Mitchell Esquimalt-Port Renfrew NDP 1951, 1979 3rd term*
  Rafe Kenneth Mair Kamloops Social Credit 1975 2nd term
  Claude Harry Richmond (1981) Social Credit 1981 1st term
  Terence Patrick Segarty Kootenay Social Credit 1979 1st term
  Robert Howard McClelland Langley Social Credit 1972 3rd term
  Don Lockstead Mackenzie NDP 1972 3rd term
  Norman Levi Maillardville-Coquitlam NDP 1968,[a] 1972 4th term*
  David Daniel Stupich Nanaimo NDP 1963, 1972 5th term*
  Lorne Nicolson Nelson-Creston NDP 1972 3rd term
  Dennis Geoffrey Cocke New Westminster NDP 1969 4th term
  Colin Stuart Gabelmann North Island NDP 1972,[b] 1979 2nd term*
  Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet North Peace River Social Credit 1979 1st term
  Angus Creelman Ree North Vancouver-Capilano Social Credit 1979 1st term
  John (Jack) Davis North Vancouver-Seymour Social Credit 1975 2nd term
  Brian Ray Douglas Smith Oak Bay-Gordon Head Social Credit 1979 1st term
  Patricia Jordan Okanagan North Social Credit 1966 5th term
  William Richards Bennett Okanagan South Social Credit 1973 3rd term
  Jack Joseph Kempf Omineca Social Credit 1975 2nd term
  John Herbert (Jack) Heinrich Prince George North Social Credit 1979 1st term
  William Bruce Strachan Prince George South Social Credit 1979 1st term
  Graham Lea Prince Rupert NDP 1972 3rd term
  James Arthur Nielsen Richmond Social Credit 1975 2nd term
  Christopher D'Arcy Rossland-Trail NDP 1972 3rd term
  Hugh Austin Curtis Saanich and the Islands Social Credit[c] 1972 3rd term
  William Stewart King Shuswap-Revelstoke NDP 1968, 1972 4th term*
  Frank Howard Skeena NDP 1953, 1979 2nd term*
  Donald McGray Phillips South Peace River Social Credit 1966, 1972 4th term*
  Ernest Hall Surrey NDP 1966, 1979 4th term*
  William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm Social Credit 1975 2nd term
  Emery Oakland Barnes Vancouver Centre NDP 1972 3rd term
  Gary Lauk 1972 3rd term
  David Barrett Vancouver East NDP 1960,[d] 1976 7th term*
  Alexander Barrett MacDonald 1960 7th term
  Grace Mary McCarthy Vancouver-Little Mountain Social Credit 1966, 1975 4th term*
  Evan Maurice Wolfe 1966,[e] 1975 4th term*
  Garde Basil Gardom Vancouver-Point Grey Social Credit 1966[f] 5th term
  Patrick Lucey McGeer 1962[f] 7th term
  Peter Stewart Hyndman Vancouver South Social Credit 1979 1st term
  Charles Stephen Rogers 1975 2nd term
  Charles Frederick Barber Victoria NDP 1975 2nd term
  Gordon William Hanson 1979 1st term
  Louis Allan Williams West Vancouver-Howe Sound Social Credit[f] 1966 5th term
  Thomas Manville Waterland Yale-Lillooet Social Credit 1975 2nd term

Party standings

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

By-elections

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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

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  1. ^ Vancouver South
  2. ^ North Vancouver-Seymour
  3. ^ First elected as a Progressive Conservative
  4. ^ Dewdney
  5. ^ Vancouver Centre
  6. ^ a b c First elected as a Liberal

References

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  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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