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25th Parliament of British Columbia

The 25th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1957 to 1960. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September 1956. The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by Robert Strachan formed the official opposition.

Thomas James Irwin served as speaker for the assembly until April 1957; he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons later that year. Lorne Shantz replaced Irwin as speaker in 1958.

Members of the 25th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1956:

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)
Stanley John Squire	Alberni	CCF	1952	3rd term
		Independent	Liberal
Newton Phillips Steacy	Social Credit	1956	1st term	Philip Archibald Gibbs

Party standings

Affiliation	Members
39	10
Total
52
Government Majority
26

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Burnaby	Cedric Cox	CCF	September 9, 1957	death of E.E. Winch January 11, 1957
Cariboo	William Collins Speare	Social Credit	September 9, 1957	death of W.R.T. Chetwynd April 3, 1957
Delta	Gordon Lionel Gibson	Social Credit	September 9, 1957	T.J. Irwin resigned to contest federal election April 26, 1957
Rossland-Trail	Donald Leslie Brothers	Social Credit	December 15, 1958	R.E. Sommers resigned November 7, 1958; convicted of bribery and conspiracy

Other changes

John Melvin Bryan, Jr. becomes an Independent on February 3, 1958. He joins the Liberals on February 25, 1959.
Oak Bay (dec. Philip Archibald Gibbs March 1960)

Notes

References

"Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986". Elections BC.
"Premiers of British Columbia 1871-". BC Legislature.
"Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903-". BC Legislature.
"Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-". BC Legislature.
(2013-05-16). "A checklist of members of the Legislature of British Columbia". Legislative Library of British Columbia.
(1960). "Monday, March 7th, 1960". Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia.

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