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28th Parliament of British Columbia

The 28th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1967 to 1969. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September 1966. The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government. The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Robert Strachan formed the official opposition.

William Harvey Murray served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 28th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1966:

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)
Howard Richmond McDiarmid	Alberni	Social Credit	1966	1st term

Party standings

Affiliation	Members
33	16
Total
55
Government Majority
11

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Cariboo	Robert William Bonner	Social Credit	November 28, 1966	W.C. Speare resigned to provide seat for R.W. Bonner
Vancouver South	Norman Levi	NDP	May 21, 1968	death of T.A. Bate September 21, 1967
North Vancouver-Capilano	David Maurice Brousson	Liberal	July 15, 1968	R.J. Perrault resigned June 5, 1968, to contest federal seat
Oak Bay	Allan Leslie Cox	Liberal	July 15, 1968	A.B. MacFarlane resigned April 25, 1968, for "personal reasons"; named to B.C. Supreme Court April 26, 1968
Revelstoke-Slocan	William Stewart King	NDP	July 15, 1968	R. Harding resigned June 5, 1968, to contest federal seat
Burnaby-Willingdon	James Gibson Lorimer	NDP	January 13, 1969	death of F.J. Vulliamy October 20, 1968

Other changes

Cariboo (res. Robert Bonner 1969)

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.
Vancouver Sun, July 22, 1969

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