# 27th Parliament of British Columbia

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. 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 27th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1963:
| 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 | Burnaby | 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 | Delta | Social Credit | 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, 1960 |
| Raymond Joseph Perrault | North Vancouver | Liberal | 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, 1956, 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, 1949 |
| Stanley Carnell | South Peace River | Social Credit | 1956 |
| Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin | Vancouver-Burrard | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Bert Price | Vancouver-Burrard | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Alexander Small Matthew | Vancouver Centre | Social Credit | 1953 |
| Leslie Raymond Peterson | Vancouver Centre | Social Credit | 1955 |
| Alexander Barrett MacDonald | Vancouver East | NDP | 1960 |
| Arthur James Turner | Vancouver East | NDP | 1941 |
| Robert William Bonner | Vancouver-Point Grey | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Ralph Raymond Loffmark | Vancouver-Point Grey | Social Credit | 1963 |
| Patrick Lucey McGeer | Vancouver-Point Grey | Liberal | 1962 |
| William Neelands Chant | Victoria City | Social Credit | 1953 |
| Waldo McTavish Skillings | Victoria City | Social Credit | 1960 |
| John Donald Smith | Victoria City | Social Credit | 1956 |
| William Leonard Hartley | Yale | NDP | 1963 |

## Party standings

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

## By-elections

None.

## Other changes

* North Okanagan (dec. George William McLeod December 1965)