# 26th Parliament of British Columbia

The 26th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1961 to 1963. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September 1960. 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.
Lorne Shantz served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the 26th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1960:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Stanley John Squire | Alberni | CCF | 1952 |
| Frank Arthur Calder | Atlin | CCF | 1949, 1960 |
| Cedric Cox | Burnaby | CCF | 1957 |
| Gordon Dowding | Burnaby | CCF | 1956 |
| William Collins Speare | Cariboo | Social Credit | 1957 |
| William Kenneth Kiernan | Chilliwack | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Richard Orr Newton | Columbia | Social Credit | 1952, 1953 |
| Frank Greenwood (1963) | Columbia | Social Credit | 1963 |
| Daniel Robert John Campbell | Comox | Social Credit | 1956 |
| Robert Martin Strachan | Cowichan-Newcastle | CCF | 1952 |
| Leo Thomas Nimsick | Cranbrook | CCF | 1949 |
| Camille Mather | Delta | CCF | 1960 |
| James Henry Rhodes | Delta | CCF | 1960 |
| David Barrett | Dewdney | CCF | 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 | CCF | 1956 |
| Philip Arthur Gaglardi | Kamloops | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Randolph Harding | Kaslo-Slocan | CCF | 1945 |
| Donald Frederick Robinson | Lillooet | Social Credit | 1955 |
| Anthony John Gargrave | Mackenzie | CCF | 1952 |
| Earle Cathers Westwood | Nanaimo and the Islands | Social Credit | 1956 |
| Wesley Drewett Black | Nelson-Creston | Social Credit | 1952 |
| John McRae (Rae) Eddie | New Westminster | CCF | 1952 |
| Lorne Shantz | North Okanagan | Social Credit | 1952 |
| 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 |
| George Hobbs | Revelstoke | CCF | 1960 |
| Margaret Frances Hobbs (1962) | Revelstoke | CCF | 1962 |
| 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 | CCF | 1960 |
| Arthur James Turner | Vancouver East | CCF | 1941 |
| Thomas Audley Bate | Vancouver-Point Grey | Social Credit | 1953 |
| Robert William Bonner | Vancouver-Point Grey | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Buda Hosmer Brown | Vancouver-Point Grey | Social Credit | 1953 |
| Patrick Lucey McGeer (1962) | 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 |
| Irvine Finlay Corbett | Yale | Social Credit | 1952 |

### Notes

* ↑ Election called before member took seat

## Party standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Social Credit | 32 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | 16 |
| | Liberal | 4 |
| Total | Total | 52 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 12 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Revelstoke | Margaret Frances Hobbs | CCF | September 4, 1962 | death of G. Hobbs January 30, 1962 |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | Patrick Lucey McGeer | Liberal | December 17, 1962 | death of B.H. Brown August 12, 1962 |
| Columbia | Frank Greenwood | Social Credit | July 15, 1963 | death of R.O. Newton February 14, 1963 |

### Notes

* ↑ Election called before member took seat

## Footnotes

* ↑ Lillooet
* ↑ First elected as a Conservative