# 34th Parliament of British Columbia

The 34th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1987 to 1991. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in October 1986. The Social Credit Party led by Bill Vander Zalm formed the government. Vander Zalm resigned in 1991 after he was found to have put himself into a conflict of interest; Rita Johnston then became Premier. The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Bob Skelly formed the official opposition.
John Douglas Reynolds served as speaker for the assembly until 1989. Stephen Rogers succeeded Reynolds as speaker.

## Members of the 34th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1986:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Robert Evans Skelly | Alberni | NDP | 1972 |
| Gerard A. Janssen (1988) | Alberni | NDP | 1988 |
| Larry Guno | Atlin | NDP | 1986 |
| James J. (Jim) Hewitt | Boundary-Similkameen | Social Credit | 1975 |
| Ivan Charles Messmer | Boundary-Similkameen | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Bill Barlee (1988) | Boundary-Similkameen | NDP | 1988 |
| David Maurice Mercier | Burnaby-Edmonds | Social Credit | 1986 |
| David Maurice Mercier | Burnaby-Edmonds | Independent Social Credit | 1986 |
| David Maurice Mercier | Burnaby-Edmonds | Social Credit | 1986 |
| James Barry Jones | Burnaby North | NDP | 1986 |
| Elwood Neal Veitch | Burnaby-Willingdon | Social Credit | 1975, 1983 |
| Alexander Vaughan Fraser | Cariboo | Social Credit | 1969 |
| T. Neil Vant | Cariboo | Social Credit | 1986 |
| David Zirnhelt (1989) | Cariboo | NDP | 1989 |
| Harry H. De Jong | Central Fraser Valley | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Peter Albert Dueck | Central Fraser Valley | Social Credit | 1986 |
| John Jansen | Chilliwack | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Duane Delton Crandall | Columbia River | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Duane Delton Crandall | Columbia River | Independent Social Credit | 1986 |
| Duane Delton Crandall | Columbia River | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Stanley Brian Hagen | Comox | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Mark Willson Rose | Coquitlam-Moody | NDP | 1983 |
| Graham Preston Bruce | Cowichan-Malahat | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Graham Preston Bruce | Cowichan-Malahat | Independent Social Credit | 1986 |
| Graham Preston Bruce | Cowichan-Malahat | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Kenneth Walter Davidson | Delta | Social Credit | 1975 |
| John Lawrence Savage | Delta | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Johann Alvin Norman Jacobsen | Dewdney | Social Credit | 1983 |
| Forbes Charles Austin Pelton | Dewdney | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Munmohan Singh (Moe) Sihota | Esquimalt-Port Renfrew | NDP | 1986 |
| Claude Harry Richmond | Kamloops | Social Credit | 1981 |
| Stuart Douglas Boland (Bud) Smith | Kamloops | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Kathleen Anne Edwards | Kootenay | NDP | 1986 |
| Caroline Mary (Carol) Gran | Langley | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Daniel George Peterson | Langley | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Harold Long | Mackenzie | Social Credit | 1986 |
| John Massey Cashore | Maillardville-Coquitlam | NDP | 1986 |
| Laurence Dale Lovick | Nanaimo | NDP | 1986 |
| David Daniel Stupich | Nanaimo | NDP | 1963, 1972 |
| Jan Pullinger (1989) | Nanaimo | NDP | 1989 |
| Howard Leroy Dirks | Nelson-Creston | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Anita Mae Joan Hagen | New Westminster | NDP | 1986 |
| Colin Stuart Gabelmann | North Island | NDP | 1972, 1979 |
| Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet | North Peace River | Social Credit | 1979 |
| Angus Creelman Ree | North Vancouver-Capilano | Social Credit | 1979 |
| John (Jack) Davis | North Vancouver-Seymour | Social Credit | 1975 |
| Brian Ray Douglas Smith | Oak Bay-Gordon Head | Social Credit | 1979 |
| Elizabeth Cull (1989) | Oak Bay-Gordon Head | NDP | 1989 |
| Lyall Franklin Hanson | Okanagan North | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Larry Chalmers | Okanagan South | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Clifford Jack Serwa | Okanagan South | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Jack Joseph Kempf | Omineca | Social Credit | 1975 |
| Jack Joseph Kempf | Omineca | Independent | 1975 |
| Jack Joseph Kempf | Omineca | Social Credit | 1975 |
| Lois Ruth Boone | Prince George North | NDP | 1986 |
| William Bruce Strachan | Prince George South | Social Credit | 1979 |
| Arthur Daniel Miller | Prince Rupert | NDP | 1986 |
| Nick Loenen | Richmond | Social Credit | 1986 |
| William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm | Richmond | Social Credit | 1975, 1986 |
| Christopher D'Arcy | Rossland-Trail | NDP | 1972 |
| Mel Couvelier | Saanich and the Islands | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Terry Huberts | Saanich and the Islands | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Clifford C. Michael | Shuswap-Revelstoke | Social Credit | 1983 |
| David Fletcher Hewlett Parker | Skeena | Social Credit | 1986 |
| John Sylverster (Jack) Weisgerber | South Peace River | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Joan Kathleen Smallwood | Surrey-Guildford-Whalley | NDP | 1986 |
| Rita Margaret Johnston | Surrey-Newton | Social Credit | 1983 |
| William Earl (Bill) Reid | Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale | Social Credit | 1983 |
| Emery Oakland Barnes | Vancouver Centre | NDP | 1972 |
| Michael Franklin Harcourt | Vancouver Centre | NDP | 1986 |
| Glen David Clark | Vancouver East | NDP | 1986 |
| Robert Arthur Williams | Vancouver East | NDP | 1966, 1984 |
| Grace Mary McCarthy | Vancouver-Little Mountain | Social Credit | 1966, 1975 |
| Douglas Lyle Mowat | Vancouver-Little Mountain | Social Credit | 1983 |
| Avril Kim Campbell | Vancouver-Point Grey | Social Credit | 1986 |
| Darlene R. Marzari | Vancouver-Point Grey | NDP | 1986 |
| Tom Perry (1989) | Vancouver-Point Grey | NDP | 1989 |
| Russell Gordon Fraser | Vancouver South | Social Credit | 1983 |
| Charles Stephen Rogers | Vancouver South | Social Credit | 1975 |
| Robin Kyle Blencoe | Victoria | NDP | 1983 |
| Gordon William Hanson | Victoria | NDP | 1979 |
| John Douglas Reynolds | West Vancouver-Howe Sound | Social Credit | 1983 |
| James Thomas Rabbitt | Yale-Lillooet | Social Credit | 1986 |

## Party standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Social Credit | 47 |
| | New Democratic | 22 |
| Total | Total | 69 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 25 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Boundary-Similkameen | Bill Barlee | New Democratic Party | June 8, 1988 | James J. Hewitt resigned December 10, 1987 |
| Alberni | Gerard A. Janssen | New Democratic Party | November 19, 1988 | Robert E. Skelly resigned May 10, 1988 |
| Nanaimo | Jan Pullinger | New Democratic Party | March 15, 1989 | David D. Stuphich resigned October 13, 1988 |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | Tom Perry | New Democratic Party | March 15, 1989 | Kim Campbell resigned October 27, 1988 |
| Cariboo | David Zirnhelt | New Democratic Party | September 20, 1989 | Alexander V. Fraser died May 11, 1989 |
| Oak Bay-Gordon Head | Elizabeth Cull | New Democratic Party | December 13, 1989 | Brian Smith resigned November 15, 1989 |

## Other changes

* Jack Joseph Kempf left the Social Credit caucus and became an independent on March 30, 1987. He rejoined on June 25, 1990.
* On October 3, 1989 Graham Bruce, Duane Delton Crandall, David Maurice Mercier, and Doug Mowat resigned from the Social Credit caucus to become Independent Social Credit. Crandall rejoined the Social Credit caucus on January 24, 1990. Bruce, Mercier and Mowat rejoined on February 14.
* Jack Davis, MLA for North Vancouver-Seymour, died on March 27, 1991.
* Robert Arthur Williams, MLA for Vancouver East, resigned his seat on May 7, 1991.
* Anthony Brummet, MLA for North Peace River resigned his seat on June 8, 1991.