# 33rd Parliament of British Columbia

The 33rd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1983 to 1986. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in May 1983. The Social Credit Party led by Bill Bennett formed the government. After Bennett retired in 1986, Bill Vander Zalm became Premier. The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Dave Barrett formed the official opposition. After Barrett resigned his seat in 1984, Bob Skelly became party leader.
Kenneth Walter Davidson served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the 33rd Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1983:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Robert Evans Skelly | Alberni | NDP | 1972 |
| Al Passarell | Atlin | NDP | 1979 |
| Al Passarell | Atlin | Social Credit | 1979 |
| James J. (Jim) Hewitt | Boundary-Similkameen | Social Credit | 1975 |
| Rosemary Brown | Burnaby-Edmonds | NDP | 1972 |
| Eileen Dailly | Burnaby North | NDP | 1966 |
| Elwood Neal Veitch | Burnaby-Willingdon | Social Credit | 1975, 1983 |
| Alexander Vaughan Fraser | Cariboo | Social Credit | 1969 |
| William Samuel (Bill) Ritchie | Central Fraser Valley | Social Credit | 1979 |
| Harvey Schroeder | Chilliwack | Social Credit | 1972 |
| James Roland Chabot | Columbia River | Social Credit | 1963 |
| Karen Elizabeth Sanford | Comox | NDP | 1972 |
| Mark Willson Rose | Coquitlam-Moody | NDP | 1983 |
| Barbara Brookman Wallace | Cowichan-Malahat | NDP | 1975 |
| Kenneth Walter Davidson | Delta | Social Credit | 1975 |
| Forbes Charles Austin Pelton | Dewdney | Social Credit | 1983 |
| Frank Mitchell | Esquimalt-Port Renfrew | NDP | 1951, 1979 |
| Claude Harry Richmond | Kamloops | Social Credit | 1981 |
| Terence Patrick Segarty | Kootenay | Social Credit | 1979 |
| Robert Howard McClelland | Langley | Social Credit | 1972 |
| Don Lockstead | Mackenzie | NDP | 1972 |
| John Michael Parks | Maillardville-Coquitlam | Social Credit | 1983 |
| David Daniel Stupich | Nanaimo | NDP | 1963, 1972 |
| Lorne Nicolson | Nelson-Creston | NDP | 1972 |
| Dennis Geoffrey Cocke | New Westminster | NDP | 1969 |
| 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 |
| Donald James Campbell | Okanagan North | Social Credit | 1983 |
| Lyle MacWilliam (1984) | Okanagan North | NDP | 1984 |
| William Richards Bennett | Okanagan South | Social Credit | 1973 |
| Jack Joseph Kempf | Omineca | Social Credit | 1975 |
| John Herbert (Jack) Heinrich | Prince George North | Social Credit | 1979 |
| William Bruce Strachan | Prince George South | Social Credit | 1979 |
| Graham Lea | Prince Rupert | NDP | 1972 |
| Graham Lea | Prince Rupert | Independent | 1972 |
| Graham Lea | Prince Rupert | United Party | 1972 |
| Graham Lea | Prince Rupert | Progressive Conservative | 1972 |
| James Arthur Nielsen | Richmond | Social Credit | 1975 |
| Christopher D'Arcy | Rossland-Trail | NDP | 1972 |
| Hugh Austin Curtis | Saanich and the Islands | Social Credit | 1972 |
| Michael C. Clifford | Shuswap-Revelstoke | Social Credit | 1983 |
| Frank Howard | Skeena | NDP | 1953, 1979 |
| Donald McGray Phillips | South Peace River | Social Credit | 1966, 1972 |
| Rita Margaret Johnston | Surrey | Social Credit | 1983 |
| William Earl (Bill) Reid | Surrey | Social Credit | 1983 |
| Emery Oakland Barnes | Vancouver Centre | NDP | 1972 |
| Gary Lauk | Vancouver Centre | NDP | 1972 |
| David Barrett | Vancouver East | NDP | 1960, 1976 |
| Alexander Barrett MacDonald | Vancouver East | NDP | 1960 |
| Robert Arthur Williams (1984) | Vancouver East | NDP | 1966, 1984 |
| Grace Mary McCarthy | Vancouver-Little Mountain | Social Credit | 1966, 1975 |
| Douglas Lyle Mowat | Vancouver-Little Mountain | Social Credit | 1983 |
| Garde Basil Gardom | Vancouver-Point Grey | Social Credit | 1966 |
| Patrick Lucey McGeer | Vancouver-Point Grey | Social Credit | 1962 |
| 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 |
| Thomas Manville Waterland | Yale-Lillooet | Social Credit | 1975 |

## Party standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Social Credit | 35 |
| | New Democratic Party | 22 |
| Total | Total | 57 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 13 |

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Okanagan North | Lyle MacWilliam | New Democratic Party | November 8, 1984 | Death of D.J. Campbell June 10, 1984 |
| Vancouver East | Robert Arthur Williams | New Democratic Party | November 8, 1984 | D. Barrett resigned June 1, 1984, to become a talk show host |

## Other changes

* Graham Lea becomes an Independent on June 20, 1984, and on February 8, 1985, he forms the United Party. He dissolves the United Party to join the Progressive Conservatives on March 26, 1986.
* Al Passarell joins Social Credit on October 22, 1985.
* South Peace River (res. Donald McGray Phillips April 28, 1986.)
* Yale-Lillooet (res. Thomas Manville Waterland August 5, 1986.)
* Langley (res. Robert Howard McClelland August 7, 1986.)