title: 29th Parliament of British Columbia
text: # 29th Parliament of British Columbia
  
  The 29th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1970 to 1972. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in August 1969. The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government. The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Dave Barrett formed the official opposition.
  
  William Harvey Murray served as speaker for the assembly.
  
  ## Members of the 29th General Assembly
  
  The following members were elected to the assembly in 1969:
  
  | Member | Electoral district | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Howard Richmond McDiarmid | Alberni | Social Credit |
  | Frank Arthur Calder | Atlin | NDP |
  | Francis Xavier Richter | Boundary-Similkameen | Social Credit |
  | Gordon Dowding | Burnaby-Edmonds | NDP |
  | Eileen Dailly | Burnaby North | NDP |
  | James Gibson Lorimer | Burnaby-Willingdon | NDP |
  | Alexander Vaughan Fraser | Cariboo | Social Credit |
  | William Kenneth Kiernan | Chilliwack | Social Credit |
  | James Roland Chabot | Columbia River | Social Credit |
  | Daniel Robert John Campbell | Comox | Social Credit |
  | David Barrett | Coquitlam | NDP |
  | Robert Martin Strachan | Cowichan-Malahat | NDP |
  | Robert Wenman | Delta | Social Credit |
  | George Mussallem | Dewdney | Social Credit |
  | Herbert Joseph Bruch | Esquimalt | Social Credit |
  | Ray Gillis Williston | Fort George | Social Credit |
  | Philip Arthur Gaglardi | Kamloops | Social Credit |
  | Leo Thomas Nimsick | Kootenay | NDP |
  | Hunter Bertram Vogel | Langley | Social Credit |
  | Isabel Dawson | Mackenzie | Social Credit |
  | Frank James Ney | Nanaimo | Social Credit |
  | Wesley Drewett Black | Nelson-Creston | Social Credit |
  | Dennis Geoffrey Cocke | New Westminster | NDP |
  | Patricia Jordan | North Okanagan | Social Credit |
  | Dean Edward Smith | North Peace River | Social Credit |
  | David Maurice Brousson | North Vancouver-Capilano | Liberal |
  | Barrie Aird Clark | North Vancouver-Seymour | Liberal |
  | George Scott Wallace | Oak Bay | Social Credit |
  | Cyril Morley Shelford | Omineca | Social Credit |
  | William Harvey Murray | Prince Rupert | Social Credit |
  | Burton Peter Campbell | Revelstoke-Slocan | Social Credit |
  | Ernest A. LeCours | Richmond | Social Credit |
  | Donald Leslie Brothers | Rossland-Trail | Social Credit |
  | John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle | Saanich and the Islands | Social Credit |
  | Willis Franklin Jefcoat | Shuswap | Social Credit |
  | Dudley George Little | Skeena | Social Credit |
  | William Andrew Cecil Bennett | South Okanagan | Social Credit |
  | Donald Albert Marshall | South Peace River | Social Credit |
  | Ernest Hall | Surrey | NDP |
  | Harold James Merilees | Vancouver-Burrard | Social Credit |
  | Bert Price | Vancouver-Burrard | Social Credit |
  | Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi | Vancouver Centre | Social Credit |
  | Evan Maurice Wolfe | Vancouver Centre | Social Credit |
  | Alexander Barrett MacDonald | Vancouver East | NDP |
  | Robert Arthur Williams | Vancouver East | NDP |
  | Grace Mary McCarthy | Vancouver-Little Mountain | Social Credit |
  | Leslie Raymond Peterson | Vancouver-Little Mountain | Social Credit |
  | Garde Basil Gardom | Vancouver-Point Grey | Liberal |
  | Patrick Lucey McGeer | Vancouver-Point Grey | Liberal |
  | Agnes Kripps | Vancouver South | Social Credit |
  | Ralph Raymond Loffmark | Vancouver South | Social Credit |
  | William Neelands Chant | Victoria | Social Credit |
  | Waldo McTavish Skillings | Victoria | Social Credit |
  | Louis Allan Williams | West Vancouver-Howe Sound | Liberal |
  | William Leonard Hartley | Yale-Lillooet | NDP |
  
  Notes:
  
  ## Party standings
  
  | Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Social Credit | 38 |
  | | New Democratic | 12 |
  | | Liberal | 5 |
  | Total | Total | 55 |
  | Government Majority | Government Majority | 21 |
  
  ## By-elections
  
  None
  
  ## Other changes
  
  * George Scott Wallace becomes an Independent on August 17, 1971. He joins the Progressive Conservatives in January 1972.
  * Donald Albert Marshall joins the Progressive Conservatives on March 22, 1972.
  