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.^[1] The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government.^[2] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by Robert Strachan formed the official opposition.^[3]

Lorne Shantz served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the 26th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1960:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party
	Stanley John Squire	Alberni	CCF
	Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	CCF
	Cedric Cox	Burnaby	CCF
	Gordon Dowding
	William Collins Speare	Cariboo	Social Credit
	William Kenneth Kiernan	Chilliwack	Social Credit
	Richard Orr Newton	Columbia	Social Credit
	Daniel Robert John Campbell	Comox	Social Credit
	Robert Martin Strachan	Cowichan-Newcastle	CCF
	Leo Thomas Nimsick	Cranbrook	CCF
	Camille Mather	Delta	CCF
	James Henry Rhodes
	David Barrett	Dewdney	CCF
	Herbert Joseph Bruch	Esquimalt	Social Credit
	Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay	Fernie	Liberal
	Ray Gillis Williston	Fort George	Social Credit
	Lois Mabel Haggen	Grand Forks-Greenwood	CCF
	Philip Arthur Gaglardi	Kamloops	Social Credit
	Randolph Harding	Kaslo-Slocan	CCF
	Donald Frederick Robinson	Lillooet	Social Credit
	Anthony John Gargrave	Mackenzie	CCF
	Earle Cathers Westwood	Nanaimo and the Islands	Social Credit
	Wesley Drewett Black	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit
	John McRae (Rae) Eddie	New Westminster	CCF
	Lorne Shantz	North Okanagan	Social Credit
	Jacob Francis Huhn	North Peace River	Social Credit
	James Gordon Gibson	North Vancouver	Liberal
	Raymond Joseph Perrault
	Alan Brock MacFarlane	Oak Bay	Liberal
	Cyril Morley Shelford	Omineca	Social Credit
	William Harvey Murray	Prince Rupert	Social Credit
	George Hobbs	Revelstoke	CCF
	Donald Leslie Brothers	Rossland-Trail	Social Credit
	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	Saanich	Social Credit
	Willis Franklin Jefcoat	Salmon Arm	Social Credit
	Francis Xavier Richter	Similkameen	Social Credit
	Dudley George Little	Skeena	Social Credit
	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Social Credit
	Stanley Carnell	South Peace River	Social Credit
	Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin	Vancouver-Burrard	Social Credit
	Bert Price
	Alexander Small Matthew	Vancouver Centre	Social Credit
	Leslie Raymond Peterson
	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	Vancouver East	CCF
	Arthur James Turner
	Thomas Audley Bate	Vancouver-Point Grey	Social Credit
	Robert William Bonner
	Buda Hosmer Brown
	William Neelands Chant	Victoria City	Social Credit
	Waldo McTavish Skillings
	John Donald Smith
	Irvine Finlay Corbett	Yale	Social Credit

Notes:

Party standings

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

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:^[1]

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[nb 1]	Social Credit	July 15, 1963	death of R.O. Newton February 14, 1963

Notes:

1. Election called before member took seat

References

1. "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
2. "Premiers of British Columbia 1871-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
3. "Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
4. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.