36th Parliament of British Columbia

The 36th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1996 to 2001. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in May 1996.^[1] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Glen Clark formed the government. Clark resigned as premier in August 1999; Dan Miller served as interim premier until a leadership election was held in February 2000 where Ujjal Dosanjh became party leader and premier.^[2] The Liberals led by Gordon Campbell formed the official opposition.^[3]

Glen Clark at the NDP convention in 2011.

Dale Lovick served as speaker for the assembly until 1998 when Gretchen Brewin became speaker. Brewin served as speaker until 2000; William James Hartley replaced Brewin as speaker for the remaining sessions.^[4]

Members of the 36th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1996:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party
	John van Dongen	Abbotsford	Liberal
	Gerard A. Janssen	Alberni	NDP
	Bill Goodacre	Bulkley Valley-Stikine	NDP
	Fred G. Randall	Burnaby-Edmonds	NDP
	Pietro Calendino	Burnaby North	NDP
	Joan Sawicki	Burnaby-Willingdon	NDP
	John D. Wilson	Cariboo North	Liberal
	David Zirnhelt	Cariboo South	NDP
	Barry Penner	Chilliwack	Liberal
	Jim Doyle	Columbia River-Revelstoke	NDP
	Evelyn Gillespie	Comox Valley	NDP
	John Massey Cashore	Coquitlam-Maillardville	NDP
	Jan Pullinger	Cowichan-Ladysmith	NDP
	Reni Masi	Delta North	Liberal
	Fred Gingell	Delta South	Liberal
	Moe Sihota	Esquimalt-Metchosin	NDP
	Rich Coleman	Fort Langley-Aldergrove	Liberal
	Cathy McGregor	Kamloops	NDP
	Kevin Krueger	Kamloops-North Thompson	Liberal
	Erda Walsh	Kootenay	NDP
	Lynn Stephens	Langley	Liberal
	Rick F.G. Kasper	Malahat-Juan de Fuca	NDP
	Bill Hartley	Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows	NDP
	Michael de Jong	Matsqui	Liberal
	Dennis Streifel	Mission-Kent	NDP
	Dale Lovick	Nanaimo	NDP
	Corky Evans	Nelson-Creston	NDP
	Graeme Bowbrick	New Westminster	NDP
	A. Dan Miller	North Coast	NDP
	Glenn Robertson	North Island	NDP
	Katherine Whittred	North Vancouver-Lonsdale	Liberal
	Daniel Jarvis	North Vancouver-Seymour	Liberal
	Ida Chong	Oak Bay-Gordon Head	Liberal
	Bill Barisoff	Okanagan-Boundary	Liberal
	John Weisbeck	Okanagan East	Liberal
	Rick Thorpe	Okanagan-Penticton	Liberal
	April Sanders	Okanagan-Vernon	Liberal
	Sindi Hawkins	Okanagan West	Liberal
	Paul Reitsma	Parksville-Qualicum	Liberal
	Richard Neufeld	Peace River North	Reform
	Jack S. Weisgerber	Peace River South	Reform
	Michael C. Farnworth	Port Coquitlam	NDP
	Christy Clark	Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain	Liberal
	Gordon Wilson	Powell River-Sunshine Coast	Progressive Democratic
	Lois R. Boone	Prince George-Mount Robson	NDP
	Paul Ramsey	Prince George North	NDP
	Paul Nettleton	Prince George-Omineca	Liberal
	Douglas Symons	Richmond Centre	Liberal
	Linda Reid	Richmond East	Liberal
	Geoff Plant	Richmond-Steveston	Liberal
	Ed Conroy	Rossland-Trail	NDP
	Murray Robert Coell	Saanich North and the Islands	Liberal
	Andrew Petter	Saanich South	NDP
	George Abbott	Shuswap	Liberal
	Helmut Giesbrecht	Skeena	NDP
	Bonnie McKinnon	Surrey-Cloverdale	Liberal
	Sue Hammell	Surrey-Green Timbers	NDP
	Penny Priddy	Surrey-Newton	NDP
	Joan K. Smallwood	Surrey-Whalley	NDP
	Wilf Hurd	Surrey-White Rock	Liberal
	Tim Stevenson	Vancouver-Burrard	NDP
	Ian Waddell	Vancouver-Fairview	NDP
	Joy MacPhail	Vancouver-Hastings	NDP
	Ujjal Dosanjh	Vancouver-Kensington	NDP
	Glen Clark	Vancouver-Kingsway	NDP
	Val J. Anderson	Vancouver-Langara	Liberal
	Gary Farrell-Collins	Vancouver-Little Mountain	Liberal
	Jenny Wai Ching Kwan	Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	NDP
	Gordon Campbell	Vancouver-Point Grey	Liberal
	Colin Hansen	Vancouver-Quilchena	Liberal
	Gretchen Brewin	Victoria-Beacon Hill	NDP
	Steve Orcherton	Victoria-Hillside	NDP
	Jeremy Dalton	West Vancouver-Capilano	Liberal
	Ted Nebbeling	West Vancouver-Garibaldi	Liberal
	Harry Lali	Yale-Lillooet	NDP

Notes:

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	New Democratic	39
	Liberal	33
	Reform	2
	Progressive Democrat	1
Total		75
Government Majority		3

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Surrey-White Rock	Gordon Hogg	Liberal	September 15, 1997	Wilf Hurd resigned May 2, 1997
Parksville-Qualicum	Judith Reid	Liberal	December 14, 1998	Paul Reitsma resigned June 23, 1998
Delta South	Val Roddick	Liberal	December 7, 1999	Fred Gingell died July 6, 1999

Notes:

Other changes

• Richard Neufeld joins the Liberals on October 7, 1997.^[5]
• Jack Weisgerber becomes an Independent on November 28, 1997.^[5]
• Paul Reitsma was expelled from the Liberal caucus on April 1, 1998, and resigned from the Liberal party the following day. He resigns from the legislature on June 23.^[5]
• Gordon Wilson joins the NDP on January 29, 1999.^[5]
• Rick Kasper becomes an Independent on October 10, 2000.^[5]
• Jeremy Dalton becomes an Independent on January 11, 2001.^[5]
• Bonnie McKinnon becomes and Independent on March 5, 2001.^[5]

References

1. "Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987–2001" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
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. 2011-01-25. p. 1. 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.
5. "A checklist of members of the Legislature of British Columbia" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. 2013-05-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2022-03-26.