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.[1] The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government.[2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Dave Barrett formed the official opposition.[3]

William Harvey Murray served as speaker for the assembly.[4]

Members of the 29th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1969:[1]

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
  Harold Peter (Herb) Capozzi Vancouver Centre Social Credit
  Evan Maurice Wolfe
  Alexander Barrett MacDonald Vancouver East NDP
  Robert Arthur Williams
  Grace Mary McCarthy Vancouver-Little Mountain Social Credit
  Leslie Raymond Peterson
  Garde Basil Gardom Vancouver-Point Grey Liberal
  Patrick Lucey McGeer
  Agnes Kripps Vancouver South Social Credit
  Ralph Raymond Loffmark
  William Neelands Chant Victoria Social Credit
  Waldo McTavish Skillings
  Louis Allan Williams West Vancouver-Howe Sound Liberal
  William Leonard Hartley Yale-Lillooet NDP

Notes:

    Party standings

    Affiliation Members
    Social Credit 38
    New Democratic 12
    Liberal 5
     Total
    		 55
     Government Majority
    		 21

    By-elections

    None

    Other changes

    References

    1. 1 2 "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.
    5. 1 2 "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.
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