34th Parliament of British Columbia

The 34th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1987 to 1991. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in October 1986.^[1] The Social Credit Party led by Bill Vander Zalm formed the government. Vander Zalm resigned in 1991 after he was found to have put himself into a conflict of interest; Rita Johnston then became Premier.^[2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Bob Skelly formed the official opposition.^[3]

John Douglas Reynolds served as speaker for the assembly until 1989. Stephen Rogers succeeded Reynolds as speaker.^[4]

Members of the 34th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1986:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party
Robert Evans Skelly	Alberni	NDP
Larry Guno	Atlin	NDP
James J. (Jim) Hewitt	Boundary-Similkameen	Social Credit
Ivan Charles Messmer	Boundary-Similkameen	Social Credit
David Maurice Mercier	Burnaby-Edmonds	Social Credit
James Barry Jones	Burnaby North	NDP
Elwood Neal Veitch	Burnaby-Willingdon	Social Credit
Alexander Vaughan Fraser	Cariboo	Social Credit
T. Neil Vant	Cariboo	Social Credit
Harry H. De Jong	Central Fraser Valley	Social Credit
Peter Albert Dueck	Central Fraser Valley	Social Credit
John Jansen	Chilliwack	Social Credit
Duane Delton Crandall	Columbia River	Social Credit
Stanley Brian Hagen	Comox	Social Credit
Mark Willson Rose	Coquitlam-Moody	NDP
Graham Preston Bruce	Cowichan-Malahat	Social Credit
Kenneth Walter Davidson	Delta	Social Credit
John Lawrence Savage	Delta	Social Credit
Johann Alvin Norman Jacobsen	Dewdney	Social Credit
Forbes Charles Austin Pelton	Dewdney	Social Credit
Munmohan Singh (Moe) Sihota	Esquimalt-Port Renfrew	NDP
Claude Harry Richmond	Kamloops	Social Credit
Stuart Douglas Boland (Bud) Smith	Kamloops	Social Credit
Kathleen Anne Edwards	Kootenay	NDP
Caroline Mary (Carol) Gran	Langley	Social Credit
Daniel George Peterson	Langley	Social Credit
Harold Long	Mackenzie	Social Credit
John Massey Cashore	Maillardville-Coquitlam	NDP
Laurence Dale Lovick	Nanaimo	NDP
David Daniel Stupich	Nanaimo	NDP
Howard Leroy Dirks	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit
Anita Mae Joan Hagen	New Westminster	NDP
Colin Stuart Gabelmann	North Island	NDP
Anthony Julius (Tony) Brummet	North Peace River	Social Credit
Angus Creelman Ree	North Vancouver-Capilano	Social Credit
John (Jack) Davis	North Vancouver-Seymour	Social Credit
Brian Ray Douglas Smith	Oak Bay-Gordon Head	Social Credit
Lyall Franklin Hanson	Okanagan North	Social Credit
Larry Chalmers	Okanagan South	Social Credit
Clifford Jack Serwa	Okanagan South	Social Credit
Jack Joseph Kempf	Omineca	Social Credit
Lois Ruth Boone	Prince George North	NDP
William Bruce Strachan	Prince George South	Social Credit
Arthur Daniel Miller	Prince Rupert	NDP
Nick Loenen	Richmond	Social Credit
William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm	Richmond	Social Credit
Christopher D'Arcy	Rossland-Trail	NDP
Mel Couvelier	Saanich and the Islands	Social Credit
Terry Huberts	Saanich and the Islands	Social Credit
Clifford C. Michael	Shuswap-Revelstoke	Social Credit
David Fletcher Hewlett Parker	Skeena	Social Credit
John Sylverster (Jack) Weisgerber	South Peace River	Social Credit
Joan Kathleen Smallwood	Surrey-Guildford-Whalley	NDP
Rita Margaret Johnston	Surrey-Newton	Social Credit
William Earl (Bill) Reid	Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale	Social Credit
Emery Oakland Barnes	Vancouver Centre	NDP
Michael Franklin Harcourt	Vancouver Centre	NDP
Glen David Clark	Vancouver East	NDP
Robert Arthur Williams	Vancouver East	NDP
Grace Mary McCarthy	Vancouver-Little Mountain	Social Credit
Douglas Lyle Mowat	Vancouver-Little Mountain	Social Credit
Avril Kim Campbell	Vancouver-Point Grey	Social Credit
Darlene R. Marzari	Vancouver-Point Grey	NDP
Russell Gordon Fraser	Vancouver South	Social Credit
Charles Stephen Rogers	Vancouver South	Social Credit
Robin Kyle Blencoe	Victoria	NDP
Gordon William Hanson	Victoria	NDP
John Douglas Reynolds	West Vancouver-Howe Sound	Social Credit
James Thomas Rabbitt	Yale-Lillooet	Social Credit

Notes:

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Social Credit	47
	New Democratic	22
Total		69
Government Majority		25

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:^[5]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Boundary-Similkameen	Bill Barlee	New Democratic Party	June 8, 1988	James J. Hewitt resigned December 10, 1987
Alberni	Gerard A. Janssen	New Democratic Party	November 19, 1988	Robert E. Skelly resigned May 10, 1988
Nanaimo	Jan Pullinger	New Democratic Party	March 15, 1989	David D. Stuphich resigned October 13, 1988
Vancouver-Point Grey	Tom Perry	New Democratic Party	March 15, 1989	Kim Campbell resigned October 27, 1988
Cariboo	David Zirnhelt	New Democratic Party	September 20, 1989	Alexander V. Fraser died May 11, 1989
Oak Bay-Gordon Head	Elizabeth Cull	New Democratic Party	December 13, 1989	Brian Smith resigned November 15, 1989

Notes:

Other changes

Jack Joseph Kempf left the Social Credit caucus and became an independent on March 30, 1987. He rejoined on June 25, 1990.^[6]
On October 3, 1989 Graham Bruce, Duane Delton Crandall, David Maurice Mercier, and Doug Mowat resigned from the Social Credit caucus to become Independent Social Credit. Crandall rejoined the Social Credit caucus on January 24, 1990. Bruce, Mercier and Mowat rejoined on February 14.^[6]
Jack Davis, MLA for North Vancouver-Seymour, died on March 27, 1991.^[6]
Robert Arthur Williams, MLA for Vancouver East, resigned his seat on May 7, 1991.^[6]
Anthony Brummet, MLA for North Peace River resigned his seat on June 8, 1991.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871–1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
^ "Premiers of British Columbia 1871–" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
^ "Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903–" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872–" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
^ "Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987–2001" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "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.

[elections-1] "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871–1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.

[premier-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] "Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987–2001" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2012-02-18.

[cross-6] "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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