24th Parliament of British Columbia

The 24th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from September 1953 to 1956. The members were elected in the

official opposition.^[3]

Thomas James Irwin served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the 24th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1953:[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party
Stanley John Squire	Alberni	CCF
Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	CCF
Ernest Edward Winch	Burnaby	CCF
William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd	Cariboo	Social Credit
William Kenneth Kiernan	Chilliwack	Social Credit
Richard Orr Newton	Columbia	Social Credit
William Campbell Moore	Comox	CCF
Robert Martin Strachan	Cowichan-Newcastle	CCF
Leo Thomas Nimsick	Cranbrook	CCF
Thomas Irwin	Delta	Social Credit
Lyle Wicks	Dewdney	Social Credit
Herbert Joseph Bruch	Esquimalt	Social Credit
Thomas Aubert Uphill	Fernie	Labour
Ray Gillis Williston	Fort George	Social Credit
Rupert Williams Haggen	Grand Forks-Greenwood	CCF
Philip Arthur Gaglardi	Kamloops	Social Credit
Randolph Harding	Kaslo-Slocan	CCF
James Gordon Gibson	Lillooet	Liberal
Anthony John Gargrave	Mackenzie	CCF
Lorenzo (Larry) Giovando	Nanaimo and the Islands	Progressive Conservative
Wesley Drewett Black	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit
John McRae (Rae) Eddie	New Westminster	CCF
Lorne Shantz	North Okanagan	Social Credit
George Henry Tomlinson, Jr.	North Vancouver	Social Credit
Philip Archibald Gibbs	Oak Bay	Liberal
Cyril Morley Shelford	Omineca	Social Credit
Charles William Parker	Peace River	Social Credit
Arthur Bruce Brown	Prince Rupert	Liberal
Vincent Segur	Revelstoke	CCF
Robert Edward Sommers	Rossland-Trail	Social Credit
John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	Saanich	Social Credit
James Allan Reid	Salmon Arm	Social Credit
Francis Xavier Richter	Similkameen	Social Credit
Frank Howard	Skeena	CCF
William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Social Credit
Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin	Vancouver-Burrard	Social Credit
Bert Price	Vancouver-Burrard	Social Credit
Alexander Small Matthew	Vancouver Centre	Social Credit
George Churchill Moxham	Vancouver Centre	Social Credit
Arthur James Turner	Vancouver East	CCF
Arnold Alexander Webster	Vancouver East	CCF
Thomas Audley Bate	Vancouver-Point Grey	Social Credit
Robert William Bonner		Social Credit
Arthur Laing		Liberal
Lydia Augusta Arsens	Victoria City	Social Credit
William Neelands Chant
Walter Percival Wright
Irvine Finlay Corbett	Yale	Social Credit

Notes:

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Social Credit	28
	Co-operative Commonwealth	14
	Liberal	4
	Progressive Conservative	1
	Labour	1
Total		48
Government Majority		8

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Victoria City	George Frederick Thompson Gregory	Liberal	November 24, 1953	W.P. Wright resigned to provide seat for E.M. Gunderson
Lillooet	Donald Frederick Robinson	Social Credit	September 12, 1955	J.G. Gibson resigned to seek electoral vindication for allegations of fraud and patronage that he made in the legislature
Vancouver Centre	Leslie Raymond Peterson	Social Credit	September 12, 1955	death of G.C. Moxham November 10, 1955

Notes:

Other changes

Lorenzo Giovando leaves the Progressive Conservatives to become an Independent in July 1954.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ "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] "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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