27th Parliament of British Columbia

The 27th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1964 to 1966. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in September 1963. The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government. The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Robert Strachan formed the official opposition.

William Harvey Murray served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the 27th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1963:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)
	Stanley John Squire	Alberni	NDP	1952	5th term
	Frank Arthur Calder	Atlin	NDP	1949, 1960	5th term*
	Gordon Dowding	Burnaby	NDP	1956	3rd term
	Charles Willoughby MacSorley		Social Credit	1963	1st term
	William Collins Speare	Cariboo	Social Credit	1957	3rd term
	William Kenneth Kiernan	Chilliwack	Social Credit	1952	5th term
	James Roland Chabot	Columbia	Social Credit	1963	1st term
	Daniel Robert John Campbell	Comox	Social Credit	1956	3rd term
	Robert Martin Strachan	Cowichan-Newcastle	NDP	1952	5th term
	Leo Thomas Nimsick	Cranbrook	NDP	1949	6th term
	Ernest A. LeCours	Delta	Social Credit	1963	1st term
	Hunter Bertram Vogel			1963	1st term
	David Barrett	Dewdney	NDP	1960	2nd term
	Herbert Joseph Bruch	Esquimalt	Social Credit	1953	4th term
	Henry Cartmell (Harry) McKay	Fernie	Liberal	1960	2nd term
	Ray Gillis Williston	Fort George	Social Credit	1953	4th term
	Lois Mabel Haggen	Grand Forks-Greenwood	NDP	1956	3rd term
	Philip Arthur Gaglardi	Kamloops	Social Credit	1952	5th term
	Randolph Harding	Kaslo-Slocan	NDP	1945	7th term
	Donald Frederick Robinson	Lillooet	Social Credit	1955	4th term
	Anthony John Gargrave	Mackenzie	NDP	1952	5th term
	David Daniel Stupich	Nanaimo and the Islands	NDP	1963	1st term
	Wesley Drewett Black	Nelson-Creston	Social Credit	1952	5th term
	John McRae (Rae) Eddie	New Westminster	NDP	1952	5th term
	George William McLeod	North Okanagan	Social Credit	1963	1st term
	Jacob Francis Huhn	North Peace River	Social Credit	1960	2nd term
	James Gordon Gibson	North Vancouver	Liberal	1953, 1960	3rd term*
	Raymond Joseph Perrault			1960	2nd term
	Alan Brock MacFarlane	Oak Bay	Liberal	1960	2nd term
	Cyril Morley Shelford	Omineca	Social Credit	1952	5th term
	William Harvey Murray	Prince Rupert	Social Credit	1956	3rd term
	Arvid Lundell	Revelstoke	Social Credit	1949, 1956, 1963	3rd term*
	Donald Leslie Brothers	Rossland-Trail	Social Credit	1958	3rd term
	John Douglas Tidball Tisdalle	Saanich	Social Credit	1953	4th term
	Willis Franklin Jefcoat	Salmon Arm	Social Credit	1960	2nd term
	Francis Xavier Richter	Similkameen	Social Credit	1953	4th term
	Dudley George Little	Skeena	Social Credit	1960	2nd term
	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	South Okanagan	Social Credit	1941, 1949	8th term*
	Stanley Carnell	South Peace River	Social Credit	1956	3rd term
	Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin	Vancouver-Burrard	Social Credit	1952	5th term
	Bert Price			1952	5th term
	Alexander Small Matthew	Vancouver Centre	Social Credit	1953	4th term
	Leslie Raymond Peterson			1956	4th term
	Alexander Barrett MacDonald	Vancouver East	NDP	1960	2nd term
	Arthur James Turner			1941	8th term
	Robert William Bonner	Vancouver-Point Grey	Social Credit	1952	5th term
	Ralph Raymond Loffmark			1963	1st term
	Patrick Lucey McGeer		Liberal	1962	2nd term
	William Neelands Chant	Victoria City	Social Credit	1953	4th term
	Waldo McTavish Skillings			1960	2nd term
	John Donald Smith			1956	3rd term
	William Leonard Hartley	Yale	NDP	1963	1st term

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Social Credit	33
	New Democratic	14
	Liberal	5
Total		52
Government Majority		14

By-elections

None.

Other changes

• North Okanagan (dec. George William McLeod December 1965)