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. 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. The Liberals led by Gordon Campbell formed the official opposition.

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.

Members of the 36th Parliament

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1996:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)
	John van Dongen	Abbotsford	Liberal	1995	2nd term
	Gerard A. Janssen	Alberni	NDP	1988	3rd term
	Bill Goodacre	Bulkley Valley-Stikine	NDP	1996	1st term
	Fred G. Randall	Burnaby-Edmonds	NDP	1996	1st term
	Pietro Calendino	Burnaby North	NDP	1996	1st term
	Joan Sawicki	Burnaby-Willingdon	NDP	1991	2nd term
	John D. Wilson	Cariboo North	Liberal	1996	1st term
	David Zirnhelt	Cariboo South	NDP	1989	3rd term
	Barry Penner	Chilliwack	Liberal	1991	2nd term
	Jim Doyle	Columbia River-Revelstoke	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Evelyn Gillespie	Comox Valley	NDP	1996	1st term
	John Massey Cashore	Coquitlam-Maillardville	NDP	1986	3rd term
	Jan Pullinger	Cowichan-Ladysmith	NDP	1989	3rd term
	Reni Masi	Delta North	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Fred Gingell	Delta South	Liberal	1991	2nd term
	Val Roddick (1999)		Liberal	1999	1st term
	Moe Sihota	Esquimalt-Metchosin	NDP	1986	3rd term
	Rich Coleman	Fort Langley-Aldergrove	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Cathy McGregor	Kamloops	NDP	1996	1st term
	Kevin Krueger	Kamloops-North Thompson	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Erda Walsh	Kootenay	NDP	1996	1st term
	Lynn Stephens	Langley	Liberal	1991	2nd term
	Rick F.G. Kasper	Malahat-Juan de Fuca	NDP	1991	2nd term
			Independent
	Bill Hartley	Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Michael de Jong	Matsqui	Liberal	1994	2nd term
	Dennis Streifel	Mission-Kent	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Dale Lovick	Nanaimo	NDP	1986	3rd term
	Corky Evans	Nelson-Creston	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Graeme Bowbrick	New Westminster	NDP	1996	1st term
	A. Dan Miller	North Coast	NDP	1986	3rd term
	Glenn Robertson	North Island	NDP	1996	1st term
	Katherine Whittred	North Vancouver-Lonsdale	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Daniel Jarvis	North Vancouver-Seymour	Liberal	1991	2nd term
	Ida Chong	Oak Bay-Gordon Head	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Bill Barisoff	Okanagan-Boundary	Liberal	1996	1st term
	John Weisbeck	Okanagan East	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Rick Thorpe	Okanagan-Penticton	Liberal	1996	1st term
	April Sanders	Okanagan-Vernon	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Sindi Hawkins	Okanagan West	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Paul Reitsma	Parksville-Qualicum	Liberal	1996	1st term
			Independent
	Judith Reid (1998)		Liberal	1998	1st term
	Richard Neufeld	Peace River North	Reform	1991	2nd term
			Liberal
	Jack S. Weisgerber	Peace River South	Reform	1986	3rd term
			Independent
	Michael C. Farnworth	Port Coquitlam	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Christy Clark	Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Gordon Wilson	Powell River-Sunshine Coast	Progressive Democratic	1991	2nd term
			NDP
	Lois R. Boone	Prince George-Mount Robson	NDP	1986	3rd term
	Paul Ramsey	Prince George North	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Paul Nettleton	Prince George-Omineca	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Douglas Symons	Richmond Centre	Liberal	1991	2nd term
	Linda Reid	Richmond East	Liberal	1991	2nd term
	Geoff Plant	Richmond-Steveston	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Ed Conroy	Rossland-Trail	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Murray Robert Coell	Saanich North and the Islands	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Andrew Petter	Saanich South	NDP	1991	2nd term
	George Abbott	Shuswap	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Helmut Giesbrecht	Skeena	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Bonnie McKinnon	Surrey-Cloverdale	Liberal	1996	1st term
			Independent
	Sue Hammell	Surrey-Green Timbers	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Penny Priddy	Surrey-Newton	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Joan K. Smallwood	Surrey-Whalley	NDP	1986	3rd term
	Wilf Hurd	Surrey-White Rock	Liberal	1991	2nd term
	Gordon Hogg (1997)		Liberal	1997	1st term
	Tim Stevenson	Vancouver-Burrard	NDP	1996	1st term
	Ian Waddell	Vancouver-Fairview	NDP	1996	1st term
	Joy MacPhail	Vancouver-Hastings	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Ujjal Dosanjh	Vancouver-Kensington	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Glen Clark	Vancouver-Kingsway	NDP	1986	3rd term
	Val J. Anderson	Vancouver-Langara	Liberal	1991	2nd term
	Gary Farrell-Collins	Vancouver-Little Mountain	Liberal	1991	2nd term
	Jenny Wai Ching Kwan	Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	NDP	1996	1st term
	Gordon Campbell	Vancouver-Point Grey	Liberal	1994	2nd term
	Colin Hansen	Vancouver-Quilchena	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Gretchen Brewin	Victoria-Beacon Hill	NDP	1991	2nd term
	Steve Orcherton	Victoria-Hillside	NDP	1996	1st term
	Jeremy Dalton	West Vancouver-Capilano	Liberal	1991	2nd term
			Independent
	Ted Nebbeling	West Vancouver-Garibaldi	Liberal	1996	1st term
	Harry Lali	Yale-Lillooet	NDP	1991	2nd term

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:

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

Other changes

• Richard Neufeld joins the Liberals on October 7, 1997.
• Jack Weisgerber becomes an Independent on November 28, 1997.
• 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.
• Gordon Wilson joins the NDP on January 29, 1999.
• Rick Kasper becomes an Independent on October 10, 2000.
• Jeremy Dalton becomes an Independent on January 11, 2001.
• Bonnie McKinnon becomes and Independent on March 5, 2001.