The 24th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from September 1953 to 1956. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1953.[1] The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the government.[2] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Arnold Webster formed 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
  Alexander Small Matthew Vancouver Centre Social Credit
  George Churchill Moxham
  Arthur James Turner Vancouver East CCF
  Arnold Alexander Webster
  Thomas Audley Bate Vancouver-Point Grey Social Credit
  Robert William Bonner
  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

      1. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ "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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