30th Parliament of British Columbia
The 30th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1972 to 1975. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in August 1972. The New Democratic Party led by Dave Barrett formed the government. The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the official opposition. Bill Bennett was elected Social Credit party leader in November 1973 after his father resigned his seat in the assembly in June 1973.
Gordon Dowding served as speaker for the assembly.
Members of the 30th General Assembly
The following members were elected to the assembly in 1972:| Member | Electoral district | Party | Robert Evans Skelly | Alberni | NDP | Frank Arthur Calder | Atlin | NDP | Francis Xavier Richter | Boundary-Similkameen | Social Credit | Gordon Dowding | Burnaby-Edmonds | NDP | Eileen Dailly | Burnaby North | NDP | James Gibson Lorimer | Burnaby-Willingdon | NDP | Alexander Vaughan Fraser | Cariboo | Social Credit | Harvey Schroeder | Chilliwack | Social Credit | James Roland Chabot | Columbia River | Social Credit | Karen Elizabeth Sanford | Comox | NDP | David Barrett | Coquitlam | NDP | Robert Martin Strachan | Cowichan-Malahat | NDP | Carl Liden | Delta | NDP | Peter Rolston | Dewdney | NDP | James Henry Gorst | Esquimalt | NDP | Allan Alfred Nunweiler | Fort George | NDP | Gerald Hamilton Anderson | Kamloops | NDP | Leo Thomas Nimsick | Kootenay | NDP | Robert Howard McClelland | Langley | Social Credit | Don Lockstead | Mackenzie | NDP | David Daniel Stupich | Nanaimo | NDP | Lorne Nicolson | Nelson-Creston | NDP | Dennis Geoffrey Cocke | New Westminster | NDP | Patricia Jordan | North Okanagan | Social Credit | Dean Edward Smith | North Peace River | Social Credit | David Maurice Brousson | North Vancouver-Capilano | Liberal | Colin Gabelmann | North Vancouver-Seymour | NDP | George Scott Wallace | Oak Bay | Progressive Conservative | Douglas Tynwald Kelly | Omineca | NDP | Graham Lea | Prince Rupert | NDP | William Stewart King | Revelstoke-Slocan | NDP | Harold Leslie Steves | Richmond | NDP | Christopher D'Arcy | Rossland-Trail | NDP | Hugh Austin Curtis | Saanich and the Islands | Progressive Conservative | Donald Emerson Lewis | Shuswap | NDP | Hartley Douglas Dent | Skeena | NDP | William Andrew Cecil Bennett | South Okanagan | Social Credit | Donald McGray Phillips | South Peace River | Social Credit | Ernest Hall | Surrey | NDP | Rosemary Brown | Vancouver-Burrard | NDP | Norman Levi | Emery Oakland Barnes | Vancouver Centre | NDP | Gary Lauk | Alexander Barrett MacDonald | Vancouver East | NDP | Robert Arthur Williams | Roy Thomas Cummings | Vancouver-Little Mountain | NDP | Phyllis Florence Young | Garde Basil Gardom | Vancouver-Point Grey | Liberal | Patrick Lucey McGeer | Jack A. Radford | Vancouver South | NDP | Daisy Webster | David Alexander Anderson | Victoria | Liberal | Newell Orrin Ruston Morrison | Social Credit | Louis Allan Williams | West Vancouver-Howe Sound | Liberal | William Leonard Hartley | Yale-Lillooet | NDP | |
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Notes:
Party standings
By-elections
By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| South Okanagan | William Richards Bennett | Social Credit | September 7, 1973 | W.A.C. Bennett resigned June 5, 1973; retired from politics |
| North Vancouver-Capilano | Gordon Fulerton Gibson | Liberal | February 5, 1974 | D.M. Brousson resigned October 23, 1973, to look after business interests |
Notes:
Other changes
- Hugh Austin Curtis joins Social Credit October 25, 1974.
- Patrick McGeer and Louis Allan Williams become Independents on May 9, 1975. They are followed by Garde Gardom on May 20. On September 30 all three join Social Credit.
- Cowichan-Malahat