The 34th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1987 to 1991. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in October 1986. The Social Credit Party led by

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formed the government. Vander Zalm resigned in 1991 after he was found to have put himself into a conflict of interest;

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then became Premier. The

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(NDP) led by

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formed the

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. John Douglas Reynolds served as speaker for the assembly until 1989. Stephen Rogers succeeded Reynolds as speaker.

Members of the 34th General Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1986:

Party standings

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Other changes

* Jack Joseph Kempf left the Social Credit caucus and became an independent on March 30, 1987. He rejoined on June 25, 1990. * On October 3, 1989

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, Duane Delton Crandall, David Maurice Mercier, and Doug Mowat resigned from the Social Credit caucus to become Independent Social Credit. Crandall rejoined the Social Credit caucus on January 24, 1990. Bruce, Mercier and Mowat rejoined on February 14. * Jack Davis, MLA for

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, died on March 27, 1991. *

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, MLA for

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, resigned his seat on May 7, 1991. * Anthony Brummet, MLA for North Peace River resigned his seat on June 8, 1991.

Notes

References

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