JOURNALS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY O E OICE O IIS COUMIA d, Otbr , 2 EE OCOCK .M. This being the first day of the first meeting of the Thirtieth Parliament or Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia for the dispatch of busi- ness, pursuant to a Proclamation of Colonel the Honourable O R. NICHOLSON, P.C., 0.B.E., Q.C., LL.D., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province, dated the 21st day of September 1972, the members took their seats, after having taken the prescribed oath and having signed the Parliamentary Roll. Colonel the Honourable JOHN R. NICHOLSON, P.C., 0.B.E., QC., LL.D., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province, having entered the House, took his seat on the Throne. The Hon. Ernest Hall, Provincial Secretary, said: Members of the Legislative Assembly: I am commanded by His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor to announce that he does not see fit to declare the cause of his summoning you at this time, and will not do so until you have chosen a Speaker to preside over your Honourable Body. His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor hopes to be enabled to declare, during the afternoon, his reasons for calling you together. His Honour was then pleased to retire. Mr. Graham R. Lea, addressing himself to the Clerk, moved, seconded by Mr. Patrick L. McGeer, that Gordon Hudson Dowding, Esquire, member for Burnaby-Edmonds Electoral District, do take the Speaker's chair and preside over the meetings of this Assembly. Mr. Chabot moved, seconded by Mr. Phillips, that Garde B. Gardom, Esquire, second member for Vancouver-Point Grey Electoral District, do take the Speaker's chair and preside over the meetings of this Assembly. Upon Mr. Gardom declining the nomination, the motion for his nomination as Speaker was ruled out of order. The motion that Mr. Dowding be elected Speaker was carried nem. con. 2 OCOE 2 E. K. , Er, th Clr f th , hvn dlrd Mr. Grdn dn dn dl ltd, h thn tn t f h pl b th vr nd ndr, nd ndtd t th hr, hr, tndn n th ppr tp, h xprd h rtfl thn t th fr th rt hnr th hd bn pld t nfr pn h b hn h t b thr Spr. And thrpn h t dn n th hr, nd th ld pn th tbl. rr b Mr. Wl . Wfld. h lttr f th pt rvnl Srtr nd th rtft f th Chf Eltrl Offr f th rlt f th ltn f br t rprnt th rptv ltrl dtrt f th rvn n th ltv Abl t th nrl ltn r rd b E. G. MMnn, Er, th Clr Atnt, fll: "OICE O E EUY OICIA SECEAY, "ICOIA, .C., Otbr 2, 2. "Mr. E. K. , "Clr f th ltv Abl, "rlnt ldn, tr, .C. " Gnrl Eltn, At 0, 2 "SI,— nr th tnntGvrnr b rltn d n th 24th d f l 2, pld t dlv th ltv Abl f th rvn, nd t nr t hld ltn t fll vn d b h dltn. "h ltn r dl hld prnt t th prvn f th rvnl Eltn At. "I trnt hrth rtft f th Chf Eltrl Offr nd trr Gnrl f tr ttn frth th n f br h hv bn ltd n th ltrl dtrt ndtd n th rtft. "Yr vr trl, ". WAACE "pt rvnl Srtr" (ECOSUE "CIE EECOA OICE, EGISAGEEA O OES, "ACOUE, .C., Sptbr 2, 2 ". Wll, E., "pt rvnl Srtr, "rlnt ldn, tr, .C. "Gnrl Eltn, At 0, 2 "SI,—h ntnnth ltv Abl f th rvn f rth Clb dlvd n l 24, 2, nd rt r d n tht dt, lln fr nrl ltn. h rt r d rtrnbl n Sptbr 0, 2. " f rt d ndr tn 22 ( ( f th rvnl Eltn At fr rh n th nvrttl Mntn Eltrl trt, th dt fr th rtrn f th rt fr th dtrt ndd t Otbr 0, 2, nd thn frthr ndd t Otbr 2, 2. 2 Ez. 2 OCOE 3 "October 12, 1972, was also the date set for the return of the writ of the South Peace River Electoral District. The extension of time was made necessary after a judicial recount was sought and granted under section 131 of the aforementioned Act. "August 16, 1972, was designated as the day for the nomination of candidates, and August 30, 1972, was designated as polling-day. "All writs, with the exception of those of the aforementioned Vancouver-Little Mountain and South Peace River Electoral Districts, have been returned. "I hereby certify that the following members have been elected to represent their respective electoral districts as set out hereunder: AEI Robert Evans Skelly. AI Frank Arthur Calder. OUAYSIMIKAMEE Francis Xavier Richter. BURNABY-EDMONDS Gordon Hudson Dowding. UAY O Eileen Elizabeth Daily. UAYWIIGO James Lorimer. CAIOO Alexander Vaughan Fraser. CIIWACK Harvey Wilfred Schroeder. COUMIA IE James R. Chabot. Comox Karen Sanford. COQUIAM David Barrett. COWICAMAAA Robert Martin Strachan. EA Carl Liden. EWEY Peter Carson Rolston. ESQUIMA James Henry Gorst. O GEOGE A. Alfred (Alf) Nunweiler. KAMOOS Gerald Hamilton Anderson. KOOEAY Leo Thomas Nimsick. AGEY Robert H. McClelland. MACKEIE Donald Frederick Lockstead. AAIMO David Daniel Stupich. ESOCESO Lorne Nicolson. EW WESMISE Dennis G. Cocke. O OKAAGA Patricia Jane Jordan. O EACE IE Dean Edward Smith. O ACOUECAIAO David Maurice Brousson. O ACOUESEYMOU Colin Stuart Gabelmann. OAK AY George Scott Wallace. OMIECA Douglas Tynwald Kelly. ICE UE Graham Richard Lea. EESOKESOCA William Stewart King. ICMO Harold Steves. OSSAAI Christopher D'Arcy. SAAIC A E ISAS Hugh Austin Curtis. SUSWA Donald Emerson Lewis. SKEEA Hartley Douglas Dent. SOU OKAAGA William Andrew Cecil Bennett. SOU EACE IE SUEY Ernest Hall. ACOUEUA Rosemary Brown. Norman v. 4 OCOE 2 ACOUE CEE Er Olnd rn. Gr rnn . ACOUE EAS Alxndr rrtt Mdnld. brt Arthr Wll. ACOUEIE MOUAI ACOUEOI GEY Grd l Grd. tr MGr. ACOUE SOU dfrd. Wbtr. ICOIA ll . Mrrn. vd Alxndr Andrn. WES ACOUEOWE SOU Alln Wll. YAEIOOE Wll nrd rtl. "Yr trl, "K. MOO "Chief Electoral Officer and Registrar-General of Voters" "OICE O E EUY OICIA SECEAY, "ICOIA, .C., Otbr 0, 2 "Mr. E. K. DeBeck, "Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, "Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. " General Election, August 30, 1972 "SI,—I trnt hrth rtft f th Chf Eltrl Offr nd trrGnrl f tr ttn frth th n f th br h hv bn ltd t rprnt th Sth vr Eltrl trt nd nvrttl Mntn Eltrl trt. "Yr vr trl, ". WAACE "Deputy Provincial Secretary" "CIE EECOA OICE, EGISAGEEA O OES, "ACOUE, .C., Otbr 0, 2 "L. J. Wallace, Esq., "Deputy Provincial Secretary, "Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. "SI,—h rtrn f th rt f th Sth vr nd nvrttl Mntn Eltrl trt n bn plt, I hrb rtf tht th flln hv bn ltd t rprnt th frntnd ltrl dtrt: SOU EACE IE nld MGr hllp. ACOUEIE MOUAI h Cn. hll lrn Yn. "Yr trl, "K. MOO "Chief Electoral Officer and Registrar-General of Voters" 2 EAz. 2 OCOE 17 On the motion of the Hon. Ernt ll, seconded by the Hon. E. E. ll, it was Ordrd,— That the letters of the Deputy Provincial Secretary and the certificates of the Chief Electoral Officer of the result of the election of members be entered on the Journals of the House. His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor again entered the House and took his seat on the Throne. The Speaker, standing on His Honour's right, then spoke to the following effect: MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR: The House of Assembly have elected me as their Speaker, though I am but little able to fulfil the important duties thus assigned to me. If, in the performance of those duties, I should at any time fall into error, I pray that the fault be imputed to me, and not to the Assembly, whose servant I am, and who, through me, the better to enable them to discharge their duty to their Queen and country, humbly claim all their undoubted rights and privileges, especially that they may have the freedom of speech in their debates, access to Your Honour's person at all seasonable times, and that their proceedings may receive from Your Honour the most favourable interpretation. The Hon. Ernt ll then said: MR. SPEAKER: I am commanded by His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor to declare to you that he freely confides in the duty and attachment of the House of Assembly to Her Majesty's person and Government, and not doubting that their respective proceedings will be conducted with wisdom, temper, and prudence, he grants, and upon all occasions will recognize and allow, their constitutional privileges. I am commanded also to assure you that the Assembly shall have ready access to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor upon all seasonable occasions, and that their proceedings, as well as your words and actions, will constantly receive from him the most favourable construction. His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor was then pleased to open the Session by the following gracious Speech: Mr. Spr nd Mbr f th ltv Abl: I address you today probably for the last time as Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. In bidding you welcome to this first, but special Session of the Thirtieth Parliament of British Columbia, I express the earnest hope that the wise counsel of my Ministers and the support of the Legislature will remedy some of the emerging and difficult problems in our Province today. I desire also to express at this time on your behalf and on that of all British Columbians our good wishes to my successor.