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John Joseph Horgan (August 7, 1959 – November 12, 2024) was a Canadian politician and diplomat who served as the 36th premier of British Columbia (BC) from 2017 to 2022 and the Canadian ambassador to Germany from 2023 to 2024.
The first premier was John Foster McCreight, who was inaugurated in 1871. Joseph Martin spent the shortest time in office, at 106 days. At over twenty years, W. A. C. Bennett spent the longest time in office and is the only premier to serve in more than five parliaments. The incumbent premier is David Eby, who was sworn in on November 18, 2022.
Ujjal Dev Dosanjh PC KC (/ ˈ uː dʒ əl d oʊ ˈ s ɑː n dʒ / [2]; born September 9, 1947) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the 33rd premier of British Columbia from 2000 to 2001 and as a Liberal Party of Canada member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011.
John Hart 23rd Premier of British Columbia In office December 9, 1941 – December 29, 1947 Monarch George VI Lieutenant Governor William C. Woodward Charles Arthur Banks Preceded by Thomas Dufferin Pattullo Succeeded by Byron Ingemar Johnson MLA for Victoria City In office September 14, 1916 – June 20, 1924 Serving with George Bell, Harlan Carey Brewster, Henry Charles Hall, Joseph ...
The Liberals, led by Brewster, defeat the Conservatives, now led by Premier William John Bowser. 36 9 + 1 – – 1 47 1920: The Liberals, now led by Premier John Oliver, are re-elected, defeating the Conservatives under Bowser. The Federated Labour Party wins three seats. 26 + 2 14 3 – 2 47 1924
Byron Ingemar "Boss" Johnson (born Björn Ingimar Jónsson; December 10, 1890 – January 12, 1964), served as the 24th premier of British Columbia, from 1947 to 1952.To his contemporaries he was often referred to by his nickname, Boss Johnson, which had nothing to do with his personality, but was an anglicization of the Icelandic "Bjossi", which is a diminutive form of his birth-name of Bjorn ...
The incumbent Pattullo ministry, a single-party Liberal government, lost its majority in the Legislature, but Premier Duff Pattullo resisted calls to form a coalition. [1] In response, Liberal delegates voted to establish a coalition government, and elected John Hart , who supported a coalition, as their new leader. [ 2 ]
In 2017, he was appointed attorney general in premier John Horgan's cabinet, where he contributed to policies aimed at addressing housing affordability, money laundering, and electoral reform. [6] In 2022, Eby became leader of the BC NDP following the resignation of premier John Horgan, who stepped down due to health concerns.