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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 premier is British Columbia's head of government, and the king of Canada is its head of state and is represented by the lieutenant governor of British Columbia. The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of British Columbia and presides over that body. [3] Members are first elected to the legislature ...
The election resulted in an absolute majority for the BC NDP, and after a judicial recount in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky the final results had 57 BC NDP members, 28 BC Liberals, and 2 BC Greens being certified. [24] As leader of the BC NDP, John Horgan continued from the previous parliament as premier.
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 ...
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (with the confidence of the British Columbia Legislature) Term length: At His Majesty's pleasure (contingent on the premier's ability to command confidence in the Legislative Assembly) Formation: November 13, 1871: First holder: John Foster McCreight: Deputy: Deputy premier of British Columbia: Salary ...
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.
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 ...
David Robert Patrick Eby KC MLA (/ iː b i /; born July 21, 1976) [1] [2] is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has served as the 37th premier of British Columbia since November 18, 2022. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), he has represented the electoral district of Vancouver-Point Grey in the Legislative ...