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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.
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.
October 21: David Eby is declared leader of the BC NDP in the 2022 leadership election by acclamation and becomes the premier-designate. November 16: BC Liberal members approve the party's name change to "BC United". [94] November 18: Eby is sworn in as premier of British Columbia. [95]
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
Generally, the premier selects MLAs from their party to be appointed ministers of the Crown by the Lieutenant Governor. Cabinet appointees are designated ministers in charge of government ministries; they are responsible for the day-to-day activities of individual government ministries such as the Ministry of Forests, and for proposing new laws ...
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 ]
Thousands of emergency services personnel and members of the community attended a parade and ceremony held in his honour. Both the Premier of British Columbia and the Prime Minister sent condolences which were read at the ceremony. At the end of the ceremony his ashes were taken away by the helicopter that he flew on many rescue missions. [3]