• The WAC. Bennett ministry was the combined Cabinet (formally the Executive Council of British Columbia) that governed British Columbia from August...
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    usually referred to as WAC. Bennett, although some referred to him either affectionately or mockingly as "Wacky" Bennett. To his close friends, he...
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  • Minister R. B. Bennett (1930–1935) The Bill Bennett ministry, the 27th British Columbian ministry (1975–1986) The W. A. C. Bennett ministry, the 25th British...
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  • Party. The Barrett ministry was established after the 1972 British Columbia general election when long-time premier W. A. C. Bennett was defeated in the...
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  • replaced by the W. A. C. Bennett ministry. The Johnson ministry was the last time the Liberals formed government until the Campbell ministry in 2001. It is...
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    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...
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    provincial victory against the stagnating Social Credit government of W. A. C. Bennett in the 1972 election. He became Premier on September 15, 1972. The...
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    (1927–1928) Tolmie ministry (1928–1933) Pattullo ministry (1933–1941) Hart ministry (1941–1947) Johnson ministry (1947–1952) W.A.C. Bennett ministry (1952–1972)...
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  • a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1933 to 1949 from the electoral district of Nelson-Creston, a member...
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    by W.A.C. Bennett's Social Credit Party, and Johnson lost his own seat to Rae Eddie of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. With the defeat, a new...
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    had nearly C$1.5 billion in assets. Loan delinquency, while below its 1982 peak, remained fairly constant. That year, the Board approved a loan loss provision...
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  • 1954) was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented Fort George in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1949 to 1952 as a Liberal...
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    Lorne James Nicolson (July 4, 1936 – February 26, 2021) was a Canadian educator and political figure in British Columbia. Defeated in the 1969 provincial...
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    – 8 February 2006) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1963 to 1969 and from 1972 to 1988, and a member of the House of...
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    December 7, 1930) is a former Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1972 to 1975, as a NDP member for the...
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  • Frank Arthur Calder, OC OBC (August 3, 1915 – November 4, 2006) was a Nisga'a politician in Canada. Born in Nass Harbour, British Columbia, Calder was...
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  • Gordon Sylvester Wismer (March 23, 1888 – December 28, 1968) was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver Centre in...
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    17, 1984) was a Canadian trade unionist and politician. She served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1972 to 1975, as a NDP member for...
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  • (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2011-07-27. "Alexander Turnbull (1952)". Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. Government of British Columbia...
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    2010) was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented Delta in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1972 to 1975 as a New Democratic...
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  • of British Columbia as a Liberal. He was born in Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia in 1888, the son of Daniel V. Kenney and Margaret C. Newell, and was educated...
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    school". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 4 January 2012. Webster, Daisy (1970). Growth of the N.D.P. in B.C., 1900-1970: 81 political biographies. v t e...
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    as a Member of the British Columbia Legislature as a New Democratic Party member from 1969 to 1986 for the seat of New Westminster. He grew up on a farm...
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  • was a rancher and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1933 as a Conservative...
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    brought in progressive reforms in human rights and employment standards in B.C." Globe and Mail. Retrieved November 28, 2021. "Speech disappointing to opposition"...
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  • from 1945 to 1952 as a Liberal. He was born in Moodyville, the son of Charles Henry Cates. Cates was a partner in the tugboat company C.H. Cates and Sons...
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  • the age of 92. R. C. MacDonald Elementary School in Coquitlam was named in his honour. McDonell, James K; Campbell, Robert Bennett (1997). Lords of the...
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    Parliamentary Guide, 1985. "B.C. now has a Tory". Edmonton Journal. March 27, 1986. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-02-10. "Fringe parties alive in B.C." Leader-Post. Regina...
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    November 2, 1975. p. 2. Retrieved 2011-11-28. "Long-serving MLA Leo Nimsick dies" , Staff Reporter. The Province [Vancouver, B.C] 14 Feb 1999: A23. v t e...
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  • William Thomas Straith (August 5, 1894 – March 27, 1980) was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative...
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