Rita Margaret Johnston (born April 22, 1935; née Leichert) is a Canadian politician in British Columbia. Johnston became the first female premier in Canadian...

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that he owned. Socred members elected the lesser-known Deputy Premier Rita Johnston, a close ally of Vander Zalm, to be their new leader, over Grace McCarthy...

expenses incurred." Vander Zalm was succeeded as premier by Deputy Premier Rita Johnston, who defeated McCarthy in the race to replace him as Socred leader....

Johnson, real name Marguerite Johnson, famous as Maya Angelou (1928-2014) Rita Johnston (born 1935), Canadian politician This disambiguation page lists articles...

by Deputy Premier Rita Johnston, who became the first female head of government at the provincial or federal level in Canada. Johnston then defeated McCarthy...

Premier of British Columbia – Bill Vander Zalm (until April 2) then Rita Johnston (April 2 to November 5) then Mike Harcourt Premier of Manitoba – Gary...

Premier Rita Johnston, who was a prominent Cabinet minister in the Vander Zalm government between 1986 and 1991. In 1991, Penny Priddy defeated Johnston in...

and the first to win a general election (the first female premier, Rita Johnston of British Columbia, became premier after winning the party leadership...

advisory committee that included, chairman Randy White, Brian Peckford, Rita Johnston, Jim Hart and John Cummins. At the end of 2010, the party had the support...

2011 to 2017. Clark was the second woman to be premier of BC, after Rita Johnston in 1991, and the first female premier in Canada to lead her party to...

Lynch, Thomas; Suarez-Cuervo, Catalina; Miller, Judith A; Moldovan, Rita; Johnston, Fabian; Anton, Blair; Weiss, Matthew; Bridges, John FP (2015). "Promoting...

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Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved January 29, 2024. "Rita Johnston Cabinet: 34th Parliament 1991" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of British...

It was led by Rita Johnston, the 29th premier of British Columbia, and consisted of members of the Social Credit Party. The Johnston ministry was in...

led the NDP back to power, defeating the Social Credit party led by Rita Johnston. That marked the second time that the NDP had ever been in power in...

first Government Leader of the Yukon. The first female premier was Rita Johnston in 1991 in British Columbia. Today, every Canadian jurisdiction has...

22 in honor of Saint Rita of Cascia. Rita Rani Ahuja (born 1978), American actress Rita Avila (born 1964), Filipina actress Rita Azevedo Gomes (born 1952)...

represented the Crown during the term of three Premiers: William Vander Zalm, Rita Johnston, and Michael Harcourt. He formally ended the practice of lieutenant...

Alberta - Don Getty Premier of British Columbia - Bill Vander Zalm then Rita Johnston then Michael Harcourt Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon Premier of New...

controversy. 29 Rita Johnston (b. 1935) 2 April 1991 5 November 1991 Appointment (34th Leg.) Social Credit (Ldr. 1991) MLA for Surrey-Newton Johnston ministry...

Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) debate between Vander Zalm's successor, Premier Rita Johnston and BC NDP leader Michael Harcourt. The CBC agreed, and Wilson impressed...

34th general Mar. 9, 1987 Sep. 19, 1991 Social Credit Bill Vander Zalm Rita Johnston New Democratic Party Bob Skelly none John Douglas Reynolds Stephen Rogers...

in 1986, but Vander Zalm was forced to resign in 1991 in favour of Rita Johnston. The Social Credit government was defeated by the NDP in the 1991 election...

Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; December 11, 1931) is an American actress, dancer, and singer. She has performed on stage and screen in...

incumbent Paul Okalik and MLA Tagak Curley. She was the fifth woman, after Rita Johnston, Nellie Cournoyea, Catherine Callbeck and Pat Duncan, to hold a premiership...

/ territory and the second female premier in Canadian history after Rita Johnston of British Columbia. Cournoyea is of mixed Norwegian and Iñupiat heritage...

legislature and form the Opposition, while the Socreds (under Premier Rita Johnston) fall to third. 51 17 7 - - 75 1996 The NDP, now led by Glen Clark,...

an upset by Rita Johnston, a Vander Zalm loyalist. NDP leader Mike Harcourt further stirred the pot by claiming that he preferred Johnston over McCarthy...

of a province or territory in Canada. The first female premier was Rita Johnston, who was Premier of British Columbia for seven months in 1991 after...