Christy Clark | |
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![]() Clark in 2011 | |
35th Premier of British Columbia | |
In office March 14, 2011 – July 18, 2017 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Lieutenant Governor | |
Deputy | |
Preceded by | Gordon Campbell |
Succeeded by | John Horgan |
Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia | |
In office July 18, 2017 – August 4, 2017 | |
Preceded by | John Horgan |
Succeeded by | Rich Coleman |
9th Deputy Premier of British Columbia | |
In office June 5, 2001 – September 20, 2004 | |
Premier | Gordon Campbell |
Preceded by | Joy MacPhail |
Succeeded by | Shirley Bond |
Minister of Education of British Columbia | |
In office June 5, 2001 – January 26, 2004 | |
Premier | Gordon Campbell |
Preceded by | Joy MacPhail |
Succeeded by | Tom Christensen |
Minister of Children and Family Development of British Columbia | |
In office January 26, 2004 – September 20, 2004 | |
Premier | Gordon Campbell |
Preceded by | Gordon Hogg |
Succeeded by | Stan Hagen |
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Kelowna West | |
In office July 10, 2013 – August 4, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Ben Stewart |
Succeeded by | Ben Stewart (2018) |
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Point Grey | |
In office May 30, 2011 – May 13, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Gordon Campbell |
Succeeded by | David Eby |
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Port Moody-Westwood (Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain; 1996–2001) | |
In office May 28, 1996 – May 17, 2005 | |
Preceded by | Barbara Copping |
Succeeded by | Iain Black |
Personal details | |
Born | Christina Joan Clark October 29, 1965 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
Political party | Liberal (provincial) |
Spouse | |
Education | Simon Fraser University (no degree) |
Christina Joan Clark (born October 29, 1965) is a former Canadian politician who was the 35th premier of British Columbia (BC), from 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 a plurality of seats in two consecutive general elections.
A member of the British Columbia Liberal Party, Clark was a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1996 to 2005 and was deputy premier from 2001 to 2005 during the first term of Gordon Campbell's government. She left politics in 2005, and became the host of an afternoon radio talk show.[1] After Campbell's resignation, Clark won the 2011 leadership election, becoming premier. She re-entered the legislature after winning a by-election on May 11 in Vancouver-Point Grey, the seat left vacant by Campbell. The Liberals were re-elected in the 2013 provincial election in an upset victory. In the 2017 provincial election, the Liberals were reduced to 43 seats—one short of a majority.[2] Following a confidence and supply agreement between the NDP and Green Party, Clark's minority government was defeated 44–42, and NDP leader John Horgan succeeded her as the premier on July 18. Clark subsequently announced that she was resigning as Liberal leader effective August 4 and leaving politics.
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