by romarco1 | Apr 22, 1992 | Timeline:1990s
The 1990s were a decade of amazing progress under the leadership of Premier Mike Harcourt and his successor Premier Glen Clark. Although the NDP was careful to present Harcourt as a moderate, mainstream, and definitely not scary leader for the 1990s, when you look at...
by romarco1 | Dec 22, 1991 | Timeline:1990s
The new government was sworn in November 5, 1991. The Harcourt Cabinet included a then-record seven women in roles that Premier said “will be in charge of 80 per cent of the budget of B.C.” A separate ministry of women’s equality under newly elected...
by romarco1 | Oct 22, 1991 | Timeline:1990s
A rancorous Social Credit leadership convention in spring 1991 saw Rita Johnston defeat Grace McCarthy to briefly become Premier. But the NDP was ready and focused on improving health care, restoring cuts to education, ensuring a woman’s right to choose, and working...
by romarco1 | Apr 22, 1989 | Timeline:1980s
What followed was an unprecedented string of six NDP byelection victories. First up, Bill Barlee won the Boundary-Similkameen seat for the NDP in June 1988 by-election. Then Gerard Janssen won in Alberni, in the seat previously held by Bob Skelly. In March 1989, Jan...
by romarco1 | Dec 22, 1987 | Timeline:1980s
You needed a program to keep track of which ministers came and – more importantly – were forced to resign during the Vander Zalm years. Most of them over conflict-of-interest concerns. Stephen Rogers, Jack Kempf, Stan Hagen, Cliff Michael, Brian Smith and...
