... Rita Johnston ; in the 1924 will she mentions her cousin , Rita Johnston ; in the 1926 will she mentions her cousin , Rita Johnston , and in the will that we offer for probate she mentions her cousin , Rita Johnston . Now , I tell ...
The Women Who Became Canada's First Ministers Kate Graham. PREMIER. Rita. Johnston. Rita Johnston made history when she was the rst woman in Canada to become premier, but she never lost her values or forgot her humble roots. Rita was born ...
... Rita Johnston instead of Grace McCarthy . The election : Gordon who ? Premier Johnston should have known from the outset that her problems in the election campaign would come from forces other than the NDP . During her kick - off ...
... Rita , fearing Ben might get caught , objects to Johnston's plan , Johnston asks her , “ Why should you care ? What's he to you ? " " > 18 Johnston does not care about Ben , because he regards him as less than human and is convinced ...
... Rita Johnston under Bill Bennett , and Carol Gran by Bill Vander Zalm . As Erick- son ( 1996 , 118 ) notes , Gran's appointment as minister for the status of women created " a ... Rita Johnston and Christy Clark as BC Premiers 207.
... Rita Johnston as the caretaker premier, and a provincial election was expected to be called in the fall. At that time, the main opposition to the ruling Social Credit government was the New Democrat Party, which was viewed as less ...
... Rita Johnston won the leadership of the governing B.C. Social Credit Party in July 1991 , she automatically became the premier , the first woman to hold that position in Canada . In November that year Johnston and her party went down to ...
... Rita Johnston , BC's first female premier . Johnston lost the 1991 election.53 This loss was the beginning of the end of Social Credit and was the beginning of the “ moderate " public policy positions of the NDP . Under the leadership ...
... Rita Johnston , the other MLA from Surrey , carried on for eight months in the wake of disaster , although the faith of this once - loyal cohort of Bill Vander Zalm was sadly shaken . During this time she committed no noticeable errors ...