Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This is a list of the premiers of British Columbia, Canada, since it joined Confederation in 1871. Note that party politics were not introduced until 1903. Premier From To Party John Foster McCreight 1871-11-13 1872-12-23 Amor De Cosmos 1872-12-23 1874-02-11 George Anthony Walkem 1874-02-11 1876-02-01 Andrew Charles Elliott 1876-02-01 1878-06-25 George Anthony Walkem 1878-06-25 1882-06-13 Robert Beaven 1882-06-13 1883-01-29 William Smithe 1882-01-29 1887-05-01 Alexander Edmund Batson Davie 1887-05-01 1889-08-01 John Robson 1889-08-02 1892-06-29 Theodore Davie 1892-07-02 1895-03-04 John Herbert Turner 1895-03-04 1898-08-15 Charles Augustus Semlin 1898-08-15 1900-02-28 Joseph Martin 1900-02-28 1900-06-15 James Dunsmuir 1900-06-15 1902-11-21 Edward Gawler Prior 1902-11-21 1903-06-01 Richard McBride 1903-06-01 1915-12-15 Conservative William John Bowser 1915-12-15 1916-11-23 Conservative Harlan Carey Brewster 1916-11-23 1918-03-01 Liberal John Oliver 1918-03-06 1927-08-17 Liberal John Duncan MacLean 1927-08-20 1928-08-21 Liberal Simon Fraser Tolmie 1928-08-21 1933-11-15 Conservative Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 1933-11-15 1941-12-09 Liberal John Hart 1941-12-09 1947-12-29 Coalition Byron Ingemar Johnson 1947-12-29 1952-08-01 Coalition William Andrew Cecil Bennett 1952-08-01 1972-09-15 Social Credit David Barrett 1972-09-15 1975-12-22 NDP William Richards Bennett 1975-12-22 1986-08-06 Social Credit William N. Vander Zalm 1986-08-06 1991-04-02 Social Credit Rita Johnston 1991-04-02 1991-11-05 Social Credit Michael Harcourt 1991-11-05 1996-02-22 NDP Glen Clark 1996-02-22 1999-08-25 NDP Dan Miller 1999-08-25 2000-02-24 NDP Ujjal Dosanjh 2000-02-24 2001-06-05 NDP Gordon Campbell 2001-06-05 Present Liberal Other lists of first ministers: Prime Minister - Alberta - Manitoba - N.B - Nfld.-Lab - N.S - Ontario - P.E.I - Quebec - Sask - Yukon - N.W.T - Nunavut For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.