Rita Johnston
(Rita Margaret Leichert Johnston)

1983	1991 Leadership Campaign	Anti-Johnston 1991
Anti-Johnston 1991	Anti-Johnston 1991	Anti-Johnston 1991

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1935.04.22 - Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada.

OCCUPATION: Trailer Park Owner/Operator.

POLITICAL PARTY: Social Credit Party.

PREMIER OF BRITISH COLUMBIA:
2 April 1991 - 5 November 1991.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (MLA):
1991.10.17 - Surrey-Newton - Defeated.
1986.10.22 - Surrey-Newton - Re-Elected.
1983.05.05 - Surrey - Elected.

SENIOR BRITISH COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT:
Deputy Premier (1990 - 1991).
Minister of Transportation and Highways (1989 - 1991).
Minister of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Culture (1988 - 1989).
Minister of State for the Kootenay Region (1987 -1988).
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Transit (1986 - 1988).
Minister of Municipal Affairs (1986).

MAYOR OF SURREY (BC):
1975 - Defeated.

SURREY (BC) CITY COUNCIL:
Served: 1969-1975, 1978-1980 and 1982-1983.

PARTY LEADERSHIP:
Interim Leader, British Columbia Social Credit Party (April 1991 - July 1991).

Candidate for Leader of the British Columbia Social Credit Party, July 1991. First ballot: 2nd place (out of 5 candidates) with 652 votes (35.5%). Second ballot: Elected Leader over Grace McCarthy by a vote of 941 (51.6%) to 881 (48.4%).

Leader, British Columbia Social Credit Party (July 1991 - March 1992). In the 1991 elections, the Socreds won 7 seats (loss of 40 seats, including Johnston's own seat), lost majority governing status, and fell to third place. Resigned as Leader in March 1992.

MISCELLANEOUS:
Johnston was the first female Premier of any Canadian province.

WEBSITE: Library and Archives Canada: Rita Johnston