Rita Margaret Johnston was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. Johnston became Canada's first female premier, when she succeeded William Vander Zalm in 1991 to become the 29th Premier of British Columbia. Much of her early life was spent running a successful trailer park in the city of Surrey, British Columbia. She first entered politics as a city councillor in Surrey. Wikipedia
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Rita Johnston , Canada's first woman premier, began her political career in 1969 at the municipal level when she was elected councillor in Surrey, British Columbia. At that time Mrs. Johnston and her husband operated a mobile home park in Surrey and she www.collectionscanada.ca/women/002026-835-e.html