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♀ Rita Margaret Johnston
aliasRita Johnston
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 1 3
Birth 22 April 1935
Age 89 years
First mandate 5 May 1983 → 40 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 48 years
 
Mandate ended 32 years + 6 months ago (16 October 1991)
Special notes
None
 
Rita Margaret Johnston (1935– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 8 5 10 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 34–35
SC
 1 Party leader 55–56 02 Apr 1991 — 06 Mar 1992 0 11 4
2. BC 34
SC
 1 Premier 55–56 02 Apr 1991 — 16 Oct 1991 0 6 14

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Paul George  m 
⊕ Penny Priddy  f 
 		 ⊖ Ernest Hall  m 
⊖ William E. Reid  m 
 
Eligible: 103,152 Votes: 151,212 Participation: 73.30% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
5 May 1983
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35824(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
SC
 1/10 38,081 50.71% +3,999 Loser:
NDP
 34,082 45.38% Ernest Hall

Service: 3 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 36,336 Votes: 27,975 Participation: 76.99% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35886(F) — 4 Mar 2022 23:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
SC
 1/5 13,436 48.81% +976 Loser:
NDP
 12,460 45.26% Robert J. Bose

Service: 4 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,444 Votes: 24,747 Participation: 76.28% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7915(F) — 10 Jan 2022 19:33 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
56
SC
 2/4 7,796 32.34% -2,397 Winner:
NDP
 10,193 42.28% Penny Priddy

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Rita Johnston		 22 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Rita Johnston		 22 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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