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♂ Byron Ingemar Johnson
aliasBoss Johnson
Record
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☆   Icelandic-Canadian    United Church   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 2 6
Birth 10 December 1890 → 133 years + 4 months ago
Lived 73 years + 1 month
First mandate 27 November 1933 → 90 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 11 months
Death 12 January 1964 → 60 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 7 months after 11 June 1952
Special notes
Born Björn Ingimar Jónsson.
 
Byron Ingemar (Boss) Johnson (1890–1964)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Deborah C. Grey (1952–) Grand-niece  
 
Well that's interesting!
Contemporaries of the premier of British Columbia from 1948 to 1952 referred to him as "Boss Johnson," but that wasn't because he had an authoritarian personality. Rather, Boss is an anglicization of the Icelandic "Bjossi," the diminutive form of Bjorn.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 10 7 2 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 21
LIB
 1 Party leader 57–62 10 Dec 1947 — 07 Apr 1953 5 3 28
2. BC 21–22
COAL
 1 Premier 57–61 29 Dec 1947 — 16 Jan 1952 4 0 18
3. BC 22
LIB
 2 Premier 61 17 Jan 1952 — 11 Jun 1952 0 4 25

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
11 documented challengers
⊖ Herbert B. Anscomb  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert Connell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Hart  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Nancy Hodges  f 
⊖ George H. Mitchell  m 
⊖ William T. Straith  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph B. Clearihue  m 
⊖ J.M. (Rae) Eddie  m 
⊖ Reginald Hayward  m 
⊖ Joseph D. Hunter  m 
⊖ Nigel Morgan  m 
 
Eligible: 24,061 Votes: 65,501 Participation: 68.06% Candidacies: 28
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
27 November 1933
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29426(F) — 16 Sep 2023 07:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/28 7,774 47.47% +2,223 Loser:
LIB
 5,551 33.90% Joseph B. Clearihue

Service: 3 years 6 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,610 Votes: 66,188 Participation: 64.61% Candidacies: 18
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29465(F) — 2 Jan 2024 20:55 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LIB
 6/18 6,440 39.06% -236 Winner:
LIB
 6,676 40.49% William T. Straith
Eligible: 11,385 Votes: 6,316 Participation: 55.48% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 British Columbia
10 May 1945
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Minority
ID: 29561(F) — 23 Sep 2022 11:17 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
54
LIB
 1/4 3,541 56.06% +1,876 Loser:
CFF
 1,665 26.36% Robert Cormack

Service: 5 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,203 Votes: 8,556 Participation: 64.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 British Columbia
25 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29583(F) — 23 Sep 2022 11:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/3 4,900 57.91% +1,933 Loser:
CFF
 2,967 35.06% Clifford A. Greer

Service: 3 years 7 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 18,204 Votes: 13,068 Participation: 71.79% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 British Columbia
15 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
 LIB  19 Jan 1952
ID: 29624(F) — 20 Sep 2023 19:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
58
LIB
 1/4 7,969 61.57% +3,460 Loser:
CFF
 4,509 34.84% George H. Mitchell
After his election:
19 Jan 1952 61
LIB
 →
LIB
 Change of government (remained in government)
Service: 2 years 11 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,857 Votes: 14,795 Participation: 70.94% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29747(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
61
LIB
 2/4 4,317 30.07% 55 Winner:
CFF
 4,262 29.68% J.M. (Rae) Eddie

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Byron Ingemar Johnson		 25 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Byron Ingemar Johnson		 25 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Boss Johnson		 25 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Byron Ingemar Johnson		 25 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Apr 2024 19:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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