British Columbia Premier Christy Clark

A former Deputy Premier of BC and a popular afternoon radio talk show host, Christy Clark won the leadership of the BC Liberal Party in 2011, replacing Gordon Campbell as Premier of British Columbia.

Christy Clark's leadership campaign included a detailed policy platform on Families First - creating wealth, empowering people, modernizing the approach to healthy families, and safer communities. She is a supporter of the HST and committed to fast-tracking the BC HST Referendum forward to June 24, 2011.

Her most immediate challenges as British Columbia Premier are uniting a party divided by the leadership race, and handling the HST, the issue that drove Campbell from power.

2011 to present

October 29, 1965 in Burnaby, British Columbia

Attended Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, the University of Edinburgh and the Université de la Sorbonne in Paris, France

Radio talk show host

British Columbia Liberal Party

• Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain (1996-2001)
• Port Moody-Westwood (2001-2005)
• Vancouver-Point Grey (2011 to present)

• Christy Clark started out as a researcher in the BC legislature.

• She was first elected to the BC Legislative Assembly in 1996.

• Christy Clark was opposition critic for the environment, for children and families, and for the public service.

• Re-elected in the 2001 BC provincial election, Christy Clark was appointed Minister of Education and Deputy Premier.

• In 2004, she was appointed Minister of Children and Family Development, where she increased funding for childcare.

• Christy Clark left politics in 2005 to spend time with her family.

• With the resignation of Premier Gordon Campbell in late 2010, Christy Clark entered the BC Liberal leadership race and won, automatically making her Premier-designate of British Columbia.

• Christy Clark was sworn in as Premier of British Columbia in March 2011.

• In May 2011, Christy Clark won a by-election in Vancouver-Point Grey, the seat vacated by Gordon Campbell.