About Gordon Campbell:
Gordon Campbell led the BC Liberals to power by winning 77 of 79 seats in the Legislative Assembly in 2001. Three years of government restraint and spending cuts and a conviction for drunk driving took a toll on his personal popularity, but Gordon Campbell turned British Columbia's finances around and brought in a surplus budget in 2005.
Premier of British Columbia:
2001 to present
Birth:
January 12, 1948, in Vancouver, British Columbia
Education:
- BA in English - Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
- MBA - Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
Profession:
- Realty development manager
- Small businessman
Political Affiliation:
BC Liberals
Riding (Electoral District):
Vancouver-Point Grey
Political Career of Gordon Campbell:
- Gordon Campbell worked as an executive assistant to Vancouver Mayor Art Phillips from 1973 to 1976.
- Gordon Campbell was a Vancouver city councillor from 1984 to 1986.
- He was elected Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia in 1986.
- In 1993, Gordon Campbell was elected Leader of the BC Liberals.
- Gordon Campbell was first elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly in 1994 in a by-election in the riding of Vancouver-Quilchena.
- He was re-elected in 1996 and 2001 in the riding of Vancouver-Point Grey.
- Gordon Campbell was sworn in as Premier of British Columbia in 2001.
