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  Johnson, Byron Ingemar
Johnson, Byron Ingemar, "Boss," businessman, politician, premier of BC (b at Victoria 10 Dec 1890; d there 12 Jan 1964).
After service in WWI, Johnson and his brothers formed a building supply company in Victoria.
The coalition disintegrated in 1952 and Johnson was personally defeated in the election.
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  Byron Ingemar Johnson Information
Johnson was born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia.
Johnson was first elected as one of four Members of the Legislative Assembly from Victoria City to the BC Legislature as a Liberal in the; 1933 election.
Johnson returned to his business, and in World War II was put in charge of constructing Royal Canadian Air Force facilities throughout the province.
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Johnson was born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia.
Johnson was first elected as one of four Members of the Legislative Assembly from Victoria City to the BC Legislature as a Liberal in the 1933 election.
Byron Ingemar Johnson is interred in the Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, British Columbia.
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 Byron Ingemar Johnson
Born in Victoria, "Boss" Johnson was for a short time a professional lacrosse player before starting, with his brother John, what was to become a successful province-wide haulage and cartage business.
Returning to politics in 1937, he was not to hold elected office again until 1945.
Upon John Hart’s retirement, Johnson assumed the office of Premier on December 29, 1947, an office he was able to retain in the 1949 election.
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Hart was followed by another Liberal, Byron Ingemar Johnson, who served as premier until tensions arose in the coalition due to the dominance of Liberals.
Johnson is also noted for appointing Nancy Hodges as the first female Speaker in the British Commonwealth.
A Liberal-Conservative Coalition government, with the Liberals led by Johnson and the Conservatives led by Royal Maitland, won a landslide victory in the 1949 election -- at 61% the greatest percentage of the popular vote in BC history.
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 Byron Ingemar Johnson
Born in Victoria, "Boss" Johnson was for a short time a professional lacrosse player before starting, with his brother John, what was to become a successful province-wide haulage and cartage business.
Returning to politics in 1937, he was not to hold elected office again until 1945.
Upon John Hart’s retirement, Johnson assumed the office of Premier on December 29, 1947, an office he was able to retain in the 1949 election.
www.freemasonry.bcy.ca /biography/premiers/johnson_bi.html   (116 words)

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