tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988599552908585128.post3688925349667785491..comments2023-10-16T01:09:58.286-07:00Comments on BC Iconoclast: Ranking Female First Ministers in CanadaBernardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951619465188564252noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988599552908585128.post-38994927368152527602012-06-20T12:30:49.386-07:002012-06-20T12:30:49.386-07:00I am not sure how I would add that as a factor. ...I am not sure how I would add that as a factor. It will show up over time as the ones that win elections pass the others.<br /><br />The electoral wins in the last year of Kathy Dunderdale and Alison Redford means they will work their way up the rankings. Kathy Dunderdale will pass Rita J at the end of the summer in 2014. Alison Redford will pass Kim Campbell in the summer of 2014.Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951619465188564252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988599552908585128.post-21466870915739775972012-06-20T10:54:04.403-07:002012-06-20T10:54:04.403-07:00You could factor in some "power bonus" f...You could factor in some "power bonus" for actually getting elected in as First Minister; the run of lame duck female Canadian leaders isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of women politicians triumphantly breaking through the highest of glass ceilings.Tom W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988599552908585128.post-37616907634371630742012-06-18T13:42:11.570-07:002012-06-18T13:42:11.570-07:00You are right, I should have remembered John MacDo...You are right, I should have remembered John MacDonald as he represented my city in 1878 to 1882. Now I could argue the point he was not from BC only represented a BC riding...... <br /><br />John Turner is I think the only the second PM in Canada never to have been an MP while being PM. The other one was Mackenzie Bowell who was a Senator.Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951619465188564252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988599552908585128.post-69645082647418984392012-06-18T12:04:18.005-07:002012-06-18T12:04:18.005-07:00Didn't Sir John A at one point hold a BC seat ...Didn't Sir John A at one point hold a BC seat and John Turner was elected as an MP in 1984 from Vancouver Quadra but lost the confidence of the house within days after the full election results were certified(I guess the issue with Turner is whether are not at any point was he concurrently Prime Minister and the Member from Vancouver Quadra).Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894651289037073128noreply@blogger.com