Pleased to recall that it was on this date in 2001 that Gordon Campbell was elected Premier of British Columbia after he and his party won a commanding 77 of the 79 seats in his province’s legislature. He would go on to serve a decade in BC’s top political job.Upon leaving office in 2011, Campbell was appointed Canada’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. This was a particularly important post at the time as Campbell’s term fell during the period when the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations were celebrated. As well, Campbell played a leading role in ensuring that the bicentennial of Sir John A. Macdonald’s birth – in 2015 – was celebrated in the United Kingdom.[caption id="attachment_558375" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
Queen Elizabeth with High Commissioner Gordon Campbell[/caption]Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.
Queen Elizabeth with High Commissioner Gordon Campbell[/caption]Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.