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Dosanjh ministry
33rd ministry of British Columbia
Ujjal Dosanjh in 2011
Date formed	February 24, 2000 (2000-02-24)
Date dissolved	June 5, 2001 (2001-06-05)
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Lieutenant Governor	Garde Gardom
Premier	Ujjal Dosanjh
Deputy Premier	Joy MacPhail
Member party	New Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Liberal Party
Opposition leader	Gordon Campbell
History
Legislature term	36th Parliament of British Columbia
Incoming formation	2000 NDP leadership election
Outgoing formation	2001 general election
Predecessor	Miller ministry
Successor	Campbell ministry

The Dosanjh ministry was the combined Cabinet (formally the Executive Council of British Columbia) that governed British Columbia from February 24, 2000, to June 5, 2001. It was led by Ujjal Dosanjh, the 33rd premier of British Columbia, and consisted of members of the New Democratic Party (NDP).

The Dosanjh ministry was in office for the last fourteen months of the 36th Parliament of British Columbia. It was the third ministry to exist during that parliament, following the Glen Clark ministry (1996–1999) and the Miller ministry (1999–2000). Dosanjh was sworn in as premier on February 24, 2000, with his initial cabinet following five days later.

Following the 2001 election, which the NDP lost, it was replaced by the Campbell ministry.

List of ministers

Cabinet shuffles

Dosanjh shuffled his cabinet on November 1, 2000. The shuffle was undertaken to replace seven cabinet ministers who had decided not run in the impending election. In a surprise move, Dosanjh named Edward John, the Grand Chief of the First Nations Summit of British Columbia and not an MLA, to cabinet. John was the second indigenous cabinet minister in BC, after Frank Calder in the 1970s.

References

Citations

1. Lunman, Kim (February 25, 2000). "Dosanjh sworn in as B.C. Premier at Victoria ceremony". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
2. Lunman, Kim (March 1, 2000). "Dosanjh at pains to put new face on B.C. cabinet". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
3. "Gordon Muir Campbell | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
4. McInnes, Craig; Beatty, Jim (November 2, 2000). "Premier picks new faces over experience". Vancouver Sun. pp. A2.
5. Lunman, Kim (November 2, 2000). "Native chief named to B.C. cabinet". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.

Sources

"Dosanjh Cabinet" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2022.

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