Christy Clark
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The Honourable Christy Clark MLA |
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| 35th Premier of British Columbia | |
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Assumed office March 14, 2011 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Stephen Harper Justin Trudeau |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Steven Point Judith Guichon |
| Preceded by | Gordon Campbell |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Westside-Kelowna |
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Assumed office July 10, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ben Stewart |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Point Grey |
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In office May 30, 2011 – May 13, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Gordon Campbell |
| Succeeded by | David Eby |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Port Moody-Westwood Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain (1996-2001) |
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In office May 16, 2001 – May 17, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Barbara Copping |
| Succeeded by | Iain Black |
| Deputy Premier of British Columbia | |
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In office June 5, 2001 – September 20, 2004 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | Joy MacPhail |
| Succeeded by | Shirley Bond |
| Minister of Education | |
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In office June 5, 2001 – January 26, 2004 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | Joy MacPhail |
| Succeeded by | Tom Christensen |
| Minister of Children and Family Development | |
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In office January 26, 2004 – September 20, 2004 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | Gordon Hogg |
| Succeeded by | Stan Hagen |
| Personal details | |
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Christina Joan Clark October 29, 1965 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | B.C. Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Mark Marissen (div. 2009) |
| Religion | Anglican |
Christina Joan "Christy" Clark, MLA (born October 29, 1965) is a Canadian politician who currently serves as the 35th premier of British Columbia, Canada. Clark was sworn in as premier on March 14, 2011, after she won the leadership of the British Columbia Liberal Party in the 2011 leadership election on February 26, 2011. She is the second woman to serve as premier of British Columbia, after Rita Johnston in 1991, however Clark is so far the only female premier of BC to carry an election in her own right.
Clark served as a Member of the Legislature from 1996 to 2005, serving as deputy premier from 2001 to 2005 during the first term of Gordon Campbell's government. She left politics in 2005, and became the host of an afternoon radio talk show. At the time of her leadership victory, Clark was not a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. She re-entered the legislature after winning a by-election on May 11, 2011, in Vancouver-Point Grey, the seat left vacant by Campbell.
Her government was re-elected in the 2013 provincial election, but Clark was defeated by David Eby in her own riding of Vancouver-Point Grey. She was subsequently reelected to the legislature in a by-election in Westside-Kelowna on July 10, 2013.
Clark was born on October 29, 1964 in Burnaby, British Columbia, the daughter of Mavis Audrey (née Bain) and Jim Clark. Her father was a teacher and a three-time candidate for the legislative assembly, and her mother, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, was a marriage and family therapist in Vancouver. On June 8, 2016, she shared that, as a 13-year-old girl on her way to work at her first job, she was forcibly grabbed and pulled into some bushes; she also shared that she had been subject to other sexual offences throughout her life and that she had not felt able to share this until a campus sexual assault bill proposed by the Green Party came up.
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