Glen Clark
| Glen David Clark | |
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Glen Clark at the 2011 NDP convention
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| 31st Premier of British Columbia | |
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In office February 22, 1996 – August 25, 1999 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor | Garde Gardom |
| Preceded by | Mike Harcourt |
| Succeeded by | Dan Miller |
| Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations of British Columbia | |
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In office November 5, 1991 – September 15, 1993 |
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| Premier | Mike Harcourt |
| Preceded by | John Jansen |
| Succeeded by | Elizabeth Cull |
| Minister of Employment and Investment of British Columbia | |
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In office September 15, 1993 – February 22, 1996 |
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| Premier | Mike Harcourt |
| Succeeded by | Dan Miller |
| Minister Responsible for Youth of British Columbia | |
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In office February 28, 1996 – August 25, 1999 |
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| Premier | Glen Clark |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Petter |
| MLA for Vancouver East | |
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In office October 22, 1986 – October 17, 1991 Serving with Robert Arthur Williams |
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| Preceded by |
Dave Barrett Alexander Macdonald |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway | |
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In office October 17, 1991 – May 16, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Rob Nijjar |
| Personal details | |
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November 22, 1957 Nanaimo, British Columbia |
| Political party | British Columbia New Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Dale Clark |
Glen David Clark (born November 22, 1957) is a Canadian business executive and former politician, serving as the 31st Premier of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999.
Clark attended St. Jude’s Elementary and Notre Dame Secondary in East Vancouver. At Notre Dame, Clark was known as a small, fearless linebacker for the football team. Notre Dame is also where Clark was student council president and played the lead male role in The Sound of Music and later performed in South Pacific. Clark holds a bachelor's degree from Simon Fraser University and a master's degree from the University of British Columbia. Before entering politics he worked in the labour movement.
Clark was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 1986 provincial election. He served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations and then as the Minister of Employment and Investment in the government of Mike Harcourt. When Harcourt resigned as a result of the Bingogate scandal, Clark stood for and won the leadership of the BC NDP and therefore became BC's 31st premier. Clark called an election in 1996 in which his party narrowly held onto its majority. Although it received fewer votes across the province than the second-place BC Liberal Party, the NDP was able to hold on to power by winning all but eight seats in Vancouver.
In an effort to revitalize a shipbuilding industry, Clark undertook the B.C. fast ferries initiative, which was designed to upgrade the existing BC Ferries fleet as well as jump start the shipbuilding industry in Vancouver. Although the ferries were eventually produced, the project had massive cost overruns and long delays, and the ferries were never able to function up to expectations. The ferries were later sold by the incoming Liberal government, for a fraction of their original price, to the American owned Washington Marine Group.
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