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Place of Birth: Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada
About Rita Johnston
- Rita Margaret Johnston (born April 22, 1935, née Leichert) is a Canadian politician in British Columbia.
- Johnston became the first female premier in Canadian history when she succeeded Bill Vander Zalm in 1991 to become the 29th Premier of British Columbia. The daughter of John Leichert and Annie Chyzzy, she was educated in Vancouver.
- In 1951, she married George Johnston.Much of her early life was spent running a trailer park in the city of Surrey, British Columbia.
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