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| ( ( ( #06 b. 15 August 1803 ) ) ) | | | | David Barrett, commonly known as Dave Barrett, was |
| Sir James Douglas KCB (d. August 2, 1877) was a | | | | a politician and social worker in British Columbia, |
| company fur-trader and a British colonial governor on | | | | Canada. He was the 26th Premier of British Columbia |
| Vancouver Island in northwestern North America, | | | | for three years between 1972 and 1975, the only |
| particularly in what is now British Columbia. Douglas | | | | Jewish premier in the province's history. |
| worked for the North West Company, and later for | | | | ( ( ( #03 b. 18 August 1932 ) ) ) |
| the Hudson's Bay Company becoming a high-ranking | | | | William Richards Bennett, PC, OBC was the 27th |
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| of the Colony of Vancouver Island. In 1858 he also | | | | 1975–1986. He is a son of the former Premier, W. A. |
| became the first Governor of the Colony of British | | | | C. Bennett. He was a 3rd cousin, twice removed, of |
| Columbia, in order to assert British authority during the | | | | Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of |
| Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, which had the potential to | | | | Canada. |
| turn the B.C. Mainland into an American state. He | | | | ( ( ( #02 b. 07 November 1943 ) ) ) |
| remained governor of both Vancouver Island and | | | | Judith Frost, British Columbia, artist (To Red, Dust |
| British Columbia until his retirement in 1864. He is often | | | | Drawings) |
| credited as "The Father of British Columbia". | | | | ( ( ( #01 b. 01 July 1967 ) ) ) |
| ( ( ( #05 b. 02 November 1920 ) ) ) | | | | Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian American |
| Ann Rutherford is a Canadian-American actress in film, | | | | actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former |
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| screen of the 1930s and 1940s in the Andy Hardy | | | | She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for |
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| appeared in eighteen films between 1935 and 1937. It | | | | Tommy Lee. She holds both United States and |
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