Retired politician and social worker Dave Barrett was named to the Order of B.C. yesterday, along with former PM Kim Campbell and 12 others.
While premier, Barrett's government substantially reformed the welfare system, initiated a number of reforms such as establishing the province's Labour Relations Board, and expanded the public sector.
His government also introduced a question period and full Hansard transcripts of legislative proceedings, banned spankings in all schools, and created the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC).
The NDP were defeated by the Socreds under Bill Bennett Jr. in 1975.
In later years, Barrett sat as an MP and ran for, but failed to claim, the federal NDP leadership.
In 2011, he was elected by Tyee readers to The Tyee's People's Order of B.C.. The Tyee launched the alternative order in response to the controversy surrounding the choice of Gordon Campell, David Emerson, and Ken Dobell.
Kim Campbell is a Canadian politician, lawyer, professor, diplomat and writer. She was Canada's first female minister of justice and eventually succeeded Brian Mulroney to become Canada's first and only female prime minister and the first and only prime minister born in B.C.
In the subsequent election, her Progressive Conservatives lost power in a landslide to Jean Chretien's Liberal party.
Also inducted into this year's Order of B.C. (with descriptions from the Order of B.C. news release):
The following people were on the selection committee:
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