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Lorne Doerkson: The Unlikely Premier
A B.C. legislator with no political experience becomes Canada's next premier.
In brief
A B.C. legislator with no political experience becomes Canada's next premier. Lorne Doerkson, a 58-year-old B.C. MLA with only a high school education, is now favoured to become British Columbia's 38th premier. Originally reported by Nationalpost.
Lorne Doerkson's Commonwealth Summit
This time last month, Lorne Doerkson was in South Africa attending to one of the drier paid vacations of any English-speaking elected official: a summit of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
Doerkson's Political Status
That the 58-year-old MLA was there at all was a sign that he was somewhat dispensable as a B.C. legislator.
Doerkson's Background
Governments generally don’t send their top talent to CPA summits, and Doerkson was moving among people much like him: Opposition backbenchers from obscure subnational Anglosphere jurisdictions nobody has heard of.
Doerkson's Rise
Just a month later, and Doerkson, a man whose highest educational attainment is a high school degree, is now favoured to become the 38th premier of British Columbia.
Doerkson's Potential Impact
If he manages it on the Oct. 24 election, Doerkson will achieve something that’s really only happened a handful of times in Canadian history: A politician catapulted into the top job despite never really asking…
The Political Context
To look at the current roster of Canadian premiers is to look upon some of the most viciously ambitious figures in the country: Men and women who have spent their entire adult lives striving for…
The short version
Lorne Doerkson, a 58-year-old B.C. MLA with only a high school education, is now favoured to become British Columbia's 38th premier.
