# Lorne Doerkson: The Unlikely Premier

> A B.C. legislator with no political experience becomes Canada's next premier.
- Title: Lorne Doerkson: The Unlikely Premier · Nationalpost | Shortify
- Summary: 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…
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- Source: Nationalpost — https://nationalpost.com/opinion/first-reading-the-would-be-premier-from-nowhere
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## 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…
## Key takeaway

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.