First NDP premier of B.C., Dave Barrett, dead at 87

Dave Barrett, a wisecracking and flamboyant left-wing populist from east Vancouver who became British Columbia’s first NDP premier, died this morning after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s.
He was 87.
“He care deeply about this province and devoted much of his life to trying to make it a better and fairer place to live,” his family said in a statement Friday afternoon. “His love of the province was surpassed only by his devotion to his family.”
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