This Week in History: 1889 The only B.C. premier with four names dies

British Columbia has had three premiers who died in office. Oddly, they all died in a five-year period, one after the other.
William Smithe died March 29, 1887. He was succeeded by Alexander Davie, who died Aug. 1, 1889. Davie was succeeded by John Robson, who died June 29, 1892.
Smithe was B.C.’s 7th premier, Davie the 8th and Robson the 9th. Smithe and Davie were relatively young — Smithe was 44 when he died, Davie 41 — while Robson lived until he was 68.
Smithe died of nephr