It was exactly ten-years-ago today that Christy Clark was sworn-in as Premier of British Columbia.  She therefore became the second female Premier, the first being Rita Johnson in the 1990s, to lead her home province.  Premier Clark held B.C.’s top political job for more than six years, leaving office in July 2017 when the Green Party and the NDP united as one in the legislature after a tight election result. In office and out Clark has kept a high national profile and today is a much sought-after commentator on public issues impacting B.C. and Canada. So, happy anniversary to Christy Clark, another pioneering woman in Canadian politics. caption id="attachment_240291" align="aligncenter" width="440" Former BC Premier Christy Clark/caption Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist.  He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy.  A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.