<page_title> List of female first ministers in Canada </page_title> <table> <cell> Rita Johnston <col_header> Name of Premier </col_header> </cell> <cell> British Columbia <col_header> Province / Territory </col_header> </cell> <cell> Named as interim party leader—and therefore premier—in 1991 upon the resignation of Premier Bill Vander Zalm in the Fantasy Gardens scandal. <col_header> Leadership history and electoral Mandates </col_header> </cell> </table>
Johnston became the first female premier in Canadia, where she succeeded Bill Vander Zalm in 1991 to become the Premier of British Columbia.