What is Bill Bennett?
[[File:Bill Bennett.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Bennett during the opening of Metrotown station in December 1985]] '''William Richards Bennett''', [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]], [[Order of British Columbia|OBC]] (August 18, 1932 &ndash; December 3, 2015), commonly known as '''Bill Bennett''', was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician. He was the [[List of Premiers of British Columbia|27th]] [[Premier of British Columbia|Premier]] of the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[British Columbia]] 1975&ndash;1986. He was a son of the former Premier, [[W. A. C. Bennett]]. He was a 3rd cousin, twice removed, of [[Richard Bedford Bennett|R.B. Bennett]], eleventh [[Prime Minister]] of [[Canada]]. Bennett died on December 3, 2015 at the age of 83 from [[Alzheimer's disease]] in [[Kelowna]], [[British Columbia]].<ref name=cbcobit>{{cite news|title=Bill Bennett, former B.C. premier, dead at 83|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bill-bennett-died-1.3351863|access-date=December 4, 2015|work=CBC News|date=December 4, 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Bill}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in British Columbia]] [[Category:People from Kelowna]] [[Category:Premiers of British Columbia]] [[Category:Privy Councillors (Canada)]] {{bio-stub}}