What is Dave Barrett?
'''David Barrett''' (October 2, 1930 &ndash; February 2, 2018), commonly known as '''Dave Barrett''', was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[retire]]d [[politician]] and [[social worker]] in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Labour Advisory Board|url=http://www.ailife.com/main/company.aspx?submenu=Partners|publisher=American Income Life Insurance Company|access-date=12 July 2011}}</ref> He was the 26th [[Premier of British Columbia]] for three years between 1972 and 1975. He was born in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. In 2014, it was announced that Barrett had [[Alzheimer's disease]] and was living in a care facility in [[Victoria, British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/former-b-c-premiers-barrett-bennett-face-common-foe-in-alzheimer-s-1.1414649|title=Former B.C. premiers Barrett, Bennett face common foe in Alzheimer's|author=Les Leyne|newspaper=[[Times Colonist]]|date=October 4, 2014|access-date=December 5, 2015}}</ref> He died on February 2, 2018, aged 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/first-ndp-premier-of-b-c-dave-barrett-dead-at-87|title=Dave Barrett, first NDP premier of B.C., dead at 87 - Vancouver Sun|first1=Doug|last1=Ward|first2=Tiffany Crawford Updated|last2=February 6|last3=2018|date=3 February 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrett, Dave}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]] [[Category:Politicians from Vancouver]] [[Category:Premiers of British Columbia]] {{bio-stub}}