<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Johnston" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rita Johnston">Rita Johnston</a> becomes the first female <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_(Canada)" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Premier (Canada)">Premier</a> of a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_(Canada)" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Province (Canada)">Canadian province</a> when she succeeds <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Vander_Zalm" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Vander Zalm">William Vander Zalm</a> (who had resigned) as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_British_Columbia" id="mw1w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Premier of British Columbia">Premier of British Columbia</a>.