Meet Six Famous People From British Columbia; TV Bombshell Pamela Anderson, James Douglas, father of British Columbia, And More!

Famous People From British Columbia

Famous People From British Columbia

( ( ( #06 b. 15 August 1803) ) )

Sir James Douglas KCB (d. August 2, 1877) was a company fur-trader and a British colonial governor on Vancouver Island in northwestern North America, particularly in what is now British Columbia. Douglas worked for the North West Company, and later for the Hudson's Bay Company becoming a high-ranking company officer. From 1851 to 1864, he was Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island. In 1858 he also became the first Governor of the Colony of British Columbia, in order to assert British authority during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, which had the potential to turn the B.C. Mainland into an American state. He remained governor of both Vancouver Island and British Columbia until his retirement in 1864. He is often credited as "The Father of British Columbia".

( ( ( #05 b.02November1920) ) )

Ann Rutherford is a Canadian-American actress in film, radio, and television. She has had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict on the big screen of the 1930s and 1940s in the Andy Hardy series, and on The Bob Newhart Show as Newhart's character's mother-in-law.

Her first film role was in Waterfront Lady in 1935. She appeared in eighteen films between 1935 and 1937. It was in 1937 that her first notable role came as Andy Hardy's girlfriend, Polly Benedict, in You're Only Young Once. In the long-running, Andy Hardy film series, she played Polly twelve times, with the last appearance being in Andy Hardy's Double Life in 1942.

( ( ( #04 b.02October 1930) ) )

David Barrett, commonly known as Dave Barrett, was a politician and social worker in British Columbia, Canada. He was the 26th Premier of British Columbia for three years between 1972 and 1975, the only Jewish premier in the province's history.

( ( ( #03 b.18August 1932) ) )

William Richards Bennett, PC, OBC was the 27th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia 19751986. He is a son of the former Premier, W. A. C. Bennett. He was a 3rd cousin, twice removed, of Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada.

( ( ( #02 b.07November 1943) ) )

Judith Frost, British Columbia, artist (To Red, Dust Drawings)

( ( ( #01 b.01July 1967) ) )

Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian American actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P.

She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990. For a time, she was known as Pamela Anderson Lee (or Pamela Lee) after marrying Mtley Cre drummer Tommy Lee. She holds both United States and Canadian citizenship.

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