Former B.C. Premier John Horgan has died at the age of 65, following his third bout with cancer. He was most recently Canada’s ambassador to Germany.
Horgan first became an NDP MLA in 2005, and went on to become party leader in 2014. He became premier in 2017 after his party formed government with the help of the Greens that year, and was re-elected in 2020.
He served in that role for five years, before stepping away as premier in 2022 and then later as MLA in 2023, citing health reasons amid a battle with throat cancer.
Shortly after leaving provincial politics however, he was named Canada’s ambassador to Germany by the federal government in November 2023….