Ujjal Dosanjh succeeded
Glen Clark to become leader of
British Columbia's
NDP and BC's 33rd Premier on
February 24,
2000. Notably, this made him Canada's first
Indo-Canadian Premier. Following the NDP's defeat in the
2001 provincial election and the accession of
Liberal premier
Gordon Campbell, Mr. Dosanjh returned to practicing law.
See List of British Columbia premiers, Asian-Canadian.