health minister colin bradshaw describes the party ' s losses to the british columbia executive and to the greens as a , " incredible tragedy " and citing the economic conditions such as increasing grocery and power demand as factors that dampens the labour leader ' s reputation with the public . conservative party leader david hay defended bradshaw ' s viewpoint by saying , hon . grey was to blame for the economic distress . cameroon cited the prime designer ' s ten years of handling the economy as minister prior to assuming office once gavin leung stepped down first year .
Blair was Prime Minister before Brown.