caption monarch lieutenant_governor predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion party birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
hon. john foster mccreight victoria joseph trutch none amor de cosmos 18 november 1913 caledon , county tyrone , ireland hastings , east sussex , united kingdom anglican , then roman catholic none 1827 -lrb- bap . sept. 3 -rrb- 1st premier of british columbia november 14 , 1871 mccreight.jpg john foster mccreight
 december 23 , 1872 john foster mccreight
john foster mccreight

john foster mccreight qc -lrb- 1827 -- november 18 , 1913 -rrb- was a jurist and the first premier of the canadian province of british columbia .
