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Michael Harcourt (born 1943) became British Columbia's 30th Premier in 1991, defeating the Rita Johnston-led Social Credit party in a provincial election. This marked the first time that the B.C. NDP had been in power since 1975.

He resigned as premier in February 1996 as the result of " Bingogate", in which NDP insiders used money raised by a charity bingo to fund the party. It was not believed that Harcourt had anything to do with the scandal, but he took political responsibility for it. He was succeeded as Premier of B.C. by Glen Clark who also ended up resigning as the result of another scandal.

Harcourt's previous political experience included serving as a Vancouver Alderman ( 1973- 1980) and as Mayor of Vancouver ( 1980- 1986}. He was first elected to the British Columbia Legislature in 1986 and became the leader of the NDP and the Leader of the Official Opposition in the following year. He was considered to be a moderate within the ranks of his social democratic party.

After serving as premier, Harcourt was associated with the University of British Columbia. He was involved in research relating to cities.

He was injured in a near fatal fall in November 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom which resulted in a severe spinal-cord injury, from which he has since astonished doctors with a rapid recovery.

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