Boss Johnson

Boss Johnson
Byron I. Johnson
24th Premier of British Columbia
In office
December 29, 1947 – August 1, 1952
MonarchsGeorge VI
Elizabeth II
Lieutenant GovernorCharles Arthur Banks
Clarence Wallace
Preceded byJohn Hart
Succeeded byW. A. C. Bennett
MLA for Victoria City
In office
November 2, 1933 – June 1, 1937
Preceded byJames Harry Beatty
Reginald Hayward
Joshua Hinchcliffe
Harold Despard Twigg
Succeeded byJoseph Douglas Hunter
MLA for New Westminster
In office
May 10, 1945 – June 12, 1952
Preceded byArthur Wellesley Gray
Succeeded byRae Eddie
Personal details
Born
Björn Ingimar Jónsson

(1890-12-10)December 10, 1890
Victoria, British Columbia
DiedJanuary 12, 1964(1964-01-12) (aged 73)
Victoria, British Columbia
Political partyBritish Columbia Liberal Party
SpouseKate Johnson
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Byron Ingemar "Boss" Johnson (born Björn Ingimar Jónsson; December 10, 1890 – January 12, 1964), served as the 24th premier of British Columbia, from 1947 to 1952. To his contemporaries he was often referred to by his nickname, Boss Johnson, which had nothing to do with his personality, but was an anglicization of the Icelandic "Bjossi", which is a diminutive form of his birth-name of Bjorn, which was adapted into English as Byron.