as Leader of the Opposition beginning in February 1952. The government soon collapsed and in the ensuing 1952 provincial election the Liberals were reduced to 6 seats, the Conservatives to 4 and Johnson and Anscomb both lost their seats while the Social Credit Party was able to form a government under Bennett that would rule the province for the next two decades. References 1892 births 1972 deaths British Columbia Conservative Party leaders British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs Finance ministers of British Columbia Mayors of Victoria, British Columbia British emigrants to Canada