Johnson's government introduced universal hospital insurance and a 3% provincial sales tax to pay for it. It expanded the highway system, extended the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, and negotiated the Alcan Agreement, which facilitated construction of the Kenny Dam. The government also coped with the 1948 flooding of the Fraser River, declaring a state of emergency and beginning a program of diking the river's banks through the Fraser Valley. Johnson is also noted for appointing Nancy Hodges as the first female Speaker in the Commonwealth. The Liberal-Conservative coalition government won the 1949 election – at 61% the greatest percentage of the popular vote in BC history. Tensions had grown between the coalition partners and within both parties. The Liberal Party executive voted to terminate the coalition and Johnson dropped his Conservative ministers in January 1952, resulting in a short-lived minority government which soon collapsed.
Johnson's government introduced universal hospital insurance and a 3% provincial sales tax to pay for it It expanded the highway system extended the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and negotiated the Alcan Agreement which facilitated construction of the Kenny Dam The government also coped with the 1948 flooding of the Fraser River declaring a state of emergency and beginning a program of diking the river's banks through the Fraser Valley Johnson is also noted for appointing Nancy Hodges as the first female Speaker in the Commonwealth The Liberal-Conservative coalition government won the 1949 election – at 61% the greatest percentage of the popular vote in BC history Tensions had grown between the coalition partners and within both parties The Liberal Party executive voted to terminate the coalition and Johnson dropped his Conservative ministers in January 1952 resulting in a short-lived minority government which soon collapsed