Coach put troublemaking teen John Horgan on track to B.C.’s New Democrat leader
VANCOUVER — As a teenager, John Horgan was as far away from becoming a political leader in British Columbia as you could get.
He was shooting pool at Suzy-Q’s, smoking cigarettes and playing the role of troublemaker at the corner of Douglas and Yates streets in downtown Victoria.
“I was a 14-year-old, 15-year-old who’s not doing what he’s supposed to be doing,” Horgan said in a recent interview at the NDP’s downtown Vancouver office.
“I was hanging around with the wrong crowd,” the NDP leader said. “I wasn’t showing up at school. I was getting into trouble. I’m going to leave it at that.”