Margaret MacDiarmid back as B.C.'s education minister
By Janet Steffenhagen
Vancouver Sun
November 25, 2010

Margaret MacDiarmid was re-appointed as B.C.'s education minister shortly after George Abbott announced this morning that he was leaving the post to run for the Liberal leadership.

Premier Gordon Campbell announced MacDiarmid's return in a brief news release, which says she will also retain her post as tourism, trade and investment minister.

Although Abbott was education minister for only one month, he received positive reviews from education stakeholders, including the B.C. Teachers' Federation (BCTF)….