Donald Ross Getty was a Canadian politician who served as the 11th premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992. A member of the Progressive Conservatives,he served as Energy Minister and Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister in the government of Peter Lougheed before leaving politics for the private sector in 1979. He returned to politics six years later to enter the Progressive Conservative leadership contest resulting from Lougheed's retirement. He defeated two other candidates,and became Premier November 1,1985.
The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton,Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at Commonwealth Stadium. The Elks were founded in 1949 as the Edmonton Eskimos and have won the Grey Cup championship fourteen times,most recently in 2015 and the most of any CFL club based in Western Canada. The team has a rivalry with the Calgary Stampeders. The team discontinued using the Eskimos name in 2020,with the new name Elks formally announced on June 1,2021.
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame (CFHOF) is a not-for-profit corporation,located in Hamilton,Ontario,that celebrates achievements in Canadian football. It is maintained by the Canadian Football League (CFL). It includes displays about the CFL,Canadian university football and Canadian junior football history.
The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta,Canada. Founded in 1905,it is the oldest active political party in Alberta and was the dominant political party until the 1921 election,with the first three provincial Premiers being Liberals. Since 1921,it has formed the official opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta several times,most recently from 1993 until 2012. Fourteen Liberals have served as Leader of the Opposition of Alberta.
Janice Rhea Reimer is a Canadian politician and the first female mayor of Edmonton,Alberta,having served in that capacity from 1989 until 1995. Highlights of her time in office included the inception of a new waste management system and repeated efforts by Peter Pocklington,owner of the Edmonton Oilers,to secure concessions from the city in exchange for his agreement not to move the team. Although she has never sought office at the provincial or federal levels,she is a lifelong New Democrat.
The Battle of Alberta is a term applied to the intense rivalry between the Canadian cities of Calgary,the province's most populous city,and Edmonton,the capital of the province of Alberta. Most often it is used to describe sporting events between the two cities,although this is not exclusive as the rivalry predates organized sports in Alberta.
Derrell Lavoice "Mookie" Mitchell is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) slotback with the Toronto Argonauts and Edmonton Eskimos and former wide receivers coach for the Edmonton Eskimos.
Adam Braidwood is a Canadian professional boxer,actor,martial artist and retired professional football defensive end.
Dave Fennell is a Canadian former defensive lineman for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). After graduating from the University of North Dakota in 1973,he played for Edmonton from 1974 to 1983,and helped lead the team to five straight Grey Cup championships from 1978 to 1982 as a key member of the "Alberta Crude" defence.
Eric Tillman is an American-born Canadian football executive who is the vice president of football operations for the Atlantic Schooners. He was previously the general manager of the BC Lions (1993–94),Toronto Argonauts,Ottawa Renegades (2002–04),Saskatchewan Roughriders (2006–2010),Edmonton Eskimos (2010–2012),and Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2016–2018). As a general manager,Tillman has won the Grey Cup three times. In addition to his career as an executive,Tillman has also worked as a CFL analyst for TSN,the CBC,and Rogers Sportsnet in 1998,2000,and 2005.
Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club was an early Canadian football team based in Edmonton,Alberta. The team was founded in 1907 as the Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club. The club was renamed the Edmonton Esquimaux in 1908 and again as the Edmonton Eskimos in 1910. Later it took the name Edmonton Boosters, then the Edmonton Hi-Grads in 1936,then yet another incarnation of the Eskimos before ceasing operation as the Second World War began. The team is neither affiliated with the current franchise,the Edmonton Elks,nor forms part of its history.
Kiviaq was a Canadian Inuk lawyer,politician,and former sportsman. He was raised in Edmonton,Alberta.
Brian Fryer is a Canadian former professional football player who starred at wide receiver for the University of Alberta,and played professionally for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) and the Edmonton Eskimos and Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
William Somerville Edmiston was an architect and politician in present-day Alberta,Canada. He was a member of the Edmonton Town Council and for two terms,the mayor of Edmonton.
Sine Kassim Chadi is a Canadian businessman,philanthropist and former politician. He is currently CEO and Chairman of Imperial Equities Inc. a publicly traded company on the TSX Venture Exchange. Chadi has been the CEO of companies involved in real estate and mortgage industries. Chadi was also elected to the Alberta Legislature in 1993 as the MLA for Edmonton Roper. He served one term.
St. Joseph Catholic High School is a secondary school located in North-Central Edmonton. It is the largest high school in Alberta by area.
The Alberta Rugby Football Union was formed on September 25,1911,and governed the newly emerging and evolving sport of football in the province for over 2 decades before it was disbanded in 1936. First the Calgary Rugby Football Union (CRFU) was created on September 29,1908. The CRFU would play the champion from Edmonton to determine the winner of the Alberta Rugby Football League for 4 seasons from 1907 to 1910. After that the Alberta Rugby Football Union was formed in 1911. It joined the Manitoba Rugby Football Union and the Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union to form the Western Canada Rugby Football Union (WCRFU) in 1911.
David Beard is a Canadian professional football offensive lineman for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He previously attended the University of Alberta where he played CIS football as an offensive and defensive lineman and studied kinesiology.
Bayne Norrie is a retired Canadian football player who was drafted in the 1st round of the 1965 CFL Draft by the BC Lions. Bayne Norrie,played for the Edmonton Eskimos for 8 years and participated in three straight Grey Cups from 1973 to 1975 and won one Grey Cup with Edmonton in 1975. Bayne had an illustrious college football career at Queen's University and was inducted into the Queens University Sports and Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
Jimmy Ralph is a former professional Canadian football wide receiver. He began his professional career with the Toronto Argonauts in 2017 where he won his first Grey Cup as a member of the 105th Grey Cup championship team.
