The Honourable Doug Horner | |
---|---|
President of Treasury Board & Minister of Finance in the Alberta government | |
In office May 8, 2012 –September 15, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Ron Liepert |
Succeeded by | Robin Campbell |
7th Deputy Premier of Alberta | |
In office October 12,2011 –May 8,2012 | |
Preceded by | Vacancy |
Succeeded by | Thomas Lukaszuk |
In office January 15,2010 –February 2011 | |
Preceded by | Vacant (Last held by Ron Stevens) |
Succeeded by | Vacancy |
MLA for Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert | |
In office 2001–2012 | |
Preceded by | Colleen Soetaert |
Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
MLA for Spruce Grove-St. Albert | |
In office 2012 –January 31,2015 | |
Preceded by | first member |
Succeeded by | Trevor Horne |
Personal details | |
Born | Barrhead,Alberta | January 17,1961
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Occupation | Businessman |
Douglas Alan Horner [1] ECA (born January 17,1961) is a former Canadian politician,who represented the electoral district of Spruce Grove-St. Albert in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 until January 31,2015. [2] He was the President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Finance until Jim Prentice's cabinet was sworn in on September 15,2014. [3] He was a candidate for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party in its 2011 leadership election,placing third.
In 2006,when Ed Stelmach became premier,Horner was appointed Minister of Advanced Education and Technology. [4] He retained the position in cabinet shuffle on January 13,2010,and was also appointed to the position of Deputy Premier. [5] He was first elected in the 2001 provincial election. He became the province's Minister of Agriculture in 2004 under Premier Ralph Klein. On January 22,2015,he announced that he would be retiring as an MLA effective January 31,2015.
Born in Barrhead,Alberta,to Jean and Dr. Hugh Horner,Doug Horner has lived in Calgary,Consort,Slave Lake,Morinville and Spruce Grove.
Horner comes from a politically active family;his grandfather,Ralph Horner,was a Senator for Saskatchewan,his father,Dr. Hugh Horner was a federal Member of Parliament under John Diefenbaker and then Alberta's agriculture minister [6] and deputy premier in the 1970s while his uncles Jack Horner,Albert Horner and Norval Horner were also federal MPs.
Horner received his post-secondary education in Alberta. He graduated from SAIT Polytechnic (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology) with a diploma in business. After completing further studies,he was accredited by the Institute of Canadian Bankers. [6]
Horner became Deputy Premier of Alberta in January 2010. He resigned in February 2011 to become a candidate for PC leadership. He was reappointed to this post again at the conclusion of the PC leadership election.
On February 4,2011,Horner resigned from cabinet in order to run for the leadership of the PC Party in its 2011 leadership election. [6] After the September 17 vote,he finished in the top three (behind Gary Mar and Alison Redford). Redford won the run-off ballot held on October 1.
Horner won the vote of the Spruce Grove-St. Albert-Sturgeon riding in Alberta's provincial elections in 2012. [8] Horner sponsored the controversial Bill 46:Public Service Salary Restraint Act which threatens to take away the right of arbitration from thousands of public sector workers. [3]
Horner is a featured speaker for the "Think Big Alberta" Tour. During the summer of 2011,the tour will visit the cities of Edmonton,Red Deer,Grand Prairie,Fort McMurray,Lethbridge,Medicine Hat and Calgary. Other speakers include John Furlong,who provided leadership for the team that organized and delivered the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. [9]
Before being elected to the Alberta Legislature,Horner worked in the private sector,including banking in southern Alberta and agriculture. He was involved in the start-up and operations of his family's barley and oat processing mill. Later he became responsible for international marketing and sales of specialty grains for ConAgra from its Nebraska office. After three years he moved back to Canada and established a trading company for agrifoods and agrifeeds for domestic and international markets. [6]
Horner has served in the Canadian Forces Reserve, [10] and as the Minister Liaison to the Canadian Forces. [6]
Horner is a member of the Spruce Grove &District Chamber of Commerce,the St. Albert Parkland Rotary Club,the Royal Canadian Legion,the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Association and several other service and community organizations.
The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta was a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta. The party formed the provincial government,without interruption,from 1971 until the party's defeat in the 2015 provincial election under Premiers Peter Lougheed,Don Getty,Ralph Klein,Ed Stelmach,Alison Redford,Dave Hancock and Jim Prentice. At 44 years,this was the longest unbroken run in government at the provincial or federal level in Canadian history.
Ronald Gordon "Ron" Stevens,Q.C. was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the current Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Glenmore as a Progressive Conservative until his resignation on May 15,2009. He was subsequently appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta on May 20,2009,by the government of Canada.
The 2006 Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership election was held in November and December 2006 to choose a new leader for the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta to replace the retiring Ralph Klein. Ed Stelmach emerged as the winner of an eight candidate field,despite placing third on the first ballot.
Lyle Knute Oberg is an Albertan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly. He is also a physician and business executive.
Edward Michael Stelmach is a Canadian politician and served as the 13th premier of Alberta,from 2006 to 2011. The grandson of Ukrainian immigrants,Stelmach was born and raised on a farm near Lamont and fluently speaks the distinctive Canadian dialect of Ukrainian. He spent his entire pre-political adult life as a farmer,except for some time spent studying at the University of Alberta. His first foray into politics was a 1986 municipal election,when he was elected to Lamont County council. A year into his term,he was appointed reeve. He continued in this position until his entry into provincial politics.
Ronald Liepert is a Canadian politician who serves as the Member of Parliament for Calgary Signal Hill in the House of Commons of Canada. He previously served in the Cabinet of Alberta as Minister of Finance,Energy,Health and Wellness and Education under Premiers Ed Stelmach and Alison Redford. From 2004 to 2012,he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,representing the constituency of Calgary-West,as a Progressive Conservative legislator. On April 12,2014,Liepert won the federal Conservative nomination in Calgary Signal Hill,defeating incumbent Rob Anders,and was elected to parliament in 2015. He was re-elected in 2019 and 2021.
Hector George Joseph Goudreau is a politician from Alberta,Canada. He is originally from the francophone area of Beaumont,Alberta,located just south of Edmonton's metro population.
Lucien "Luke" Ouellette is a Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake as a Progressive Conservative.
The Alberta order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Alberta. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
The Wildrose Party was a conservative provincial political party in Alberta,Canada. The party was formed by the merger in early 2008 of the Alberta Alliance Party and the unregistered Wildrose Party of Alberta. The wild rose is Alberta's provincial flower.
Evan Berger is a Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He represented the constituency of Livingstone-Macleod as a Progressive Conservative from 2008 to 2012.
The 27th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from April 14,2008,to March 26,2012,with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 2008 Alberta general election held on March 3,2008. The Legislature officially resumed on April 14,2008,and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on March 22,2012,and dissolved on March 26,2012,prior to the 2012 Alberta general election on April 23,2012.
The 2012 Alberta general election was held on April 23,2012,to elect members of the 28th Legislative Assembly of Alberta. A Senate nominee election was called for the same day.
Richard William McIver is a Canadian politician who has represented Calgary-Hays in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta since 2012. A member of the United Conservative Party (UCP),McIver is the current minister of municipal affairs.
The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election,2011 was prompted by Ed Stelmach's announcement that he would not be seeking re-election in the 28th general election and therefore would be resigning as leader of the Progressive Conservatives. With the Progressive Conservatives forming the Alberta government,the winner of the election consequently became Premier of Alberta.
Harry Edwin Strom was the ninth premier of Alberta,from 1968 to 1971. His two-and-a-half years as Premier were the last of the thirty-six-year Social Credit dynasty,as his defeat by Peter Lougheed saw its replacement by a new era Progressive Conservative government. He is remembered as an honest,decent man who lacked the political skills of his predecessor,Ernest Manning,or of Lougheed.
Donna Marie Kennedy-Glans is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Calgary-Varsity from April 2012 to May 2015. She was elected initially as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus,and chaired the all-party Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship. On December 13,2013,she was sworn into the Cabinet of Alberta to fill the newly created post of Associate Minister –Electricity and Renewable Energy.
The 2015 Alberta general election was held on May 5,2015,following a request of Premier Jim Prentice to the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Donald Ethell to dissolve the Legislative Assembly on April 7,2015. This election elected members to the 29th Alberta Legislature. It was only the fourth time in provincial history that saw a change of government,and was the last provincial election for both the Alberta Progressive Conservative and Wildrose Parties,which would merge in 2017 to form the United Conservative Party.
The 2014 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election was prompted by Alison Redford's announcement that she would be resigning as leader of the Progressive Conservatives and Premier of Alberta on March 23,2014.
{{cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires |journal=
(help)