Ralph Philip Klein was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 12th premier of Alberta and leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta from 1992 until his retirement in 2006. Klein also served as the 32nd mayor of Calgary from 1980 to 1989.
Edgar Peter Lougheed was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985,presiding over a period of reform and economic growth.
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.
Peter Eric James Prentice was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was re-elected in the 2006 federal election and appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians. Prentice was appointed Minister of Industry on August 14,2007,and after the 2008 election became Minister of Environment on October 30,2008. On November 4,2010,Prentice announced his resignation from cabinet and as MP for Calgary Centre-North. After retiring from federal politics he entered the private sector as vice-chairman of CIBC.
The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta was a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta that existed from 1905 to 2020. 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.
Nancy MacBeth is a Canadian politician who was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1998 to 2001. She was the first female opposition leader in the province's history.
Calgary-Varsity is a provincial electoral district in Calgary,Alberta,Canada. The district was created in 1993 and returns a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Calgary-Fish Creek is a provincial electoral district in Alberta,Canada. The district is one of 87 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
Calgary-Elbow is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,Canada. The seat is held by NDP MLA Samir Kayande,who won the seat in the 2023 provincial election
Calgary-North West is a provincial electoral district in Calgary,Alberta,Canada. The district was created in 1979 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Gary Glen Mar,is a Canadian businessman and former politician in Alberta. He is currently the President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation.
Edward Michael Stelmach is a Canadian politician who 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.
The 2008 Alberta general election was held on March 3,2008,to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Melvin Percy Joseph Cardinal was a Canadian politician from Alberta. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1989 until 2008 as a Progressive Conservative representing the electoral districts of Athabasca-Lac La Biche,Athabasca-Wabasca,and Athabasca-Redwater. Cardinal was the first status Indian to hold a position in Executive Council in Alberta,serving in the cabinet of Premier Ralph Klein as the Minister of Family and Social Services (1992−1996),Minister of Sustainable Resource Development (2000−2004),and Minister of Human Resources and Employment (2004–2006).
Ronald Liepert is a Canadian politician from Alberta 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.
Gregory Knowles Melchin is a politician and accountant who formerly served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and Cabinet Minister in the Alberta government.
The Honorable Richard D. "Rick" Orman is a businessman and former Canadian politician. Orman was born in Calgary,Alberta fourth generation Albertan. He studied at the University of Calgary before graduating with honors from Eastern Washington University in 1971. Orman served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993. Since 1993,he has been active within the business community,both provincially and internationally.
Stewart Alden McCrae was a provincial level politician from Alberta,Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1973 to 1982 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. During his time in office he served a couple different cabinet portfolio's in the Peter Lougheed government.
Clarence Mervin "Merv" Leitch was a former lawyer and provincial level politician from Alberta,Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1982 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. During his time in office he served numerous cabinet portfolios in the government of Peter Lougheed.
Margaret Ellen McCuaig-Boyd is a Canadian politician who was elected in the Alberta General Election,2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley. She was Minister of Energy in the Alberta Cabinet.
