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Don Getty
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In office
November 1, 1985 ? December 13, 1992
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Monarch
| Elizabeth II
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Lieutenant Governor
| Helen Hunley
Gordon Towers
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Preceded by
| Peter Lougheed
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Succeeded by
| Ralph Klein
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In office
May 23, 1967 ? August 30, 1971
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Preceded by
| Randolph McKinnon
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Succeeded by
| District abolished
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Constituency
| Strathcona West
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In office
August 30, 1971 ? March 14, 1979
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Preceded by
| New district
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Succeeded by
| Peter Knaak
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Constituency
| Edmonton-Whitemud
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In office
December 11, 1985 ? March 20, 1989
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Preceded by
| Robert Alexander
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Succeeded by
| Percy Wickman
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In office
May 9, 1989 ? December 14, 1992
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Preceded by
| Brian Downey
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Succeeded by
| District abolished
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Constituency
| Stettler
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In office
September 10, 1971 ? March 1975
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Preceded by
| New portfolio
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Succeeded by
| Lou Hyndman
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In office
March 1975 ? March 1979
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Preceded by
| New portfolio
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Succeeded by
| Merv Leitch
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Born
| Donald Ross Getty
(
1933-08-30
)
August 30, 1933
Westmount, Quebec
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Died
| February 26, 2016
(2016-02-26)
(aged 82)
Edmonton, Alberta
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Political party
| Progressive Conservative
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Spouse(s)
| Margaret Mitchell
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Children
| Dale
David
Darin
Derek
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Alma mater
| University of Western Ontario
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Occupation
| Businessman, professional athlete
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Donald Ross "Don" Getty
, (August 30, 1933 – February 26, 2016) was a
Canadian
politician and football quarterback. He served as the
11th
Premier of Alberta
between 1985 and 1992.
[1]
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.
Before entering politics, Getty had been a
quarterback
for the
Edmonton Eskimos
of the
Canadian Football League
. He passed for more than eight thousand yards over his ten-year career, and was put on the team's Wall of Fame in 1992.
Getty died of
heart failure
at a hospital in
Edmonton, Alberta
on February 26, 2016 at the age of 82.
[2]
- Perry, Sandra E.; Craig, Jessica J. (2006).
The Mantle of Leadership : Premiers of the Northwest Territories and Alberta
.
Edmonton
,
Alberta
: Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
ISBN
0-9689217-2-8
.
- Media related to
Don Getty
at Wikimedia Commons