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1299:Fred Stewart
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1274:Horst Schmid
1254:Hugh Planche
1229:John Oldring
1224:Marvin Moore
1214:Elaine McCoy
1194:Ken Kowalski
1134:Bill Diachuk
1119:Tom Chambers
1114:Roy Brassard
1109:Fred Bradley
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191:Succeeded by
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149:Grant Notley
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1718:1935 births
1663:Harry Strom
1658:Ray Speaker
1653:Henry Ruste
1648:Joseph Ross
1461:Ray Speaker
1456:Henry Ruste
1389:Harry Strom
1378:Harry Strom
1309:Neil Webber
1289:Ray Speaker
1189:Ralph Klein
1174:Ernie Isley
1169:Lou Hyndman
1164:Jim Horsman
1154:Dick Fowler
1139:Jim Dinning
839:G. Mitchell
749:C. Mitchell
669:Rick Casson
394:Harry Strom
247:Independent
179:Preceded by
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90:Preceded by
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1548:Ivan Casey
1319:Steve West
1314:Norm Weiss
1264:Ken Rostad
1234:Rick Orman
1184:David King
1019:Skowronski
988:Hattersley
663:1993–1997
659:Lethbridge
626:1980–1982
599:1963–1992
595:Little Bow
537:References
510:After the
463:Lethbridge
382:Little Bow
311:Alma mater
257:Alberta PC
221:1935-12-13
161:Little Bow
72:Lethbridge
1608:Solon Low
1244:Milt Pahl
1209:Doug Main
1159:John Gogo
1082:Don Getty
1071:Don Getty
904:R. Notley
824:G. Notley
809:Henderson
719:Robertson
425:Walt Buck
169:In office
122:In office
80:In office
1259:Ian Reid
1089:Al Adair
1014:Ahlstrom
958:Aberhart
799:Lougheed
794:Maccagno
764:Speakman
729:Michener
526:merger.
302:Children
233:, Canada
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1371:Cabinet
1064:Cabinet
995:Neilson
973:Schmidt
963:Manning
879:Forsyth
869:Sherman
849:MacBeth
819:Speaker
789:MacEwan
769:Mahaffy
734:Hoadley
724:Bennett
500:of the
498:Officer
465:in the
336:Speaker
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1023:Fraser
1009:Albers
999:Alford
899:Kenney
889:Cooper
844:Sapers
834:Decore
829:Martin
784:Prowse
774:Walker
759:Walker
739:Ramsey
279:Spouse
262:Reform
249:(1982)
992:Yuill
983:Sykes
978:Clark
968:Strom
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