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1288:Fred Stewart
1283:Greg Stevens
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1268:Larry Shaben
1263:Horst Schmid
1243:Hugh Planche
1218:John Oldring
1213:Marvin Moore
1203:Elaine McCoy
1183:Ken Kowalski
1123:Bill Diachuk
1108:Tom Chambers
1103:Roy Brassard
1098:Fred Bradley
1093:Robert Bogle
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180:Succeeded by
173:Peter Dawson
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138:Grant Notley
133:Succeeded by
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91:Succeeded by
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1707:1935 births
1652:Harry Strom
1647:Ray Speaker
1642:Henry Ruste
1637:Joseph Ross
1450:Ray Speaker
1445:Henry Ruste
1378:Harry Strom
1367:Harry Strom
1298:Neil Webber
1278:Ray Speaker
1178:Ralph Klein
1163:Ernie Isley
1158:Lou Hyndman
1153:Jim Horsman
1143:Dick Fowler
1128:Jim Dinning
828:G. Mitchell
738:C. Mitchell
658:Rick Casson
383:Harry Strom
236:Independent
168:Preceded by
121:Preceded by
96:Rick Casson
79:Preceded by
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1577:Ted Hinman
1537:Ivan Casey
1308:Steve West
1303:Norm Weiss
1253:Ken Rostad
1223:Rick Orman
1173:David King
1008:Skowronski
977:Hattersley
652:1993–1997
648:Lethbridge
615:1980–1982
588:1963–1992
584:Little Bow
526:References
499:After the
452:Lethbridge
371:Little Bow
300:Alma mater
246:Alberta PC
210:1935-12-13
150:Little Bow
61:Lethbridge
1597:Solon Low
1233:Milt Pahl
1198:Doug Main
1148:John Gogo
1071:Don Getty
1060:Don Getty
893:R. Notley
813:G. Notley
798:Henderson
708:Robertson
414:Walt Buck
158:In office
111:In office
69:In office
1248:Ian Reid
1078:Al Adair
1003:Ahlstrom
947:Aberhart
788:Lougheed
783:Maccagno
753:Speakman
718:Michener
515:merger.
291:Children
222:, Canada
1502:Cabinet
1360:Cabinet
1053:Cabinet
984:Neilson
962:Schmidt
952:Manning
868:Forsyth
858:Sherman
838:MacBeth
808:Speaker
778:MacEwan
758:Mahaffy
723:Hoadley
713:Bennett
489:of the
487:Officer
454:in the
325:Speaker
285:
277:
1012:Fraser
998:Albers
988:Alford
888:Kenney
878:Cooper
833:Sapers
823:Decore
818:Martin
773:Prowse
763:Walker
748:Walker
728:Ramsey
268:Spouse
251:Reform
238:(1982)
981:Yuill
972:Sykes
967:Clark
957:Strom
883:Nixon
863:Smith
853:Swann
843:Nicol
803:Clark
793:Strom
743:Bowen
733:Boyle
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873:Jean
848:Taft
768:Page
433:1989
200:Born
148:for
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