Bud Olson
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The Honourable Bud Olson PC, AOE |
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| 14th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta | |
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In office 17 April 1996 – 10 February 2000 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Roméo LeBlanc Adrienne Clarkson |
| Premier | Ralph Klein |
| Preceded by | Gordon Towers |
| Succeeded by | Lois Hole |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Medicine Hat |
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In office June 10, 1957 – March 31, 1958 |
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| Preceded by | William Duncan Wylie |
| Succeeded by | Edwin William Brunsden |
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In office June 18, 1962 – October 30, 1972 |
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| Preceded by | Edwin William Brunsden |
| Succeeded by | Bert Hargrave |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office 6 July 1968 – 26 November 1972 |
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| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | John James Greene |
| Succeeded by | Eugene Whelan |
| Senator for Alberta South, Alberta | |
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In office April 5, 1977 – March 7, 1996 |
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| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 6, 1925 Iddesleigh, Alberta |
| Died |
February 14, 2002 (aged 76) Medicine Hat, Alberta |
| Political party |
Liberal (1967 onwards) Social Credit (until 1967) |
| Spouse(s) | Marion Lucille McLachlan (m. 1947) |
| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | farmer, rancher and businessman |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Horace Andrew (Bud) Olson, PC, AOE (October 6, 1925 – February 14, 2002) was a Canadian businessman, politician, and the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. He also served as a Member of Parliament, Senator, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Economic and Regional Development. He was also a farmer and rancher, and president and operating officer of Farmer's Stockmen's Supplies in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, Alberta.
Born in Iddesleigh, Alberta on October 6, 1925. On January 27, 1947, he married Marion Lucille McLachlan. They had four children: Sharon Lee, Andrea Lucille, Juanita Carol and Horace Andrew Jr.
Bud Olson was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1957 election as a Social Credit Member of Parliament (MP) from Medicine Hat. He was defeated in the Diefenbaker sweep of 1958, but re-elected in 1962, 1963 and 1965.
With the Social Credit Party's English Canadian wing rapidly disintegrating, Olson crossed the floor in 1967 to join the Liberal Party. Olson supported Pierre Trudeau's successful candidacy for the Liberal leadership in 1968, narrowly won re-election as an MP in 1968 and became minister of agriculture in the first Trudeau government. Olson served in that position until he lost his seat in the 1972 general election. He was one of only four Liberal MPs elected from Alberta in 1968 – all of whom were defeated in 1972 due to Trudeau's increasing unpopularity in Western Canada, particularly Alberta.
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