Peter Lougheed
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The Honourable Peter Lougheed PC CC AOE QC |
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Lougheed in 1971
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| 10th Premier of Alberta | |
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In office September 10, 1971 – November 1, 1985 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor | |
| Preceded by | Harry E. Strom |
| Succeeded by | Don Getty |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary West | |
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In office May 23, 1967 – February 28, 1986 |
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| Preceded by | Donald S. Fleming |
| Succeeded by | Elaine McCoy |
| Personal details | |
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Edgar Peter Lougheed July 26, 1928 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Died |
September 13, 2012 (aged 84) Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne Lougheed (née Rogers) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta, Harvard University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Anglican |
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Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC CC AOE QC, (/ˈlɑːhiːd/ LAW-heed; July 26, 1928 – September 13, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the tenth Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985 as a Progressive Conservative.
Lougheed was the grandson of Sir James Alexander Lougheed, an early senator and prominent Alberta businessman. After a short football career he entered business and practised law in Calgary. In 1965, he was elected leader of the Progressive Conservatives, a party that at the time had no seats in the legislature. He led the party back into the legislature in the 1967 provincial election. Four years later, the Tories won power with 49 of the 75 seats in the legislature, defeating the Social Credit Party which had governed the province since the 1935 election. Lougheed established a Tory dynasty in the province that was uninterrupted until 2015 when the Alberta NDP won a majority government, the longest unbroken run in government for a provincial party in Canadian history to date. Lougheed was reelected in 1975, 1979 and 1982 provincial elections, winning landslide majorities each time.
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