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{{Short description|Premier of Alberta from 1985 to 1992}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Don Getty
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|AOE|size=100%}}
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| caption = Getty in the 1990s
| order = 11th
| office = Premier of Alberta
| term_start = November 1, 1985
| term_end = December 14, 1992
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| lieutenant_governor = [[Helen Hunley]]<br />[[Gordon Towers]]
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]
| constituency4 = [[Stettler (provincial electoral district)|Stettler]]
| term_start4 = May 9, 1989
| term_end4 = December 14, 1992
| predecessor4 = [[Brian C. Downey|Brian Downey]]
| successor4 = ''District abolished''
| constituency2 = [[Edmonton-Whitemud]]
| term_start2 = August 30, 1971
| term_end2 = March 14, 1979
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = [[Peter Knaak]]
| constituency3 = [[Edmonton-Whitemud]]
| term_start3 = December 11, 1985
| term_end3 = March 20, 1989
| predecessor3 = [[Robert Keith Alexander|Robert Alexander]]
| successor3 = [[Percy Wickman]]
| constituency1 = [[Strathcona West]]
| term_start1 = May 23, 1967
| term_end1 = August 30, 1971
| predecessor1 = [[Randolph McKinnon]]
| successor1 =
| office6 = [[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Minister of Energy|Minister of Energy and Natural Resources]]
| term_start6 = March 1975
| term_end6 = March 1979
| predecessor6 =
| successor6 = [[Merv Leitch]]
| office5 = [[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations|Minister of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs]]
| term_start5 = September 10, 1971
| term_end5 = March 1975
| predecessor5 = ''
| successor5 = [[Lou Hyndman]]
| birth_name = Donald Ross Getty
| birth_date = {{birth date |mf=yes|1933|08|30}}
| birth_place = [[Westmount, Quebec]], Canada
| death_date =
| death_place = [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| party = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
| spouse = Margaret Mitchell
| children = 4
| signature = Donald Ross Getty Signature.svg
| alma_mater = [[University of Western Ontario]]
| occupation = Businessman, professional athlete
|module=
{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography|embed=yes
|name = Donald Ross Getty
|image = 1956 Grey Cup victory.jpg
|caption = Getty after winning the [[44th Grey Cup]] in 1956
|import = No
|position1 = Quarterback
|number = 27, 87
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|death_cause =
|Height_ft = 6
|Height_in = 2
|Weight_lbs = 195
|College = [[University of Western Ontario|Western Ontario]]
|playing_years1 = [[1955 in Canadian football|1955]]–{{CFL Year|1965}}
|playing_team1 = [[Edmonton Eskimos]]
|Awards = 2× [[Grey Cup]] ([[43rd Grey Cup|1955]], [[44th Grey Cup|1956]])<br />Outstanding Canadian, [[Western Interprovincial Football Union]] (1959)<br />Runner up, [[CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award|Schenley Award]] ({{CFL Year|1959}})
|Honors = Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour, 1992
}}}}
'''Donald Ross Getty'''
As Premier, Getty was faced with an economic slowdown and falling energy prices, which hit [[Alberta]]'s [[petroleum]]-dominated economy hard. Faced with mounting government deficits and increasing unemployment, he cut social spending and intervened with government money to prevent businesses from failing. Several of these interventions backfired in high-profile fashion, failing at their intended objective and costing scarce public funds as well. While some analysts argue that Getty's fiscal program laid the groundwork for [[Ralph Klein]]'s later balancing of the provincial budget, on Getty's departure from office the government's debt had reached $11 billion, setting the stage for his successor to characterize the Getty years as an era of wasteful and excessive spending.
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== Early life ==
Don Getty was born on August 30, 1933, in [[Westmount, Quebec]],<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Don Getty|date=February 14, 2008|encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|publisher=[[Historica Canada]]|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/donald-getty|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-date=December 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214074033/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/donald-getty|url-status=live}}</ref> the son of Beatrice Lillian (Hampton) Getty (1910–1973) and Charles Ross Getty (1909–1974).<ref name="pc563">Perry, Craig 2006, pg. 563</ref> His father had dropped out of [[McGill University]]'s medical school due to the [[Great Depression]] and worked a variety of jobs—sometimes more than one at a time—to support his wife, three sons, and two daughters. Getty's childhood was spent in [[Verdun, Quebec|Verdun]], [[Toronto]], [[Ottawa]], [[London, Ontario|London]], and [[Agincourt, Toronto|Agincourt]], sharing a three-room apartment with his seven-member family in the last. Returning for London in time for high school, he became an accomplished athlete (drinking [[eggnog]] to gain enough weight to play football) and was elected students' council president. Sports were his passion, and he was an especially great fan of the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and of [[Toronto Argonauts]] running back [[Royal Copeland (
=== Football ===
After graduating, Getty enrolled to study business administration at the [[University of Western Ontario]], where he became a [[Canadian football|football]] star and a member of The [[Kappa Alpha Society]].<ref name="Lisac_2004">{{cite book |last=Lisac |first=Mark |editor=Bradford J. Rennie |title=Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century |year=2004 |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina |location=[[Regina, Saskatchewan]] |isbn=0-88977-151-0 |pages=231–232 |chapter=Don Getty }}</ref> He quarterbacked the [[Western Ontario Mustangs]] to Eastern Collegiate Union Championships in 1954 and 1955,<ref name="60 years">{{cite web |url=http://www.esks.com/Team/60Seasons/Players/tabid/141/Default.aspx |title=60 seasons of Eskimo Greats |work=[[Edmonton Eskimos]] |
While still playing football, Getty was hired by [[Imperial Oil]] in 1955. He worked for Midwestern Industrial Gas Limited, beginning in 1961 as Lands and Contracts Manager with a promotion to Assistant General Manager following in 1963. In 1964 he founded his own company, Baldonnel Oil and Gas Company, before entering the world of finance as a partner with Doherty, Roadhouse, and McCuaig investments in 1967.<ref name="AB Heritage">{{cite web |url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/people/prem_getty.html |title=The Honourable Donald Getty |work=Heritage Community Foundation |
=== MLA and cabinet minister ===
In 1965, Getty was approached by fellow Eskimos veteran and [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] leader [[Peter Lougheed]] to run in the [[1967 Alberta general election|1967 provincial election]].<ref name="Lisac_2004"/>{{rp|233}} Getty agreed to run in [[Strathcona West]], and defeated incumbent [[Social Credit Party of Alberta|Social Crediter]] [[Randolph McKinnon]] by more than one thousand votes. He entered the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] as one of six newly elected P.C.s.<ref>{{cite book |title=Developing Alberta's Oil Sands: From Karl Clark to Kyoto |last=Chastko |first=Paul Anthony |year=2004 |publisher=University of Calgary Press |location=[[Calgary]], [[Alberta]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/developingalbert00chas/page/299 299] |isbn=1-55238-124-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/developingalbert00chas/page/299 }}</ref> Four years later, in the [[1971 Alberta general election|1971 election]], Getty was re-elected by more than 3,500 votes in the new riding of [[Edmonton-Whitemud]] and was appointed Minister of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs in the new Lougheed majority government.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|233}} With Getty and the government both re-elected by increasing margins in the [[1975 Alberta general election|1975 election]], Lougheed appointed him Minister of Energy. In this capacity Getty partially continued his responsibility for relations with the [[Government of Canada|federal government]], as energy policy was a major sticking point between the two governments (at one point, federal Energy Minister [[Donald Stovel Macdonald|Donald Macdonald]] called Getty "dripping with venom").<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|233}} Getty did not seek re-election in the [[1979 Alberta general election|1979 election]].<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|233}}
=== Hiatus from politics and leadership fight ===
While out of politics, Getty became the head of an investment firm and sat on the boards of a number of corporations, including the [[Royal Bank of Canada]], Sparrow Energy, Nortek Energy and [[Celanese]] Canada.<ref name="AB Heritage"/> However, when Lougheed stepped down from the Progressive Conservative leadership in 1985, Getty entered the contest to replace him and immediately became the favourite.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|233}} At an October convention, Getty won a second ballot victory against Minister of Municipal Affairs [[Julian Koziak]] and former legislator [[Ron Ghitter]].<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|233–4}}
== Premier ==
Getty was appointed Premier November 1, 1985. He returned to the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|legislature]] just over a month later, winning a by-election in his old riding of Edmonton-Whitemud. As Premier for nearly seven years, Getty presided over some of Alberta's toughest economic times. His time in office was characterized by attempts to reduce the government's [[budget deficit]] and interventions calculated to stabilize the economy during the [[recession]] of the 1980s. When Getty became Premier he left his [[Lougheed Ministry|predecessor's cabinet]] completely intact.<ref name="oathprem">{{cite news|title=Getty takes oath as Alberta premier|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|page=37|work=Vol 113 No 319 |date=November 2, 1985}}</ref>
=== Budget deficit ===
After Getty won the party leadership, Lougheed told him to expect a budget deficit of $2.5 billion in his first year in office,<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|234}} though the figure turned out to be $2.1 billion.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|236}} Things got worse the next year as a drop in energy prices led to the oil-rich province running a deficit of $3.4 billion, as energy revenues fell by $3 billion.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|237}} Getty's Treasurer, [[Archibald D. Johnston|Dick Johnston]], reacted by raising taxes by $1 billion and cutting program spending by 6.3%, including decreases of 3% in grants to schools, universities, municipalities, and hospitals.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|237}} In 1990, due to these measures, Johnston predicted that the government would be in surplus by the 1995 fiscal year.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|250}} By 1992, program spending was growing at a rate of 2.3% annually, among the lowest rates in Canada.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|249}} In fact, when adjusted for population growth and [[inflation]], government spending fell over Getty's term in office, with non-health care program spending 40% lower in 1993 than it had been in 1986 (health spending had remained approximately constant over the same period).<ref>{{cite book |last=Taft |first=Kevin |
=== Economic intervention ===
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=== Intergovernmental and constitutional affairs ===
As a former Minister of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs, Getty had strong views about constitutional matters, and about [[Senate of Canada|Senate]] reform in particular. He made the cause the centrepiece of Alberta's constitutional policy going into the [[Meech Lake Accord]] discussions.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|238}} The Accord's final version included a provision whereby the [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] would continue to recommend senatorial appointments to the [[Governor-General of Canada|Governor-General]], but would have to make their recommendations from lists provided by the provincial governments.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|238}} Once it became apparent that the Meech Lake Accord would fail, Getty's government introduced the ''Senatorial Selection Act'', which provided for an election process whenever there was a vacant Senate seat for Alberta.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|239–40}} However, Getty's favoured candidate, Progressive Conservative [[Bert Brown]], was soundly defeated by [[Stan Waters]] of the upstart [[Reform Party of Canada]], which opposed Meech Lake and favoured aggressive senate reform.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|246}} Though Prime Minister [[Brian Mulroney]] opposed the legislation, he eventually recommended Waters for appointment to the Senate.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|239–40}} Getty was still more successful at pursuing senate reform during the negotiations for the [[Charlottetown Accord]], when he won the addition of a [[Triple-E Senate]] to the package, against Mulroney's opposition.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|251}} However, the Charlottetown Accord failed after a national referendum in which a majority of Canadians, including 60.2% of Albertans, rejected it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/Proposals/charlottetown-res.html |title=Charlottetown Accord Referendum Results |work=The Solon Law Archive |
In 1991, Getty's Progressive Conservatives formally severed ties with the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]], which was becoming increasingly unpopular under Mulroney.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|240}} Getty also broke with Mulroney on a number of issues other than Senate reform, including the new federal [[Goods and Services Tax (Canada)|Goods and Services Tax]], which he fought unsuccessfully against implementing.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|240}} His government also implemented legislation, against Mulroney's express wishes, that made English the only official language of Alberta.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|240}} Despite these steps, Getty remained a supporter of the federal Conservatives (and not the Reform Party, to which many provincial P.C.s were defecting), whose unpopularity rubbed off on him.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|240}}
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=== Political style ===
In contrast to his predecessor, who was actively involved in most elements of his government, Getty preferred to set the government's broad direction and leave lower-level details to his ministers.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|237}} [[Ralph Klein]], while serving as Environment Minister under Getty, commented that "If you are a minister, you run that portfolio yourself" and expressed an appreciation for the freedom that the Premier gave [[Getty Ministry|his cabinet]].<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|248}} [[Al Adair]], who served in two different portfolios under Getty, described this approach in his memoirs as "you make the decisions, you run your department, but make mistakes and you're gone".<ref name="Adair 99">{{cite book |title=Boomer: My Life with Peter, Don and Ralph |last=Adair |first=Al |author2=Frank Dolphin |
Getty was a private, reserved person, which, combined with his tendency to delegate to ministers, sometimes gave the impression of an uncaring aloofness.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|238}} During the Principal Group affair, which he left primarily in the hands of Treasurer [[Archibald D. Johnston|Dick Johnston]] and Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister [[Elaine McCoy]], a photographer captured a shot of Getty playing golf while his press secretary had said that he was "working out of the office".<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|242}} This was typical of his strained relationship with the media, which Adair attributed to the Premier's awkwardness and the media's unfairness.<ref name="Adair 99"/><ref name="Adair 163">Adair 163</ref>
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=== Decline and retirement ===
Getty called the [[1989 Alberta general election|1989 election]] less than three years into his 1986 mandate to take advantage of the economic optimism prevalent in the province, partly as a result of the [[North American Free Trade Agreement|Canada-U.S. free trade agreement]].<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|243}} While the P.C.s made spending promises including paving all of the province's secondary highways, the Liberals under new leader [[Laurence Decore]] stressed dealing with the deficit.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|243}} The overall
Getty's relationship with his own party was often stormy. Shortly after he lost his riding in 1989, a group of Calgary Conservatives, including party budget director [[John C. Major|Jack Major]] and Getty's old leadership rival [[Ron Ghitter]], began making plans to force party renewal, with or without Getty.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|245}} They felt that the party was perceived as being tired, directionless, arrogant, and deaf to urban concerns, and that it was in political trouble in the crucial battleground of Calgary.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|245}} At the 1989 party convention, recently retired cabinet minister [[Marvin Moore]], who had organized Ghitter's 1985 leadership campaign, advocated for a [[leadership review]]; after a speech by Getty, the convention voted to refer the recommendation to a committee for months of study.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|246–7}} Cabinet ministers, including Treasurer [[Archibald D. Johnston|Dick Johnston]] and Education Minister [[Jim Dinning]], began to consider leadership bids in the event that Getty retired or was pushed out.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|247}}
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=== Political legacy ===
As Premier, Klein positioned himself in contrast to Getty, asserting that the government had "a spending problem",<ref>Barrie 262</ref> and stating that he had become Premier at a time of "uncontrolled spending".<ref>Taft 25</ref> Given Klein's aggressive spending cuts, which shaped the political climate of Alberta for much of the 1990s, Getty's legacy with respect to public finances has been criticized. However, [[Kevin Taft]], writing four years before entering politics, challenged this view, asserting that Getty was running "the tightest government in Canada".<ref>Taft 23</ref> Besides its management of the deficit, Getty's government is remembered for the creation of [[Family Day (Canada)|Family Day]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/PREMIERS/getty.htm |title=The Honourable Donald R. Getty, 1985-1992 |work=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
{{cquote|Lougheed had booming prosperity and a constant fight for provincial rights against the federal government. Klein was to be associated with balanced budgets and paying down debt. Getty never had an effective central story to tell.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|237}}}}
==Professional football career==
Getty played 10 seasons with the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] as a [[quarterback]]. For the first part of his career, he backed up [[Jackie Parker]] and filled in for him when he was moved to [[running back]].<ref name="CFLapedia">{{cite web |url=http://cflapedia.com/Players/g/getty_don.htm |title=Don Getty |work=CFLapedia |access-date=2008-07-10 |archive-date=2011-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004150007/http://cflapedia.com/Players/g/getty_don.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Eskimos coach [[Pop Ivy]] surprised many observers when he started Getty at quarterback in the third game of the 1956 western final (which was a three-game series at the time) during the [[44th Grey Cup]], with Parker at running back.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_legends_ivy |title=Don Frank (Pop) Ivy |first=Ted |last=Soutar |access-date=2015-06-07 |work=CFL.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607135652/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_legends_ivy |archive-date=2015-06-07 }}</ref> However, it bore results as Parker tied the record for most touchdowns scored in a Grey Cup game, at three.<ref name="1956 Cup">{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1956 |work=CFL.ca |title=1956 – Edmonton Eskimos 50, Montreal Alouettes 27 |access-date=2008-07-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126183348/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1956 |archive-date=2009-11-26 }}</ref> Getty also handed the ball to [[Johnny Bright]] for two touchdowns and scored two himself on quarterback keeps from the one-yard line, as the Eskimos won their third consecutive championship over the [[Montreal Alouettes]] by a score of 50–27.<ref name="1956 Cup"/> He continued with Eskimos until 1963, and also made three appearances in the 1965 season.<ref name="CFLapedia"/>
Getty was one of the most successful Canadian-born quarterbacks in the history of the [[Canadian Football League]] and sits at third on the all-time passing yardage list of Canadian quarterbacks, behind [[Russ Jackson]] and [[Gerry Dattilio]], with nearly nine thousand yards. He was declared the outstanding Canadian player in the [[Western Interprovincial Football Union]] in 1959, and was the runner up (to Jackson) for the [[CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award|Schenley Award]] as the league's most outstanding Canadian player the same year.<ref name="CFLapedia"/> He was placed on the Eskimos' Wall of Honor in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esks.com/page/history-woh |title=Eskimo Wall of Honour |
===Career statistics===
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Getty kept a low profile after leaving politics. He assumed several corporate directorships and spent time with his grandchildren.<ref name="Lisac_2004" />{{rp|230}} Unlike Lougheed, he rarely commented on political matters. He was appointed as an Officer to the [[Order of Canada]] in 1998.<ref name="AB Heritage"/>
In July 2008, after [[Ed Stelmach]] announced $2 billion in funding to industry to develop [[Carbon capture and storage|carbon capture]] technology, Getty's company sought some of the funding to bury [[carbon dioxide]] in salt caverns near [[Two Hills, Alberta|Two Hills]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=a4caf2d3-54c4-4ad6-98c0-eaaeedd11ccf |work=Calgary Herald |first=Jason |last=Fekete |title=Getty's company plans storage venture |date=July 11, 2008 |
==Honours==
He was appointed as an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] on 21 October 1998. He was appointed as a Member of the [[Alberta Order of Excellence]] in 1999.
In 2012 he was inducted into the London Sports Hall of Fame in [[London, Ontario]], in recognition of his achievements in Canadian football.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://londonsportshalloffame.com/inductees/don-getty/ |title=Don Getty |publisher=The London Sports Hall of Fame |date=1933-08-30 |
On 19 November 2013 he received the [[
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* Officer 21 October 1998.
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=3913&t=12&ln=Getty |title=The Governor General of Canada > Find a Recipient |website=Gg.ca |access-date=2016-02-27 |
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* 1999
* <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca/Aoe/business/donald-getty/index.html |title=Donald Ross Getty | The Alberta Order of Excellence |website=Lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca |date=2011-03-30 |
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* <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=42112&t=6&ln=Getty |title=The Governor General of Canada > Find a Recipient |website=Gg.ca |access-date=2016-02-27 |
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* <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=103028&t=13&ln=Getty |title=The Governor General of Canada > Find a Recipient |website=Gg.ca |access-date=2016-02-27 |
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== Electoral record ==
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=== As MLA ===
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=== Party leadership contest ===
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Perry |first=Sandra E. |last2=Craig |first2=Jessica J. |title=The Mantle of Leadership : Premiers of the Northwest Territories and Alberta |year=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |location=[[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]] |isbn=0-9689217-2-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr }}
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