Mary LeMessurier

Mary LeMessurier
Mary J. LeMessurier
MLA for Edmonton Centre
In office
1979–1986
Preceded by Gordon Miniely
Succeeded by William Roberts
Minister of Culture
In office
March 1979 – May 1986
Preceded by Horst Schmid
Succeeded by Dennis Anderson
Personal details
Born June 12, 1929 (1929-06-12) (age 82)
Montreal, Quebec
Political party Progressive Conservative

Mary J. LeMessurier (born June 12, 1929) is a former provincial level politician and social activist from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986 and sat with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. During her time in office she served in the Executive Council of Alberta as Minister of Culture under the Peter Lougheed government.

Political career

LeMessurier ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1979 Alberta general election. She won the electoral district of Edmonton-Centre handily to hold it for the governing Progressive Conservative party.[1] After the election Premier Peter Lougheed appointed her to be the Minister of Culture.[2]

LeMessurier ran for re-election in the 1982 Alberta general election. She increased her popular vote but also faced stiff competition from challenging candidate Iain Taylor of the New Democratic party.[3] On June 12, 1985 LeMessurier declared Alberta Government House a provincial historical site.[4]

She kept her portfolio after Don Getty became premier in November 1985.[5] She ran for a third term in the 1986 general election but was defeated in a hotly contested race by William Roberts.[6]

After her defeat from office, she was appointed by the Government of Alberta as the Agent General for Alberta. She spent six years in that position before returning to Alberta.

On October 21, 1998, LeMessurier was appointed as a companion to the Order of Canada.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Edmonton-Centre results 1979". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1979&Constit=Edmonton-Centre. Retrieved November 14, 2009. 
  2. ^ a b "Mary J. LeMessurier, C.M.". Governor General of Canada. http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=3919. Retrieved November 14, 2009. 
  3. ^ "Edmonton-Centre results 1982". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1982&Constit=Edmonton-Centre. Retrieved November 14, 2009. 
  4. ^ "Government House". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/process/gov_house.html. Retrieved November 14, 2009. 
  5. ^ "Getty takes oath as Alberta premier". Vol 113 No 319 (Winnipeg Free Press): p. 37. November 2, 1985. 
  6. ^ "Edmonton-Centre results 1986". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1986&Constit=Edmonton-Centre. Retrieved November 14, 2009. 

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