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  Peter Lougheed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lougheed is the grandson of Sir James Alexander Lougheed.
Lougheed led his party to victory in the 1975, 1979 and 1982 provincial elections.
As Premier, Lougheed furthered the development of the oil and gas resources, and started the as a way of ensuring that the exploitation of non-renewable resources would be of long-term benefit to Alberta.
www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Peter_Lougheed   (347 words)

  
 Lougheed, Edgar Peter
Lougheed, Edgar Peter, businessman, lawyer, premier of Alberta (b at Calgary 26 July 1928).
Sir James LOUGHEED, his grandfather, was the only Albertan to be knighted and the first Conservative to serve in a federal cabinet.
Lougheed studied at the University of Alberta, receiving a BA (1951) and LLB (1952).
thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004777   (188 words)

  
 The Hon. Peter Lougheed
Peter Lougheed was the 11th Chancellor of Queen's University, and Queen's is indeed lucky to have enjoyed the affiliation of such a prominent Canadian with the University.
Peter Lougheed's many achievements as Premier of Alberta have won him almost universal acclaim, and he brought the same vigour and forward thinking to the Chancellorship as he showed during his time as Premier, being closely involved with the governance of the University.
Peter Lougheed was highly involved in the development of the Constitutional amending formula in 1982.
www.queensu.ca /secretariat/History/people/lougheed.html   (556 words)

  
 Alberta Order of Excellence - Members - Lougheed
Peter Lougheed, later to become the Honourable Peter Lougheed P.C., C.C., Q.C., was born in Calgary on July 26, 1928.
Peter Lougheed's rise in public office was at least as meteoric.
Lougheed retired as premier and as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta on November 1st, 1985, and subsequently became a senior partner in the Bennett Jones law firm of Calgary.
www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca /aoe/bio/lougheed.htm   (654 words)

  
 Alberta Progressive Conservatives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In March 1965, Peter Lougheed became leader of the party, and began transforming it into a political force by combining conservative financial principles with a modernist, urban outlook.
During the Lougheed years, Alberta became a virtual one-party state, carrying almost all the seats in the provincial legislature.
Lougheed's successor, Don Getty was unable to match the Lougheed Tories' dominance in the provincial legislature, but he enjoyed large majorities nevertheless.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alberta_Progressive_Conservatives   (1170 words)

  
 ATA NEWS - Volume 30, Number 17 - Peter Lougheed's commitment to education recognized by Alberta Teachers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Former premier of Alberta Peter Lougheed, credited with introducing early childhood services to Alberta, is this year's recipient of the ATA's highest honor.
Lougheed, who served as premier of Alberta for 14 years from 1971 to 1985, is recognized by teachers as having had a vision for education in Alberta.
Lougheed was elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta in 1965.
www.teachers.ab.ca /archive/newsletter/teachers.ab.ca/honor4.html   (417 words)

  
 The Honourable E. Peter Lougheed, 1971-85
E. Peter Lougheed was called to the Alberta Bar in 1955 and first practised law with the Calgary firm of Fenerty, Fenerty, McGillivray, Prowse, and Brennan.
At the provincial election of 1971, E. Peter Lougheed was reelected, and the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party won the majority of seats in the Legislature.
E. Peter Lougheed was reelected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary West at the provincial elections of 1975, 1979, and 1982.
www.assembly.ab.ca /lao/library/premiers/lougheed.htm   (640 words)

  
 ATA NEWS - Volume 30, Number 18 - Teachers honor Lougheed and Horowitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Former premier of Alberta Peter Lougheed, credited with introducing early childhood services to Alberta, was honored by the ATA for his profound and positive effect on education.
Lougheed's government has an impressive list of accomplishments, most of which are centred on providing equal opportunity for all of Alberta's children," Booi said.
Lougheed tried to do, with a considerable degree of success, was to work toward a society that was more prosperous, inclusive and fair for all Albertans," Booi said.
www.teachers.ab.ca /archive/newsletter/teachers.ab.ca/honor3.html   (668 words)

  
 CTV.ca - Peter Lougheed joins Alberta's fight on Kyoto- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
Former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed says the province is willing to spend millions of dollars and even take the federal government to court in its bid to thwart ratification of the Kyoto environmental treaty.
Lougheed, 74, is the chair of Alberta's new anti-Kyoto task force.
Lougheed was premier of Alberta between 1971-85, during which time he led the fight against Ottawa's National Energy Program.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1033515094765_28924294?hub=Canada&subhub=PrintStory   (394 words)

  
 Peter Lougheed/CIHR Scholarship Recipients Announced - CIHR
The Scholarships are a partnership between CIHR and the Peter Lougheed Medical Research Foundation, a newly created Foundation whose goal is to endow $10 million to support excellence in health research.
Lougheed, one of Canada's prominent champions of corporate investment in health research, served as Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985.
Lougheed currently serves on the board of many corporations, and is a senior partner in the law firm of Bennett Jones.
www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca /e/7934.html   (925 words)

  
 Medi-Centre - The Hon. Peter Lougheed
Mr Lougheed was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1986.
To persuade an entire provincial government to consent to the idea, to wait long enough for the huge investment to pay off, to continue to build support and invest in the idea and to keep subsequent governments and elected officials at arms-length was no small feat.
Lougheed's leadership and vision that brought the idea to fruition and created a strong research foundation recognized the world over.
www.virtualmuseum.ca /Exhibitions/Medicentre/en/loug_print.htm   (330 words)

  
 CBC News:Lougheed tagged to battle Ottawa over Kyoto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lougheed made the comments as the chair of Alberta's new task force on Kyoto, which met for the first time on Tuesday in Calgary.
Lougheed was Alberta's premier from 1971 to 1985 and led the fight against Ottawa's National Energy Program.
Lougheed says it's tough to fight the accord at the moment because there are so few details on how greenhouse gases will be reduced and who will pay for it.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2002/10/01/lougheed021001   (333 words)

  
 Calgary & Southern Alberta - Peter Lougheed's Progressive Conservative Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Grandson of the wealthy Tory Senator James Lougheed, Edgar Peter Lougheed was born in Calgary in 1928 and educated at the University of Alberta and Harvard University.
As premier, Lougheed benefited enormously from the oil revenues generated in the province.
Lougheed’s main goals and strategies concerned the economy: to ensure a healthy petroleum industry, to acquire maximum profits from the industry for the provincial government, to expand industrialisation, and to promote economic diversification.
www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/calgary/lougheed.html   (214 words)

  
 Peter Lougheed to Receive Honorary Degree
Former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed will receive an honorary doctor of l degree from the University of Toronto on Friday, June 6 at 10 a.m.
Lougheed's diverse career achievements range from his early days as a runn back for the Edmonton Eskimos to successful law and political careers.
Lougheed is co-chair of the Canada-Japan Forum 2000, body established to nurture and examine relationships between Canada and Jap trade, culture and economics.
www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca /bin/19970604b.asp   (152 words)

  
 The Weather Network · Park Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Peter Lougheed Provincial Park is one of those zones and it offers some of the best developed trails within the area.
The Lougheed has some of the best paved cycling paths in the province outside of the major metropolitan areas.
Lougheed is also the home of the William Watson Lodge, a facility that caters to the disabled.
www.theweathernetwork.com /features/parks/stories/CAAB0629.htm   (339 words)

  
 Laxer - Discover Canada Losing Sovereignty
Peter Lougheed, Willard Estey, David O’Brien, William Thorsell, and Thomas D’Aquino sound the alarm a bout how free trade is eroding Canadian sovereignty.
And Lougheed, who retired 3 years before the FTA election, was still so influential his home base, that Alberta was the only province in English-speaking Canada where the majority supported the FTA.
Lougheed is going against the main beliefs of his corporate colleagues and this requires courage.
www.ualberta.ca /PARKLAND/post/OldPost/Vol4_No2/Laxer_sovereignty.html   (1281 words)

  
 CBC News:Alberta committee to challenge Kyoto assumptions: Lougheed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed met for the first time with the Kyoto External Advisory Committee on Tuesday.
Lougheed said climate change is an important issue, but a made in Canada approach is needed.
Lougheed said public opinion is crucial to the debate.
www.cbc.ca /stories/print/2002/10/01/kyoto_lougheed021001   (303 words)

  
 Famous Calgarians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sir James Lougheed was born in 1854 in Branton, Ontario.
James Lougheed, his wife and four children lived in a sandstone mansion at 707 - 13th Avenue S.W. The mansion is still there today.
James Lougheed was the first laywer in Calgary.
schools.cbe.ab.ca /b240/lougheed.html   (140 words)

  
 CPAWS Calgary/Banff - Action Alert - Say "No" As More Development is Proposed for Peter Lougheed and Spray Valley ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
More development is being proposed for Peter Lougheed and Spray Valley Provincial Parks in Kananaskis Country – we all need to say “No!” loudly and clearly before September 30, 2003.
Dear Sir: I am very concerned that the new Draft Management Plan for Peter Lougheed and Spray Valley Provincial Parks is opening the door to new development in those parks.
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park was established in 1977 but has never before had an official management plan.
www.cpawscalgary.org /action/lougheed-sprayvalley-2003-0921.html   (970 words)

  
 Queen's Journal - Dissecting the Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Allegations that the board is heavily influenced by the `corporate connections' of some of its members have recently been made in public forums such as a deregulation debate organized by the Society of Graduate and Professional Students, the Canadian Federation of Students and the Coalition.
Lougheed, who was Premier of Alberta as head of the Progressive Conservative Party from 1971 to 1985, is one of the most decorated figures at Queen's.
Lougheed is also one of the most corporately connected figures at Queen's.
www.queensjournal.ca /article.php?point=vol129/issue39/features/lead1   (1405 words)

  
 Ministry of Environment - Elk Lakes
Elk Lakes Provincial Park and Peter Lougheed Park share a common boundary along the Continental Divide.
As the old powerline road to Peter Lougheed is closed to all motorized traffic, trails are provided to link the parks together.
The trail starts at Elk Pass parking lot (in the Peter Lougheed Park) and follows Powerline Road to the first bridge crossing of Fox Creek.
wlapwww.gov.bc.ca /bcparks/explore/parkpgs/elk_lks/hiking.htm   (996 words)

  
 Nakoda Summer 98
During the last few updates of Nakoda and the rest of the Peter Lougheed Pack, we learned that lately, a large amount of their time has been spent within the Elk Valley of British Columbia.
Once the Peter Lougheed Pack moves in to the Elk Valley, no laws protect their status and they can be legally shot or trapped.
A group of hikers in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park were walking up Smith-Dorrien Creek when they inadvertently scared a wolf off the very fresh carcass of a yearling moose.
www.y2y.net /science/nakoda/nakoda_summer98.asp   (1353 words)

  
 americasroof news - hiking and climbing the highest mountains and hills in the world and U.S.
Fatality on Mount Brock in Alberta's Peter Lougheed Park
The body of an "accomplished" mountain climber from Australia was found Saturday on the side of an Alberta mountain.
A searcher in a helicopter spotted the 31-year-old male's body in a gully at an elevation of 2,560 metres on Mount Brock in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, said Cpl. Keith Blake of Kananaskis RCMP.
www.network54.com /Forum/message?forumid=3897&messageid=1083164900   (245 words)

  
 AIMS : About AIMS: Hon. Peter Lougheed
Peter Lougheed, PC, QC, is a well-known figure to all Canadians.
He was Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, when the oil and gas industry underwent unprecedented development and the Heritage Trust Fund was created.
He is Counsel to the Calgary law firm of Bennett Jones.
www.aims.ca /aboutaims.asp?cmPageID=180   (84 words)

  
 Nakoda Spring 98
During the last update of Nakoda and the other members of the Peter Lougheed Pack, we learned that lately, a large amount of their time has been spent within the Elk Valley of British Columbia.
One person was lucky enough to observe Nakoda and the other three adults this spring as she rode her bike through the trails near Elkwood in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park.
The woman was riding her bike when all of a sudden she watched four wolves cross the trail 50 yards in front of her.
www.y2y.net /science/nakoda/nakoda_spring98.asp   (1526 words)

  
 CPAWS Calgary/Banff - Kananaskis Campaign - CPAWS Comments on Draft Terms of Reference for Peter Lougheed and Spray ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Peter Lougheed and Spray Valley Provincial Parks are important in their own right, but also as links in the chain of the Rocky Mountain ecosystem.
Industrial and recreational activities on adjacent lands pose a challenge for the management of the parks of Kananaskis Country.
We refer specifically to the mining and forestry activity in the Elk Valley to the south of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, and to the possibility of intrusion of motorized recreation into the park from that source.
www.cpawscalgary.org /kananaskis/lougheed-sprayvalley-mgmnt-plan.html   (1342 words)

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