Mary LeMessurier
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Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Mary Jean LeMessurier (née Murray; June 12, 1929 – March 11, 2018) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986 as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus. She served as Minister of Culture under Premier Peter Lougheed.
Political career
LeMessurier was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1979 general election. She won the electoral district of Edmonton-Centre to hold it for the Progressive Conservative party.[1] After the election Premier Peter Lougheed appointed her Minister of Culture.[2]
LeMessurier was re-elected in the 1982 election.[3] On June 12, 1985 she declared Alberta Government House a provincial historical site.[4] She kept her portfolio after Don Getty became premier in November 1985.[5] She was defeated in the 1986 general election by William Roberts.[6]
After her defeat, she served as Agent General of Alberta for six years. On October 21, 1998, she was appointed to the Order of Canada.[2]
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- 1929 births
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- Companions of the Order of Canada
- Members of the Executive Council of Alberta
- Politicians from Edmonton
- Politicians from Montreal
- Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
- Women government ministers of Canada
- Women MLAs in Alberta
- 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta