Edward Allan Horning (June 11, 1939 – March 20, 2023) was a Canadian politician. His career included real estate, shipping, business and orchards. Horning attended secondary school at

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then studied at the

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. In 1980, he became an alderman for the

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, where he remained until 1988. Horning was elected to the

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in the 1988 federal election at the

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for the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the

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but lost to

Werner Schmidt Werner George Schmidt (January 18, 1932 – March 29, 2024) was a Canadian politician, teacher, and school principal. Political career Schmidt was vice-president of Lethbridge Community College when he was chosen to succeed Harry Strom as lea ...

of the Reform Party in the 1993 federal election. He made another unsuccessful bid to return to federal Parliament in the 1997 federal election at the Kelowna riding. In 2002, he returned to Kelowna City Council as a councillor. In the 2005 provincial election in British Columbia, Horning was elected to the

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, representing Kelowna-Lake Country as a member of the BC Liberals. He did not run for re-election in the 2009 election. Horning died in Kelowna on March 20, 2023, at the age of 83.Former Kelowna councillor, Okanagan MP/MLA: Al Horning dead at 83
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