Mary Jean LeMessurier (née Murray; June 12, 1929 – March 11, 2018) was a politician from
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
, Canada. She served in the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post f ...
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.
After the election Premier
Peter Lougheed appointed her Minister of Culture.
LeMessurier was re-elected in the
1982 election.
On June 12, 1985 she declared
Alberta Government House a provincial historical site.
She kept her portfolio after
Don Getty became premier in November 1985.
She was defeated in the
1986 general election by William Roberts.
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.
References
External links
Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
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1929 births
2018 deaths
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