Norval Alexander Horner (August 21, 1930 – April 3, 2014) was a Canadian politician and former member of the House of Commons of Canada. Horner earned teaching and engineering degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and worked as a businessman, farmer, and school principal in Alberta and Saskatchewan. He was elected to the House of Commons in the 1972 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for

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, Saskatchewan but was defeated two years later in the 1974 federal election by less than 100 votes. Two of Horner's brothers,

Hugh Horner Hugh Macarthur Horner (February 1, 1925 – March 27, 1997) was a physician and surgeon. He served as a Canadian federal and provincial politician. Horner was born in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan. He was a Minister of the Crown in the province of ...

and

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, were also Members of Parliament while his father, Ralph Horner, served as a Senator (Jack Horner and Norval served in the House of Commons at the same time). A cousin,

Albert Horner Albert Ralph Horner (April 26, 1913 – January 2, 2009) was a Canadian politician, retired grain producer and livestock breeder in Saskatchewan. He was born in Shawville, Quebec. He served as a four-term Progressive Conservative MP under John ...

, was also an MP prior to Norval's election. Horner retired to Vancouver Island where he voiced his opinions on political issues, often at odds with the contemporary

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, advocating an increase in the

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and arguing in favour of anti-poverty measures in order to combat crime instead of

mandatory minimum sentence Mandatory sentencing requires that offenders serve a predefined term for certain crimes, commonly serious and violent offenses. Judges are bound by law; these sentences are produced through the legislature, not the judicial system. They are in ...

s and other law and order proposals. Horner has 8 children, 7 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. He died on April 3, 2014, in

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