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Norval Alexander Horner (August 21, 1930 – April 3, 2014) was a Canadian politician and former member of the
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. 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
Battleford—Kindersley Battleford—Kindersley was a federal electoral district (riding) n Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada () is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with ...
, 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
Jack Horner Jack Horner may refer to: *"Little Jack Horner", a nursery rhyme People * Jack Horner (activist) (born 1922), Australian author and activist in the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship * Jack Horner (baseball) (1863–1910), American professional ba ...
, 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 Conservative Party, 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 people convicted of certain crimes serve a predefined term of imprisonment, removing the discretion of judges to take issues such as extenuating circumstances and a person's likelihood of rehabilitation into co ...
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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Horner, Norval 1930 births 2014 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan People from Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan Norval 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada