Peter Lougheed
Edgar Peter Lougheed (PC, CC, AOE, QC, born July 26, 1928 in Calgary, Alberta, † September 13, 2012 ibid; usually Peter Lougheed called ) was a Canadian politician, lawyer and Canadian football player. He was on 10 September 1971 to November 1, 1985 Prime Minister of the Province of Alberta, as well as 1965-1985 Chairman of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta.
Studies and career
The grandson of Senator and Secretary of the Interior James Alexander Lougheed grew up in Calgary. He received at the city's Central High School, where he co-founded the Student Union and its first president was his secondary education. He then studied law at the University of Alberta, where he received a Bachelor of Arts ( BA), and in 1952 the Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B ) acquired in 1950. He was also president of the student council. During his studies Lougheed Canadian football played for the University of team Golden Bears in the 1949 and 1950 seasons for the Edmonton Eskimos.
In 1952 he married Jeanne E. Rogers, with whom he had four children. In 1954, he joined the Harvard University from a degree program Master of Business Administration ( MBA). Lougheed was admitted to the bar in 1955 and worked at the law firm Fenerty, Fenerty, McGillivray, Prowse, and Brennan in Calgary. From 1956 he worked for the construction company Mannix Corporation and was made director.
Provincial policy
Lougheed Progressive Conservative Association of the relatively insignificant of Alberta in 1965 elected chairman who was not then in the province of Parliament, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing. He combined conservative economic policies with more liberal social policies and gave the party a decidedly urban and modern image. This enabled the Progressive Conservatives, within a short time to put into the rapidly growing cities of Calgary and Edmonton foot, while more than three decades ruling, rural -based Social Credit Party of Alberta hardly reacted to the increasing importance of cities.
In May 1967, Lougheed was elected MP for the constituency of Calgary West and was in the next four years, opposition leaders. Four times in a row, he managed to re-election.
Prime minister
In the elections in August 1971, the Progressive Conservatives were up by over 20 percent, were the strongest party and began to challenge the government. On September 10, Lougheed joined to the Office of the Prime Minister. His government in 1975, 1979 and 1982 respectively confirmed by absolute majority. They raised taxes for companies in the booming oil industry and has invested steadily increasing revenue in the expansion of infrastructure and the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises.
In 1976, the Lougheed Alberta Heritage Fund, which has since part of the revenue from the oil industry used to make long-term investments in the economic development of the province. The government also promoted the development of rich oil sand deposits, particularly the Athabasca oil sands. Lougheed also strove then to limit the influence of the federal government and expand the autonomy of the provinces. In particular, he sat down opposite the National Energy Program to fight back.
In addition to a high degree was on the revision of the Canadian Constitution, the Constitutional Act of 1982, involved. Among other things, he pushed through a provision that allows the provinces, new constitutional amendments for five years not to have to apply for an impending curtailment of their rights. Lougheed supported various charities in the health sector and contributed to the financing of the Canadian Encyclopedia at.
Other activities
On 1 November 1985 Lougheed stepped down as Prime Minister on 28 February 1986, he made his parliamentary seat on. He went into the private sector and was on the boards of more than 15 major companies, including Bechtel Canada, Canadian Pacific Limited, Royal Bank of Canada and The Carlyle Group. He was also a consultant to the Government of the Northwest Territories and Ehrenversitzender of the Organising Committee of the Olympic Winter Games 1988.
Awards
In 1987 Lougheed was awarded the Order of Canada, the highest award of the country. From 1996 to 2002 he was Chancellor of Queen's University, Kingston ( Ontario). Named after him are the Peter Lougheed Provincial Park on the border of British Columbia and the Peter Lougheed Centre, a hospital in Calgary.