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♂ Edgar Peter Lougheed
aliasPeter Lougheed
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 5 0 5
Birth 26 July 1928 → 95 years + 9 months ago
Lived 84 years + 1 month
First mandate 23 May 1967 → 56 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 9 months
Death 13 September 2012 → 11 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 6 months after 28 February 1986
Special notes
None
 
Edgar Peter Lougheed (1928–2012)
© Photo 1983 Alberta Provincial Archives — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Richard C. Hardisty (1831–1889) Great-grand-uncle  
⊖ James A. Lougheed (1854–1925) Grandfather  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 18 9 3 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 15–20
PC
 1 Party leader 36–57 20 Mar 1965 — 12 Oct 1985 20 6 22
2. AB 16
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 39–42 15 Feb 1968 — 27 Apr 1971 3 2 12
3. AB 17–20
PC
 1 Premier 43–57 10 Oct 1971 — 31 Oct 1985 14 0 21

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Donald S. Fleming  m 
 
 
Eligible: 19,986 Votes: 13,916 Participation: 69.63% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13124(F) — 18 Oct 2021 00:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
38
PC
 1/4 8,548 61.74% +4,520 Loser:
SC
 4,028 29.09% Donald S. Fleming

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,848 Votes: 12,825 Participation: 76.12% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13049(F) — 18 Oct 2021 00:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
43
PC
 1/4 7,049 55.21% +2,730 Loser:
SC
 4,319 33.83% Charles Grey

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,624 Votes: 11,476 Participation: 65.12% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12973(F) — 18 Oct 2021 00:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
46
PC
 1/4 8,983 78.56% +7,770 Loser:
SC
 1,213 10.61% Charles Gray

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,796 Votes: 10,802 Participation: 60.70% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12894(F) — 18 Oct 2021 00:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
PC
 1/5 7,825 72.90% +6,895 Loser:
SC
 930 8.66% Frank F. Cottingham

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,774 Votes: 14,880 Participation: 65.34% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12814(F) — 7 Mar 2022 22:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
54
PC
 1/5 11,668 78.85% +10,493 Loser:
NDP
 1,175 7.94% Ed Smith
After his election:
28 Feb 1986 57
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 3 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,129 Votes: 10,642 Participation: 44.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12731(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
PC
 6,846 64.65% Elaine J. McCoy

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable E. Peter Lougheed PC, CC, AOE, QC		 29 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Peter Lougheed		 29 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Peter Lougheed		 29 Apr 2024

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