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♂ Donald Ross Getty
aliasDon Getty
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 6 1 7
Birth 30 August 1933 → 90 years + 7 months ago
Lived 82 years + 5 months
First mandate 23 May 1967 → 56 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 8 months
Death 26 February 2016 → 8 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 8 months after 14 June 1993
Special notes
None
 
Donald Ross Getty (1933–2016)
© Photo Government of Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
What does Alberta Premier Getty have in common with Québec Premier Bourassa? Both were defeated in their own riding despite their party winning the general election, and both had to run in a by-election a few months later so that they could sit in the legislature as premier.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 19 3 4 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 20–22
PC
 1 Party leader 52–59 13 Oct 1985 — 27 Nov 1992 7 1 14
2. AB 20–22
PC
 1 Premier 52–59 01 Nov 1985 — 13 Dec 1992 7 1 12

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 9  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Richard Mather  m 
⊖ Randolph H. McKinnon  m 
 		 ⊖ Lucien P. Maynard  m 
⊖ Percy D. Wickman  m 
 
Eligible: 19,880 Votes: 13,978 Participation: 70.31% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13151(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
PC
 1/4 6,764 48.58% +1,611 Loser:
SC
 5,153 37.01% Randolph H. McKinnon

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,279 Votes: 14,187 Participation: 82.11% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13071(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/4 8,201 58.32% +3,511 Loser:
SC
 4,690 33.35% Donald M. Hamilton

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,949 Votes: 14,210 Participation: 59.33% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12998(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/4 9,614 67.75% +6,969 Loser:
NDP
 2,645 18.64% Lila Fahlman

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,855 Votes: 11,876 Participation: 59.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12919(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
PC
 6,833 57.62% Peter Knaak
Eligible: 27,925 Votes: 9,900 Participation: 35.45% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
20		 Alberta
5 November 1985
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13190(F) — 8 Mar 2022 12:46 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
52
PC
 1/6 5,955 60.15% +3,855 Loser:
NDP
 2,100 21.21% Tony Higgins

Service: 6 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,348 Votes: 12,914 Participation: 47.22% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12755(F) — 18 Oct 2021 00:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
PC
 1/5 7,436 57.63% +3,561 Loser:
NDP
 3,875 30.03% Tony Higgins

Service: 2 years 10 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 31,536 Votes: 18,496 Participation: 58.65% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Alberta
20 March 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12674(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
55
PC
 2/3 8,005 43.38% -345 Winner:
LIB
 8,350 45.25% Percy D. Wickman
Eligible: 11,618 Votes: 7,804 Participation: 67.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Alberta
9 May 1989
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 28243(F) — 8 Mar 2022 09:58 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
55
PC
 1/3 5,558 71.36% +3,960 Loser:
LIB
 1,598 20.52% Frank Pickering

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 18,398 Votes: 11,430 Participation: 62.13% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
23		 Alberta
15 June 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12599(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
PC
 6,596 57.80% Judith D. Gordon

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Donald R. Getty OC, AOE		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Don Getty		 21 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Don Getty		 21 Apr 2024

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