Alberta
Alberta
- Ed Stelmach - Conservative
The Honourable Ed Stelmach, 2006-
Ed Stelmach was elected leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party on December 2, 2006 and on December 14 ó on the steps of the Legislature Building ó was sworn in as Alberta's 13th Premier.
Mr. Stelmach has been a member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly since 1993. He was elected to his fourth term as an MLA on November 22, 2004, serving the people of the Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Constituency.
Edward Michael Stelmach was born on May 11, 1951 and raised in the Lamont area on the homestead established by his grandparents on their arrival in Canada in 1898.
The youngest of five children Ed had planned on a legal career, and in 1973 was studying pre-law at the University of Alberta when a family tragedy struck. Mr. Stelmach and his wife Marie returned to the family farm, and have since operated a successful mixed farm business.
Premier Stelmach has a long record of public and community service. He has been a school trustee, chair of the Vegreville health unit board and member of the Archer Memorial Hospital and Lamont Auxiliary Hospital and Nursing Home boards. He has also been involved with the Andrew Co-op Association, Lamont District 4-H Council and Andrew 4-H Beef Club.
Armed with a passion for politics and a shoestring budget, he ran successfully for election in the County of Lamont. One year later he was appointed county Reeve ó a position he held for 5 years.
In 1993, inspired by Ralph Klein, Mr. Stelmach entered provincial politics and was elected MLA in the Vegreville-Viking constituency. He has held four cabinet posts, including Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Infrastructure, Minister of Transportation, and lastly Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations. He stepped down from his ministerial duties in March 2006 to run for leadership of the PC Party.
Premier Stelmach is the first Alberta Premier of Ukrainian ancestry, and the first Baby Boomer to lead the province. He and his wife, Marie, continue to live on the family homestead as well as in Edmonton. They have four grown children and one grandchild.
| Premiers of Alberta since 1905 |
Premiers of the province of Alberta since 1905, the year Alberta joined the Confederation of Canada.
| Name | Term of Office |
| Ralph Klein | 1992 to 2006 |
| Donald Getty | 1985 to 1992 |
| Peter Lougheed | 1971 to 1985 |
| Harry Strom | 1968 to 1971 |
| Ernest Manning | 1943 to 1968 |
| William Aberhart | 1935 to 1943 |
| R.G. Reid | 1934 to 1935 |
| John Brownlee | 1925 to 1934 |
| Herbert Greenfield | 1921 to 1925 |
| Charles Stewart | 1917 to 1921 |
| A.L. Sifton | 1910 to 1917 |
| Alexander Rutherford | 1905 to 1910 |
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