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A former quarterback with the Edmonton Eskimos, Getty was one of the six Tories elected to the provincial legislature with Peter Lougheed in 1967. When the Tories won the 1971 election, Getty became Lougheed's minister of intergovernmental affairs and in 1975 became minister of energy. He left politics in 1979 to enter business but returned in 1985 when Lougheed stepped down and ran and won the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party becoming Premier of the province.
Getty's government was easily re-elected in 1985 but saw its majority cut. The Getty government was hurt by the decline of oil prices which imperiled the province's economy. In 1989 the government was again re-elected but Getty lost his own seat in Edmonton and was forced to run in a by-electionA by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. By-elections are held in most nations that elect their parliaments through single-member constituencies, whether with or without a in the safe Tory seat in Stettler . His government tried to cope with the province's economic problems by imposing a wage freeze on the civil service and cutting public services.
Facing the possibility of electoral defeat, and following his success in negotiating SenateThe Senate of Canada is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. The senate has 105 members who are appointed by the Governor General on advice from the Prime Minister and serve until the age of 75. 24 from Ontario; 24 from Quebec; 24 are from the Mar reform as part of the Charlottetown AccordThe Charlottetown Accord was a package of constitutional amendments, proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. It was submitted to a public referendum in October of that year, and was defeated. Background Until 1982 the British he announced his resignation as party leader in September 1992 (prior to the referendumA referendum (plural: referendums or referenda or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may be the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the r that defeated the Accord) and was replaced by Ralph KleinThe Honourable Ralph Phillip Klein (born November 1, 1942), a member of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives, is current premier of the Canadian province of Alberta. He has held the post since 1992. Mayor of Calgary Klein rose to public prominence as a r. In 1998 he was made an Officer of the Order of CanadaThe Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Order's motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam meaning "they desire a better country. The Order was created on July 1, 1967, on the country's 100th anniversary, to re.
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