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Wilma Helen Hunley (born 1920) was a politician and the first woman to become lieutenant-governor of Alberta. She served as a town councillor from 1960 to 1966 and then Mayor of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta from 1966 to 1971 when she was elected to the province's legislative assembly as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta. She became the province's first female cabinet minister serving as Minister Without Portfolio from 1971 to 1973, Solicitor-General from 1973 to 1975 and then Minister of Social Services and Community Health from 1975 until 1979 when she retired from politics.

In June, 1980, she was appointed Chairman of the Alberta Mental Health Advisory Council. and also served on the Alberta Seventy-fifth Anniversary Commission.

She was President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta in 1984 and, in 1985, was appointed to the position of lieutenant-governor. She served in the position until 1991.


Preceded by:
Frank C. Lynch-Staunton 		List of Alberta lieutenant-governorsSucceeded by:
Gordon Towers
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