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George Ho Lem
George Ho Lem Sr. (何榮禧) (June 15, 1918 – July 9, 2005) was a Canadian politician, businessman, and community leader from Alberta. Early life , business career and community service George Ho Lem was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1918. His mother Mary Ho Lem was the first recorded female Chinese resident of Calgary. He started a successful dry cleaning business and was also a successful restaurateur. He was also a horse breeder; he won two Alberta Derbies and was once declared thoroughbred breeder of the year. He served as a director of Stampede Park for 18 years, and was granted a lifetime membership as an honorary director. He also served as president of the Calgary Junior Chamber of Commerce, and as chairman of the board of the Calgary Auxiliary Hospital for sixteen years. He was a founding director of the Metropolitan Calgary Foundation and a long-standing member of the Calgary Stampeders Football Booster Club. His interest in sports led him to Co-chair the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in the energy, financial services, film and television, transportation and logistics, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health and wellness, retail, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
