Albert Ralph Horner (April 26, 1913 – January 2, 2009) was a

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, retired grain producer and livestock breeder in

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. He was born in Shawville,

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. He served as a four-term Progressive Conservative MP under John Diefenbaker.David Orchard and Albert Horner, "Harper gov't is doing to CWB what the U.S. couldn't do by itself; Loss of wheat board would mean loss of power", ''Edmonton Journal'', April 17, 2007 After coming in third in an unsuccessful attempt to win a seat in the

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in the 1957 general election, Horner won election from

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in the 1958 general election that returned a massive majority for

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's Progressive Conservatives. Horner was easily re-elected in three subsequent elections and served as an MP for ten years at the 1968 general election to return to private life. Horner returned to political activity almost 35 years later when he voiced his opposition to the 2003 creation of the

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through a merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the

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and added his name to an unsuccessful court action to block the dissolution of the Progressive Conservatives. In April 2007, Horner and

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co-wrote an op-ed piece opposing the

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government's proposal to weaken or dissolve the

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. Albert Horner was the cousin of fellow MPs Jack Horner,

Hugh Horner Hugh Macarthur Horner (February 1, 1925 – March 27, 1997) was a physician and surgeon. He served as a Canadian federal and provincial politician. Horner was born in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan. He was a Minister of the Crown in the province of ...

and

Norval Horner Norval Alexander Horner (August 21, 1930 – April 3, 2014) was a Canadian politician and former member of the House of Commons of Canada. Horner earned teaching and engineering degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and worked as a busines ...

and the nephew of Senator

Ralph Horner Ralph Byron Horner (June 26, 1884 – December 14, 1964) was a Canadian Senator, farmer, businessman and the patriarch of a Western Canadian political family. Born in North Clarendon, Quebec, Horner and his family settled in Blaine Lake, Saskatc ...

. Horner lived in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan until his death.obituary

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Horner, Albert 1913 births 2009 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan People from Outaouais People from Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan

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Anglophone Quebec people

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