Mary Jean LeMessurier (née Murray; June 12, 1929 – March 11, 2018) was a politician from

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada. She served in the

Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from sin ...

from 1979 to 1986 as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus. She served as Minister of Culture under Premier

Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed ( ; July 26, 1928 – September 13, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, presiding over a period of reform and economic growth. Bo ...

Political career

LeMessurier was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1979 general election. She won the electoral district of Edmonton-Centre to hold it for the Progressive Conservative party. After the election Premier

appointed her Minister of Culture. LeMessurier was re-elected in the 1982 election. On June 12, 1985 she declared Alberta Government House a provincial historical site. She kept her portfolio after

Don Getty Donald Ross Getty (August 30, 1933 – February 26, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 11th premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he served as Energy Minister and Federal and Intergo ...

became premier in November 1985. She was defeated in the 1986 general election by William Roberts. After her defeat, she served as Agent General of Alberta for six years. On October 21, 1998, she was appointed to the Order of Canada.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lemessurier, Mary 1929 births 2018 deaths Companions of the Order of Canada Members of the Executive Council of Alberta Politicians from Edmonton Politicians from Montreal Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Women government ministers of Canada Women MLAs in Alberta