Peter Lougheed Dead at 84

[Locutus]

Peter Lougheed was Mr. Alberta.
Nobody was more successful as a politician, more tenacious in defence of the province or more visionary in industrializing and managing Alberta’s resources and potential. Canny, determined and cosmopolitan, he modernized an insular province and made it a player on the national political stage and in the global oil economy.


A Red Tory, he led a socially conservative electorate through boom and bust, and created a political and social legacy that transcended politics. Earlier this year, Policy Options magazine voted him the best Canadian premier of the past 40 years.
He died Thursday in Calgary. He was 84.


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Peter Lougheed, Mr. Alberta, dies at age 84 - The Globe and Mail

 

[Mowich]

Peter Lougheed was a true statesman. He cared about his province but he also cared about Canada. RIP, Peter.

 

[B00Mer]

R.I.P. Mr. Alberta

 

[gerryh]

RIP sir. There has never been anyone since that could fill your shoes.

 

[Mowich]

Peter Lougheed was a true statesman. He cared about his province but he also cared about Canada. RIP, Peter.

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[Goober]

A giant of a man with a vision and morals.

 

[BruSan]

If memory serves; wasn't he also the man who blurted "let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark" during the bitter conflict with Trudeau over resource ownership.

I could, of course, be wrong.

 

[gerryh]

If memory serves; wasn't he also the man who blurted "let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark" during the bitter conflict with Trudeau over resource ownership.

I could, of course, be wrong.

That was King Ralph I believe.

 

[Liberalman]

Was a true Alberta man who told eastern Canada to "let them freeze in the dark"

Peter took care of the people of Alberta.

 

[B00Mer]

All the flags are at Half Staff here in Alberta.. has anyone notice the same in other Provinces??

 

[Mowich]

Was a true Alberta man who told eastern Canada to "let them freeze in the dark"

Peter took care of the people of Alberta.

"Ontario versus Alberta? East versus West? Last week’s oil sands comments by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty harkened back to the national energy debate in the 1980s, when Calgary mayor Ralph Klein said: “Let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark.”

Making the oil sands personal - The Globe and Mail

Peter Lougheed cared about his family, his province and Canada. You may attribute many things to Mr Lougheed, but small-minded comments will never be among them. Above all, Peter Lougheed was a gentleman who treated everyone with the same courtesy and attention that he would a member of his family.

If memory serves; wasn't he also the man who blurted "let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark" during the bitter conflict with Trudeau over resource ownership.

I could, of course, be wrong.

You are.

 

[BruSan]

"Ontario versus Alberta? East versus West? Last week’s oil sands comments by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty harkened back to the national energy debate in the 1980s, when Calgary mayor Ralph Klein said: “Let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark.”

Making the oil sands personal - The Globe and Mail

Peter Lougheed cared about his family, his province and Canada. You may attribute many things to Mr Lougheed, but small-minded comments will never be among them. Above all, Peter Lougheed was a gentleman who treated everyone with the same courtesy and attention that he would a member of his family.


You are.

I stand corrected; it was Ralph Klein who made the small minded comment, not Mr Lougheed

Thank you.

 

[wulfie68]

R.I.P. Sheik Pete, our blue-eyed Arab.

 

[TenPenny]

All the flags are at Half Staff here in Alberta.. has anyone notice the same in other Provinces??

When a former premier dies? Yes, we do it here (NB). Not when a former premier of another province dies, though. I don't think Alberta flies flags at half staff when one of our former premiers dies. It's a provincial thing.