February 26, 2016(2016-02-26) (aged 82) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Political party
Progressive Conservative
Spouse
Margaret Mitchell
Children
4
Alma mater
University of Western Ontario
Occupation
Businessman, professional athlete
Signature
Football career
No. 27, 87
Getty after winning the 44th Grey Cup in 1956
Career information
CFL status
National
Position(s)
QB
Height
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight
195 lb (88 kg)
College
Western Ontario
Career history
As player
1955–1965
Edmonton Eskimos
Career highlights and awards
Awards
2× Grey Cup (1955, 1956) Outstanding Canadian, Western Interprovincial Football Union (1959) Runner up, Schenley Award (1959)
Honors
Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour, 1992
Donald Ross GettyOC AOE (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 Intergovernmental Affairs Minister in the government of Peter Lougheed before leaving politics for the private sector in 1979. He returned to politics six years later to enter the Progressive Conservative leadership contest resulting from Lougheed's retirement. He defeated two other candidates, and became Premier November 1, 1985.
As Premier, Getty was faced with an economic slowdown and falling energy prices, which hit Alberta's petroleum-dominated economy hard. Faced with mounting government deficits and increasing unemployment, he cut social spending and intervened with government money to prevent businesses from failing. Several of these interventions backfired in high-profile fashion, failing at their intended objective and costing scarce public funds as well. While some analysts argue that Getty's fiscal program laid the groundwork for Ralph Klein's later balancing of the provincial budget, on Getty's departure from office the government's debt had reached $11 billion, setting the stage for his successor to characterize the Getty years as an era of wasteful and excessive spending.
His efforts at strengthening Alberta's presence in Canada initially appeared more successful, as he won the agreement of Canada's other first ministers in including elements of Senate reform in the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords, but these efforts came to naught when both accords were rejected—the second by the Canadian public, including a majority of Albertans. Getty was also facing political problems within Alberta, including a defeat in his home riding of Edmonton-Whitemud in the 1989 election (leading to a successful by-election in Stettler, vacated by a P.C. MLA) and leadership machinations from some of his own ministers. In light of this, he resigned the Premiership in 1992.
Before entering politics, Getty had been a quarterback for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He passed for more than eight thousand yards over his ten-year career, and was put on the team's Wall of Fame in 1992.
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defeat in the 2015 provincial election under premiers Peter Lougheed, DonGetty, Ralph Klein, Ed Stelmach, Alison Redford, Dave Hancock and Jim Prentice...
provincial politics where he served as Environment Minister in the Cabinet of DonGetty for four years. In 1992, Klein was elected as leader of the Progressive...
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longtime member of the Lougheed cabinet DonGetty defeated MLA Julian Koziak to become Premier of Alberta. Getty was officially sworn in on November 1,...
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the riding of Edmonton-Glenora from 1986 to 1993 in the government of DonGetty. She was Minister of Education from 1986 to 1988, and was then appointed...
Minister responsible for Women's Issues and Minister of Labour under Premier DonGetty. Born in Brandon, Manitoba, Elaine Jean McCoy was the daughter of John...
less than three years had passed since the previous election. Premier DonGetty, in his second election as Progressive Conservative Party leader, led...
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of the sitting MLA or other incident. The most recent case of this was DonGetty, who lost his Edmonton-Whitemud seat in the 1989 election and then ran...
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coach Pop Ivy surprised many by starting sophomore Canadian quarterback DonGetty. With Jackie Parker, Johnny Bright, Normie Kwong and Rollie Miles in the...
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leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party but came in third losing to DonGetty. He was appointed to the Senate in 1993 representing the senatorial division...
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together known today as ATB Place. In 1990, the Alberta government, under DonGetty of the Progressive Conservative Party, began the process of privatizing...
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Frederick Johnson Premier of Alberta – DonGetty Premier of British Columbia – Bill Bennett (until August 6) then Bill...
General P.D. Manson then General John de Chastelain Premier of Alberta - DonGetty Premier of British Columbia - Bill Vander Zalm Premier of Manitoba - Gary...
with the rise of Conservative politicians in Canada such as Ralph Klein, DonGetty, Brian Mulroney, Preston Manning, Mike Harris and others, the objectives...
had won provincial elections since 1971, under Premiers Peter Lougheed, DonGetty, Ralph Klein, Ed Stelmach, Alison Redford, Dave Hancock and Jim Prentice...
horizon", as one of his candidates Percy Wickman had unseated Premier DonGetty. In the legislature, Decore focused his attacks in the government around...
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