20 Facts About Hugh Horner

Hugh Macarthur Horner was a physician and surgeon.

Hugh Horner served as a Canadian federal and provincial politician.

Hugh Horner was a Minister of the Crown in the province of Alberta and worked on agricultural projects after leaving politics.

Hugh Horner defeated incumbent Member of Parliament Charles Yuill to win his first term in office.

Hugh Horner would run again in the 1962 federal election, and defeated Yuill to earn his second term in office.

Hugh Horner ran for a third term and won in a landslide.

Hugh Horner would run for his final term in federal office in the 1965 federal election.

Hugh Horner would resign from his seat in 1967 to run for a seat in the provincial legislature.

Hugh Horner ran for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the Lac Ste.

Hugh Horner defeated incumbent William Patterson in a closely contested race to win the district.

Hugh Horner's district was abolished in 1971, so he decided to run in the new Barrhead district.

Hugh Horner won the new district in the 1971 Alberta general election by a comfortable margin.

Hugh Horner was appointed to the cabinet after being elected in 1971.

Hugh Horner served as Minister of Transportation and Minister of Economic Development as well as Deputy Premier.

Hugh Horner retained his seat for a third term in the 1975 Alberta general election increasing his margin of victory.

Hugh Horner ran for a fourth term and won his largest provincial plurality in the 1979 Alberta general election.

Hugh Horner resigned his post less than a year later on October 1,1979.

Hugh Horner was inducted into the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame in 1988 for his work in helping revive the Agriculture industry when he served as Minister of Agriculture in the province from 1971 to 1975.

Hugh Horner died of a heart attack in Edmonton in 1997.

Hugh Horner's family has been very active on the Canadian political scene, his father Ralph Hugh Horner served as a Canadian Senator representing Saskatchewan from 1933 to 1964.