Peter Lougheed

The Honourable Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, QC, MBA, LL.D., (born 1928) is a Canadian lawyer, politician and professional football player. He served as premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985.

He had played football for the Edmonton Eskimos. In 1965, he was elected leder of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party. In 1971, this party won the elections, getting 49 of the 75 seats and thus defeating the Social Credit Party for the first time since 1935. As Premier, he furthered the exploitation of the oil and gas resources and started the Alberta Heritage Fund. He also introduced the Alberta Bill of Rights. Lougheed quarralled with Pierre Trudeau's federal Liberal government over their introduction of the National Energy Program.

In 1986 he was named a Companion of the Order of Canada.