Don Getty

Donald Ross "Don" Getty, (August 30, 1933 – February 26, 2016) was a Canadian politician and football quarterback. He served as the 11th Premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992.^[1]

Don Getty
11th Premier of Alberta
In office November 1, 1985 – December 13, 1992
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Lieutenant Governor	Helen Hunley Gordon Towers
Preceded by	Peter Lougheed
Succeeded by	Ralph Klein
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office May 23, 1967 – August 30, 1971
Preceded by	Randolph McKinnon
Succeeded by	District abolished
Constituency	Strathcona West
In office August 30, 1971 – March 14, 1979
Preceded by	New district
Succeeded by	Peter Knaak
Constituency	Edmonton-Whitemud
In office December 11, 1985 – March 20, 1989
Preceded by	Robert Alexander
Succeeded by	Percy Wickman
In office May 9, 1989 – December 14, 1992
Preceded by	Brian Downey
Succeeded by	District abolished
Constituency	Stettler
Minister of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs
In office September 10, 1971 – March 1975
Preceded by	New portfolio
Succeeded by	Lou Hyndman
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
In office March 1975 – March 1979
Preceded by	New portfolio
Succeeded by	Merv Leitch
Personal details
Born	Donald Ross Getty (1933-08-30)August 30, 1933 Westmount, Quebec
Died	February 26, 2016(2016-02-26) (aged 82) Edmonton, Alberta
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse(s)	Margaret Mitchell
Children	Dale David Darin Derek
Alma mater	University of Western Ontario
Occupation	Businessman, professional athlete
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Career

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.

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.

Getty died of heart failure at a hospital in Edmonton, Alberta on February 26, 2016 at the age of 82.^[2]