Ed Stelmach (born 1951) is the current Premier of Alberta, Canada,
having served in this capacity since December 14, 2006. He spent his
entire pre-political adult life as a farmer, except for some time spent
studying at the University of Alberta. His first foray into politics
was a 1986 municipal election, when he was elected to the county
council of Lamont County. A year into his term, he was appointed reeve.
He continued in this position until his entry into provincial politics.
In the 1993 provincial election, Stelmach was elected as the Member of
the Legislative Assembly for Vegreville-Viking. A Progressive
Conservative, he served in the cabinets of Ralph Klein. When Klein
resigned the party's leadership in 2006, Stelmach was among the first
candidates to replace him. After a third place finish on the first
ballot of the leadership race, he won an upset second ballot victory
over former provincial treasurer Jim Dinning. Stelmach's premiership
has been heavily focussed on management of the province's oil reserves,
especially those of the Athabasca Oil Sands. Other policy initiatives
have included commencing an overhaul of the province's health
governance system, a re-introduction of all-party committees to the
Legislature, and the conclusion of a major labour agreement with
Alberta's teachers.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1493:
Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Inter caetera, establishing a
Line of Demarcation dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter_caetera>
1886:
An unknown assailant threw a bomb into a crowd of police, turning a
peaceful labor rally in Chicago into the Haymarket massacre, resulting
in the deaths of seven police officers and an unknown number of
civilians.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair>
1949:
A plane carrying almost the entire Torino A.C. football team crashed
into the hill of Superga near Turin, Italy, killing all 31 aboard
including 18 players, club officials, and the journalists accompanying
them.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superga_air_disaster>
1979:
Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom, following the defeat of James Callaghan's incumbent Labour
government in the previous day's general election.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher>
1990:
The Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR declared the restoration of
independence of Latvia, stating that the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and
the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 were illegal.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Restoration_of_Independence_of_the_Republic_of_Latvia>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gullet (n):
The throat or esophagus
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gullet>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a
desire to learn is hammering cold iron.
--Horace Mann
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Horace_Mann>
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