Alberta Order of Excellence

Infobox order
name = Alberta Order of Excellence


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awarded_by = the
type = Order
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eligibility = Canadian citizens who live in Alberta
for = Making a difference, serving Albertans with excellence and distinction.
status = Currently constituted
sovereign =
chancellor = His Honour The Honourable Norman Kwong, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
commander =
grades = Member
former_grades =
established = November 16, 1979
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last_induction =
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recipients = Tommy Banks, Lois Hole
individual =
higher = Order of British Columbia
lower = Order of Prince Edward Island


caption2 = Ribbon of the Alberta Order of Excellence

The Alberta Order of Excellence is the highest award given in the Canadian province of Alberta.

The Order was established in 1979 as the first provincial honour in Canada. No more than 10 people may be granted membership in each year.

When a Lieutenant Governor is sworn in, he/she will automatically receive and become a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence and represent as the Chancellor of the Order during the terms of office.

Purpose

Created in 1979, the award is the highest honour the province can give a citizen. According to the "Alberta Order of Excellence Act": The object of the Order is to accord recognition to those persons who have rendered service of the greatest distinction and of singular excellence for or on behalf of the residents of Alberta.

Eligibility

Any Canadian citizen who is a current or former resident of Alberta is eligible for nomination.

Recipients

There have been 86 appointments (including Chancellors) to the Order of Merit since its inception.

2007

* Chief Victor Stanley Buffalo
* Evelyn L. Buckley
* Lt. General Donald C. Laubman
* David W. Leonard
* Gary William (Wilcox) McPherson
* Douglas H. Mitchell
* Patrick R. Nixon

2006

* William (Bill) Cochrane
* Bertha (Berdie) Fowler
* Richard (Dick) Haskayne
* Harry Hole
* James (Jim) Horsman
* Samuel (Sam) Lieberman
* Raymond (Ray) Rajotte
* Matthew Spence
* Ian Tyson

2005

* Robert W. Chapman Sr.
* Dr. Gerald Hankins
* Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Hess
* Elsie Kawulych
* Norman Kwong (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
* Father Charles Michael McCaffrey
* Ronald Mannix

2004

* Alvin Gerald Libin
* M. Ann McCaig
* Eric Patrick Newell
* Bryan Perkins
* John & Barbara Poole

2003

* Donald F. Mazankowski
* Audrey Attril Morrice
* Jim Simpson Palmer
* Leonard Peter Ratzlaff

2002

* Dr. Steven Aung
* James. K. Gray
* John Murrell

2001

* Louis Armand Desrochers
* Colonel (ret.) Donald Stewart Ethell

2000

* Jenny Belzberg
* Dr. Chester R. Cunningham
* Lois Hole (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
* Dr. D. Lorne J. Tyrrell

1999

* Donald R. Getty
* Stanley G. Reynolds
* Dr. Shirley M. Stinson

1998

* Harley N. Hotchkiss
* June L. Lore
* Sandy A. Mactaggart
* Dr. Donald R. Stanley

1997

* Ian Malcolm Macdonald
* Arthur Ryan Smith

1996

* Bud Olson (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
* Dr. A. Ernest Pallister
* Dr. John Snow

1995

* Dr. Stanley A. Milner
* Dr. Francis G. Winspear

1994

* Dr. Helen I. Huston

1993

* Dr. Thomas B. Banks
* Dr. Robert B. Church

1992

* Dr. Howard V. Gimbel

1991

* Dr. Norbert R. Morgenstern
* Gordon Towers (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)

1990

* Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor
* Dr. Raymond Lemieux

1989

* Hon. Peter Lougheed
* Dr. Maxwell W. Ward

1988

* Dr. Arthur T. Jenkyns
* Margaret E. Southern

1987

* Dr. C. Fred Bentley
* Dr. James H. Gray

1986

* Dr. John C. Callaghan
* Leonard K. Haney
* Herbert T. Hargrave
* Dr. Esther Robins

1985

* Helen Hunley (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
* Dr. David S. R. Leighton
* Dr. G. Richard A. Rice
* Dr. Winnifred M. Stewart

1984

* Dr. Alexander Johnston
* Hon. Ronald Martland

1983

* The Right Honourable C. Joseph Clark
* Dr. Mary Percy Jackson* (died 2000).
* Chester Ronning* (died 1984).

1982

* J. W. Grant MacEwan
* Walter H. Johns

1981

* Frank C. Lynch-Staunton (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
* Hon. Ernest C. Manning

ee also

*List of Canadian awards
*List of Canadian provincial and territorial orders

External links

* http://www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca/aoe/

References