Ralph Steinhauer
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Ralph Garvin Steinhauer (June 8, 1905 – September 19, 1987) was the first Aboriginal to become the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.
Born in Morley, Alberta (now part of the Chiniki First Nation), he was a Cree.
He ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the Alberta riding of Vegreville in the 1963 federal election. He placed third.
In 1967, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1984, he was inducted into the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame.
He died in Edmonton in 1987.
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| Preceded by J. W. Grant MacEwan |
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta 1974-1979 |
Succeeded by Frank C. Lynch-Staunton |
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| Bulyea | Brett | Egbert | Walsh | Primrose | Bowen | Bowlen | Page | MacEwan | Steinhauer | Lynch-Staunton | Hunley | Towers | Olson | Hole | Kwong | |||
