List of people from Prince Albert
This is a list of notable people who are from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city. Colloquially known as Prince Albertans.
Prince Albertans
B
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Bales | Hockey player | NHL goalie for the Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators |
| Burke Barlow | Musician | Guitarist for the folk band The Deep Dark Woods from 2005 to 2012 |
| Todd Bergen | Hockey player | Retired NHL player who played one season with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1984–85 |
| Mike Botha | Master diamond cutter | World-renowned master diamond cutter and educator known for cutting the Baby Rose, part of the Premier Rose Diamond and the Esperanza Diamond; creator of the Sirius Star range of diamond shapes |
| Johnny William "The China Wall" Bower | Hockey player | National Hockey League Hall of Famer[1] |
| David Luther Burgess | World War I pilot and politician | World War I flying ace; in 1926 was the sole challenger to Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in a by-election held in Prince Albert; ran as an Independent |
C
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Angus Cameron | Hockey player | NHL player for the New York Rangers |
| Lawrence Clarke | HBC official | Hudson's Bay Company Official, early Territorial Government Representative and prominent local citizen considered by some to be the instigator of the Northwest Rebellion of 1885[2] |
| John Comiskey | Football player | Plays center with the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL |
| Neil Stanley Crawford | Politician and jazz musician | Practised law in Edmonton, Alberta, in the 1950s and 1960s; served as an executive assistant to Prime Minister John Diefenbaker between 1961 and 1963; served as Young Progressive Conservative Association President from 1963 to 1964; had a jazz band composed of provincial MLAs called the Tory Blue Notes, in which he played trumpet |
D
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Rod Dallman | Hockey player | NHL player for the New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers; career penalty minute leader for the Springfield Indians; born in Quesnel, British Columbia, played junior hockey for the Prince Albert Raiders; currently lives in Prince Albert |
| Thomas Osborne Davis | Politician | Liberal Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons representing the Provisional District of Saskatchewan, and later a member of the Canadian Senate; served on the town council for Prince Albert; mayor from 1894 to 1895; died in office as mayor when he was 60 |
| Ivor Dent | Politician | CM; born in Prince Albert; became a politician in Alberta; former mayor of Edmonton; former candidate for the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta[3] |
| Selwyn Hanington Dewdney | Author, illustrator, artist, activist and pioneer in both art therapy and pictography | Born in Prince Albert, moved to Kenora, Ontario; received post secondary education at the University of Toronto where he received a general Bachelor of Arts; Ontario College of Education; received a High School Assistant's Certificate and Art Specialists Certificate |
| John Diefenbaker | Prime Minister | (1895-1979) PC, CH, QC, FRSC, FRSA; 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving 1957-1963; Diefenbaker House in Prince Albert is open as a museum to the public in the summer season, the home where Diefenbaker lived for ten years with his first wife, Edna Brower and when she died, his second, Olive Palmer[4][5] |
| Liam Dougherty | Ice dancer | Born in Prince Albert; provincial, national, and international ice dancer |
| Rick Ducommun | Actor | (born 1956) Actor and comedian, often seen in supporting film and TV roles; born in Prince Albert[6] |
F
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Fleming | Composer, pianist, organist, choirmaster, and teacher | |
G
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Robert George | Naval officer | Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy[7] |
| Glenda Goertzen | Author | Children's author; BFA; born in Morse; currently lives in Prince Albert[8] |
| Graydon Gould | Actor | Best known for his role as Chief Ranger George Keeley on the CBC TV series The Forest Rangers |
| Kelly Guard | Hockey player | Was signed to a contract in the NHL with Ottawa Senators though he never played a game; played in Europe during the latter part of his career, but retired due to sustaining an injury |
H
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Monique Haakensen | Scientist, entrepreneur, public figure | (née Simair) Founder, president and Principal Scientist of Contango Strategies Ltd.; named by Profit magazine as one of Canada's Future Entrepreneurial Leaders under the age of 30 in 2011;[9] appointed to Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation Council in 2014[10] |
| Leot Hanson | Musician and business owner | Former guitarist for The Sheepdogs; owner of the Capital Music Club |
| Ellie Harvie | Actress | Actress; portrayed Morticia on The New Addams Family; raised in Prince Albert |
| Dale Henry | Hockey player | Played 132 games in the NHL for the New York Islanders |
| John V. Hicks. | Poet | Born in England but resided in Prince Albert; became a published poet during the last two decades of his life receiving the Saskatchewan Order of Merit and an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Saskatchewan[11] |
| Douglas Hill | Author | Science fiction author, editor and reviewer; born in Brandon, Manitoba but raised in Prince Albert[12] |
| Randy Hoback | Politician | Elected to represent the electoral district of Prince Albert in the 2008 Canadian federal election; member of the Conservative Party |
| Stanley Hovdebo | Politician and educator | New Democratic Party member of the Canadian House of Commons; educator; served terms provincially and nationally |
I
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| James Isbister | Métis leader | Canadian Métis leader who founded the Isbister settlement the precursor of Prince Albert; may have been the first farmer to grow wheat in the area[13] |
J
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Honoré Jackson | Métis leader | Louis Riel's secretary, leader of the Prince Albert Settler's Union in the early 1880s[14] |
| Harry Jerome | Sprinter | |
K
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Boris Karloff | Actor | Known for his roles in horror films portraying characters like Frankenstein's Monster and The Mummy; resided in Prince Albert during the early 20th century;[15] applied to Harry St. Clair of Prince Albert's Harry St. Clair players and toured with them between 1912 and 1914 before becoming famous in Hollywood[16][17] |
| Kirk Krack | Freediver | Broke records throughout his career; created Performance Freediving International, Canadian Association of Freediving and Apnea; founding member of the United States Apnea Association; organized many competitions; head safety for the Cayman Challenge; has done film and TV work associated with freediving[18] |
L
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| John Henderson Lamont | Supreme Court Justice | Born in Horning's Mills, Canada West; became a Prince Albert lawyer, Liberal politician, and Supreme Court Justice[19] |
M
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Mair | Poet | 19th-century Canadian nationalist poet who resided in Prince Albert for several years in the early 1880s[20] |
| Day Hort MacDowall | MLA | Prominent citizen; elected as a representative for Prince Albert to the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories in 1883 and served until 1885[21] |
| Chris Mason | Musician | Bassist for the folk rock band The Deep Dark Woods |
| Dave Manson | Hockey player | Retired NHL player who started out with the Chicago Blackhawks; now an assistant coach with his former junior hockey team, WHL's Prince Albert Raiders[22] |
| Marion McGuire | Actress | Actress in the 40s in such films as Follies Girl and Captain Tugboat Annie |
| Kim McCaw | Actor and voice-over actor | Mostly small roles including the miniseries The Arrow and voice-over work in video games such as Mass Effect |
| Thomas McKay | Politician and farmer | Represented Prince Albert in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, 1891-1894 and 1898-1905; brother-in-law of Lawrence Clarke, and like Clarke was connected to the Conservative Party of Canada; a Protestant Métis or Anglo-Métis; was involved in the Saskatchewan Rebellion on the side of the federal government |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | Author | CBE; between 1890 and 1891 at the age of 16, lived in Prince Albert with her father and step-mother; published 20 novels, over 500 short stories, an autobiography and a book of poetry[23] |
| Blair Morgan | Motocross/snowcross athlete | Five-time X-Games gold medalist for snowcross |
| Jerome Mrazek | Hockey player | Retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in one NHL game for the Philadelphia Flyers[24] |
N
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Nelson | Hockey player | Played in the NHL for the Washington Capitals and Nashville Predators; currently plays for the Mississippi RiverKings in the Central Hockey League |
| Carney Nerland | RCMP informant | White supremacist; Royal Canadian Mounted Police informant; garnered national media attention in 1991 after killing a man on the basis of his skin colour[25] |
| Ted Newall | Entrepreneur | |
P
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Parent | Hockey player | Professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League (AHL); born in Prince Albert |
| Donny Parenteau | Country music singer, songwriter, and musician | Former fiddle player for country music star Neal McCoy; moved back to Prince Albert to start a solo career |
| Denis Pederson | Hockey player | Played 435 games in the NHL with New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Phoenix Coyotes, Nashville Predators, and St. Louis Blues; currently plays for Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga |
| Albert Pullinger | Cinematographer |
R
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Robinson | Country music singer | Has achieved some success nationally |
| Jim Robson | Broadcaster | Radio and television broadcaster for the Vancouver Canucks, 1970-1999; inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame and the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame; born in Prince Albert[26] |
| Terry Ruskowski | Hockey player | Retired NHL centre; played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Minnesota North Stars; previously played for the Houston Aeros of the WHA; the only player to captain four different NHL teams |
S
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Anne Sholter | Actress | Best known for her role as Dolly Burke in the 1950 film It's a Small World |
| John Stevenson | Politician | Liberal MLA and Senator |
T
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Findlay Tapper | Swimmer | Competed for New Zealand at the 1992 Summer Olympics |
| Allan R. Taylor | Banker | |
| Max Thompson | Nordic combined skier | Has competed nationally and internationally at the Olympics |
V
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jon Vickers | Opera singer | CC; a distinguished tenor; born in Prince Albert[27] |
W
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Owen Walter | Hockey player | Awarded the 2003 Brown University Charles A. Robinson Memorial Trophy for academic achievement before playing professionally[28] |
| George Weaver | Politician and metallurgical engineer | |
| Rick Wilson | Hockey player | Retired professional ice hockey defenceman and head coach; currently an assistant coach with the Dallas Stars; born in Prince Albert[29] |
Y
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dylan Yeo | Hockey player | Currently plays for the Toronto Marlies in the AHL[30] |
| Ariel Yurach | Actress | Starred in many commercials in Saskatchewan; known for role as Ashley Littletent in the Saskatchewan-made film Run, Broken Yet Brave; born in Prince Albert |
References
- ↑ "Johnny Bower (1953–70)". Retrieved 2008-03-16.
- ↑ "LAWRENCE CLARKE: ARCHITECT OF REVOLT" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-03-16.
- ↑ "Dent, Ivor G.". Edmonton Public Library. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
- ↑ "Diefenbaker-Facts-First Among Equals." Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, April 23, 2001. Retrieved: December 10, 2007.
- ↑ Shepard, R. Bruce. Diefenbaker, John George (1895–1979) The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Canadian Plains Research Centre, University of Regina, 2006. Retrieved: December 10, 2007.
- ↑ "Rick Ducommun". IMDb.com, Inc. 1990–2009. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ↑ "Nauticapedia". Retrieved 2015-01-31.
- ↑ "Glenda Goertzen". 2002–2009. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ↑ "Monique Haakensen recipient of FuEL award". 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "STIC membership 2014". 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ↑ "Spotlight on John V. Hicks". SaskPublishers.ca. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ↑ "Children's author is killed on crossing". Hornsey & Crouch End Journal. June 27, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
- ↑ Smyth, David (1998). "Isbister, James". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XIV (1911–1920) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ↑ Bob Beal and Rod Macleod, Prairie Fire: the 1885 North-West Rebellion, second edition, Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1994.
- ↑ "Tourism Prince Albert — Our Proud History". Archived from the original on March 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
- ↑ Jacobs, Stephen (2007). "Boris Karloff in Alberta" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ↑ Buehrer, Beverley Bare (1993). Boris Karloff By (published on line by Google books). Greenwood Publishing Group,. p. 5. ISBN 9780313277153.
- ↑ "Kirk Krack bio". Performance Freediving International. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Supreme Court of Canada — John Henderson Lamont". January 6, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ↑ Mair, Charles (1999). Through the Mackenzie Basin. University of Alberta. pp. XXV. ISBN 9780888643261.
- ↑ "PARLINFO — Parliamentarian File — Federal Experience — MACDOWALL, Day Hort". Library of Parliament. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ↑ "Legends of Hockey – NHL Player Search – Player – Dave Manson". Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum. 2001–2008. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ↑ The heartbreaking truth about Anne's creator. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 20, 2008.
- ↑ "Legends of Hockey – NHL Player Search – Player – Jerome Mrazek". Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum. 2001–2008. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- ↑ Leo LaChance killing
- ↑ "Robson, Jim (1935– )". Pioneer — Member of CAB Hall of Fame. Canadian Communications Foundation — Fondation Des Communications... Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ↑ Jon Vickers: A Hero’s Life by Jeannie Williams, Northeastern University Press, 1999. ISBN 1-55553-408-2
- ↑ "Brown Men's Hockey Charles A. Robinson Memorial Trophy". brownbears.com.
- ↑ "Legends of Hockey – NHL Player Search – Player – Rick Wilson". Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum. 2001–2008. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- ↑ "Dylan Yeo hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com". HockeyDB.com. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
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