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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.

Contents 1 Purpose 2 Eligibility 3 Recipients 3.1 2007 3.2 2006 3.3 2005 3.4 2004 3.5 2003 3.6 2002 3.7 2001 3.8 2000 3.9 1999 3.10 1998 3.11 1997 3.12 1996 3.13 1995 3.14 1994 3.15 1993 3.16 1992 3.17 1991 3.18 1990 3.19 1989 3.20 1988 3.21 1987 3.22 1986 3.23 1985 3.24 1984 3.25 1983 3.26 1982 3.27 1981 4 See also 5 External links

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.

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

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

• 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

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

• 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Ian Malcolm Macdonald
• Arthur Ryan Smith

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

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

• Dr. Helen I. Huston

• Dr. Thomas B. Banks
• Dr. Robert B. Church

• Dr. Howard V. Gimbel

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

• Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor
• Dr. Raymond Lemieux

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

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

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

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

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

• Dr. Alexander Johnston
• Hon. Ronald Martland

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

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

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

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

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

v • d • e Provincial and territorial orders of Canada
Alberta Order of Excellence • Order of British Columbia • Order of Manitoba • Order of New Brunswick • Order of Newfoundland and Labrador • Order of Nova Scotia • Order of Ontario • Order of Prince Edward Island • National Order of Quebec • Saskatchewan Order of Merit • Yukon Territory Order of Polaris

v • d • e Orders, Decorations, and Medals of Canada in order of precedence
Awards of Valour	Victoria Cross • Cross of Valour
National Orders	Order of Canada • Order of Military Merit • Order of Merit of the Police Forces • Royal Victorian Order • Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
Provincial Orders	Quebec • Saskatchewan • Ontario • British Columbia • Alberta • Prince Edward Island • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Nova Scotia • Newfoundland and Labrador
Other Decorations and Medals	Decorations • War and Operational Service Medals • Special Service Medals • United Nations Medals • NATO Medals • International Mission Medals Commemorative Medals • Long service and Good Conduct Medals • Exemplary Service Medals • Special Medals • Other Decorations and Medals Commonwealth Orders, Decorations and Medals • Foreign Orders, Decorations and Medals