Ralph Philip Klein was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 12th premier of Alberta and leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta from 1992 until his retirement in 2006. Klein also served as the 32nd mayor of Calgary from 1980 to 1989.
Klein in 2005
Ralph Klein and sculptor Ryan McCourt at the unveiling of "A Modern Outlook" in Edmonton, Alberta.
Ralph Klein serving as Marshal at the 2005 Calgary Stampede Parade
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta was a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta that existed from 1905 to 2020. The party formed the provincial government, without interruption, from 1971 until the party's defeat in the 2015 provincial election under premiers Peter Lougheed, Don Getty, Ralph Klein, Ed Stelmach, Alison Redford, Dave Hancock and Jim Prentice. At 44 years, this was the longest unbroken run in government at the provincial or federal level in Canadian history.
During the 1905 election, the Conservatives were led by future Canadian Prime Minister R. B. Bennett
Ralph Klein: PC Leader and Premier, 1992–2006
Ed Stelmach: PC Leader and Premier, 2006–2011
Alison Redford campaigning during the 2012 provincial election
