Background
OLSON, Horace Andrew Bud was born on October 6, 1925 in Iddesleigh, Alberta. Son of Carl J. Olson and Alta 1. (nee Perry).
OLSON, Horace Andrew Bud was born on October 6, 1925 in Iddesleigh, Alberta. Son of Carl J. Olson and Alta 1. (nee Perry).
Iddesleigh and Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Minister of Agriculture 1968-1972, Minister of State for Economics Development 1980-1981, for Economical Regional Development 1981-1982. Chairman Alberta Liberal Caucus 1973-1974. Leader Official Opposition 1979, Deputy Leader 1979, Leader 1982-1984.
Chairman Senate Committee on Northern Pipeline 1978.
Minister responsible for Northern Pipeline Agency 1980-1984. Minister of Economic Development 1980-1982.
Foreign Medicine Hat, Canadian House of Commons 1957-1958, 1962-1972. Senate April since 1977, House. United Nations General Assembly October-November 1966.
Commonwealth Parliamentary delegation to Nigeria 1962, Canadian Parliamentary delegation to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Czechoslovakia 1965, Economics Council of Canada 1975-1978, Inter-Parliamentary Union delegation Bulgaria 1977.
Married Lucille McLachlan.