Jeanne Lougheed, wife of former premier Peter Lougheed dies at 92
Jeanne Lougheed, wife of former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed, has passed away at the age of 92.
Lougheed was born in Forestburg in 1928 and later lived in Camrose with her family before attending the University of Alberta where she met Peter.
“Jeanne was best known to Albertans as the wife of one of Canada’s most highly regarded Premiers, the late Peter Lougheed. By all accounts, Jeanne was both his best friend and closest advisor,” Premier Jason Kenney said in a statement.
“Mrs. Lougheed played a pivotal role in supporting her husband’s remarkable drive to propel the then moribund Progressive Conservative Party to forming four successive majority governments, providing inspired leadership to the province during fifteen critical years in Alberta’s development.”