Vegreville, Alberta
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Notable Vegrevillans

  • Brent Severyn
    Brent Severyn
    Brent Leonard Severyn is a Canadian former professional ice hockey Defenseman who played in the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...

    , former NHL defenseman
  • Cam Cole, Canadian sports writer
  • Laurence Decore
    Laurence Decore
    Laurence G. Decore, CM was a Ukrainian-Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta. He was mayor of Edmonton, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and leader of the Alberta Liberal Party.- Early life :...

    , lawyer, former mayor of Edmonton
    Edmonton
    Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

    , Alberta, and former leader of the Alberta Liberal Party
  • Roderick Fraser, former president of the University of Alberta
    University of Alberta
    The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...

  • Herschel Hardin
    Herschel Hardin
    Herschel Hardin is a British Columbia-based writer, playwright, commentator and political activist and consultant best known for having contested the leadership of the New Democratic Party of Canada in 1995....

    , writer, playwright, and politician
  • Simma Holt
    Simma Holt
    Simma Holt, is a Canadian journalist, author, and a former member of the Canadian House of Commons.Born in Vegreville, Alberta, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1944 from the University of Manitoba. That same year she joined The Vancouver Sun as a reporter, feature writer, and columnist...

    , journalist, author, former Member of Parliament, and Member of the Order of Canada
    Order of Canada
    The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...

  • David Motiuk
    David Motiuk
    David Motiuk is the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton. He was ordained a priest on 21 August 1988 and was ordained a bishop in Winnipeg on 11 June 2002. He was appointed Eparchial Bishop of Edmonton on 25 January 2007 and installed on 24 March 2007...

    , Catholic bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton
    Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton
    The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton is a Ukrainian Catholic archdiocese that includes part of Canada. On January 26, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI appointed Auxiliary Bishop David Motiuk of the Archeparchy of Winnipeg as head of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton.As of 2007, the diocese...

  • George Bures Miller
    George Bures Miller
    George Bures Miller is a Canadian artist noted for his collaborative works with wife Janet Cardiff. Miller and Cardiff represented Canada at the 2001 Venice Biennale...

    , artist
  • Don Mazankowski
    Don Mazankowski
    Donald Frank "Don" Mazankowski, PC, OC, AOE is a Canadian politician who served as a cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. He was also Deputy Prime Minister under Mulroney....

    , politician and Deputy Prime Minister (1986)
  • G. Gordon Nicholson, composer and musician
  • Joseph Segal, prominent businessman and founder of Fields (department store)
    Fields (department store)
    Fields is a brand of Canadian discount stores owned by Hudson's Bay Company, with 165 locations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Yukon, and Northwest Territories.- History :...


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