On this date in 1985 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced the appointment (by the Queen on his recommendation) of Helen Hunley as Her Majesty’s representative in Alberta. She was the first-ever woman to serve in this important vice-regal role in her province. A veteran town councilor and past Mayor of Rocky Mountain House, Hunley served with distinction in the cabinets of Premier Peter Lougheed in the 1970s. She held office as Lt.-Governor until 1991. Her Honour past into history at age 90 in 2010.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.