Bud Olson

Bud Olson
Olson c. 1950s
14th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
In office
April 17, 1996 – February 10, 2000
MonarchElizabeth II
Governors GeneralRoméo LeBlanc
Adrienne Clarkson
PremierRalph Klein
Preceded byGordon Towers
Succeeded byLois Hole
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Medicine Hat
In office
June 10, 1957 – March 31, 1958
Preceded byWilliam Duncan Wylie
Succeeded byEdwin William Brunsden
In office
June 18, 1962 – October 30, 1972
Preceded byEdwin William Brunsden
Succeeded byBert Hargrave
Minister of Agriculture
In office
6 July 1968 – 26 November 1972
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byJoe Greene
Succeeded byEugene Whelan
Senator for Alberta South, Alberta
In office
April 5, 1977 – March 7, 1996
Appointed byPierre Trudeau
Personal details
Born
Horace Andrew Olson

October 6, 1925
Iddesleigh, Alberta
Died February 14, 2002(2002-02-14) (aged 76)
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Political partyLiberal (from 1967)
Social Credit (until 1967)
Spouse
Marion Lucille McLachlan
(m. 1947)
Children4
Occupationfarmer, rancher and businessman

Horace Andrew "Bud" Olson PC AOE (October 6, 1925 – February 14, 2002) was a Canadian businessman and politician from Alberta. He served as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 1996 to 2000. He also served as a Member of Parliament, Senator, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Economic and Regional Development. He was also a farmer and rancher, and president and operating officer of Farmer's Stockmen's Supplies in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, Alberta.