So I guess it's the end of the reign for King Ralph who announced he would step aside from the premier's chair when a new party leader is elected probably this fall. It means he will be leaving a year earlier than he first announced, but the disappointing confidence vote over the weekend seemed to have dismayed Mr. Klein who it seems is a bit put out by his colleagues in the legislature. Still, after 13 years at the helm it may be the right time to go as Ralph himself admits that today' politics is for younger blood.
Ralph had been premiere for so long I couldn't remember who preceded him without looking it up. To save you the trouble it was Don Getty and before that Peter Lougheed.

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