Norval Alexander Horner is a Saskatchewan politician and former member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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Mr. Horner earned teaching and engineering degrees and worked as a businessman, farmer and school principal.

He was elected to the House of Commons in the 1972 federal election as the Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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 Member of Parliament for Battleford—Kindersley

Battleford—Kindersley

Battleford—Kindersley was a federal electoral district n Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979....

, Saskatchewan but was defeated two years later in the 1974 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1974

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 by less than 100 votes.

Two of Horner's brothers, Hugh Horner

Hugh Horner

Hugh Macarthur Horner was a physician and surgeon. He served as a Canadian federal and provincial politician. Horner was born in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan...

 and Jack Horner

Jack Horner (politician)

John Henry "Jack" Horner, PC was a rancher and former Canadian politician and Cabinet minister.Nicknamed "Cactus Jack", Horner was born in Saskatchewan, the fifth child in a family of six boys and three girls. His mother's uncle had been a prisoner of Louis Riel's provisional government...

 were also Members of Parliament while his father, Ralph Horner

Ralph Horner

Ralph Byron Horner was a Canadian Senator, farmer, businessman and the patriarch of a Western Canadian political family.Born in North Clarendon, Quebec, Horner and his family settled in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan....

 served as a Senator. (Jack Horner and Norval served in the House of Commons at the same time). A cousin, Albert Horner

Albert Horner

Albert Ralph Horner was a Saskatchewan politician, retired grain producer and livestock breeder. He was born in Shawville, Quebec...

, was also an MP prior to Norval's election.

Horner is now retired and lives in Alberta. He also voices his opinions on political issues, often at odds with the contemporary Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Canada

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, advocating an increase in the minimum wage

Minimum wage

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 and arguing in favour of anti-poverty measures in order to combat crime instead of mandatory minimum sentences and other law and order proposals.

Mr. Horner has 8 children, 6 grand-children, and 1 great-grandson. He is currently enjoying retired life in Edmonton.