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{{Infobox Lt Governor
| image = The Honourable Norman Kwong cropped-2.jpg
| image_size=150px
| honorific-prefix    =  [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Norman Lim Kwong<br>林佐民
| honorific-suffix    = [[Order of Canada|CM]] [[Alberta Order of Excellence|AOE]] [[Doctorate of Laws|LLD]]
| order               = 16th
| office              = Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
| term_start          = January 20, 2005
| term_end            = May 11, 2010
| governor_general    = [[Adrienne Clarkson]]<br>[[Michaëlle Jean]]
| premier             = [[Ralph Klein]]<br>[[Ed Stelmach]]
| predecessor         = [[Lois Hole]]
| successor           = [[Donald Ethell]]
| monarch             = [[Elizabeth II]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1929|10|24}}
| birth_place         = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| spouse              = Mary Kwong
| profession          = [[Professional athlete]]<sub><br>([[Canadian football]])</sub><br>[[businessman]]
| religion            =
| signature           = Norman Kwong Signature.svg
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}}

'''Norman Lim "Normie" Kwong''', [[Order of Canada|CM]], [[Alberta Order of Excellence|AOE]] (born '''Lim Kwong Yew''';<ref>{{zh|c=林佐民|j=Lam4 Cho3 Man4|p=Lín Zuǒmín}}</ref> October 24, 1929) is a former professional athlete, sports executive, and was the [[List of lieutenant governors of Alberta|16th]] [[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta]]. 

His parents immigrated from [[Taishan]], [[Guangdong]], [[China]], and he is the first person of Chinese heritage to serve as lieutenant-governor of Alberta.  As the former vice-regal representative in [[Alberta]], he is styled "[[The Honourable]]" for life. Kwong is the second [[Chinese Canadian]] to be appointed as a vice regal in [[Canada]].

==Sports career==
{{Infobox CFL player
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1929|10|24}}
|birth_place=[[Calgary]], [[Alberta]]
|status=Retired
|import=no
|Height_ft=5
|Height_in=7
|Weight_lbs=170
|position1=Running back
|career_highlights=
* Grey Cup champion ({{CFL Year|1948}}, {{CFL Year|1954}}, {{CFL Year|1955}}, {{CFL Year|1956}})
|CFLWestAllStar={{CFL Year|1951}}, {{CFL Year|1953}}, {{CFL Year|1955}}, {{CFL Year|1956}}
|Awards=
|Records=Eskimos Record
*Most Rushing Touchdowns – Career (73)
|playing_years={{CFL Year|1948}}-{{CFL Year|1950}}<br>{{CFL Year|1951}}-{{CFL Year|1960}}
|playing_teams=[[Calgary Stampeders]]<br>[[Edmonton Eskimos]]
|CollegeHOF=
|CFHOF=kwongnormannormie
|CFHOFYear=1969
}}
After playing [[Canadian football|football]] at [[Western Canada High School]], he went on to play for the [[Calgary Stampeders]] from 1948 to 1950 and, after a trade, the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] from 1951 until his retirement in 1960. Nicknamed the "China Clipper", Kwong was the first [[Chinese Canadian]] to play on a professional Canadian football team. A powerful [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]], in 11 years of recorded statistics Kwong rushed for 9,022 yards for an average of 5.2 yards per carry and scored 93 touchdowns. He won the [[Grey Cup]] four times during his career (1948, 1954, 1955, and 1956). Kwong was a [[Canadian Football League West Division|Western Conference]] all-star [[running back]] and three-time winner of the [[Eddie James Memorial Trophy]], in 1951, 1955 and 1956. He was named the [[CFL's Outstanding Canadian Award|Schenley Most Outstanding Canadian]] in 1955 and 1956. He was named Canadian Athlete of the Year in 1955. He was inducted into the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] in 1969, [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1975, the Edmonton Eskimos' [[Edmonton Eskimos#Wall of Honour|Wall of Honour]] in 1983 (where his jersey {{abbr|No.|Number}}&nbsp;95 was retired), and the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. In November 2006, he was one of very few of his contemporaries to be voted one of the [[Canadian Football League]]'s [[TSN Top 50 CFL Players|Top 50 players]] of the sport's modern era by Canadian sports network [[The Sports Network|TSN]].  Kwong set the CFL record for the most yards rushing by Canadian in a season with 1,437 in the 1956 season.  This record held for 56 years, being broken by [[Jon Cornish]] only in 2012,<ref>http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/10/31/normie-kwong-proud-of-cfl-rushing-record</ref> though Kwong accomplished his record in fifteen games, rather than eighteen for Cornish.<ref>http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/football/lions/Lions+boss+Wally+Buono+says+record+books+should/7492003/story.html</ref>

He was president and general manager of the Calgary Stampeders from 1988 to 1991, leading the team to a loss in the Grey Cup final in 1991. Between 1980 and 1994, Kwong was a part owner of the [[Calgary Flames]], having been one of the original group of six Calgary businessmen who bought and moved the NHL's Atlanta Flames hockey team to [[Calgary]] in 1980.<ref>The other original investors are [[Harley Hotchkiss]], [[Ralph T. Scurfield]], [[Daryl Seaman]], [[Byron Seaman]] and Norman Green.</ref> The Calgary Flames won the [[Stanley Cup]] in 1989, making him one of few people whose name is on both the Grey Cup and the Stanley Cup.

==Public service career==
Kwong's public stature from sports helped him move on to politics and government.  In 1971 he ran for the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Alberta Progressive Conservative]] party in [[Calgary-Millican]].  In this election, the PCs ended [[Social Credit Party of Alberta|Social Credit]]'s 36-year hold on power, winning all but five seats in [[Calgary]].  However, Kwong himself was defeated by longtime incumbent [[Arthur J. Dixon]] who won by a 1600 vote plurality.

In 1988 Kwong was made a member of the [[Order of Canada]] and has served as the national chairman of the Canadian Consultative Council on [[Multiculturalism]]. Kwong was appointed  [[Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta]] on January 20, 2005, replacing [[Lois Hole]], who died in office on January 6, 2005.  Kwong welcomed [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] to [[Alberta]] in June 2005 on a visit commemorating [[Alberta]]'s first 100 years in [[Canadian Confederation]]. During a private audience the Queen presented Kwong with the insignia of a Knight of Justice in the [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem]].

Kwong swore [[Ed Stelmach]] into office as the 13th [[Premier of Alberta]] on December 14, 2006. His term concluded on May 11, 2010, and he was succeeded by [[Don Ethell]].

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==Arms==
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|notes = The arms of Norman Kwong consist of:<ref>{{citation|last=|first=|authorlink=|title=Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume V)
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|crest = Issuant from a coronet Argent the upper rim set with flames proper, a demi-horse Argent winged Or holding a wild rose proper.
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|helm =
|escutcheon = Barry Or and Vert on a bend Vert three footballs Or.
|supporters = Two Lim dragons (i.e., a Chinese dragon with the hindquarters of an Albertosaurus) per fess Or and Vert.
|compartment = Tapissé of wheat Or set with wild roses proper.
|motto = Strive to Excel
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==See also==

* [[Honourable]] [[David Lam]] - former [[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] and [[Canada]]'s first vice-regal of [[Chinese people|Chinese]] heritage
* [[Right Honourable]] [[Adrienne Clarkson]] - former [[Governor General of Canada]] and the first [[Chinese Canadian]] to serve the post
* [[Larry Kwong]], the original "China Clipper", former NHL hockey player and first Chinese-Canadian NHL player

==References==
{{Reflist}}<!--added under references heading by script-assisted edit-->
*[[Lost Years: A People's Struggle for Justice]]
* [http://www.lostyears.ca/episode-two.html Lost Years (Episode 2) CBC TV, August 27, 2011 & March 3, 2012]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/01/19/football-050119.html CBC News - Jan 19 2005: Ex-footballer Normie Kwong Alberta's new lieutenant-governor]
* [http://www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca/ Office of the Lieutenant Governor]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001174 Canadian Encyclopedia: Calgary Flames]
* [http://www.ccnc.ca/toronto/history/pgallery.html CCNC - Chinese Canadians - Normie Kwong]
* [http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200501/1749927CE8290-C142-40E1-BBC21C44661967AE.html Government of Alberta News Release - Jan 19 2005: Premier Klein praises choice of new Lieutenant Governor]
* [http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=14249 Historica Minute: Normie Kwong]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004390 The Canadian Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.sportshall.ca/hm_profile.php?i=100 Canada's Sports Hall of Fame profile]

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