Constance Elaine "Connie" Osterman ECA (born June 23, 1936) is a former politician from Alberta, Canada.
In the 1986 general election Osterman won a straight fight against NDP candidate Vernal Poole with a huge majority.
[6] Osterman was removed from cabinet by Premier Getty one week after a judicial inquiry into the Principal Group scandal was completed in July 1989.
Eventually on June 30, 1987, Treasurer Dick Johnston cancelled the operating licenses of the subsidiaries which resulted in Principal Group declaring bankruptcy six weeks later.
The inquiry headed by William Code found Osterman "neglectful and misguided" when she failed to act on the warnings of Darwish.