10th Alberta Legislature

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10th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
February 22, 1945  July 16, 1948
Coat of arms of Alberta.svg
Parliament leaders
Premier Ernest Charles Manning
May 31, 1943 December 12, 1968
Cabinet Manning cabinet
Leader of the
Opposition
John Percy Page
February 22, 1945 August 17, 1948
Party caucuses
Government Social Credit Party
Opposition Independent Citizen's Association
Crossbench Canadian Armed Forces
Cooperative Commonwealth
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly
Peter Dawson
February 25, 1937 March 24, 1963
Members60 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch George VI
December 11, 1936 February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor
Hon. John Campbell Bowen
March 23, 1937 February 1, 1950
Sessions
1st session
February 22, 1945 – April 6, 1945
2nd session
July 24, 1945 – July 26, 1945
3rd session
February 14, 1946 – March 27, 1946
4th session
February 20, 1947 – March 31, 1947
5th session
February 19, 1948 – March 31, 1948
  9th   11th

The 10th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 22, 1945, to July 16, 1948, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1944 Alberta general election held on August 8, 1944. The Legislature officially resumed on February 22, 1945, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on March 31, 1948 and dissolved on July 16, 1948, prior to the 1948 Alberta general election. [1]

Contents

Alberta's tenth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the third time, led by Premier Ernest Manning who would go on to be the longest serving Premier in Alberta history. The Official Opposition was led by John Percy Page a member of the Independent Citizen's Association. The Speaker was Peter Dawson who would serve until his death during the 15th legislature on March 24, 1963.

Premier Ernest Manning called a snap election in 1944 to gain a new mandate. He won a big majority, wiping out most of the Independents. Three members of Canadian Armed Forces entered the Legislature in a delayed vote held in 1945, filling seats especially reserved for overseas military personnel.

Membership in the 10th Alberta Legislature

 DistrictMemberPartyFirst elected/ previously elected
  Acadia-Coronation Clarence Gerhart Social Credit 1940
  Alexandra Selmer Berg Social Credit1935
  Athabasca Gordon Lee Social Credit1940
  Banff-Cochrane Arthur Wray Social Credit1944
 Independent Social Credit
  Beaver River Lucien Maynard Social Credit1935
  Bow Valley-Empress Wilson Cain Social Credit1935
  Bruce James L. McPherson Social Credit1935
  Calgary Fred Anderson Social Credit1935
  Andrew Davison Independent1940
  Howard MacDonald Independent1944
  Rose Wilkinson Social Credit1944
  Aylmer Liesemer CCF 1944
  Camrose Chester Sayers Social Credit1941
  Cardston Nathan Eldon Tanner Social Credit1935
  Clover Bar Floyd Baker Social Credit1935
  Cypress Edith Thurston Social Credit1944
  Didsbury Howard Hammell Social Credit1944
  Drumheller Gordon Taylor Social Credit1940
  Edmonton Ernest Manning Social Credit1935
  John P. Page Independent1940
  Elmer Roper CCF 1942
  Norman James Social Credit1935
  William J. Williams Veteran's & Active Force 1944
  Edson Norman Willmore Social Credit1944
  Gleichen George E. Bell Social Credit1944
  Grande Prairie Ira McLaughlin Social Credit1944
  Grouard William Fallow Social Credit1935
  Hand Hills Wallace Cross Social Credit1935
  Lac Ste. Anne Albert Bourcier Social Credit1935
  Lacombe Duncan MacMillan Social Credit1935
  Leduc Ronald Ansley Social Credit1935
  Lethbridge John Landeryou Social Credit1944
  Little Bow Peter Dawson Social Credit1935
  Macleod James Hartley Social Credit1935
  Medicine Hat John Lyle Robinson Social Credit1935
  Okotoks-High River Ivan Casey Social Credit1944
  Olds Norman E. Cook Social Credit1940
  Peace River William Gilliland Social Credit1944
  Pembina Robin Jorgenson Social Credit1944
  Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Ernest Duke Social Credit1935
  Ponoka Ora B. Moore Social Credit1944
  Red Deer David A. Ure Social Credit1943
  Redwater James Popil Social Credit1935
  Rocky Mountain House Alfred Hooke Social Credit1935
  Sedgewick Albert Fee Social Credit1935
  Spirit River Henry DeBolt Social Credit1940
  St. Albert Charles Holder Social Credit1935, 1944
  St. Paul Joseph Beaudry Social Credit1935
  Stettler William S. Mackie Social Credit1944
  Stony Plain Cornelia Wood Social Credit1940
  Taber Roy S. Lee Social Credit1940
  Vegreville Michael Ponich Social Credit1944
  Vermilion William R. Cornish Social Credit1944
  Wainwright William Masson Social Credit1935
  Warner Solon Low Social Credit1935, 1940
  Leonard Halmrast (1945)Social Credit1945
  Wetaskiwin John Wingblade Social Credit1935
  Willingdon William Tomyn Social Credit1935
Active Service Voters
  Province at Large/Armed Forces James Harper Prowse Independent1945
  Liberal
  Province at Large/Royal Canadian Air Force Frederick C. Colborne Independent1945
  Province at Large/Royal Canadian Navy Loftus Dudley Ward Independent1945

Notes:

    Standings changes in the 10th Assembly

    Number of members
    per party by date
    194419451947
    Jul 8Feb 5?Aug 6Feb ?Apr 10
      Social Credit 51505150
     Independent3
      Canadian Forces 032
      Co-operative Commonwealth 2
      Veteran's & Active Force 1
     Independent Social Credit01
    Liberal 01
    Total members57605960
    Vacant010
    Government Majority4542414240
    Membership changes in the 10th Assembly
    DateMember NameDistrictPartyReason
     1945 Solon Earl Low Warner Social CreditResigned to run in the 1945 Canadian federal election
     August 6, 1945 Leonard Halmrast WarnerSocial CreditElected in a by-election
     February 1947 Arthur Wray Banff-Cochrane Independent Social CreditForced to sit as an Independent after a motion was passed by the Assembly
     April 10, 1947 James Prowse Province at Large/Armed Forces Liberal Joined the Liberal Caucus

    References

    1. Perry, Sandra E.; Footz, Valerie L. (2006). Massolin, Philip A. (ed.). A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 497. ISBN   0-9689217-3-6 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.

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