11th Alberta Legislature

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11th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
February 17, 1949  July 3, 1952
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Parliament leaders
Premier Ernest Charles Manning
May 31, 1943 December 12, 1968
Cabinet Manning cabinet
Leader of the
Opposition
James Harper Prowse
February 21, 1952 April 15, 1958
Party caucuses
Government Social Credit Party
Opposition Cooperative Commonwealth
Crossbench Alberta Liberal Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly
Peter Dawson
February 25, 1937 March 24, 1963
Members57 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch George VI
December 11, 1936 February 6, 1952
Elizabeth II
February 6, 1952 September 8, 2022
Lieutenant
Governor
Hon. John Campbell Bowen
March 23, 1937 February 1, 1950
Hon. John James Bowlen
February 1, 1950 December 16, 1959
Sessions
1st session
February 17, 1949 – March 29, 1949
2nd session
July 4, 1949 – July 7, 1949
3rd session
February 23, 1950 – April 5, 1950
4th session
February 22, 1951 – April 7, 1951
5th session
February 21, 1952 – April 10, 1952
  10th   12th

The 11th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 17, 1949, to July 3, 1952, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1948 Alberta general election held on August 17, 1948. The Legislature officially resumed on February 17, 1949, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on April 10, 1952 and dissolved on July 3, 1952, prior to the 1952 Alberta general election. [1]

Contents

Alberta's eleventh government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the fourth 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 James Harper Prowse a member of the Alberta Liberal Party. The Speaker was Peter Dawson who would serve until his death during the 15th legislature on March 24, 1963.

The opposition was divided between the Liberal and Co-operative Commonwealth and 2 Independents.

Membership in the 11th Alberta Legislature

 DistrictMemberPartyFirst elected/ previously elected
  Acadia-Coronation Clarence Gerhart Social Credit 1940
  Alexandra Anders Aalborg Social Credit1948
  Athabasca Gordon Lee Social Credit1940
Banff-Cochrane Arthur Wray Independent Social Credit1944
  Beaver River Harry Lobay Social Credit1948
  Bow Valley-Empress Wilson Cain Social Credit1935
  Bruce Earl Hardy Social Credit1948
  Calgary Rose Wilkinson Social Credit1944
  Frederick C. Colborne Social Credit1945
  Howard MacDonald Independent1944
  Hugh John MacDonald Liberal 1948
  Aylmer Liesemer Co-operative Commonwealth 1944
  Camrose Chester Sayers Social Credit1941
  Cardston Nathan Eldon Tanner Social Credit1935
  Clover Bar Floyd Baker Social Credit1935
  Cypress James Underdahl Social Credit1948
  Didsbury Howard Hammell Social Credit1944
  Drumheller Gordon Taylor Social Credit1940
  Edmonton Elmer Roper Co-operative Commonwealth1942
  Lou Heard Social Credit1948
  Ernest Manning Social Credit1935
  James Harper Prowse Liberal1945
 Clayton AdamsSocial Credit1948
  Edson Norman Willmore Social Credit1944
  Gleichen George Bell Social Credit1944
  Grande Prairie Ira McLaughlin Social Credit1944
  Grouard John Wood Social Credit1948
  Joseph Desfosses (1951)Liberal1951
  Hand Hills Wallace Cross Social Credit1935
  Lac Ste. Anne Albert Bourcier Social Credit1935
 Independent
  Lacombe Duncan MacMillan Social Credit1935
  Leduc Ronald Ansley Social Credit1935
Independent Social Credit
  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
  Frederick Niddrie (1950)Social Credit1950
  Peace River William Gilliland Social Credit1944
  Pembina Robin Jorgenson Social Credit1944
  Pincher Creek-Crowsnest William Kovach Social Credit1948
  Ponoka Ora Moore Social Credit1944
  Red Deer David A. Ure Social Credit1943
  Redwater Peter Chaba Social Credit1948
  Rocky Mountain House Alfred Hooke Social Credit1935
  Sedgewick Albert Fee Social Credit1935
  Spirit River Henry DeBolt Social Credit1935
  St. Albert Lucien Maynard Social Credit1935
  St. Paul Joseph Beaudry Social Credit1935
  Stettler William Mackie Social Credit1944
  Stony Plain Cornelia Wood Social Credit1940
  Taber Roy S. Lee Social Credit1940
  Vegreville Michael Ponich Social Credit1944
  Vermilion William Cornish Social Credit1944
  Wainwright William Masson Social Credit1935
  Warner Leonard Halmrast Social Credit1945
  Wetaskiwin John Wingblade Social Credit1935
  Willingdon William Tomyn Social Credit1935

Notes:

    Composition at election

    AffiliationMembers
      Social Credit 51
    Liberal 2
      Co-operative Commonwealth 2
     Independent1
     Independent Social Credit1
     Total
    57

    Standings changes

    Membership changes in the 11th Assembly
    DateNameDistrictPartyReason
     November 26, 1948 Albert Bourcier Lac Ste. Anne IndependentExcluded from the Social Credit caucus by a resolution at the 1948 Social Credit AGM. [2]
     June 16, 1952 Ronald Ansley Leduc Independent Social CreditExpelled from caucus for attend Alberta Boucier's nomination convention. [3]

    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.
    2. "S.C. Caucus Agrees Exclude Bourcier". Vol XLI No. 293. The Lethbridge Herald. November 26, 1948. p. 2.
    3. "Leduc Socred Reaffirm Ansley for Nomination". XLV No. 178. The Lethbridge Herald. July 10, 1952. p. 16.

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