12th Alberta Legislature

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12th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
February 19, 1953  May 12, 1955
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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 Alberta Liberal Party
Crossbench Cooperative Commonwealth
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly
Peter Dawson
February 25, 1937 March 24, 1963
Members60 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Elizabeth II
February 6, 1952 September 8, 2022
Lieutenant
Governor
Hon. John James Bowlen
February 1, 1950 December 16, 1959
Sessions
1st session
February 19, 1953 – April 2, 1953
2nd session
February 18, 1954 – April 8, 1954
3rd session
February 17, 1955 – May 12, 1955
  11th   13th

The 12th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 19, 1953, to May 12, 1955, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1952 Alberta general election held on August 5, 1952. The Legislature officially resumed on February 19, 1953, and continued until the third session was prorogued and dissolved on May 12, 1955, prior to the 1955 Alberta general election. [1]

Contents

Alberta's twelfth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the fifth 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.

Membership in the 12th Alberta Legislature

 DistrictMemberPartyFirst elected/ previously elected
  Acadia-Coronation Clarence Gerhart Social Credit 1940
  Alexandra Anders Aalborg Social Credit1948
  Athabasca Antonio Aloisio Social Credit1952
  Banff-Cochrane Lee Leavitt Social Credit1952
  Bonnyville Laudas Joly Social Credit1921, [a] 1952
  Bow Valley-Empress Wilson Cain Social Credit1935
  Bruce Earl Hardy Social Credit1948
  Calgary Paul Brecken Progressive Conservative 1952
  Rose Wilkinson Social Credit1944
  Frederick C. Colborne Social Credit1945
  Howard MacDonald Social Credit1944
  Arthur Dixon Social Credit1952
  Hugh John MacDonald Liberal 1948
  Camrose Chester Sayers Social Credit1941
  Cardston Edgar Hinman Social Credit1952
  Clover Bar Floyd Baker Social Credit1935
  Cypress James Underdahl Social Credit1948
  Didsbury Howard Hammell Social Credit1944
  Drumheller Gordon Taylor Social Credit1940
  Edmonton Ernest Manning Social Credit1935
  James Harper Prowse Liberal1945
  Elmer Roper Co-operative Commonwealth 1942
  Joseph Donovan Ross Social Credit1952
  Edgar Gerhart Social Credit1952
  John Page Conservative1940, 1952
  Harold Tanner Liberal1952
  Edson Norman Willmore Social Credit1944
  Gleichen George E. Bell Social Credit1944
  Grand Prairie Ira McLaughlin Social Credit1944
  Grouard Joseph Desfosses Liberal1951
  Hand Hills Wallace Warren Cross Social Credit1935
  Lac La Biche Harry Lobay Social Credit1948
  Lac Ste. Anne Angelo Montemurro Social Credit1952
  Lacombe Allen Patrick Social Credit1952
Leduc Ronald Ansley Independent 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
  Elizabeth G. Robinson (1953)Social Credit1953
  Okotoks-High River Ivan Casey Social Credit1944
  Olds Frederick Niddrie Social Credit1950
  Peace River William Gilliland Social Credit1944
  Pembina Robin Jorgenson Social Credit1944
  Pincher Creek-Crowsnest William Kovach Social Credit1948
  Ponoka Glen Johnston Social Credit1952
  Red Deer David A. Ure Social Credit1943
  Cam Kirby (1954)Progressive Conservative1954
  Redwater Peter Chaba Social Credit1948
  Rocky Mountain House Alfred Hooke Social Credit1935
  Sedgewick Jack Hillman Social Credit1952
  Spirit River Adolph Fimrite Social Credit1952
  St. Albert Lucien Maynard Social Credit1935
  St. Paul Raymond Reierson Social Credit1952
  Stettler John Clark Social Credit1952
  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 Nick Dushenski Co-operative Commonwealth1952

Notes:

    Composition at election

    AffiliationMembers
      Social Credit 53
    Liberal 3
      Co-operative Commonwealth 1
      Progressive Conservative 1
     Conservative1
     Independent Social Credit1
     Total
    60

    Notes

    1. St. Paul (First elected as a United Farmer)

    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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