14th Alberta Legislature

14th Alberta Legislature
14th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
11 February 1960 – 9 May 1963
Parliament leaders
Premier	Ernest Charles Manning ; May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968
Cabinet	Manning cabinet
Party caucuses
Government	Social Credit Party
Crossbench	Alberta Liberal Party
	Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
	Coalition
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the; Assembly	Peter Dawson ; February 25, 1937 – March 24, 1963
	Arthur J. Dixon ; March 26, 1963 – March 1, 1972
Members	65 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II ; 6 February 1952 –present
Lieutenant; Governor	Hon. John Percy Page ; December 19, 1959 – January 6, 1966
Sessions
	1st Session; February 11, 1960 – April 11, 1960
	2nd Session; February 16, 1961 – April 12, 1961
	3rd Session; November 28, 1961 – November 29, 1961
	4th Session; February 15, 1962 – April 5, 1962
	5th Session; February 14, 1963 – March 29, 1963
<13th	15th>

Last updated October 29, 2022

The 14th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 11, 1960, to May 9, 1963, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1959 Alberta general election held on June 18, 1959. The Legislature officially resumed on February 11, 1960, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on March 29, 1963, and dissolved on May 9, 1963, prior to the 1963 Alberta general election.^[1]

Alberta's fourteenth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the seventh time, led by Premier Ernest Manning who would go on to be the longest serving Premier in Alberta history. There was no Official Opposition as three parities and one independent made up the four non-government house seats at one seat apiece. The Speaker was Peter Dawson who would serve until his death on March 24, 1963. Dawson would be replaced as Speaker by Arthur J. Dixon, who would remain the speaker until the fall of the Social Credit government after the 1971 Alberta general election. This was the first assembly elected after the Government of Alberta changed from Single Transferable Vote to First Past the Post.

Standings changes since the 14th general election

Number of members per party by date		1959	1960			1961					1963
Number of members per party by date		Jun 18	Sep 28	Oct 21	Nov 30	Jan 19	Sep 5	Oct 10	Oct 26	Nov 27	Mar 24
	Social Credit	61	60	59	60	61	60	59	60	61	60
	Liberal	1
	Progressive Conservative	1
	Coalition	1
	Independent Social Credit	1
	Total members	65	64	63	64	65	64	63	64	65	64
	Vacant	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1
	Government Majority	57	56	55	56	57	56	55	56	57	56


Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
June 18, 1959	See List of Members			Election day of the 14th Alberta general election
September 28, 1960	James Owens	Didsbury	Social Credit	Died from a Heart Attack.^[2]
October 21, 1960	Elizabeth Robinson	Medicine Hat	Social Credit	Died from an undisclosed illness in Medicine Hat hospital.^[2]
November 30, 1960	Robert Clark	Didsbury	Social Credit	Elected in a by-election
January 19, 1961	Harry Leinweber	Medicine Hat	Social Credit	Elected in a by-election
September 5, 1961	William Gilliland	Peace River	Social Credit	Died after prolonged illness related to a Heart Attack.^[3]
October 10, 1961	Karl Nordstrom	Bonnyville	Social Credit	Died^[4] after hospitalization for undisclosed illness.^[5]
October 26, 1961	Euell Montgomery	Peace River	Social Credit	Elected in a by-election
November 27, 1961	Romeo Lamothe	Bonnyville	Social Credit	Elected in a by-election
March 24, 1963	Peter Dawson	Little Bow	Social Credit	Died

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts.

14th Alberta Legislative Assembly
District		Member	Party
	Acadia-Coronation	Marion Kelts	Social Credit
	Alexandra	Anders Aalborg	Social Credit
	Athabasca	Antonio Aloisio	Social Credit
	Banff-Cochrane	Frank Gainer	Coalition
	Bonnyville	Karl Nordstrom	Social Credit
	Bow Valley-Empress	William Delday	Social Credit
	Bruce	Earl Hardy	Social Credit
	Calgary Bowness	Charles Johnston	Social Credit
	Calgary Centre	Frederick C. Colborne	Social Credit
	Calgary Glenmore	Ernest Watkins	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary North	Rose Wilkinson	Social Credit
	Calgary North East	Albert Ludwig	Social Credit
	Calgary South East	Arthur J. Dixon	Social Credit
	Calgary West	Donald S. Fleming	Social Credit
	Camrose	Chester Sayers	Social Credit
	Cardston	Edgar Hinman	Social Credit
	Clover Bar	Floyd Baker	Social Credit
	Cypress	Harry Strom	Social Credit
	Didsbury	James Lawrence Owens	Social Credit
	Drumheller	Gordon Taylor	Social Credit
	Dunvegan	Joseph Scruggs	Social Credit
	Edmonton Centre	Ambrose Holowach	Social Credit
	Edmonton North	Ethel Wilson	Social Credit
	Edmonton Norwood	William Tomyn	Social Credit
	Edmonton North East	Lou Heard	Social Credit
	Edmonton North West	Edgar Gerhart	Social Credit
	Edson	Norman Willmore	Social Credit
	Gleichen	George Bell	Social Credit
	Grande Prairie	Ira McLaughlin	Social Credit
	Grouard	Roy Ells	Social Credit
	Hand Hills	Clinton Keith French	Social Credit
	Jasper West	Richard Jamieson	Social Credit
	Lac La Biche	Michael Maccagno	Liberal
	Lac Ste. Anne	William Patterson	Social Credit
	Lacombe	Allen Patrick	Social Credit
	Leduc	Ronald Ansley	Independent Social Credit
	Lethbridge	John Landeryou	Social Credit
	Little Bow	Peter Dawson	Social Credit
	Macleod	James Hartley	Social Credit
	Medicine Hat	Elizabeth Robinson	Social Credit
	Okotoks-High River	Ernest George Hansell	Social Credit
	Olds	Roderick Macleod	Social Credit
	Peace River	William Gilliland	Social Credit
	Pembina	Robin Jorgenson	Social Credit
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	William Kovach	Social Credit
	Ponoka	Glen Johnston	Social Credit
	Red Deer	William Ure	Social Credit
	Redwater	John Dubetz	Social Credit
	Rocky Mountain House	Alfred Hooke	Social Credit
	Sedgewick	Jack Hillman	Social Credit
	Spirit River	Adolph Fimrite	Social Credit
	St. Albert	Keith Everitt	Social Credit
	St. Paul	Raymond Reierson	Social Credit
	Stettler	Galen Norris	Social Credit
	Stony Plain	Cornelia Wood	Social Credit
	Strathcona Centre	Joseph Donovan Ross	Social Credit
	Strathcona East	Ernest Manning	Social Credit
	Strathcona West	Randolph McKinnon	Social Credit
	Taber	Roy Lee	Social Credit
	Vegreville	Alex Gordey	Social Credit
	Vermilion	Ashley Cooper	Social Credit
	Wainwright	Henry Ruste	Social Credit
	Warner	Leonard Halmrast	Social Credit
	Wetaskiwin	John Wingblade	Social Credit
	Willingdon	Nicholas Melnyk	Social Credit

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References

↑ 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. 498. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.
1 2 "Illness Proves Fatal to Mrs. Gladys Robinson". Vol LIII No 262. The Lethbridge Herald. October 21, 1960. p. 1.
↑ "W.F. Gilliland Alberta MLA dies". Vol LIV No. 225. The Lethbridge Herald. September 6, 1961. p. 1.
↑ "Deaths Yesterday". Vol LIV No 254. The Lethbridge Herald. October 11, 2010. p. 2-2.
↑ "Alberta MLA Critically Ill". Vol LIV No 248. The Lethbridge Herald. October 3, 1961. p. 29.

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[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. 498. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.

[erobdeath-2] 1 2 "Illness Proves Fatal to Mrs. Gladys Robinson". Vol LIII No 262. The Lethbridge Herald. October 21, 1960. p. 1.

[gildeath-3] "W.F. Gilliland Alberta MLA dies". Vol LIV No. 225. The Lethbridge Herald. September 6, 1961. p. 1.

[deadnord-4] "Deaths Yesterday". Vol LIV No 254. The Lethbridge Herald. October 11, 2010. p. 2-2.

[critill-5] "Alberta MLA Critically Ill". Vol LIV No 248. The Lethbridge Herald. October 3, 1961. p. 29.

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