15th Alberta Legislature | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
February 13, 1964 – April 14, 1967 | |||
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Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | Ernest Charles Manning May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968 | ||
Cabinet | Manning cabinet | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Michael Maccagno February 13, 1964 – April 11, 1967 | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Social Credit Party | ||
Opposition | Alberta Liberal Party | ||
Unrecognized | Coalition | ||
Legislative Assembly | |||
Speaker of the Assembly | Arthur J. Dixon March 26, 1963 – March 1, 1972 | ||
Members | 63 MLA seats | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022 | ||
Lieutenant Governor | Hon. John Percy Page December 19, 1959 – January 6, 1966 | ||
Hon. Grant MacEwan January 26, 1966 – July 2, 1974 | |||
Sessions | |||
1st session February 13, 1964 – April 15, 1964 | |||
2nd session February 18, 1965 – April 12, 195 | |||
3rd session February 17, 1966 – April 18, 1966 | |||
4th session November 16, 1966 – November 17, 1966 | |||
5th session February 9, 1967 – April 11, 1967 | |||
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The 15th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 13, 1964, to April 14, 1967, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1963 Alberta general election held on June 17, 1963. The Legislature officially resumed on February 13, 1964, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on April 11, 1967, and dissolved on April 14, 1967, prior to the 1967 Alberta general election. [1]
Alberta's fifteenth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the eighth 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 Michael Maccagno of the Alberta Liberal Party who were elected to two seats in the Legislature. The Speaker was Arthur J. Dixon, who would remain the speaker until the fall of the Social Credit government after the 1971 Alberta general election. The Liberals held opposition status with just two seats, and the Coalition party held third place in the Legislature.
Number of members per party by date | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | ||||
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Jun 17 | Nov 22 | Jan 20 | Feb 2 | Mar 29 | Aug 4 | Oct 6 | Apr 24 | ||
Social Credit | 60 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | |||
Liberal | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Coalition | 1 | ||||||||
New Democratic | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Independent Social Credit | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Total members | 63 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 63 | ||
Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Government Majority | 57 | 56 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 51 |
Membership changes in the 15th Assembly | |||||
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Date | Member Name | District | Party | Reason | |
November 22, 1963 | Petrie Meston | Three Hills | Social Credit | Died | |
January 20, 1964 | Roy Davidson | Three Hills | Social Credit | Elected in a by-election. | |
February 2, 1965 | Norman Willmore | Edson | Social Credit | Died in a traffic accident | |
March 29, 1965 | William Switzer | Edson | Liberal | Elected in a by-election. | |
August 4, 1966 | William Kovach | Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | Social Credit | Died from a heart seizure. [2] | |
October 6, 1966 | Garth Turcott | Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | NDP | Elected in a by-election. | |
Standings changes after dissolution on April 14, 1967 | |||||
April 24, 1967 | Cornelia Wood | Stony Plain | Independent Social Credit | Lost nomination on February 11, Left to run as Independent. |
For complete electoral history, see individual districts.
15th Alberta Legislative Assembly | |||||
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District | Member | Party | First elected/ previously elected | No.# of term(s) | |
Alexandra | Anders Aalborg | Social Credit | 1948 | 5th term | |
Athabasca | Antonio Aloisio | Social Credit | 1952, 1959 | 3rd term* | |
Banff-Cochrane | Frank Gainer | Coalition | 1955 | 3rd term | |
Bonnyville | Romeo Lamothe | Social Credit | 1961 | 2nd term | |
Bow Valley-Empress | William Delday | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Calgary Bowness | Charles Johnston | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Calgary Centre | Frederick C. Colborne | Social Credit | 1945 | 5th term | |
Calgary East | Albert Ludwig | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Calgary Glenmore | Bill Dickie | Liberal | 1963 | 1st term | |
Calgary North | Robert Simpson | Social Credit | 1963 | 1st term | |
Calgary Queens Park | Lee Leavitt | Social Credit | 1952, [a] 1963 | 2nd term* | |
Calgary South | Arthur J. Dixon | Social Credit | 1952 | 4th term | |
Calgary West | Donald S. Fleming | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Camrose | Chester Sayers | Social Credit | 1941 | 7th term | |
Cardston | Edgar Hinman | Social Credit | 1952 | 4th term | |
Clover Bar | Floyd Baker | Social Credit | 1935 | 8th term | |
Cypress | Harry Strom | Social Credit | 1955 | 3rd term | |
Drumheller-Gleichen | Gordon Taylor | Social Credit | 1940 | 7th term | |
Dunvegan | Ernest Lee | Social Credit | 1963 | 1st term | |
Edmonton Centre | Ambrose Holowach | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Edmonton Jasper Place | John Horan | Social Credit | 1963 | 1st term | |
Edmonton North | Ethel Wilson | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Edmonton North East | Lou Heard | Social Credit | 1948, 1959 | 3rd term* | |
Edmonton North West | Edgar Gerhart | Social Credit | 1952 | 4th term | |
Edmonton Norwood | William Tomyn | Social Credit | 1935, [b] 1959 | 6th term* | |
Edmonton West | Stanley Geldart | Social Credit | 1963 | 1st term | |
Edson | Norman Willmore | Social Credit | 1944 | 6th term | |
William Switzer (1965) | Liberal | 1965 | 1st term | ||
Grande Prairie | Ira McLaughlin | Social Credit | 1944 | 6th term | |
Grouard | Roy Ells | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Hand Hills-Acadia | Clinton French | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Lac La Biche | Michael Maccagno | Liberal | 1955 | 3rd term | |
Lac Ste. Anne | William Patterson | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Lacombe | Allen Patrick | Social Credit | 1952 | 4th term | |
Leduc | James Henderson | Social Credit | 1963 | 1st term | |
Lethbridge | John Landeryou | Social Credit | 1944 | 6th term | |
Little Bow | Raymond Speaker | Social Credit | 1963 | 1st term | |
Macleod | James Hartley | Social Credit | 1935 | 8th term | |
Medicine Hat | Harry Leinweber | Social Credit | 1961 | 2nd term | |
Okotoks-High River | Edward Benoit | Social Credit | 1963 | 1st term | |
Olds-Didsbury | Robert Curtis Clark | Social Credit | 1960 | 2nd term | |
Peace River | Euell Montgomery | Social Credit | 1961 | 2nd term | |
Pembina | Robin Jorgenson | Social Credit | 1944 | 6th term | |
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | William Kovach | Social Credit | 1948 | 5th term | |
Garth Turcott (1966) | NDP | 1966 | 1st term | ||
Ponoka | Glen Johnston | Social Credit | 1952 | 4th term | |
Red Deer | William Ure | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Redwater | Michael Senych | Social Credit | 1963 | 1st term | |
Rocky Mountain House | Alfred Hooke | Social Credit | 1935 | 8th term | |
Sedgewick-Coronation | Jack Hillman | Social Credit | 1952 | 4th term | |
Spirit River | Adolph Fimrite | Social Credit | 1952 | 4th term | |
St. Albert | Keith Everitt | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
St. Paul | Raymond Reierson | Social Credit | 1952 | 4th term | |
Stettler | Galen Norris | Social Credit | 1956 | 3rd term | |
Stony Plain | Cornelia Wood | Social Credit | 1940, 1959 | 6th term* | |
Independent Social Credit | |||||
Strathcona Centre | Joseph Donovan Ross | Social Credit | 1952 | 4th term | |
Strathcona East | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | 1935 | 8th term | |
Strathcona West | Randolph McKinnon | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Taber-Warner | Leonard Halmrast | Social Credit | 1945 | 6th term | |
Three Hills | Petrie Meston | Social Credit | 1963 | 1st term | |
Roy Davidson (1964) | Social Credit | 1964 | 1st term | ||
Vegreville-Bruce | Alex Gordey | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Vermilion | Ashley Cooper | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term | |
Wainwright | Henry Ruste | Social Credit | 1955 | 3rd term | |
Wetaskiwin | Albert Strohschein | Social Credit | 1963 | 1st term | |
Willingdon-Two Hills | Nicholas Melnyk | Social Credit | 1959 | 2nd term |