15th Alberta Legislature

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15th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
13 February 1964  14 April 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
Members63 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
  14th   16th

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]

Contents

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.

Standings changes since the 15th general election

Number of members
per party by date
19631964196519661967
Jun 17Nov 22Jan 20Feb 2Mar 29Aug 4Oct 6Apr 24
  Social Credit 605960595857
Liberal 23
Coalition 1
New Democratic 01
 Independent Social Credit01
Total members63626362636263
Vacant0101010
Government Majority5756575655545351
Membership changes in the 15th Assembly
DateMember NameDistrictPartyReason
 November 22, 1963 Petrie Meston Three Hills Social Credit Died
 January 20, 1964 Roy Davidson Three HillsSocial CreditElected in a by-election.
 February 2, 1965 Norman Willmore Edson Social CreditDied 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 CreditDied 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 CreditLost nomination on February 11, Left to run as Independent.

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts.

15th Alberta Legislative Assembly
 DistrictMemberPartyFirst elected/ previously elected
  Alexandra Anders Aalborg Social Credit 1948
  Athabasca Antonio Aloisio Social Credit1952, 1959
  Banff-Cochrane Frank Gainer Coalition1955
  Bonnyville Romeo Lamothe Social Credit1961
  Bow Valley-Empress William Delday Social Credit1959
  Calgary Bowness Charles Johnston Social Credit1959
  Calgary Centre Frederick C. Colborne Social Credit1944
  Calgary East Albert Ludwig Social Credit1959
  Calgary Glenmore Bill Dickie Liberal 1963
  Calgary North Robert Simpson Social Credit1963
  Calgary Queens Park Lee Leavitt Social Credit1952 [a] , 1963
  Calgary South Arthur J. Dixon Social Credit1952
  Calgary West Donald S. Fleming Social Credit1959
  Camrose Chester Sayers Social Credit1941
  Cardston Edgar Hinman Social Credit1952
  Clover Bar Floyd Baker Social Credit1935
  Cypress Harry Strom Social Credit1955
  Drumheller-Gleichen Gordon Taylor Social Credit1940
  Dunvegan Ernest Lee Social Credit1963
  Edmonton Centre Ambrose Holowach Social Credit1959
  Edmonton Jasper Place John Horan Social Credit1963
  Edmonton North Ethel Wilson Social Credit1959
  Edmonton North East Lou Heard Social Credit1948, 1959
  Edmonton North West Edgar Gerhart Social Credit1952
  Edmonton Norwood William Tomyn Social Credit1935 [b] , 1959
  Edmonton West Stanley Geldart Social Credit1963
  Edson Norman Willmore Social Credit1944
  William Switzer (1965)Liberal1965
  Grande Prairie Ira McLaughlin Social Credit1944
  Grouard Roy Ells Social Credit1959
  Hand Hills-Acadia Clinton French Social Credit1959
  Lac La Biche Michael Maccagno Liberal1955
  Lac Ste. Anne William Patterson Social Credit1959
  Lacombe Allen Patrick Social Credit1952
  Leduc James Henderson Social Credit1963
  Lethbridge John Landeryou Social Credit1944
  Little Bow Raymond Speaker Social Credit1963
  Macleod James Hartley Social Credit1935
  Medicine Hat Harry Leinweber Social Credit1961
  Okotoks-High River Edward Benoit Social Credit1963
  Olds-Didsbury Robert Curtis Clark Social Credit1960
  Peace River Euell Montgomery Social Credit1961
  Pembina Robin Jorgenson Social Credit1944
  Pincher Creek-Crowsnest William Kovach Social Credit1948
  Garth Turcott (1966) NDP 1966
  Ponoka Glen Johnston Social Credit1952
  Red Deer William Ure Social Credit1959
  Redwater Michael Senych Social Credit1963
  Rocky Mountain House Alfred Hooke Social Credit1935
  Sedgewick-Coronation Jack Hillman Social Credit1952
  Spirit River Adolph Fimrite Social Credit1952
  St. Albert Keith Everitt Social Credit1959
  St. Paul Raymond Reierson Social Credit1952
  Stettler Galen Norris Social Credit1956
  Stony Plain Cornelia Wood Social Credit1940, 1959
 Independent Social Credit
  Strathcona Centre Joseph Donovan Ross Social Credit1952
  Strathcona East Ernest Manning Social Credit1935
  Strathcona West Randolph McKinnon Social Credit1959
  Taber-Warner Leonard Halmrast Social Credit1945
  Three Hills Petrie Meston Social Credit1963
  Roy Davidson (1964)Social Credit1964
  Vegreville-Bruce Alex Gordey Social Credit1959
  Vermilion Ashley Cooper Social Credit1959
  Wainwright Henry Ruste Social Credit1955
  Wetaskiwin Albert Strohschein Social Credit1963
  Willingdon-Two Hills Nicholas Melnyk Social Credit1959
Notes

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. 498. ISBN   0-9689217-3-6 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  2. "Alberta MLA Dies While On Fishing Trip". Vol LIX No. 199. Lethbridge Daily Herald. August 5, 1966. p. 1.

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