19th Alberta Legislature

19th Alberta Legislature
19th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
24 May 1979 – 5 October 1982
Parliament leaders
Premier	Peter Lougheed ; September 10, 1971 – November 1, 1985
Cabinet	Lougheed cabinet
Leader of the; Opposition	Robert Curtis Clark ; September 15, 1973 – November 28, 1980
	Raymond Speaker ; December 16, 1980 – November 1, 1982
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Opposition	Social Credit Party
Unrecognized	New Democratic Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the; Assembly	Gerard Amerongen ; March 2, 1972 – June 11, 1986
Members	79 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II ; February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant; Governor	Hon. Ralph Garvin Steinhauer ; July 2, 1974 – October 18, 1979
	Hon. Frank C. Lynch-Staunton ; October 18, 1979 – January 22, 1985
Sessions
	1st session; May 24, 1979 – November 16, 1979
	2nd session; May 20, 1980 – March 30, 1981
	3rd session; April 2, 1981 – March 30, 1981
	4th session; March 4, 1982 – May 4, 1982
← 18th	→ 20th

Last updated January 30, 2025

The 19th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from May 24, 1979, to October 5, 1982, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1979 Alberta general election held on March 14, 1979. The Legislature officially resumed on May 24, 1979, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on May 4, 1982 and dissolved on October 5, 1982, prior to the 1982 Alberta general election on November 2, 1982.^[1]

Alberta's nineteenth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta for the third time, led by Premier Peter Lougheed. The Official Opposition was led by Robert Curtis Clark of the Social Credit Party and later Raymond Speaker. The Speaker was Gerard Amerongen who would serve in the role until he was defeated in the 1986 Alberta general election.

Seating plan in the 19th Assembly

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Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts.

District	Member	Party	First elected/ previously elected
Athabasca	Frank Appleby	Progressive Conservative	1971
Banff-Cochrane	Greg Stevens	Progressive Conservative	1979
Barrhead	Hugh Horner	Progressive Conservative	1967
Barrhead	Ken Kowalski	Progressive Conservative	1979
Bonnyville	Ernie Isley	Progressive Conservative	1979
Bow Valley	Fred Mandeville	Social Credit	1967
Calgary-Bow	Neil Webber	Progressive Conservative	1975
Calgary-Buffalo	Tom Sindlinger	Progressive Conservative	1979
		Independent Conservative
		Alberta Reform Movement
Calgary-Currie	Dennis Anderson	Progressive Conservative	1979
Calgary-Egmont	Merv Leitch	Progressive Conservative	1971
Calgary-Elbow	David John Russell	Progressive Conservative	1967
Calgary-Fish Creek	William Edward Payne	Progressive Conservative	1979
Calgary-Foothills	Stewart McCrae	Progressive Conservative	1973
Calgary-Forest Lawn	John Zaozirny	Progressive Conservative	1979
Calgary-Glenmore	Hugh Planche	Progressive Conservative	1975
Calgary-McCall	Andrew Little	Progressive Conservative	1975
Calgary-McKnight	Eric Musgreave	Progressive Conservative	1975
Calgary-Millican	David Carter	Progressive Conservative	1979
Calgary-Mountain View	Stan Kushner	Progressive Conservative	1979
Calgary-North Hill	Ed Oman	Progressive Conservative	1979
Calgary-North West	Sheila Embury	Progressive Conservative	1979
Calgary-West	Peter Lougheed	Progressive Conservative	1967
Camrose	Gordon Stromberg	Progressive Conservative	1971
Cardston	John Thompson	Progressive Conservative	1975
Chinook	Henry Kroeger	Progressive Conservative	1975
Clover Bar	Walt Buck	Social Credit	1967
Clover Bar	Walt Buck	Independent	1967
Cypress	Alan Hyland	Progressive Conservative	1975
Drayton Valley	Shirley Cripps	Progressive Conservative	1979
Drumheller	Lewis Clark	Progressive Conservative	1979
Edmonton-Avonmore	Horst Schmid	Progressive Conservative	1971
Edmonton-Belmont	William Mack	Progressive Conservative	1979
Edmonton-Beverly	Bill Diachuk	Progressive Conservative	1971
Edmonton-Calder	Tom Chambers	Progressive Conservative	1971
Edmonton Centre	Mary LeMessurier	Progressive Conservative	1979
Edmonton-Glenora	Lou Hyndman	Progressive Conservative	1967
Edmonton-Glengarry	Rollie Cook	Progressive Conservative	1979
Edmonton-Gold Bar	Al Hiebert	Progressive Conservative	1979
Edmonton-Highlands	David Thomas King	Progressive Conservative	1971
Edmonton Jasper Place	Leslie Young	Progressive Conservative	1971
Edmonton-Kingsway	Kenneth Paproski	Progressive Conservative	1971
Edmonton Meadowlark	Gerard Amerongen	Progressive Conservative	1971
Edmonton-Mill Woods	Milt Pahl	Progressive Conservative	1979
Edmonton-Norwood	Catherine Chichak	Progressive Conservative	1971
Edmonton-Parkallen	Neil Stanley Crawford	Progressive Conservative	1971
Edmonton-Sherwood Park	Henry Woo	Progressive Conservative	1979
Edmonton-Strathcona	Julian Koziak	Progressive Conservative	1971
Edmonton-Whitemud	Peter Knaak	Progressive Conservative	1979
Edson	Ian Reid	Progressive Conservative	1979
Grande Prairie	Elmer Borstad	Progressive Conservative	1979
Highwood	George Wolstenholme	Progressive Conservative	1975
Innisfail	Nigel Pengelly	Progressive Conservative	1979
Lac La Biche-McMurray	Norm Weiss	Progressive Conservative	1979
Lacombe	Jack Cookson	Progressive Conservative	1971
Lesser Slave Lake	Larry Shaben	Progressive Conservative	1975
Lethbridge-East	Archibald D. Johnston	Progressive Conservative	1975
Lethbridge-West	John Gogo	Progressive Conservative	1975
Little Bow	Raymond Speaker	Social Credit	1963
Little Bow	Raymond Speaker	Independent	1963
Lloydminster	Bud Miller	Progressive Conservative	1971
Macleod	LeRoy Fjordbotten	Progressive Conservative	1979
Medicine Hat	Jim Horsman	Progressive Conservative	1975
Olds-Didsbury	Robert Curtis Clark	Social Credit	1960
Olds-Didsbury	Gordon Kesler	Western Canada Concept	1982
Peace River	Al Adair	Progressive Conservative	1971
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	Frederick Bradley	Progressive Conservative	1975
Ponoka	Don McCrimmon	Progressive Conservative	1971
Red Deer	Norman Magee	Progressive Conservative	1979
Redwater-Andrew	George Topolnisky	Progressive Conservative	1971
Rocky Mountain House	John Murray Campbell	Progressive Conservative	1979
Smoky River	Marvin Moore	Progressive Conservative	1971
Spirit River-Fairview	Grant Notley	NDP	1971
St. Albert	Myrna Fyfe	Progressive Conservative	1979
St. Paul	Charles Anderson	Progressive Conservative	1979
Stettler	Graham Harle	Progressive Conservative	1972
Stony Plain	William Purdy	Progressive Conservative	1971
Taber-Warner	Robert Bogle	Progressive Conservative	1975
Three Hills	Connie Osterman	Progressive Conservative	1979
Vegreville	John Batiuk	Progressive Conservative	1971
Vermilion-Viking	Tom Lysons	Progressive Conservative	1975
Wainwright	Charles Stewart	Progressive Conservative	1975
Wetaskiwin-Leduc	Dallas Schmidt	Progressive Conservative	1975
Whitecourt	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative	1971

Notes:

Standings changes since the 19th general election

Affiliation		Members
	Progressive Conservative	74
	Social Credit	4
	New Democratic	1
Total		79


Date	Member Name	District	Party	Reason
October 1, 1979	Hugh Horner	Barrhead	Progressive Conservative	Resigned his seat.
November 21, 1979	Ken Kowalski	Barrhead	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election
October 16, 1980	Tom Sindlinger	Calgary-Buffalo	Independent Conservative	Removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus.
November 30, 1981	Robert Clark	Olds-Didsbury	Social Credit	Resigned his seat.
February 17, 1982	Gordon Kesler	Olds-Didsbury	Western Canada Concept	Elected in a by-election.
September 17, 1982	Tom Sindlinger	Calgary-Buffalo	Alberta Reform Movement	Started and lead a new party and formed its caucus.
1982	Raymond Speaker	Little Bow	Independent	Left the Social Credit caucus
1982	Walt Buck	Clover Bar	Independent	Left the Social Credit caucus

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

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

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