9th Alberta Legislature

9th Alberta Legislature
9th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
20 February 1941 – 7 July 1944
Parliament leaders
Premier	William Aberhart ; September 3, 1935 – May 23, 1943
	Ernest Charles Manning ; May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968
Cabinets	Aberhart cabinet ; Manning cabinet
Leader of the; Opposition	James H. Walker ; February 22 – April 8, 1941
	Alfred Speakman ; January 29 – March 19, 1942
	James Mahaffy ; February 18 – March 30, 1943
	James H. Walker ; February 10 – March 24, 1944
Party caucuses
Government	Social Credit Party
Opposition	Independent Citizen's Association
Crossbench	Liberal Party
	Labour Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the; Assembly	Peter Dawson ; February 25, 1937 – March 24, 1963
Members	57 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	George VI ; December 11, 1936 – February 6, 1952
Lieutenant; Governor	Hon. John Campbell Bowen ; March 23, 1937 – February 1, 1950
Sessions
	1st session; February 20 – April 8, 1941
	2nd session; January 29 – March 19, 1942
	3rd session; February 18 – March 30, 1943
	4th session; February 10 – March 24, 1944
← 8th	→ 10th

Last updated May 22, 2024

The 9th Alberta Legislature was in session from February 20, 1941, to July 7, 1944, with the membership of the Legislative Assembly determined by the results of the 1940 Alberta general election held on March 21, 1940. The Legislature officially resumed on February 20, 1941, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on March 24, 1944, and dissolved on July 7, prior to the 1944 Alberta general election.^[1]

Alberta's government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the second time, led by Premier William Aberhart until his death on May 23, 1943; he was succeeded by Ernest Manning, who went on to be the longest-serving premier in Alberta history. Manning abandoned the monetary policies of Aberhart during his term for more traditional conservatism. The Official Opposition was led by James H. Walker, a member of the Independent Citizen's Association, from February 22 to April 8, 1941, and again from February 10 to March 24, 1944. In between, the Opposition Leader was Alfred Speakman from January 29 to March 19, 1942, and James Mahaffy from February 18 to March 30, 1943. The Speaker was Peter Dawson, who served until his death during the 15th legislature on March 24, 1963.

The Independent Citizen's Association, started by the Conservatives and including most Liberals and some former United Farmer supporters, won 19 seats. The remaining Liberal Party that did not endorse the independent movement won one seat, and a labour candidate won one seat. Two independents later re-joined the Liberal Party, and the Co-operative Commonwealth entered the Legislature in its first by-election.

Bills

During the second session the government introduced An Act to prohibit the Sale of Lands to any Enemy Aliens and Hutterites for the Duration of the War (Bill 60), which prohibited the purchase or registration of lands by an enemy alien or Hutterite. It was the intention to prevent these people from buying land or from becoming registered as the owners of land at least until after the Second World War ended. The government later introduced An Act to amend The Land Sales Prohibition Act (Bill 48) in the third session, which amended The Land Sales Prohibition Act for the purpose of extending this prohibition to leases and agreements for leases.^[2] The federal government under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Cabinet disallowed the legislation on the recommendation of the Federal Minister of Justice Louis St. Laurent. This was the last use of the federal disallowance authority (not to be confused with reservation authority, which was last used in Saskatchewan in 1961).^[3] The King government's rationale for the disallowance was that the federal government had regulated all matters related to enemy aliens and the statute conflicted with federal policy.^[4]

Party standings after 9th General Elections

Affiliation		Members
	Social Credit	36
	Independent	19
	Liberal	1
	Labor	1
Total		57

District	Member	Party
Acadia-Coronation	Clarence Gerhart	Social Credit
Alexandra	Selmer Berg	Social Credit
Athabasca	Gordon Lee	Social Credit
Banff-Cochrane	Frank Laut	Independent
Beaver River	Lucien Maynard	Social Credit
Bow Valley-Empress	Wilson Cain	Social Credit
Bruce	James L. McPherson	Social Credit
Calgary	James Mahaffy	Independent
	Fred Anderson	Social Credit
	Andrew Davison	Independent
	William Aberhart	Social Credit
	John J. Bowlen	Independent
Camrose	David B. Mullen	Social Credit
Cardston	Nathan Eldon Tanner	Social Credit
Clover Bar	Floyd Baker	Social Credit
Cypress	Fay Jackson	Independent
Didsbury	Ernest M. Brown	Independent
Drumheller	Gordon Taylor	Social Credit
Edmonton	Ernest Manning	Social Credit
	John P. Page	Independent
	Norman James	Social Credit
	David Milwyn Duggan	Independent
	Hugh John Macdonald	Independent
Edson	Angus James Morrison	Labour
Gleichen	Donald McKinnon	Independent
Grande Prairie	Lewis O'Brien	Independent
Grouard	Joseph Tremblay	Liberal
Hand Hills	Wallace Cross	Social Credit
Lac Ste. Anne	Albert Bourcier	Social Credit
Lacombe	Duncan MacMillan	Social Credit
Leduc	Ronald Ansley	Social Credit
Lethbridge	Peter M. Campbell	Independent
Little Bow	Peter Dawson	Social Credit
Macleod	James Hartley	Social Credit
Medicine Hat	John Lyle Robinson	Social Credit
Okotoks-High River	John Broomfield	Independent
Olds	Norman E. Cook	Social Credit
Peace River	Eld J. Martin	Independent
Pembina	George MacLachlan	Independent
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	Ernest Duke	Social Credit
Ponoka	Percy McKelvey	Independent
Red Deer	Alfred Speakman	Independent
Redwater	James Popil	Social Credit
Rocky Mountain House	Alfred Hooke	Social Credit
Sedgewick	Albert Fee	Social Credit
Spirit River	Henry DeBolt	Social Credit
St. Albert	Lionel Tellier	Independent
St. Paul	Joseph Beaudry	Social Credit
Stettler	Chester Reynolds	Social Credit
Stony Plain	Cornelia Wood	Social Credit
Taber	Roy S. Lee	Social Credit
Vegreville	George Woytkiw	Social Credit
Vermilion	William Fallow	Social Credit
Wainwright	William Masson	Social Credit
Warner	James H. Walker	Independent
Wetaskiwin	John Wingblade	Social Credit
Willingdon	William Tomyn	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. 496. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.
↑ "Bill 60: An Act to prohibit the Sale of Lands to any Enemy Aliens and Hutterites for the Duration of the War" (PDF). assembly.ab.ca. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
↑ Wherry, Aaron (September 12, 2013). "What can the federal government do to challenge Quebec's charter of values?". Maclean's . Ottawa. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
↑ Bishop, Charles (April 14, 1943). "Disallow Alberta Alien Land Act". Calgary Herald . p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 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. 496. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.

[2] "Bill 60: An Act to prohibit the Sale of Lands to any Enemy Aliens and Hutterites for the Duration of the War" (PDF). assembly.ab.ca. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

[3] Wherry, Aaron (September 12, 2013). "What can the federal government do to challenge Quebec's charter of values?". Maclean's . Ottawa. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

[4] Bishop, Charles (April 14, 1943). "Disallow Alberta Alien Land Act". Calgary Herald . p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 2020.

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