15th Alberta Legislature

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]

15th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
13 February 1964 – 14 April 1967
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
← 14th → 16th

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		1963		1964	1965		1966		1967
		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
	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.

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts.

15th Alberta Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party
	Alexandra	Anders Aalborg	Social Credit
	Athabasca	Antonio Aloisio	Social Credit
	Banff-Cochrane	Frank Gainer	Coalition
	Bonnyville	Romeo Lamothe	Social Credit
	Bow Valley-Empress	William Delday	Social Credit
	Calgary Bowness	Charles Johnston	Social Credit
	Calgary Centre	Frederick C. Colborne	Social Credit
	Calgary East	Albert Ludwig	Social Credit
	Calgary Glenmore	Bill Dickie	Liberal
	Calgary North	Robert Simpson	Social Credit
	Calgary Queens Park	Lee Leavitt	Social Credit
	Calgary South	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
	Drumheller-Gleichen	Gordon Taylor	Social Credit
	Dunvegan	Ernest Lee	Social Credit
	Edmonton Centre	Ambrose Holowach	Social Credit
	Edmonton Jasper Place	John Horan	Social Credit
	Edmonton North	Ethel Wilson	Social Credit
	Edmonton North East	Lou Heard	Social Credit
	Edmonton North West	Edgar Gerhart	Social Credit
	Edmonton Norwood	William Tomyn	Social Credit
	Edmonton West	Stanley Geldart	Social Credit
	Edson	Norman Willmore	Social Credit
	Grande Prairie	Ira McLaughlin	Social Credit
	Grouard	Roy Ells	Social Credit
	Hand Hills-Acadia	Clinton French	Social Credit
	Lac La Biche	Michael Maccagno	Liberal
	Lac Ste. Anne	William Patterson	Social Credit
	Lacombe	Allen Patrick	Social Credit
	Leduc	James Henderson	Social Credit
	Lethbridge	John Landeryou	Social Credit
	Little Bow	Raymond Speaker	Social Credit
	Macleod	James Hartley	Social Credit
	Medicine Hat	Harry Leinweber	Social Credit
	Okotoks-High River	Edward Benoit	Social Credit
	Olds-Didsbury	Robert Curtis Clark	Social Credit
	Peace River	Euell Montgomery	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	Michael Senych	Social Credit
	Rocky Mountain House	Alfred Hooke	Social Credit
	Sedgewick-Coronation	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-Warner	Leonard Halmrast	Social Credit
	Three Hills	Petrie Meston	Social Credit
	Vegreville-Bruce	Alex Gordey	Social Credit
	Vermilion	Ashley Cooper	Social Credit
	Wainwright	Henry Ruste	Social Credit
	Wetaskiwin	Albert Strohschein	Social Credit
	Willingdon-Two Hills	Nicholas Melnyk	Social Credit

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.

Further reading

• Normandin, G. Pierre, ed. (1967). "The Canadian Parliamentary Guide". The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien. Ottawa: Pierre G. Normandin. ISSN 0315-6168. OCLC 893686591. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
• 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. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6. Retrieved August 9, 2020.

External links

• Alberta Legislative Assembly
• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Book
• By-elections 1905 to present