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

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]

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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.

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For complete electoral history, see individual districts.

More information District, Member ...

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

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More information Affiliation, Members ...

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

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More information Membership changes in the 19th Assembly, Date ...


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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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.

Normandin, G. Pierre, ed. (1982). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company Ltd. 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.

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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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Seating plan in the 19th Assembly

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Standings changes since the 19th general election

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