10th Alberta Legislature
{{Short description|Canadian Legislative Assembly}}
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| jurisdiction = AB
| # = 10th
| type = Majority
| status = inactive
| term-begin = February 22, 1945
| term-end = July 16, 1948
| sc = Peter Dawson
| scterm = February 25, 1937 – March 24, 1963
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| pm = Ernest Charles Manning
| pmterm = May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968
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| lo = John Percy Page
| loterm = February 22, 1945 – August 17, 1948
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| party = Social Credit Party
| party2 = Independent Citizen's Association
| party3 = Canadian Armed Forces
| party4 = Cooperative Commonwealth
| sessionbegin = February 22, 1945
| sessionend = April 6, 1945
| sessionbegin2 = July 24, 1945
| sessionend2 = July 26, 1945
| sessionbegin3 = February 14, 1946
| sessionend3 = March 27, 1946
| sessionbegin4 = February 20, 1947
| sessionend4 = March 31, 1947
| sessionbegin5 = February 19, 1948
| sessionend5 = March 31, 1948
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| ministry = Manning cabinet
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| monarch = George VI
| monarchterm = December 11, 1936 – February 6, 1952
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| viceroy = Hon. John Campbell Bowen
| viceroyterm = March 23, 1937 – February 1, 1950
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| members = 60
| lastparl = 9th
| nextparl = 11th
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The 10th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 22, 1945, to July 16, 1948, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1944 Alberta general election held on August 8, 1944. The Legislature officially resumed on February 22, 1945, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on March 31, 1948 and dissolved on July 16, 1948, prior to the 1948 Alberta general election.{{cite book |author1=Perry, Sandra E. |author2=Footz, Valerie L. |editor1-last=Massolin |editor1-first=Philip A. |title=A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-3-6 |page=497 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr |accessdate=August 9, 2020}}
Alberta's tenth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the third 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 John Percy Page a member of the Independent Citizen's Association. The Speaker was Peter Dawson who would serve until his death during the 15th legislature on March 24, 1963.
Premier Ernest Manning called a snap election in 1944 to gain a new mandate. He won a big majority, wiping out most of the Independents. Three members of Canadian Armed Forces entered the Legislature in a delayed vote held in 1945, filling seats especially reserved for overseas military personnel.
Membership in the 10th Alberta Legislature
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!|District !|Member !|Party !|First elected/ previously elected {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |1940 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1940 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |rowspan=2|Banff-Cochrane |rowspan=2|Arthur Wray |Social Credit |rowspan=2|1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent Social Credit {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |rowspan=5|Calgary |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |1940 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|CCF|row}} |CCF |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1941 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1940 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |rowspan=5|Edmonton |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |1940 {{Canadian party colour|AB|CCF|row}} |CCF |1942 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Veteran's & Active Force|row}} |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} ||Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Olds |Social Credit |1940 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1943 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1940 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935, 1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1940 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1940 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |rowspan=2|Warner |Social Credit |1935, 1940 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Leonard Halmrast (1945) |Social Credit |1945 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 |
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| colspan=5 align="center" |Active Service Voters
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |rowspan=2|Province at Large/Armed Forces |rowspan=2|James Harper Prowse |Independent |rowspan=2|1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Province at Large/Royal Canadian Air Force |Independent |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Province at Large/Royal Canadian Navy |Independent |1944 |
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Standings changes in the 10th Assembly
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!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Number of members !1944 !colspan=3|1945 !colspan=2|1947 |
| Jul 8
!Feb 5 !? !Aug 6 !Feb ? !Apr 10 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |colspan=2|51 |50 |51 |colspan=2|50 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |colspan=6|3 |
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| {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}
|0 |colspan=4|3 |2 {{Canadian party colour|AB|CCF|row}} |colspan=6|2 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |colspan=6|1 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent Social Credit |colspan=4|0 |colspan=2|1 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row-name}} |colspan=5|0 |1 |
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|Total members |57 |60 |59 |colspan=3|60 |
| Vacant
|colspan=2|0 |1 |colspan=3|0 |
| Government Majority
|45 |42 |41 |42 |colspan=2|40 |
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!colspan=6|Membership changes in the 10th Assembly |
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!Member Name !District !Party !Reason {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |1945 |Social Credit |Resigned to run in the 1945 Canadian federal election {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |August 6, 1945 |Warner |Social Credit |Elected in a by-election {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |February 1947 |Independent Social Credit |Forced to sit as an Independent after a motion was passed by the Assembly {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |April 10, 1947 |Province at Large/Armed Forces |Joined the Liberal Caucus |
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |editor1-last=Normandin |editor1-first=G. Pierre |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide |journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien |date=1948 |publisher=G. Pierre Normandin |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1948unse |accessdate=August 9, 2020 |issn=0315-6168 |oclc=893686591}}
- {{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |authorlink1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |accessdate=May 25, 2020}}
- {{cite book |author1=Perry, Sandra E. |author2=Footz, Valerie L. |editor1-last=Massolin |editor1-first=Philip A. |title=A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-3-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr |accessdate=August 9, 2020}}
External links
- [https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ Alberta Legislative Assembly]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Book]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070704044849/http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/pastbyelection.html By-elections 1905 to present]
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