13th Alberta Legislature
{{Short description|Canadian Legislative Assembly}}
{{Infobox Canadian Parliament
| jurisdiction = AB
| # = 13th
| type = Majority
| status = inactive
| term-begin = August 17, 1955
| term-end = May 9, 1959
| 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 = James Harper Prowse
| loterm = February 21, 1952 – April 15, 1958
| lo2 = Grant MacEwan
| loterm2 = February 5, 1959 – April 17, 1959
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| party = Social Credit Party
| party2 = Alberta Liberal Party
| party3 = Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
| party4 = Cooperative Commonwealth
| sessionbegin = August 17, 1955
| sessionend = August 25, 1955
| sessionbegin2 = February 9, 1956
| sessionend2 = March 29, 1956
| sessionbegin3 = February 14, 1957
| sessionend3 = April 11, 1957
| sessionbegin4 = February 28, 1958
| sessionend4 = April 14, 1958
| sessionbegin5 = February 5, 1959
| sessionend5 = April 7, 1959
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| ministry = Manning cabinet
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| monarch = Elizabeth II
| monarchterm = February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
| viceroy = Hon. John James Bowlen
| viceroyterm = February 1, 1950 – December 16, 1959
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| members = 61
| lastparl = 12th
| nextparl = 14th
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The 13th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from August 17, 1955, to May 9, 1959, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1955 Alberta general election held on June 29, 1955. The Legislature officially resumed on August 17, 1955, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on April 7, 1959, and dissolved on May 9, 1959, prior to the 1959 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=498 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr |accessdate=August 9, 2020}}
Alberta's thirteenth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the sixth 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 James Harper Prowse a member of the Alberta Liberal Party until the fifth session when Grant MacEwan became the leader of the Official Opposition. The Speaker was Peter Dawson who would serve until his death during the 15th legislature on March 24, 1963.
Membership in the 13th Alberta Legislature
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!|District !|Member !|Party !|First elected/ previously elected {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |1948 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Coalition|row}} |Coalition |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1948 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |rowspan=7|Calgary |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1948 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1952 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Ernest Watkins (1957) |1957 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1941 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1952 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1940 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |rowspan=7|Edmonton |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1944 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1952 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1952 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Conservative |1940, 1952 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1952 {{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|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1951 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1952 |
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|Independent 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 |1953 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal and Progressive Conservative|row}} |Liberal and Conservative Coalition |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |rowspan=2|Olds |Social Credit |1950 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Roderick Macleod (1959) |Social Credit |1959 {{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 |1948 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1952 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Conservative |1954 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1952 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1952 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1952 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |rowspan=2|Stettler |Social Credit |1952 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Galen Norris (1956) |Social Credit |1956 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1940 {{Canadian party colour|AB|CCF|row}} |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1955 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1945 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |1935 {{Canadian party colour|AB|CCF|row}} |Cooperative Commonwealth |1952 |
Notes:
Standings changes since the 13th general election
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! colspan="2" | Affiliation ! Members {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |37 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row-name}} |15 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |3 {{Canadian party colour|AB|CCF|row}} |2 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Liberal + Progressive Conservative1 |1 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Coalition |1 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent Social Credit |1 |
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Total | 61 |
- The candidate in Okotoks-High River was jointly nominated by the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties.
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!colspan=6|Membership changes in the 13th Assembly |
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!Name !District !Party !Reason {{Canadian party colour|AB|Other|row}} |June 29, 1955 |colspan=3|See List of Members | Election day of the 13th Alberta general election {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |June 3, 1956 |Committed suicide after murdering seven people{{cite news|title=Body Alberta MLA Found Lying In Slough|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=June 5, 1956|page=1|work=Vol XLIX No 148|author=Colin MacDonald}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |November 15, 1956 |Stettler |Social Credit |Elected in a by-election {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |1957 |Vacated his seat to run in the 1957 federal election. {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |October 2, 1957 |Calgary |Progressive Conservative |Elected in a by-election {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |December 19, 1958 |Olds |Social Credit |Died {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |February 9, 1959 |Olds |Social Credit |Elected in a by-election |
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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=1959 |publisher=Mortimer Company Ltd. |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1959unse |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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