12th Alberta Legislature

12th Alberta Legislature
12th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
Feb. 19, 1953 – May. 12, 1955
Parliament leaders
Premier	Ernest Charles Manning; May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968
Cabinet	Manning cabinet
Leader of the; Opposition	James Harper Prowse; February 21, 1952 – April 15, 1958
Party caucuses
Government	Social Credit Party
Opposition	Alberta Liberal Party
Crossbench	Cooperative Commonwealth
	Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the; Assembly	Peter Dawson; February 25, 1937 – March 24, 1963
Members	60 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant; governor	Hon. John James Bowlen; February 1, 1950 – December 16, 1959
Sessions
	1st session; February 19, 1953 – April 2, 1953
	2nd session; February 18, 1954 – April 8, 1954
	3rd session; February 17, 1955 – May 12, 1955
← 11th	→ 13th

Canadian Legislative Assembly

The 12th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 19, 1953, to May 12, 1955, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1952 Alberta general election held on August 5, 1952. The Legislature officially resumed on February 19, 1953, and continued until the third session was prorogued and dissolved on May 12, 1955, prior to the 1955 Alberta general election.^[1]

Alberta's twelfth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the fifth 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. The Speaker was Peter Dawson who would serve until his death during the 15th legislature on March 24, 1963.

Membership in the 12th Alberta Legislature

District	Member	Party	First elected/ previously elected	No.# of term(s)
Acadia-Coronation	Clarence Gerhart	Social Credit	1940	4th term
Alexandra	Anders Aalborg	Social Credit	1948	2nd term
Athabasca	Antonio Aloisio	Social Credit	1952	1st term
Banff-Cochrane	Lee Leavitt	Social Credit	1952	1st term
Bonnyville	Laudas Joly	Social Credit	1921,^[a] 1952	3rd term*
Bow Valley-Empress	Wilson Cain	Social Credit	1935	5th term
Bruce	Earl Hardy	Social Credit	1948	2nd term
Calgary	Paul Brecken	Progressive Conservative	1952	1st term
	Rose Wilkinson	Social Credit	1944	3rd term
	Frederick C. Colborne	Social Credit	1945	3rd term
	Howard MacDonald	Social Credit	1944	3rd term
	Arthur Dixon	Social Credit	1952	1st term
	Hugh John MacDonald	Liberal	1948	2nd term
Camrose	Chester Sayers	Social Credit	1941	4th term
Cardston	Edgar Hinman	Social Credit	1952	1st term
Clover Bar	Floyd Baker	Social Credit	1935	5th term
Cypress	James Underdahl	Social Credit	1948	2nd term
Didsbury	Howard Hammell	Social Credit	1944	3rd term
Drumheller	Gordon Taylor	Social Credit	1940	4th term
Edmonton	Ernest Manning	Social Credit	1935	5th term
	James Harper Prowse	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Elmer Roper	Co-operative Commonwealth	1942	4th term
	Joseph Donovan Ross	Social Credit	1952	1st term
	Edgar Gerhart	Social Credit	1952	1st term
	John Page	Conservative	1940, 1952	3rd term*
	Harold Tanner	Liberal	1952	1st term
Edson	Norman Willmore	Social Credit	1944	3rd term
Gleichen	George E. Bell	Social Credit	1944	3rd term
Grand Prairie	Ira McLaughlin	Social Credit	1944	3rd term
Grouard	Joseph Desfosses	Liberal	1951	2nd term
Hand Hills	Wallace Warren Cross	Social Credit	1935	5th term
Lac La Biche	Harry Lobay	Social Credit	1948	2nd term
Lac Ste. Anne	Angelo Montemurro	Social Credit	1952	1st term
Lacombe	Allen Patrick	Social Credit	1952	1st term
Leduc	Ronald Ansley	Independent Social Credit	1935	5th term
Lethbridge	John Landeryou	Social Credit	1944	3rd term
Little Bow	Peter Dawson	Social Credit	1935	5th term
Macleod	James Hartley	Social Credit	1935	5th term
Medicine Hat	John Lyle Robinson	Social Credit	1935	5th term
Medicine Hat	Elizabeth G. Robinson (1953)	Social Credit	1953	1st term
Okotoks-High River	Ivan Casey	Social Credit	1944	3rd term
Olds	Frederick Niddrie	Social Credit	1950	2nd term
Peace River	William Gilliland	Social Credit	1944	3rd term
Pembina	Robin Jorgenson	Social Credit	1944	3rd term
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	William Kovach	Social Credit	1948	2nd term
Ponoka	Glen Johnston	Social Credit	1952	1st term
Red Deer	David A. Ure	Social Credit	1943	4th term
Red Deer	Cam Kirby (1954)	Progressive Conservative	1954	1st term
Redwater	Peter Chaba	Social Credit	1948	2nd term
Rocky Mountain House	Alfred Hooke	Social Credit	1935	5th term
Sedgewick	Jack Hillman	Social Credit	1952	1st term
Spirit River	Adolph Fimrite	Social Credit	1952	1st term
St. Albert	Lucien Maynard	Social Credit	1935	5th term
St. Paul	Raymond Reierson	Social Credit	1952	1st term
Stettler	John Clark	Social Credit	1952	1st term
Stony Plain	Cornelia Wood	Social Credit	1940	4th term
Taber	Roy S. Lee	Social Credit	1940	4th term
Vegreville	Michael Ponich	Social Credit	1944	3rd term
Vermilion	William Cornish	Social Credit	1944	3rd term
Wainwright	William Masson	Social Credit	1935	5th term
Warner	Leonard Halmrast	Social Credit	1945	3rd term
Wetaskiwin	John Wingblade	Social Credit	1935	5th term
Willingdon	Nick Dushenski	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952	1st term

Notes:

Composition at election

Affiliation		Members
	Social Credit	53
	Liberal	3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	1
	Progressive Conservative	1
	Conservative	1
	Independent Social Credit	1
Total		60

Notes

^ St. Paul (First elected as a United Farmer)

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. 497. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6. Retrieved August 9, 2020.

External links

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[2] St. Paul (First elected as a United Farmer)

[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. 497. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6. Retrieved August 9, 2020.