13th Alberta Legislature
Canadian Legislative Assembly
13th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
Aug. 17, 1955 – May. 9, 1959
Parliament leaders
PremierErnest Charles Manning
May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968
CabinetManning cabinet
Leader of the
Opposition		James Harper Prowse
February 21, 1952 – April 15, 1958
Grant MacEwan
February 5, 1959 – April 17, 1959
Party caucuses
GovernmentSocial Credit Party
OppositionAlberta Liberal Party
CrossbenchProgressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Cooperative Commonwealth
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly		Peter Dawson
February 25, 1937 – March 24, 1963
Members61 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant
governor		Hon. John James Bowlen
February 1, 1950 – December 16, 1959
Sessions
1st session
August 17, 1955 – August 25, 1955
2nd session
February 9, 1956 – March 29, 1956
3rd session
February 14, 1957 – April 11, 1957
4th session
February 28, 1958 – April 14, 1958
5th session
February 5, 1959 – April 7, 1959
← 12th → 14th

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.[1]

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

  District Member Party First elected/ previously elected No.# of term(s)
  Acadia-Coronation James Sims Liberal 1955 1st term
  Alexandra Anders Aalborg Social Credit 1948 3rd term
  Athabasca Richard Hall Liberal 1955 1st term
  Banff-Cochrane Frank Gainer Coalition 1955 1st term
  Bonnyville Jake Josvanger Liberal 1955 1st term
  Bow Valley-Empress Bryce Stringam Independent 1955 1st term
  Bruce Earl Hardy Social Credit 1948 3rd term
  Calgary Arthur Ryan Smith Conservative 1955 1st term
  Hugh John MacDonald Liberal 1948 3rd term
  Frederick C. Colborne Social Credit 1945 4th term
  Rose Wilkinson Social Credit 1944 4th term
  Grant MacEwan Liberal 1955 1st term
  Arthur J. Dixon Social Credit 1952 2nd term
  Ernest Watkins (1957) Conservative 1957 1st term
  Camrose Chester Sayers Social Credit 1941 5th term
  Cardston Edgar Hinman Social Credit 1952 2nd term
  Clover Bar Floyd Baker Social Credit 1935 6th term
  Cypress Harry Strom Social Credit 1955 1st term
  Didsbury James Lawrence Owens Social Credit 1955 1st term
  Drumheller Gordon Taylor Social Credit 1940 5th term
  Edmonton Ernest Manning Social Credit 1935 6th term
  James Harper Prowse Liberal 1945 4th term
  Abe Miller Liberal 1955 1st term
  Harold Tanner Liberal 1952 2nd term
  Joseph Donovan Ross Social Credit 1952 2nd term
  John Page Conservative 1940, 1952 4th term*
  Edgar Gerhart Social Credit 1952 2nd term
  Edson Norman Willmore Social Credit 1944 4th term
  Gleichen George E. Bell Social Credit 1944 4th term
  Grande Prairie Ira McLaughlin Social Credit 1944 4th term
  Grouard Joseph Desfosses Liberal 1951 3rd term
  Hand Hills Wallace Warren Cross Social Credit 1935 6th term
  Lac La Biche Michael Maccagno Liberal 1955 1st term
  Lac Ste. Anne John Mills Liberal 1955 1st term
  Lacombe Allen Patrick Social Credit 1952 2nd term
Leduc Ronald Ansley Independent Social Credit 1935 6th term
  Lethbridge John Landeryou Social Credit 1944 4th term
  Little Bow Peter Dawson Social Credit 1935 6th term
  Macleod James Hartley Social Credit 1935 6th term
  Medicine Hat Elizabeth Robinson Social Credit 1953 2nd term
  Okotoks-High River Ross Ellis Liberal and Conservative Coalition 1955 1st term
  Olds Frederick Niddrie Social Credit 1950 3rd term
  Roderick Macleod (1959) Social Credit 1959 1st term
  Peace River William Gilliland Social Credit 1944 4th term
  Pembina Robin Jorgenson Social Credit 1944 4th term
  Pincher Creek-Crowsnest William Kovach Social Credit 1948 3rd term
  Ponoka Glen Johnston Social Credit 1952 2nd term
  Red Deer Cam Kirby Conservative 1954 2nd term
  Redwater Alfred Macyk Liberal 1955 1st term
  Rocky Mountain House Alfred Hooke Social Credit 1935 6th term
  Sedgewick Jack Hillman Social Credit 1952 2nd term
  Spirit River Adolph Fimrite Social Credit 1952 2nd term
  St. Albert Arthur Soetaert Liberal 1955 1st term
  St. Paul Raymond Reierson Social Credit 1952 2nd term
  Stettler John Clark Social Credit 1952 2nd term
  Galen Norris (1956) Social Credit 1956 1st term
  Stony Plain John McLaughlin Liberal 1955 1st term
  Taber Roy Lee Social Credit 1940 5th term
  Vegreville Stanley Ruzycki Cooperative Commonwealth 1955 1st term
  Vermilion Russell Whitson Liberal 1955 1st term
  Wainwright Henry Ruste Social Credit 1955 1st term
  Warner Leonard Halmrast Social Credit 1945 4th term
  Wetaskiwin John Wingblade Social Credit 1935 6th term
  Willingdon Nick Dushenski Cooperative Commonwealth 1952 2nd term

Notes:


Standings changes since the 13th general election

Affiliation Members
  Social Credit 37
Liberal 15
  Progressive Conservative 3
  Co-operative Commonwealth 2
  Liberal + Progressive Conservative1 1
  Coalition 1
  Independent Social Credit 1
 Total
 61
  1. The candidate in Okotoks-High River was jointly nominated by the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties.
Membership changes in the 13th Assembly
Date Name District Party Reason
  June 29, 1955 See List of Members Election day of the 13th Alberta general election
  June 3, 1956 John Clark Stettler Social Credit Committed suicide after murdering seven people[2]
  November 15, 1956 Galen Norris Stettler Social Credit Elected in a by-election
  1957 Arthur Smith Calgary Progressive Conservative Vacated his seat to run in the 1957 federal election.
  October 2, 1957 Ernest Watkins Calgary Progressive Conservative Elected in a by-election
  December 19, 1958 Frederick Niddrie Olds Social Credit Died
  February 9, 1959 Roderick Macleod Olds Social Credit Elected in a by-election

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. ^ Colin MacDonald (June 5, 1956). "Body Alberta MLA Found Lying In Slough". Vol XLIX No 148. The Lethbridge Herald. p. 1.

Further reading

  • Normandin, G. Pierre, ed. (1959). "The Canadian Parliamentary Guide". The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien. 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.
  • Alberta Legislative Assembly
  • Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Book
  • By-elections 1905 to present


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