11th Alberta Legislature

11th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
Feb. 17, 1949 – Jul. 3, 1952
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	Cooperative Commonwealth
Crossbench	Alberta Liberal Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Peter Dawson February 25, 1937 – March 24, 1963
Members	57 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	George VI December 11, 1936 – February 6, 1952
	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant governor	Hon. John Campbell Bowen March 23, 1937 – February 1, 1950
	Hon. John James Bowlen February 1, 1950 – December 16, 1959
Sessions
1st session February 17, 1949 – March 29, 1949
2nd session July 4, 1949 – July 7, 1949
3rd session February 23, 1950 – April 5, 1950
4th session February 22, 1951 – April 7, 1951
5th session February 21, 1952 – April 10, 1952
← 10th → 12th

The 11th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 17, 1949, to July 3, 1952, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1948 Alberta general election held on August 17, 1948. The Legislature officially resumed on February 17, 1949, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on April 10, 1952 and dissolved on July 3, 1952, prior to the 1952 Alberta general election.^[1]

Alberta's eleventh government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the fourth 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.

The opposition was divided between the Liberal and Co-operative Commonwealth and 2 Independents.

Membership in the 11th Alberta Legislature

	District	Member	Party	First elected/ previously elected	No.# of term(s)
	Acadia-Coronation	Clarence Gerhart	Social Credit	1940	3rd term
	Alexandra	Anders Aalborg	Social Credit	1948	1st term
	Athabasca	Gordon Lee	Social Credit	1940	3rd term
	Banff-Cochrane	Arthur Wray	Independent Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Beaver River	Harry Lobay	Social Credit	1948	1st term
	Bow Valley-Empress	Wilson Cain	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Bruce	Earl Hardy	Social Credit	1948	1st term
	Calgary	Rose Wilkinson	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
		Frederick C. Colborne	Social Credit	1945	2nd term
		Howard MacDonald	Independent	1944	2nd term
		Hugh John MacDonald	Liberal	1948	1st term
		Aylmer Liesemer	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944	2nd term
	Camrose	Chester Sayers	Social Credit	1941	3rd term
	Cardston	Nathan Eldon Tanner	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Clover Bar	Floyd Baker	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Cypress	James Underdahl	Social Credit	1948	1st term
	Didsbury	Howard Hammell	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Drumheller	Gordon Taylor	Social Credit	1940	3rd term
	Edmonton	Elmer Roper	Co-operative Commonwealth	1942	3rd term
		Lou Heard	Social Credit	1948	1st term
		Ernest Manning	Social Credit	1935	4th term
		James Harper Prowse	Liberal	1945	2nd term
		Clayton Adams	Social Credit	1948	1st term
	Edson	Norman Willmore	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Gleichen	George Bell	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Grande Prairie	Ira McLaughlin	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Grouard	John Wood	Social Credit	1948	1st term
		Joseph Desfosses (1951)	Liberal	1951	1st term
	Hand Hills	Wallace Cross	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Lac Ste. Anne	Albert Bourcier	Social Credit	1935	4th term
			Independent
	Lacombe	Duncan MacMillan	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Leduc	Ronald Ansley	Social Credit	1935	4th term
			Independent Social Credit
	Lethbridge	John Landeryou	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Little Bow	Peter Dawson	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Macleod	James Hartley	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Medicine Hat	John Lyle Robinson	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Okotoks-High River	Ivan Casey	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Olds	Norman E. Cook	Social Credit	1940	3rd term
		Frederick Niddrie (1950)	Social Credit	1950	1st term
	Peace River	William Gilliland	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Pembina	Robin Jorgenson	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	William Kovach	Social Credit	1948	1st term
	Ponoka	Ora Moore	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Red Deer	David A. Ure	Social Credit	1943	3rd term
	Redwater	Peter Chaba	Social Credit	1948	1st term
	Rocky Mountain House	Alfred Hooke	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Sedgewick	Albert Fee	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Spirit River	Henry DeBolt	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	St. Albert	Lucien Maynard	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	St. Paul	Joseph Beaudry	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Stettler	William Mackie	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Stony Plain	Cornelia Wood	Social Credit	1940	3rd term
	Taber	Roy S. Lee	Social Credit	1940	3rd term
	Vegreville	Michael Ponich	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Vermilion	William Cornish	Social Credit	1944	2nd term
	Wainwright	William Masson	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Warner	Leonard Halmrast	Social Credit	1945	2nd term
	Wetaskiwin	John Wingblade	Social Credit	1935	4th term
	Willingdon	William Tomyn	Social Credit	1935	4th term

Notes:

Composition at election

Affiliation		Members
	Social Credit	51
	Liberal	2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	2
	Independent	1
	Independent Social Credit	1
Total		57

Standings changes

Membership changes in the 11th Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	November 26, 1948	Albert Bourcier	Lac Ste. Anne	Independent	Excluded from the Social Credit caucus by a resolution at the 1948 Social Credit AGM.[2]
	June 16, 1952	Ronald Ansley	Leduc	Independent Social Credit	Expelled from caucus for attend Alberta Boucier's nomination convention.[3]

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. 497. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
2. "S.C. Caucus Agrees Exclude Bourcier". Vol XLI No. 293. The Lethbridge Herald. November 26, 1948. p. 2.
3. "Leduc Socred Reaffirm Ansley for Nomination". XLV No. 178. The Lethbridge Herald. July 10, 1952. p. 16.

Further reading

• Normandin, G. Pierre, ed. (1952). "The Canadian Parliamentary Guide". The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien. Ottawa: G. Pierre Normandin. 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.

External links

• Alberta Legislative Assembly
• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Book
• By-elections 1905 to present