The 14th Alberta Legislative Assembly lasted from 1959 to 1963. The Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Alberta

The Alberta Social Credit Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values....

 government had been re-elected to their seventh consecutive term in power under Premier Ernest Manning

Ernest Manning

Ernest Charles Manning, , a Canadian politician, was the eighth Premier of Alberta between 1943 and 1968 for the Social Credit Party of Alberta. He served longer than any premier in the province's history, and was the second longest serving provincial premier in Canadian history...

. Four opposition members under four different banners were elected, each holding a single seat.

This was the first assembly elected after the Government of Alberta changed from Single Transferable Vote

Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...

 to First Past the Post.

Standings changes since the 14th general election

Number of members per party by date		1959	1960			1961					1963
		Jun 18	Sep 28	Oct 21	Nov 30	Jan 19	Sep 5	Oct 10	Oct 26	Nov 27	Mar 24	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Alberta The Alberta Social Credit Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values....	61	60	59	60	61	60	59	60	61	60	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	1										Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	1										Coalition	1										Independent Social Credit	1
	Total members	65	64	63	64	65	64	63	64	65	64
	Vacant	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1
	Government Majority	57	56	55	56	57	56	55	56	57	56

Membership changes in the 14th Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason	June 18, 1959	See List of Members			Election day of the 14th Alberta general election Alberta general election, 1959 The Alberta general election of 1959 was the fourteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 18, 1959 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Ernest C...	September 28, 1960	James Owens James Lawrence Owens James Lawrence Owens was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 until his death in 1960 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Didsbury Didsbury (provincial electoral district) Didsbury is a former provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The electoral district returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1963.- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-1944 general election:...	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Alberta The Alberta Social Credit Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values....	Died from a Heart Attack.	October 21, 1960	Elizabeth Robinson Elizabeth G. Robinson Elizabeth Gladys Robinson was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1953 until her death in 1960 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government....	Medicine Hat Medicine Hat (provincial electoral district) Medicine Hat is an Albertan provincial electoral district, covering most of the city of Medicine Hat.Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency covers the portion of the city north of the South Saskatchewan River, the Trans-Canada Highway and Carry Drive...	Social Credit	Died from an undisclosed illness in Medicine Hat hospital.	November 30, 1960	Robert Clark Robert Curtis Clark Robert "Bob" Curtis Clark is a former teacher, civil servant and provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1960 to 1981. During his career he served as Leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party and Leader of the Official Opposition...	Didsbury	Social Credit	Elected in a by-election	January 19, 1961	Harry Leinweber Harry Leinweber Harry C. Leinweber is a former insurance underwriter and a municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada...	Medicine Hat	Social Credit	Elected in a by-election	September 5, 1961	William Gilliland William Gilliland William Floyd Gilliland was a farmer and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1944 until his death in 1961...	Peace River Peace River (provincial electoral district) Peace River is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting...	Social Credit	Died after prolonged illness related to a Heart Attack.	October 10, 1961	Karl Nordstrom Karl Nordstrom Karl Earnest Nordstrom was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 until his death in 1961 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government....	Bonnyville Bonnyville (provincial electoral district) Bonnyville was a provincial electoral district in north east Alberta, Canada. It elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from its creation in 1952 until 1997 when the riding was renamed Bonnyville-Cold Lake, to more accurately reflect the two largest population centres in the...	Social Credit	Died after hospitalization for undisclosed illness.	October 26, 1961	Euell Montgomery Euell Montgomery Euell F. Montgomery was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1961 to 1967 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus.-Political career:...	Peace River	Social Credit	Elected in a by-election	November 27, 1961	Romeo Lamothe Romeo Lamothe Romeo B. Lamothe was a teacher, military man, and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1942 to 1945 seeing action in World War II....	Bonnyville	Social Credit	Elected in a by-election	March 24, 1963	Peter Dawson Peter Dawson (politician) Peter Dawson was a Canadian minister, politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Dawson was born in 1892 in Scotland. After attending schools and briefly working as a labourer and an apprentice to a butcher in Maybole, Dawson immigrated to Canada at the age of 18 with his...	Little Bow	Social Credit	Died