9th Alberta Legislative Assembly
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The 9th Alberta Legislative Assembly lasted from 1940 to 1944. The Social Credit
under the leadership of William Aberhart
won a second reduced majority.
An independent movement started by the Conservatives and including most Liberals and some former United Farmer supporters won 19 seats. The remaining Liberal party that did not endorse the independent movement won 1 seat and a Labor man won 1 seat.
Premier Aberhart died in 1943. Ernest Manning took the reins of the party and jettisoned the unpopular monetary policies for more traditional conservatism.
Two independents would re-join the Liberal party and the Co-operative Commonwealth entered the Legislature in its first by-election.
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....
under the leadership of William Aberhart
William Aberhart
William Aberhart , also known as Bible Bill for his outspoken Baptist views, was a Canadian politician and the seventh Premier of Alberta between 1935 and 1943. The Social Credit party believed the reason for the depression was that people did not have enough money to spend, so the government...
won a second reduced majority.
An independent movement started by the Conservatives and including most Liberals and some former United Farmer supporters won 19 seats. The remaining Liberal party that did not endorse the independent movement won 1 seat and a Labor man won 1 seat.
Premier Aberhart died in 1943. Ernest Manning took the reins of the party and jettisoned the unpopular monetary policies for more traditional conservatism.
Two independents would re-join the Liberal party and the Co-operative Commonwealth entered the Legislature in its first by-election.
Composition at election
| Affiliation | Members |
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.... |
36 |
Independent | 19 |
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 |
Labor Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s... |
1 |
| Total |
57 | |