Alberta general election, 1967 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Alberta general election of 1967 was the sixteenth general election for the Province of Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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. It was held on May 23, 1967 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...

.

Ernest C. Manning led the Social Credit Party

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....

to its ninth consecutive majority government

Majority government

A majority government is when the governing party has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament in a parliamentary system. This is as opposed to a minority government, where even the largest party wins only a plurality of seats and thus must constantly bargain for support from...

, winning 55 of the 65 seats in the legislature, despite getting less than 45% of the popular vote. This proved to be an ominous sign for the party; it had not won less than half the popular vote since 1955

Alberta general election, 1955

The Alberta general election of 1955 was the thirteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 29, 1955 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

.

The once-moribund Progressive Conservatives

Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...

, led by young lawyer Peter Lougheed

Peter Lougheed

Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, is a Canadian lawyer, and a former politician and Canadian Football League player. He served as the tenth Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985....

, emerged as the main opposition to Social Credit. They won over a quarter of the popular vote and six seats, mostly in Calgary and Edmonton

Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

. Social Credit was slow to adapt to the changes in Alberta as its two largest cities gained increasing influence.

Despite losing close to half of the share of the popular vote they had won in the 1963 election

Alberta general election, 1963

The Alberta general election of 1963 was the fifteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 17, 1963 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.The Social Credit Party, led by Ernest C...

, the Liberals

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...

managed to increase their number of seats from two to three as a result of the decline in the Social Credit vote.

Voters also decided upon the adoption of daylight saving time

Daylight saving time

Daylight saving time —also summer time in several countries including in British English and European official terminology —is the practice of temporarily advancing clocks during the summertime so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less...

, in the province's fifth plebiscite. It was defeated by a very slim margin with 51.25% voting against.

This was also the first Alberta election in which Aboriginals had the right to vote.

Results

Party	Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party	Party leader	# of candidates	1963	font style="font-size: 75%;">Dissolution 15th Alberta Legislative Assembly The 15th Alberta Legislative Assembly lasted from June 17, 1963 to dissolution on April 14, 1967. The Social Credit government had been re-elected to their eighth consecutive term in power under Premier Ernest Manning...	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	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....	Ernest C. Manning	65	60	57	55	-8.3%	222,270	44.60%	-10.21%	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...	Peter Lougheed Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, is a Canadian lawyer, and a former politician and Canadian Football League player. He served as the tenth Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985....	47	-	-	6	129,544	26.00%	+13.29%	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...	Michael Maccagno Michael Maccagno Michael "Mike" Maccagno was an provincial level politician from Alberta Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 until he resigned in 1968...	45	2	3	3	+50.0%	53,847	10.81%	-8.95%	Independent	7	-	-	1	6,916	1.38%	+0.40%	NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	Neil Reimer Neil Reimer Neil Reimer , was an activist, trade unionist and former political figure in Canada.After leaving the University of Saskatchewan in 1942 at the age of 19, Reimer went to work at the Consumers Co-operative Refinery, in Regina, Saskatchewan. He immediately joined a Congress of Industrial...	65	-	1	-	-	79,610	15.98%	+6.53%	Coalition	2	1	1	-	-100%	3,654	0.73%	+0.19%	Independent Progressive Conservative	2	*	-	-	*	1,118	0.22%	*	Liberal/Progressive Conservative	1	-	-	-	-	699	0.14%	-0.14%	Independent Social Credit	2	-	1	-	-	693	0.14%	-0.65%
Total		236	63	63	65	+3.2%	498,351	100%
Source: Elections Alberta

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election

Daylight saving time plebiscite

The province of Alberta voted on its fifth provincial plebiscite. Voters were asked to endorse a proposal to adopt daylight saving time

Daylight saving time

(summer time). The proposal was rejected by a very slim of margin. The question was asked again in the next election, and passed at that time.

Do you favour province-wide daylight saving time?
For	Against
236,555 48.75%	248,680 51.25%

For break down of results see individual districts

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

16th Alberta Legislative Assembly 16th Alberta Legislative Assembly The members of the 16th Alberta Legislative Assembly were elected in the general election held on May 23, 1967.On August 30, 1971, the 19th Alberta general election was held to elect the next legislature.-Party standings after the 16th General Election:...
	District	Member	Party	Alexandra	Anders Aalborg Anders Aalborg Anders Olav Aalborg was a teacher and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1948 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government...	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....	Athabasca Athabasca (provincial electoral district) Athabasca was a provincial electoral district covering north east Alberta, Canada.The riding, was created in 1905 when Alberta first became a province...	Antonio Aloisio Antonio Aloisio Antonio Aloisio was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1955 and again from 1959 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government both times.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Banff-Cochrane Banff-Cochrane Banff-Cochrane is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. This riding is home to the popular tourist destination Banff National Park, environmental issues tend to dominate here....	Clarence Copithorne Clarence Copithorne Clarence Copithorne was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1975 sitting as an Independent and later with the Progressive Conservative caucus in both opposition and government...	Independent	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...	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....	Social Credit	Bow Valley-Empress Bow Valley-Empress -1944 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	Fred Mandeville Fred Mandeville Frederick "Fred" Thomas Mandeville was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1982 sitting as part of the Social Credit caucus when it was both in government and official opposition...	Social Credit	Calgary Bowness Calgary Bowness Calgary Bowness is a defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta Canada. The district was named after the community of Bowness, and during its time encompassed the Northwestern part of the city. The riding was created in 1959...	Len Werry Len Werry Len F. Werry was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to his death in 1973 and a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Alberta of Premier Peter Lougheed from 1971 to 1973.-Political career:Werry ran as a...	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...	Calgary Centre Calgary Centre (provincial electoral district) Calgary Centre was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada.The district has existed in two incarnations the first from 1913 to 1917 and the second from 1959 to 1967....	Frederick Colborne Frederick C. Colborne Frederick C. Colborne D.F.C., of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1944 and served until 1971.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Calgary East	Albert Ludwig Albert Ludwig Albert Ludwig was a long serving politician and World War II combat veteran, layer judge and current author from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Ludwig was born in 1919 in Melfort, Saskatchewan...	Social Credit	Calgary Glenmore Calgary-Glenmore Calgary Glenmore is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.The electoral riding of Calgary Glenmore is one of two original Calgary ridings of the seven that still survives from the 1959 redistribution of the Calgary riding...	Bill Dickie Bill Dickie (politician) William "Bill" Danielle Dickie is a former corporate lawyer as well as a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as an Alderman in Calgary from 1961 to 1964 and also served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1975...	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...	Calgary North Calgary North (provincial electoral district) Calgary North provincial electoral district was a single member electoral district in the northwest and northeast parts of Calgary, Alberta. The electoral district existed from 1959 to 1971 before it was abolished...	Robert A. Simpson Robert A. Simpson Robert Archibald "Bob" Simpson was a former provincial politician.-Political career:Simpson attempted to run for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 Canadian federal election. He finished second to incumbent Douglas Scott Harkness in a hotly contested election by roughly 6000 votes...	Social Credit	Calgary Queens Park Calgary Queens Park Calgary Queens Park was a provincial electoral district that existed in Calgary Alberta from 1963 to 1967.The riding was created from a slice of Calgary Bowness during the 1963 election...	Lee Leavitt Lee Leavitt Lorne Lee Leavitt was a teacher and a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1955 and a second stint from 1963 to 1971 sitting both times with the governing Social Credit caucus.-Political career:Leavitt would run...	Social Credit	Calgary South Calgary South (provincial electoral district) Calgary South provincial electoral district was an electoral district in Alberta, Canada.The riding was last used in 1967 and was spit between Calgary Egmontand Calgary Millican....	Arthur Dixon Arthur J. Dixon Arthur Johnson Dixon, CM was a real estate and insurance agent, and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government and opposition...	Social Credit	Calgary West	Peter Lougheed Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, is a Canadian lawyer, and a former politician and Canadian Football League player. He served as the tenth Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985....	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Victoria Park Calgary Victoria Park Calgary Victoria Park was a provincial electoral district that served the belt line on the south end of downtown Calgary, Alberta Canada.The riding was created during the 1967 election and disappeared in the 1971election....	David Russell David John Russell David John Russell was a politician from Alberta, Canada.Born in Calgary in 1931, Russell was elected to Calgary City Council and served as Alderman on two different occasions, the first time from 1960–1961 and then again from 1963 to 1967.Russell was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of...	Progressive Conservative	Camrose Camrose (provincial electoral district) -1944 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	Chester Sayers Chester Sayers Chester Irving Sayers was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1941 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Cardston Cardston (provincial electoral district) Cardston was a provincial electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada.The riding was created in when Alberta first became a province in 1905.The riding has always occupied the most southern portion of the province along the Canada / United States border...	Alvin Bullock Alvin Bullock Alvin Francis Bullock was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Clover Bar Clover Bar (provincial electoral district) -1944 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	Walt Buck Walt Buck Dr. Walter "Walt" Alexander Buck is a former provincial level politician and dentist from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1989. During his time in office he served in numerous party caucuses and as an Independent.-Political career:Buck ran...	Social Credit	Cypress Cypress (provincial electoral district) -1944 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	Harry Strom Harry Strom Harry Edwin Strom was the ninth Premier of Alberta, Canada, from 1968 to 1971. His two and a half years as Premier were the last of the thirty-six year Social Credit dynasty, as his defeat by Peter Lougheed saw its replacement by a new era Progressive Conservative government...	Social Credit	Drumheller-Gliechen	Gordon Taylor Gordon Taylor Gordon Edward Taylor was a Canadian politician, businessman and teacher.-Provincial political career:He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1940 provincial election representing Drumheller for Social Credit and continued to sit in the legislature for 39 years...	Social Credit	Dunvegan Dunvegan (electoral district) Dunvegan was a provincial electoral district in Northwestern Alberta. In 2004 the district was re-named Dunvegan-Central Peace. The district was created in 1986 from Spirit River-Fairview.-Members of the Legislative Assembly :...	Ernest Lee Ernest Leonard Lee Ernest Leonard Lee was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Edmonton Centre Edmonton Centre (provincial electoral district) Edmonton Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-Provincial General Election results:-Senate nominee election district results:...	Ambrose Holowach Ambrose A. Holowach Ambrose A. Holowach was a businessman, soldier during World War II and an Alberta provincial level and federal level politician.-Federal political career:...	Social Credit	Edmonton Jasper Place	John Horan John Horan (politician) John "Jack" William Horan was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Edmonton North	Ethel Wilson Ethel Sylvia Wilson Ethel Sylvia Wilson was a seamstress, labour activist and a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of Edmonton City Council from 1952 to 1966 and as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1971...	Social Credit	Edmonton North East	Lou Heard Lou Heard Louis "Lou" Wesley Heard was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta twice. The first stint was from 1948 to 1952 and the second was from 1959 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government both times.-Early life:Louis...	Social Credit	Edmonton North West	Edgar Gerhart Edgar Gerhart Edgar Henry Gerhart was a lawyer judge and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government...	Social Credit	Edmonton Norwood Edmonton-Norwood Edmonton-Norwood was provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The District was created from the Edmonton district in 1959 and was abolished in 2004 when it merged with Edmonton-Highlands to form Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood. The district was a swing riding and was held by every major party...	William Tomyn William Tomyn William Tomyn was a politician and teacher from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1952 and again 1959 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government both times.-Early life:...	Social Credit	Edmonton West Edmonton West (provincial electoral district) Edmonton West was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The riding has existed twice, the first incarnation was created in 1917 when Edmonton broke up into Edmonton East and this one. The two districts were merged along with Edmonton South in 1921 to reform the Edmonton District.The...	Lou Hyndman Lou Hyndman Louis Davies "Lou" Hyndman is a Canadian academic, lawyer and retired politician. He was named the 15th Chancellor of the University of Alberta on June 10, 1994...	Progressive Conservative	Edson Edson (provincial electoral district) Edson was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Alberta represented in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1986.-History:The electoral district was created during the 1913 Alberta general election from all of Lac St...	William Switzer William Switzer William Alexander Switzer was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1965 to 1969 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.-Political career:...	Liberal	Grande Prairie Grande Prairie (provincial electoral district) Grande Prairie was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Ira McLaughlin Ira McLaughlin Ira McLaughlin was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1944 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government...	Social Credit	Grouard Grouard (electoral district) Grouard was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1971.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Roy Ells Roy Ells Roy Burke Ells was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Hand Hills-Acadia	Clinton French Clinton French Clinton Keith French was a municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in both government and opposition.-Political career:French began his political career by...	Social Credit	Lac La Biche Lac La Biche (provincial electoral district) Lac La Biche was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Michael Maccagno Michael Maccagno Michael "Mike" Maccagno was an provincial level politician from Alberta Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 until he resigned in 1968...	Liberal	Lac Ste. Anne Lac Ste. Anne (electoral district) Lac Ste. Anne was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1971.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Hugh Horner Hugh Horner Hugh Macarthur Horner was a physician and surgeon. He served as a Canadian federal and provincial politician. Horner was born in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan...	Progressive Conservative	Lacombe Lacombe (provincial electoral district) -1905 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	Allen Patrick Allen Russell Patrick Allen Russell Patrick was a stock broker, teacher and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government...	Social Credit	Leduc Leduc (provincial electoral district) -1905 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	James Henderson James Douglas Henderson James Douglas Henderson was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1975 sitting as a member of the Social Credit caucus in both government and opposition and later as an Independent...	Social Credit	Lethbridge Lethbridge (provincial electoral district) Lethbridge was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada.The riding has existed twice. The first incarnation was in 1905 when Alberta first became a province. Lethbridge covered a large patch of southern Alberta, It was broken into Lethbridge District and Lethbridge City in 1909...	John Landeryou John Landeryou John Charles "Jack" Landeryou was a chef, a seniors rights activist, and a Canadian federal and long serving provincial level politician.-Federal politics:...	Social Credit	Little Bow	Raymond Speaker Raymond Speaker Raymond Albert "Ray" Speaker, PC, OC is a farmer and Canadian politician.Speaker was born and raised in Enchant, Alberta where he farms to this day...	Social Credit	Macleod Macleod (provincial electoral district) Macleod is a former provincial electoral district that existed from 1905 to 2004 in the province of Alberta.-1905 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Leighton Buckwell Leighton Buckwell Leighton Edward Buckwell was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government and opposition.-Political career:Buckwell ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in...	Social Credit	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...	Harry Leinweber Harry Leinweber Harry C. Leinweber is a former insurance underwriter and a municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada...	Social Credit	Okotoks-High River Okotoks-High River Okotoks-High River was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1971....	Edward Benoit Edward Benoit Edward Philip Benoit was a former provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Alberta Legislature from 1963 until 1975.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Olds-Didsbury Olds-Didsbury Olds-Didsbury was a provincial electoral district in central southern Alberta, Canada.The riding was created in 1963 as a merger between the Olds and Didsbury ridings....	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...	Social Credit	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...	Robert Wiebe Robert Wiebe Robert Henry Wiebe was a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Pembina Pembina (Alberta provincial electoral district) Pembina was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1971.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Carl Muller Carl A. Muller Carl A. Muller was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Pincher Creek-Crowsnest was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Charles Drain	Social Credit	Ponoka Ponoka (provincial electoral district) Ponoka was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Alberta represented in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1986.-History:...	Neville Roper Neville Roper Neville Sydney Roper was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Red Deer Red Deer (provincial electoral district) Red Deer was a provincial electoral district representing the city of Red Deer, Alberta in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1986...	William Ure William Ure William Kenneth Ure was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1971 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus....	Social Credit	Redwater Redwater (provincial electoral district) Redwater was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada from 1940 until 1971 and again from 1993 until 2004.-MLAs:The district elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta:-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Michael Senych Michael Senych Michael Senych was a teacher and politician on both the provincial and municipal level from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1971.-Early life:Michael Senych was born on September 24, 1926 in Corbin, British Columbia, Canada...	Social Credit	Rocky Mountain House Rocky Mountain House (electoral district) Rocky Mountain House is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting since 1959...	Alfred Hooke Alfred Hooke Alfred "Alf" John Hooke was a teacher, provincial politician and author from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit party in government...	Social Credit	Sedgewick-Coronation	Jack Hillman Jack Charles Hillman John "Jack" Charles Hillman was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Spirit River Spirit River (electoral district) Spirit River was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Adolph Fimrite Adolph Fimrite Adolph Olaf Fimrite was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government...	Social Credit	St. Albert St. Albert (provincial electoral district) St. Albert formally styled Saint Albert is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandate to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta of Alberta, Canada....	Keith Everitt Keith Everitt Keith Everitt was a politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and county councillor in Sturgeon County, Alberta.-Biography:Everitt first ran for provincial office in the 1959 election, representing the Social Credit Party of Alberta in the riding of St. Albert. He unseated...	Social Credit	St. Paul St. Paul (provincial electoral district) St. Paul was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Raymond Reierson Raymond Reierson Raymond Reierson is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government...	Social Credit	Stettler Stettler (provincial electoral district) Stettler was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Galen Norris Galen Norris Galen Clark Norris was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1971.-Early life:Galen Clark Noris was born on November 7, 1915...	Social Credit	Stony Plain Stony Plain (electoral district) Stony Plain originally styled Stonyplain 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. From 1926 to 1957 Single Transferable Vote was used in the...	Ralph Jespersen Ralph Jespersen Ralph Andrew Jespersen was a dairyman and a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Strathcona Centre Strathcona Centre Strathcona Centre was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, CanadaIt was created in 1959 after the Edmonton district, broke up into ridings....	Joseph Donovan Ross Joseph Donovan Ross Joseph Donovan Ross was a medical doctor and a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971. He also served as Minister of Health in the Alberta provincial government.-Political career:Ross first ran for...	Social Credit	Strathcona East Strathcona East Strathcona East was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The riding was created in 1959, out of the Edmonton district when it broke up into nine ridings.In 1971 the riding was split between Edmonton-Gold Bar and Edmonton Ottewell...	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...	Social Credit	Strathcona South Strathcona South Strathcona South was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada.The district was created in 1967 out of the southern part of Strathcona East.In 1971 the district was split between Edmonton Avonmore and Edmonton Ottewell.-Election Results 1967:...	Gerrit Radstaak Gerrit Radstaak Gerrit Joseph Radstaak was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Strathcona West Strathcona West Strathcona West was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1959 when Edmonton broke up into nine ridings.In 1971 the riding was split between Edmonton-Whitemud and Edmonton-Parkallen.-1959 Redistribution:...	Don Getty Don Getty Donald Ross Getty, OC, AOE is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 11th Premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he served as Energy Minister and Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister in the government of Peter Lougheed before...	Progressive Conservative	Taber-Warner	Douglas Miller Douglas Miller Douglas Miller was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in both government and opposition.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Three Hills	Raymond Ratzlaff Raymond Ratzlaff Raymond Samuel Ratzlaff was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government...	Social Credit	Vegreville-Bruce	Alex Gordey Alex Gordey Alexander "Alex" William Gordey was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Vermilion	Ashley Cooper Ashley Cooper (politician) Ashley Horace Cooper was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in both government and opposition.-Political career:Cooper ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a...	Social Credit	Wainwright Wainwright (provincial electoral district) Wainwright was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Henry Ruste Henry Ruste Henry Arild Ruste was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government and opposition...	Social Credit	Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district) Wetaskiwin is a former provincial electoral district in Alberta that existed from 1905 to 1971.-1905 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Albert Strohschein Albert Strohschein Albert William Strohschein was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Social Credit	Willingdon-Two Hills	Nicholas Melnyk Nicholas Melnyk Nicholas A. Melnyk was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	Social Credit

Results

Daylight saving time plebiscite

Members elected

See also