12th Alberta Legislature

12th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
19 February 1953 – 12 May 1955
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	Alberta Liberal Party
Crossbench	Cooperative Commonwealth
	Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Peter Dawson February 25, 1937 – March 24, 1963
Members	60 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant Governor	Hon. John James Bowlen February 1, 1950 – December 16, 1959
Sessions
1st session February 19, 1953 – April 2, 1953
2nd session February 18, 1954 – April 8, 1954
3rd session February 17, 1955 – May 12, 1955
← 11th → 13th

The 12th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 19, 1953, to May 12, 1955, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1952 Alberta general election held on August 5, 1952. The Legislature officially resumed on February 19, 1953, and continued until the third session was prorogued and dissolved on May 12, 1955, prior to the 1955 Alberta general election.[1]

Alberta's twelfth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the fifth 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.

Membership in the 12th Alberta Legislature

	District	Member	Party	First elected/ previously elected
	Acadia-Coronation	Clarence Gerhart	Social Credit	1940
	Alexandra	Anders Aalborg	Social Credit	1948
	Athabasca	Antonio Aloisio	Social Credit	1952
	Banff-Cochrane	Lee Leavitt	Social Credit	1952
	Bonnyville	Laudas Joly	Social Credit	1921[a], 1952
	Bow Valley-Empress	Wilson Cain	Social Credit	1935
	Bruce	Earl Hardy	Social Credit	1948
	Calgary	Paul Brecken	Progressive Conservative	1952
		Rose Wilkinson	Social Credit	1944
		Frederick C. Colborne	Social Credit	1944
		Howard MacDonald	Social Credit	1944
		Arthur Dixon	Social Credit	1952
		Hugh John MacDonald	Liberal	1948
	Camrose	Chester Sayers	Social Credit	1941
	Cardston	Edgar Hinman	Social Credit	1952
	Clover Bar	Floyd Baker	Social Credit	1935
	Cypress	James Underdahl	Social Credit	1948
	Didsbury	Howard Hammell	Social Credit	1944
	Drumheller	Gordon Taylor	Social Credit	1940
	Edmonton	Ernest Manning	Social Credit	1935
		James Harper Prowse	Liberal	1944
		Elmer Roper	Co-operative Commonwealth	1942
		Joseph Donovan Ross	Social Credit	1952
		Edgar Gerhart	Social Credit	1952
		John Page	Conservative	1940, 1952
		Harold Tanner	Liberal	1952
	Edson	Norman Willmore	Social Credit	1944
	Gleichen	George E. Bell	Social Credit	1944
	Grand Prairie	Ira McLaughlin	Social Credit	1944
	Grouard	Joseph Desfosses	Liberal	1951
	Hand Hills	Wallace Warren Cross	Social Credit	1935
	Lac La Biche	Harry Lobay	Social Credit	1948
	Lac Ste. Anne	Angelo Montemurro	Social Credit	1952
	Lacombe	Allen Patrick	Social Credit	1952
	Leduc	Ronald Ansley	Independent Social Credit	1935
	Lethbridge	John Landeryou	Social Credit	1944
	Little Bow	Peter Dawson	Social Credit	1935
	Macleod	James Hartley	Social Credit	1935
	Medicine Hat	John Lyle Robinson	Social Credit	1935
		Elizabeth G. Robinson	Social Credit	1953
	Okotoks-High River	Ivan Casey	Social Credit	1944
	Olds	Frederick Niddrie	Social Credit	1950
	Peace River	William Gilliland	Social Credit	1944
	Pembina	Robin Jorgenson	Social Credit	1944
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	William Kovach	Social Credit	1948
	Ponoka	Glen Johnston	Social Credit	1952
	Red Deer	David A. Ure	Social Credit	1943
		Cam Kirby	Progressive Conservative	1954
	Redwater	Peter Chaba	Social Credit	1948
	Rocky Mountain House	Alfred Hooke	Social Credit	1935
	Sedgewick	Jack Hillman	Social Credit	1952
	Spirit River	Adolph Fimrite	Social Credit	1952
	St. Albert	Lucien Maynard	Social Credit	1935
	St. Paul	Raymond Reierson	Social Credit	1952
	Stettler	John Clark	Social Credit	1952
	Stony Plain	Cornelia Wood	Social Credit	1940
	Taber	Roy S. Lee	Social Credit	1940
	Vegreville	Michael Ponich	Social Credit	1944
	Vermilion	William Cornish	Social Credit	1944
	Wainwright	William Masson	Social Credit	1935
	Warner	Leonard Halmrast	Social Credit	1945
	Wetaskiwin	John Wingblade	Social Credit	1935
	Willingdon	Nick Dushenski	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952

Notes:

Composition at election

Affiliation		Members
	Social Credit	53
	Liberal	3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	1
	Progressive Conservative	1
	Conservative	1
	Independent Social Credit	1
Total		60

Notes

1. First elected as a United Farmer

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.

Further reading

• Normandin, G. Pierre, ed. (1955). "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.

External links

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