18th Alberta Legislature

18th Alberta Legislature
18th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
15 May 1975 – 14 February 1979
Parliament leaders
Premier	Peter Lougheed; September 10, 1971 – November 1, 1985
Cabinet	Lougheed cabinet
Leader of the; Opposition	Robert Curtis Clark; September 15, 1973 – November 28, 1980
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Opposition	Social Credit Party
Unrecognized	New Democratic Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the; Assembly	Gerard Amerongen; March 2, 1972 – June 11, 1986
Members	75 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant; Governor	Hon. Ralph Garvin Steinhauer; July 2, 1974 – October 18, 1979
Sessions
	1st session; May 15, 1975 – December 15, 1975
	2nd session; March 4, 1976 – November 4, 1976
	3rd session; February 24, 1977 – November 10, 1977
	4th session; March 2, 1978 – November 3, 1978
← 17th	→ 19th

The 18th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from May 15, 1975, to February 14, 1979, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1975 Alberta general election held on March 26, 1975. The Legislature officially resumed on May 15, 1975, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on November 3, 1978 and dissolved on February 14, 1979, prior to the 1979 Alberta general election on March 14, 1979.^[1]

Alberta's eighteenth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta for the second time, led by Premier Peter Lougheed. The Official Opposition was led by Robert Curtis Clark of the Social Credit Party. The Speaker was Gerard Amerongen who would serve in the role until he was defeated in the 1986 Alberta general election.

Second session

During the second session the government introduced The Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act^[2] (Bill 35) creating a sovereign wealth fund to invest oil and gas revenue to ensure the exploitation of non-renewable resources would be of long-term benefit for Alberta. The Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund had been announced by Premier Peter Lougheed a year earlier with the intent of diverting funds from the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission on the sale of crude oil from April 1, 1974 to diversify and strengthen the economy, improve the life of Albertans, stimulate the economy, and continue to grow with interest.^[3]

Party standings after the 18th General Election

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Affiliation		Members
	Progressive Conservative	69
	Social Credit	4
	New Democratic	1
	Independents	1
Total		75

A party requires four seats to have official party status in the legislature. Parties with fewer than four seats are not entitled to party funding although their members will usually be permitted to sit together in the chamber.

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts.

	District	Member	Party
18th Alberta Legislative Assembly
	Athabasca	Frank Appleby	Progressive Conservative
	Banff	Frederick Kidd	Progressive Conservative
	Barrhead	Hugh Horner	Progressive Conservative
	Bonnyville	Donald Hansen	Progressive Conservative
	Bow Valley	Fred Mandeville	Social Credit
	Calgary-Bow	Neil Webber	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Buffalo	Ron Ghitter	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Currie	Fred Peacock	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Egmont	Merv Leitch	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Elbow	David John Russell	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Foothills	Stewart McCrae	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Glenmore	Hugh Planche	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-McCall	Andrew Little	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-McKnight	Eric Musgreave	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Millican	Thomas Donnelly	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Mountain View	John Kushner	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-North Hill	Roy Farran	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-West	Peter Lougheed	Progressive Conservative
	Camrose	Gordon Stromberg	Progressive Conservative
	Cardston	John Thompson	Progressive Conservative
	Clover Bar	Walt Buck	Social Credit
	Cypress	Alan Hyland	Progressive Conservative
	Drayton Valley	Rudolph Zander	Progressive Conservative
	Drumheller	Gordon Taylor	Independent Social Credit
	Edmonton-Avonmore	Horst Schmid	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Belmont	Bert Hohol	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Beverly	Bill Diachuk	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Calder	Tom Chambers	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Centre	Gordon Miniely	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Glenora	Lou Hyndman	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Gold Bar	William Yurko	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Highlands	David Thomas King	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton Jasper Place	Leslie Young	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Kingsway	Kenneth Paproski	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Gerard Amerongen	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Norwood	Catherine Chichak	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Ottewell	John Ashton	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Parkallen	Neil Stanley Crawford	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Strathcona	Julian Koziak	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Whitemud	Don Getty	Progressive Conservative
	Edson	Robert Dowling	Progressive Conservative
	Grand Prairie	Winston Backus	Progressive Conservative
	Hanna-Oyen	John Butler	Progressive Conservative
	Highwood	George Wolstenholme	Progressive Conservative
	Innisfail	Clifford Doan	Progressive Conservative
	Lac La Biche-McMurray	Ron Tesolin	Progressive Conservative
	Lacombe	Jack Cookson	Progressive Conservative
	Lesser Slave Lake	Larry Shaben	Progressive Conservative
	Lethbridge-East	Archibald D. Johnston	Progressive Conservative
	Lethbridge-West	John Gogo	Progressive Conservative
	Little Bow	Raymond Speaker	Social Credit
	Lloydminster	Bud Miller	Progressive Conservative
	Macleod	Thomas Walker	Progressive Conservative
	Medicine Hat-Redcliff	Jim Horsman	Progressive Conservative
	Olds-Didsbury	Robert Curtis Clark	Social Credit
	Peace River	Al Adair	Progressive Conservative
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	Frederick Bradley	Progressive Conservative
	Ponoka	Don McCrimmon	Progressive Conservative
	Red Deer	James Foster	Progressive Conservative
	Redwater-Andrew	George Topolnisky	Progressive Conservative
	Rocky Mountain House	Helen Hunley	Progressive Conservative
	Sedgewick-Coronation	Henry Kroeger	Progressive Conservative
	Smoky River	Marvin Moore	Progressive Conservative
	Spirit River-Fairview	Grant Notley	NDP
	St. Albert	Ernie Jamison	Progressive Conservative
	St. Paul	Mick Fluker	Progressive Conservative
	Stettler	Graham Harle	Progressive Conservative
	Stony Plain	William Purdy	Progressive Conservative
	Taber-Warner	Robert Bogle	Progressive Conservative
	Three Hills	Allan Warrack	Progressive Conservative
	Vegreville	John Batiuk	Progressive Conservative
	Vermilion-Viking	Tom Lysons	Progressive Conservative
	Wainwright	Charles Stewart	Progressive Conservative
	Wetaskiwin-Leduc	Dallas Schmidt	Progressive Conservative
	Whitecourt	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative

References

^ 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. 499. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
^ The Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act, SA 1976, c 2, retrieved via CanLII on 2020-12-22
^ Lougheed, Peter (March 15, 1975). "Objectives outlined: The 'Heritage Fund'". Calgary Herald. p. 7. Retrieved December 22, 2020.