The 10th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 22, 1945, to July 16, 1948, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1944 Alberta general election held on August 8, 1944. The Legislature officially resumed on February 22, 1945, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on March 31, 1948 and dissolved on July 16, 1948, prior to the 1948 Alberta general election.[1]

Alberta's tenth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the third 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 John Percy Page a member of the Independent Citizen's Association. The Speaker was Peter Dawson who would serve until his death during the 15th legislature on March 24, 1963.

Premier Ernest Manning called a snap election in 1944 to gain a new mandate. He won a big majority, wiping out most of the Independents. Three members of Canadian Armed Forces entered the Legislature in a delayed vote held in 1945, filling seats especially reserved for overseas military personnel.

Membership in the 10th Alberta Legislature

  District Member Party First elected/ previously elected
  Acadia-Coronation Clarence Gerhart Social Credit 1940
  Alexandra Selmer Berg Social Credit 1935
  Athabasca Gordon Lee Social Credit 1940
  Banff-Cochrane Arthur Wray Social Credit 1944
  Independent Social Credit
  Beaver River Lucien Maynard Social Credit 1935
  Bow Valley-Empress Wilson Cain Social Credit 1935
  Bruce James L. McPherson Social Credit 1935
  Calgary Fred Anderson Social Credit 1935
  Andrew Davison Independent 1940
  Howard MacDonald Independent 1944
  Rose Wilkinson Social Credit 1944
  Aylmer Liesemer CCF 1944
  Camrose Chester Sayers Social Credit 1941
  Cardston Nathan Eldon Tanner Social Credit 1935
  Clover Bar Floyd Baker Social Credit 1935
  Cypress Edith Thurston Social Credit 1944
  Didsbury Howard Hammell Social Credit 1944
  Drumheller Gordon Taylor Social Credit 1940
  Edmonton Ernest Manning Social Credit 1935
  John P. Page Independent 1940
  Elmer Roper CCF 1942
  Norman James Social Credit 1935
  William J. Williams Veteran's & Active Force 1944
  Edson Norman Willmore Social Credit 1944
  Gleichen George E. Bell Social Credit 1944
  Grande Prairie Ira McLaughlin Social Credit 1944
  Grouard William Fallow Social Credit 1935
  Hand Hills Wallace Cross Social Credit 1935
  Lac Ste. Anne Albert Bourcier Social Credit 1935
  Lacombe Duncan MacMillan Social Credit 1935
  Leduc Ronald Ansley 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
  Okotoks-High River Ivan Casey Social Credit 1944
  Olds Norman E. Cook Social Credit 1940
  Peace River William Gilliland Social Credit 1944
  Pembina Robin Jorgenson Social Credit 1944
  Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Ernest Duke Social Credit 1935
  Ponoka Ora B. Moore Social Credit 1944
  Red Deer David A. Ure Social Credit 1943
  Redwater James Popil Social Credit 1935
  Rocky Mountain House Alfred Hooke Social Credit 1935
  Sedgewick Albert Fee Social Credit 1935
  Spirit River Henry DeBolt Social Credit 1940
  St. Albert Charles Holder Social Credit 1935, 1944
  St. Paul Joseph Beaudry Social Credit 1935
  Stettler William S. Mackie Social Credit 1944
  Stony Plain Cornelia Wood Social Credit 1940
  Taber Roy S. Lee Social Credit 1940
  Vegreville Michael Ponich Social Credit 1944
  Vermilion William R. Cornish Social Credit 1944
  Wainwright William Masson Social Credit 1935
  Warner Solon Low Social Credit 1935, 1940
  Leonard Halmrast (1945) Social Credit 1945
  Wetaskiwin John Wingblade Social Credit 1935
  Willingdon William Tomyn Social Credit 1935
Active Service Voters
  Province at Large/Armed Forces James Harper Prowse Independent 1944
  Liberal
  Province at Large/Royal Canadian Air Force Frederick C. Colborne Independent 1944
  Province at Large/Royal Canadian Navy Loftus Dudley Ward Independent 1944

Notes:


Standings changes in the 10th Assembly

Number of members
per party by date 		1944 1945 1947
Jul 8 Feb 5 ? Aug 6 Feb ? Apr 10
  Social Credit 51 50 51 50
  Independent 3
  Canadian Forces 0 3 2
  Co-operative Commonwealth 2
  Veteran's & Active Force 1
  Independent Social Credit 0 1
Liberal 0 1
Total members 57 60 59 60
Vacant 0 1 0
Government Majority 45 42 41 42 40
Membership changes in the 10th Assembly
Date Member Name District Party Reason
  1945 Solon Earl Low Warner Social Credit Resigned to run in the 1945 Canadian federal election
  August 6, 1945 Leonard Halmrast Warner Social Credit Elected in a by-election
  February 1947 Arthur Wray Banff-Cochrane Independent Social Credit Forced to sit as an Independent after a motion was passed by the Assembly
  April 10, 1947 James Prowse Province at Large/Armed Forces Liberal Joined the Liberal Caucus

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


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Alberta_Legislature
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