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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1967 Alberta general election
| flag_image = Flag of Canada.svg
| type = legislative
| party_colour = no
| party_name = no
| previous_election = 1963 Alberta general election
| previous_year = 1963
| previous_mps = 15th Alberta Legislative Assembly
| election_date = {{Start date|1967|5|23}}
| elected_mps = [[16th Alberta Legislative Assembly|members]]
| next_election = 1971 Alberta general election
| next_year = 1971
| seats_for_election = 65 seats in [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] <br /> 33 seats were needed for a majority
| turnout = <!-- Social Credit -->
| image1 = [[File:Ernest Manning.jpg|150x150px]]
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|nohash}}
| leader1 = [[Ernest Manning]]
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|name}}
| leader_since1 = May 31, 1943
| leaders_seat1 = [[Strathcona East]]
| last_election1 = 60 seats, 54.8%
| seats_before1 = 57
| seats1 = '''55'''
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}2
| popular_vote1 = '''222,270'''
| percentage1 = '''44.6%'''
| swing1 = {{decrease}}10.2%
<!-- Progressive Conservative -->
| image2 = Peter Lougheed - Premier of Alberta - 1983.jpg
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|nohash}}
| leader2 = [[Peter Lougheed]]
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|name}}
| leader_since2 = 1965
| leaders_seat2 = [[Calgary-West]]
| last_election2 = 0 seats, 12.7%
| seats_before2 = 0
| seats2 = 6
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}6
| popular_vote2 = 129,544
| percentage2 = 26.0%
| swing2 = {{increase}}13.3%
<!-- Liberal -->| image4 = <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal}}; font-size:38px;"> '''LIB'''</span></div>
| colour4 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader4 = [[Michael Maccagno]]
| party4 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|name}}
| leader_since4 = [[List of Alberta Liberal leadership elections#1967 leadership convention|January 28, 1967]]
| leaders_seat4 = [[Lac La Biche (provincial electoral district)|Lac La Biche]]
| last_election4 = 2 seats, 19.8%
| seats_before4 = 3
| seats4 = 3
| seat_change4 = ±0
| popular_vote4 = 53,847
| percentage4 = 10.8%
| swing4 = {{decrease}}9.0%
<!-- New Democratic -->| image5 = <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP}}; font-size:38px;"> '''NDP'''</span></div>
| colour5 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|nohash}}
| leader5 = [[Neil Reimer]]
| party5 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|name}}
| leader_since5 = January 27, 1963
| leaders_seat5 = ''ran in [[Edson (provincial electoral district)|Edson]] (lost)''
| last_election5 = 0 seats, 9.5%
| seats_before5 = 1
| seats5 = 0
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}1
| popular_vote5 = 79,610
| percentage5 = 16.0%
| swing5 = {{increase}}6.5%
<!-- map -->| map_image = 
| map_size = 
| map_caption = <!-- bottom -->
| title = Premier
| posttitle = Premier after election
| before_election = [[Ernest Manning]]
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|name}}
| after_election = [[Ernest Manning]]
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|name}}
}}
The '''1967 Alberta general election''' was held on May 23, 1967, to elect members of the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] to the [[16th Alberta Legislature]]. The election was called after the [[15th Alberta Legislature]] was [[Prorogation in Canada|prorogued]] on April 11, 1967, and [[Dissolution of parliament|dissolved]] on April 14, 1967.{{sfn|Perry|Footz|2006|p=498}}
[[File:Alberta 1967 election map v1.1.png|thumb|]]

[[Ernest C. Manning]] led the [[Social Credit Party of Alberta|Social Credit Party]] to its ninth consecutive [[majority government]], winning 55 of the 65 seats in the legislature, despite getting less than 45 per cent of the popular vote. Although it was not apparent at the time, this proved to be an ominous sign for the party. The 1967 election was the first time the Social Credit government had won less than half the popular vote since [[1955 Alberta general election|1955]].

The once-moribund [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservatives]], led by young lawyer [[Peter Lougheed]], 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]]. 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 Alberta general election|1963 election]], the [[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberals]] managed to increase their number of seats from two to three as a result of the decline in the Social Credit vote.

New Democrat Party candidates received 16 percent of the vote but no seats.

Voters also decided upon the adoption of [[daylight saving time]], in a province-wide plebiscite. It was defeated by a very slim margin with 51.25 per cent voting against.

Amendments to the ''Election Act'' in 1965 provided voting rights for Treaty Indians in provincial elections, making the 1967 election the first opportunity for Indigenous Albertans to vote in a provincial election.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alberta Session Winds Up |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=April 13, 1965 |page=1 |id={{ProQuest|2253686786}} |location=Edmonton}}</ref><ref>''[https://canlii.ca/t/53vjh An Act to amend The Election Act]'', SA 1965, c 23, retrieved from [[CanLII]] on July 21, 2021</ref>

==Background==

=== Social Credit campaign ===
The [[Alberta Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] government had prepared well for the election in advance, with the party maintaining a significant war chest.{{sfn|Baird|1968|p=184}} The Social Credit government came under criticism for low non-renewable resource royalty rates compared to other developed nations, which it counted by saying the royalties were the highest in Canada.{{sfn|Baird|1968|p=184}} Social Credit focused on their governance record rather than make significant policy commitments, although the Social Credit government did commit to study rising car insurance rates.{{sfn|Baird|1968|p=184}} Furthermore the Social Credit government argued they spent the most per capita on social issues despite having the lowest tax rate.{{sfn|Baird|1968|p=184}}

An internal controversy occurred when [[Albert Bourcier]], a Social Credit MLA from 1935 to 1952 filed papers to contest the [[Edmonton-Jasper Place]] constituency against incumbent Social Credit MLA [[John Horan (politician)|John Horan]]. Bourcier was still an active member of the Social Credit Party, but was ejected from the party prior to the election. It was the second time Bourcier was ejected from the party, the first being in 1949 as a sitting MLA.<ref>{{cite news |title=Socreds Again Kick Out Bourcier; Opposition To Horan The Reason |work=[[Edmonton Journal]] |date=May 15, 1967 |page=14 |id={{ProQuest|2397632581}}}}</ref> Horan was re-elected with 36.3 per cent of the vote, while Bourcier received 1.5 per cent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1967&Constit=Edmonton-Jasper%20Place| title=Edmonton-Jasper Place Official Results 1967 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>

=== New Democratic Party campaign ===

The [[Alberta New Democratic Party|New Democratic Party]] (NDP) built a campaign on the foundation of higher oil royalties, greater participation by small businesses in oil and gas resources, transition electricity utilities to provincial ownership, provide for provincial car insurance, and development of rural natural gas infrastructure.{{sfn|Baird|1968|p=184}}

=== Progressive Conservative campaign ===

New leader [[Peter Lougheed]] and his supporters worked tirelessly to convince candidates to run in all 65 constituencies, however the Progressive Conservatives were only able to nominate 47 candidates,{{sfn|Perry|Craig|2006|p=523}} two more than the Liberal Party, but less than a full slate put forward by the Social Credit Party and the New Democratic Party. Lougheed sought candidates who were already public figures, often meeting with editors of local weekly newspapers, mayors and presidents of boards of trade to inquire who the community's leaders were.{{sfn|Wood|1985|p=47}} As the writ came closer Lougheed and the Progressive Conservative realized they could not form government and instead focused on a strategy of capturing Lougheed's seat in Calgary-West and forming opposition.{{sfn|Perry|Craig|2006|p=523}}{{sfn|Wood|1985|p=57}} The campaign created red, white and blue promotional materials with the slogan "Alberta Needs an Alternative", while Lougheed's own material added his personal slogan "Let's Start It in Calgary West".{{sfn|Wood|1985|p=57}}

Lougheed sought a public debate amongst the four party leaders, however as a long time incumbent Manning was not willing to risk a debate which could not benefit him.{{sfn|Wood|1985|p=59}} Manning's position on the debate changed when a group of Edmonton church leaders decided to host a leaders debate, Manning a devout Christian and host of "Back to the Bible Hour" radio broadcasts accepted the debate.{{sfn|Wood|1985|p=59}}{{sfn|Tupper|2004|p=208}} Lougheed's performance in the debate was lauded by the ''Edmonton Journal'' and was credited by biographer George Wood with the growth in the Conservative movement in the Edmonton area, including [[Don Getty]]'s improbable victory over Social Credit Education Minister [[Randolph McKinnon]] in [[Strathcona West]].{{sfn|Wood|1985|p=60}} Other media began to take notice with ''[[Maclean's]]'' stating the only politician capable of having "an outside chance of challenging Manning" was Lougheed.{{sfn|Wood|1985|p=58}}

During the campaign, the Progressive Conservatives called for the sale of [[Alberta Government Telephones]].{{sfn|Baird|1968|p=184}}

Lougheed was subsequently elected to the legislature in [[Calgary-West]] capturing 62 per cent of the vote, and the Progressive Conservatives captured 26 per cent of the vote province-wide with five other successful candidates,{{sfn|Wood|1985|p=61}} and subsequently Lougheed became [[Leader of the Opposition (Alberta)|Leader of the Opposition]]. The group of elected Conservatives known as the "original six" included Calgary MLAs [[Len Werry]], [[David John Russell|David Russell]]; Edmonton area MLAs [[Lou Hyndman]] and [[Don Getty]], and the party's only rural candidate and former federal Member of Parliament [[Hugh Horner]].{{sfn|Perry|Craig|2006|p=524}} The ''Edmonton Journal'' positively remarked on Lougheed's success following the 1967 election, stating Albertans had a responsible and credible alternative as opposition.{{sfn|Perry|Craig|2006|p=524}}

=== Eligibility to vote ===

The 1967 Alberta general election had four sets of criteria for a person to be eligible to vote. A eligible voter must be a [[Canadian citizen]] or [[British subject]] prior to April 14, 1967; 19 years of age or older on voting day; a resident of Alberta for 12 months preceding April 14, 1967; and a resident of the constituency on April 14, 1967.<ref>{{cite news |title=Important Notice. Alberta Provincial Election. May 23rd, 1967 |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=May 12, 1967 |page=6 |id={{ProQuest|2253760324}}}}</ref> Indigenous Albertans were eligible to vote for the first time in a provincial general election.

==Results==
[[File:Alberta Legislature 1967.svg|centre|300px]]
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Party
!rowspan=2|Party leader
!rowspan=2|# of<br />candidates
!colspan=4|Seats
!colspan=3|Popular vote
|-
|align="center"|1963
|align="center"|[[15th Alberta Legislative Assembly|<span style="font-size: 75%;">Dissolution</span>]]
|align="center"|'''Elected'''
|align="center"|% Change
|align="center"|#
|align="center"|%
|align="center"|% Change
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}}
| [[Social Credit Party of Alberta|Social Credit]]
|align="center"| [[Ernest C. Manning]]
|align="right"|65
|align="right"| 60
|align=right|57
|align="right"|  '''55'''
|align="right"| -8.3%
|align="right"|  222,270
|align="right"|  44.60% 
|align="right"| -10.21%
|-
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
| [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
|align="center"| [[Peter Lougheed]]
|align="right"|  47
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| '''6'''
|align="right"| &nbsp;
|align="right"| 129,544
|align="right"|  26.00%
|align="right"|  +13.29%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row-name}}
|align="center"| [[Michael Maccagno]]
|align="right"| 45
|align="right"| 2
|align="right"| 3
|align="right"|  '''3'''
|align="right"|  +50.0%
|align="right"|  53,847
|align="right"|   10.81% 
|align="right"| -8.95%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}
| colspan=2|Independent
|align="right"|  7
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| '''1'''
|align="right"| &nbsp;
|align="right"| 6,916
|align="right"| 1.38% 
|align="right"| +0.40%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}}
| [[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|align="center"| [[Neil Reimer]]
|align="right"|65
|align="right"| -
|align="right"|1
|align="right"|  -
|align="right"|   -
|align="right"|  79,610
|align="right"|   15.98% 
|align="right"|   +6.53%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Coalition|row-name}}
|align="center"| [[Frank Gainer]]
|align="right"|2
|align="right"|1
|align="right"| 1
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -100%
|align="right"| 3,654
|align="right"| 0.73% 
|align="right"| +0.19%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent Conservative|row}}
| colspan=2|Independent Progressive Conservative
|align="right"|2
|align="right"|*
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| *
|align="right"| 1,118 
|align="right"| 0.22% 
|align="right"| *
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal/Progressive Conservative|row-name}}
|align="center"| [[Ross Ellis]]
|align="right"|   1
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| 699 
|align="right"| 0.14% 
|align="right"| -0.14%
|-
| bgcolor="#ACDEAD"|
| colspan=2|Independent Social Credit
|align="right"|   2
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| 1
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| 693  
|align="right"| 0.14% 
|align="right"| -0.65%
|-
| colspan=3|'''Total'''
!align="right"|236
!align="right"|63
!align="right"|63
!align="right"|65
!align="right"|+3.2%
!align="right"|498,351
! 100%
|-
| align="center" colspan=11|'''Source:''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20051211143622/http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/welcome.html Elections Alberta]
|-
|}

'''Note:'''

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election{{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|Social Credit|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit}}|44.60}}
{{Bar percent|PC|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC}}|26.00}}
{{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP}}|15.98}}
{{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal}}|10.81}}
{{Bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Inde}}|2.61}}}}{{Bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|Social Credit|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit}}|84.62}}
{{Bar percent|PC|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC}}|9.23}}
{{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal}}|4.62}}
{{Bar percent|Independent|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Inde}}|1.54}}}}

==Daylight saving time plebiscite==
{{Infobox referendum
| name        = Daylight saving time plebiscite
| image       = 
| image_size  = 
| caption     = 
| title       = Do you favour province-wide daylight saving time?
| location    = Alberta
| date        = {{Start date|1967|05|23}}
| yes         = 236,555
| no          = 248,680
| total       = 485,235
| invalid     = 
| electorate  = 
| map         = 
| mapdivision = 
| notes       = 
| legend_yes  = 
| legend_no   = 
}}

The Province of Alberta voted on its fifth provincial plebiscite. Voters were asked to endorse a proposal to adopt [[daylight saving time]] (summer time). The proposal was rejected by a very slim margin. The question was asked again in the [[1971 Alberta general election|next]] election, and passed at that time.

=== Background ===
In 1948, the Government of Alberta formally set the province's time zone with the passage of ''The Daylight Saving Time Act'',<ref>''[https://canlii.ca/t/53x4c An Act Respecting the use of Daylight Saving Time within the Province]'', SA 1948, c 18, retrieved from [[CanLII]] on July 21, 2021</ref> which mandated the entire province observe [[Mountain Standard Time]], and prevented any municipality from observing daylight saving time or any other time zone. The bill came after Calgary ([[1946 Calgary municipal election|1946]] and [[1947 Calgary municipal election|1947]]), and Edmonton ([[1946 Edmonton municipal election|1946]]) held municipal plebiscites which approved the move to daylight saving time. Edmonton under Mayor [[Harry Ainlay]] actually began to use DLT, which was forbidden under the new law.

Alberta's urban municipalities were in favour of daylight saving time and pressured the provincial government to hold a plebiscite or provide the authority for municipalities to locally observe daylight saving time. A joint motion of [[Calgary City Council]] and [[Edmonton City Council]] for a plebiscite was put to the Legislature in July 1963, with the support of Social Credit Minister and Edmonton Alderman [[Ethel Sylvia Wilson]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Daylight Saving Vote Sought |work=[[Edmonton Journal]] |date=July 9, 1963 |page=31 |id={{ProQuest|2396983702}}}}</ref> without success.

A further effort in March 1964 by Liberal MLA and Calgary Alderman [[Bill Dickie (politician)|Bill Dickie]] to allow the matter to be settled by a municipal plebiscite also failed in the Legislature. In the debate, Social Credit MLA [[William Patterson (Alberta politician)|William Patterson]] described Daylight Saving Time as "that fandangled thing", and Minister [[Allen Russell Patrick]] stated municipal Daylight Savings Time would be difficult for tourists to understand.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cove |first1=Lynne |title=Under the Dome |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=March 11, 1964 |location=Edmonton |page=1 |id={{ProQuest|2253643631}}}}</ref>

A motion introduced by Bill Dickie was approved by the Legislature in February 1966 to hold a plebiscite on Daylight Saving Time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Daylight Time: Legislature Votes to Hold Plebiscite |work=[[Edmonton Journal]] |date=February 25, 1966 |page=15 |id={{ProQuest|2397521988}}}}</ref> And on March 29, 1966, Minister [[Alfred Hooke]] introduced ''An Act to amend The Daylight Saving Time Act'' (Bill 75),<ref>''[https://canlii.ca/t/53vp0 An Act to amend The Daylight Saving Time Act]'', SA 1966, c 27, retrieved from [[CanLII]] on July 21, 2021</ref> to permit the government to hold a plebiscite on the issue.<!--{{sfn|Alberta. Legislative Assembly|1966|p=86}}-->

On April 17, 1967, the Government of Alberta approved Order-in-Council 607/67 which provided the instructions for the plebiscite on Daylight Saving Time.

The prescribed question was "Do you favour Province-wide Daylight Saving Time?" with the two available responses as "Yes" and "No".{{sfn|Alberta. Legislative Assembly|1967|p=272}}

Across Canada, by 1967, each province besides Alberta and Saskatchewan had adopted Daylight Saving Time.  Many Alberta businesses provided for modified summer hours, including the [[Alberta Stock Exchange]] which started at 7 a.m. to align with exchanges in Toronto and Montreal. [[Air Canada]] released a statement expressing the difficulty of distributing flight schedules with flights in Alberta.<ref>{{cite news |title=Daylight Saving...Everyone Out Of Step |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=April 29, 1967 |page=31 |id={{ProQuest|2253792698}}}}</ref>

=== Arguments for and against ===

Arguments for daylight saving time were put forward by the construction industry including the Alberta Construction Association and Edmonton Home Builders Association.<ref>{{cite news |title=Daylight Saving Time Supported By Builders |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=January 15, 1966 |page=19 |id={{ProQuest|2253705569}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Vote for more of me |work=[[Edmonton Journal]] |date=May 20, 1967 |page=56 |id={{ProQuest|2397616130}}}}</ref> The ''[[Calgary Herald]]'' [[editorial board]] published a number of editorials in advance of the plebiscite advocating for the province to observe daylight saving time, and further advocated for all of Canada to move to daylight saving time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Short-Changed |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=May 19, 1967 |page=4 |id={{ProQuest|2253807084}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fast Time |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=April 29, 1967 |page=4 |id={{ProQuest|2253793181}}}}</ref> Calgary residents and businessmen Bill Creighton and David Matthews led a campaign for daylight saving times, arguing the benefits of an additional hour of late sunlight for sports.<ref name=DDIC>{{cite book |last1=Boyer |first1=J. Patrick |title=Direct democracy in Canada: the history and future of referendums |date=1992 |publisher=Dundurn Press |location=Toronto |isbn=978-1-55002-183-7 |page=128 |url=https://archive.org/details/directdemocracyi0000boye}}</ref> Creighton was able to garner endorsements from the Alberta Amateur Athletics Union and other local golf, baseball, football and tennis associations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tate |first1=Bob |title=City Sportsmen In Favor of Daylight Savings Time |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=May 18, 1967 |page=55 |id={{ProQuest|2253666272}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=47 years later, Alberta's original daylight time activist still wants extra sunlight |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-daylight-saving-time-always-1.4023060 |access-date=21 July 2021 |work=[[CBC News]] |date=March 13, 2017}}</ref> The Calgary Tourist and Convention Association endorsed daylight saving, noting that tourists perceived the province as "backwards" for not adopting the time shift.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tourist Official Supports Provincial DST Campaign |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=May 15, 1967 |page=27 |id={{ProQuest|2253778098}}}}</ref> [[Liberal Party of Alberta|Liberal]] leader [[Michael Maccagno]] personally supported observing daylight saving time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maccagno Supports DST Move |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=May 9, 1967 |page=7 |id={{ProQuest|2253639613}}}}</ref>

Arguments against daylight saving time were made by the group Alberta Council for Standard Time founded by Calgary lawyer and drive-in movie operator R.H. Barron.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Lawrence |title=Opposing Forces Line up for Daylight Time Battle |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=May 12, 1967 |pages=1–2 |id=2253760250}}</ref> The Council ran a number of advertisements in local papers advocating for standard time, those arguments included the danger for children walking to school in the dark or twilight, and possible reductions to academic performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=On May 23 Vote for Bill Jones |work=[[Edmonton Journal]] |date=May 11, 1967 |page=7 |id={{ProQuest|2397601865}}}}</ref>

=== Aftermath ===
The plebiscite resulted in a narrow victory for retaining Mountain Standard Time, with 51.25 per cent of the population voting against daylight saving time.<ref name=DDIC/> Alberta's large urban communities of Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat voted in favour, while the rural parts of the province voted against the proposal.<ref name=DDIC/>

The new Progressive Conservative caucus continued to pressure the Social Credit government to provide individual municipalities the power to institute Daylight Saving Time. A February 1968 motion by Edmonton MLA [[Don Getty]] and [[Bill Dickie (politician)|Bill Dickie]] for municipal authority to institute daylight saving time was rejected by the Legislature.{{sfn|Alberta. Legislative Assembly|1968|p=68}}

In the aftermath of the plebiscite, the ''Calgary Herald'' blamed the defeat on "rural cousins" and the well organized Council for Standard Time, noting Calgarians voted two-to-one in favour of adopting daylight saving.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rural Cousins Defeat DST |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=May 24, 1967 |page=1 |id={{ProQuest|2253765277}}}}</ref> The editorial board for the ''Calgary Herald'' decried the failure of the plebiscite, but predicted that the province would eventually adopt daylight saving time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Another Time |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=May 25, 1967 |page=4 |id={{ProQuest|2253687989}}}}</ref>

=== Results ===

{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse"
|colspan=4 |Do you favour province-wide daylight saving time?{{sfn|Alberta. Legislative Assembly|1967|p=272}}
|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
|align="center"|'''For'''
|align="center"|'''Against'''
|-
|align="center" |236,555 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 48.75%
|align="center" |248,680 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 51.25%
|}

==Results by riding==
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=AB|Social Credit|PC|Liberal|NDP|Other}}
|-
|[[Alexandra (provincial electoral district)|Alexandra]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Anders Aalborg|Anders O. Aalborg]]<br/>2,880<br/>57.85%
|
|Kenneth E. Oates<br/>940<br/>18.88%
|
|Charles F. Swan<br/>304<br/>6.11%
|
|Lester A. Lindgren<br/>835<br/>16.77%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Anders Aalborg|Anders O. Aalborg]]
|-
|[[Athabasca (Alberta provincial electoral district)|Athabasca]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Antonio Aloisio]]<br/>1,733<br/>45.08%
|
|
|
|[[Dave Hunter (politician)|Dave Hunter]]<br/>939<br/>24.43%
|
|George Opryshko<br/>1,170<br/>30.44%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Antonio Aloisio]]
|-
|[[Banff-Cochrane]]
|
|[[Roy Wilson (Canadian politician)|Roy Wilson]]<br/>2,066<br/>42.17%
|
|
|
|
|
|Jack Fraser<br/>374<br/>7.63%||{{Canadian party colour|AB| (Ind.)|background}}|
|[[Clarence Copithorne]] (Ind.)<br/>2,428<br/>49.56%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Coalition|background}}|
|[[Frank Gainer|Francis Leo Gainer]]
|-
|[[Bonnyville (provincial electoral district)|Bonnyville]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Romeo Lamothe|Romeo B. Lamothe]]<br/>2,339<br/>54.12%
|
|
|
|
|
|Kenneth Joseph Kerr<br/>316<br/>7.31%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Romeo Lamothe|Romeo B. Lamothe]]
|-
|[[Bow Valley-Empress]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Fred Mandeville|Fred T. Mandeville]]<br/>2,525<br/>49.16%
|
|
|
|
|
|Calvin Steinley<br/>549<br/>10.69%
|
| Ben M. MacLeod (Coal.)<br/>2,018<br/>39.63%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[William Delday]]
|-
|[[Calgary Bowness]]
|
|[[Charles Edward Johnston|Charles E. Johnston]]<br/>6,461<br/>37.63%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|[[Len Werry|Len F. Werry]]<br/>6,828<br/>39.77%
|
|John Donachie<br/>1,876<br/>10.93%
|
|Evelyn Moore<br/>1,905<br/>11.09%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Charles Edward Johnston|Charles E. Johnston]]
|-
|[[Calgary Centre (provincial electoral district)|Calgary Centre]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Frederick C. Colborne]]<br/>3,873<br/>40.47%
|
|[[Chuck Cook|Charles Henry Cook]]<br/>3,359<br/>35.10%
|
|John Starchuk<br/>1,275<br/>13.32%
|
|Mrs. Margaret Hanley<br/>973<br/>10.17%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Frederick C. Colborne]]
|-
|[[Calgary-East]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Albert Ludwig|Albert W. Ludwig]]<br/>5,563<br/>50.43%
|
|Jim Crawford<br/>2,613<br/>23.69%
|
|Sandy Skoryko<br/>803<br/>7.28%
|
|Kurt Gebauer<br/>1,955<br/>17.72%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Albert Ludwig|Albert W. Ludwig]]
|-
|[[Calgary-Glenmore]]
|
|Len Pearson<br/>3,840<br/>27.43%
|
|Ronald M. Helmer<br/>3,406<br/>24.33%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|
|[[Bill Dickie (politician)|William Daniel Dickie]]<br/>5,743<br/>41.02%
|
|Max Wolfe<br/>950<br/>6.79%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|
|[[Bill Dickie (politician)|William Daniel Dickie]]
|-
|[[Calgary-North]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Robert A. Simpson]]<br/>4,308<br/>42.74%
|
|Henry M. Beaumont<br/>3,915<br/>38.84%
|
|Charles W. Loughridge<br/>638<br/>6.33%
|
|Walter H. Siewert<br/>1,157<br/>11.48%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Robert A. Simpson]]
|-
|[[Calgary Queens Park]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Lee Leavitt|Lea Leavitt]]<br/>4,943<br/>42.13%
|
|[[Eric Musgreave|Eric Charles Musgreave]]<br/>3,820<br/>32.56%
|
|Darryl Raymaker<br/>1,702<br/>14.51%
|
|Lisa Baldwin<br/>1,220<br/>10.40%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB||background}}|
|
|-
|[[Calgary South (provincial electoral district)|Calgary-South]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Arthur J. Dixon]]<br/>5,401<br/>41.76%
|
|[[Joe Clark]]<br/>4,940<br/>38.19%
|
|Willis E. O'Leary<br/>1,146<br/>8.86%
|
|Jack D. Peters<br/>1,388<br/>10.73%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Arthur J. Dixon]]
|-
|[[Calgary Victoria Park]]
|
|Art Davis<br/>3,956<br/>35.49%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|[[David John Russell|David J. Russell]]<br/>4,796<br/>43.03%
|
|Reginald J. Gibbs<br/>1,088<br/>9.76%
|
|Ted Takacs<br/>1,229<br/>11.03%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB||background}}|
|
|-
|[[Calgary-West]]
|
|[[Donald S. Fleming]]<br/>4,028<br/>28.95%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|[[Peter Lougheed]]<br/>8,548<br/>61.43%
|
|Natalie Chapman<br/>402<br/>2.89%
|
|Allan M. Early<br/>868<br/>6.24%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Donald S. Fleming]]
|-
|[[Camrose (provincial electoral district)|Camrose]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Chester Sayers|Chester I. Sayers]]<br/>3,083<br/>44.25%
|
|Emmett G. Mohler<br/>1,736<br/>24.91%
|
|G. Rod Knaut<br/>699<br/>10.03%
|
|Rudy P. Swanson<br/>1,412<br/>20.26%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Chester Sayers|Chester I. Sayers]]
|-
|[[Cardston (provincial electoral district)|Cardston]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Alvin Bullock|Alvin F. Bullock]]<br/>2,120<br/>47.11%
|
|Larry L. Lang<br/>1,692<br/>37.60%
|
|
|
|Leslie N. Howard<br/>104<br/>2.31%
|
|Robert D. Burt (Ind.)<br/>573<br/>12.73%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ted Hinman|Edgar W. Hinman]]
|-
|[[Clover Bar (provincial electoral district)|Clover Bar]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Walt Buck|Walt A. Buck]]<br/>4,101<br/>51.35%
|
|[[Daniel Hollands|Daniel F. Hollands]]<br/>2,215<br/>27.73%
|
|Kazmer D. Curry<br/>468<br/>5.86%
|
|Alfred O. Arnston<br/>1,175<br/>14.71%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Floyd M. Baker]]
|-
|[[Cypress (former Alberta provincial electoral district)|Cypress]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Harry Strom|Harry E. Strom]]<br/>2,577<br/>76.65%
|
|
|
|
|
|William George McFall<br/>769<br/>22.87%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Harry Strom|Harry E. Strom]]
|-
|[[Drumheller-Gleichen]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Gordon Taylor (politician)|Gordon Edward Taylor]]<br/>4,018<br/>67.46%
|
|Tom Hanson<br/>1,579<br/>26.51%
|
|
|
|Garry B. Law<br/>345<br/>5.79%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Gordon Taylor (politician)|Gordon Edward Taylor]]
|-
|[[Dunvegan (electoral district)|Dunvegan]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ernest Leonard Lee|Ernest L. Lee]]<br/>1,280<br/>41.52%
|
|
|
|
|
|Phil Thompson<br/>1,080<br/>35.03%
|
| John A. Hammond (Coal.)<br/>547<br/>18.82%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ernest Leonard Lee|Ernest L. Lee]]
|-
|[[Edmonton North (provincial electoral district)|Edmonton North]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ethel Sylvia Wilson]]<br/>4,698<br/>38.21%
|
|Tony Thibaudeau<br/>3,461<br/>28.15%
|
|L. John Corbiere<br/>1,303<br/>10.60%
|
|[[Gordon Wright (politician)|Gordon S.B. Wright]]<br/>2,763<br/>22.47%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB||background}}|
|
|-
|[[Edmonton-Centre]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ambrose Holowach]]<br/>3,146<br/>39.12%
|
|Harold W. Veale<br/>2,558<br/>31.81%
|
|Joseph A. Tannous<br/>747<br/>9.29%
|
|Henry Tomaschuk<br/>1,313<br/>16.33%
|
|Pat G.A. O'Hara (Ind.)<br/>194<br/>2.41%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ambrose Holowach]]
|-
|[[Edmonton-Jasper Place]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[John Horan (politician)|John William Horan]]<br/>4,206<br/>36.34%
|
|[[Gerard Amerongen|Gerard Joseph Amerongen]]<br/>3,000<br/>25.92%
|
|Barry Vogel<br/>1,851<br/>15.99%
|
|Tom Hennessey<br/>2,210<br/>19.09%
|
|Albert V. Bourcier (Ind. SoCred)<br/>176
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[John Horan (politician)|John William Horan]]
|-
|[[Edmonton North East (provincial electoral district)|Edmonton-North East]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Lou Heard|Lou W. Heard]]<br/>5,052<br/>35.02%
|
|Alan T. Cooke<br/>3,616<br/>25.06%
|
|Peter Achtem<br/>1,418<br/>9.83%
|
|[[Ivor Dent|Ivor G. Dent]]<br/>4,276<br/>29.64%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Lou Heard|Lou W. Heard]]
|-
|[[Edmonton-North West (provincial electoral district)|Edmonton-North West]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Edgar Gerhart|Edgar H. Gerhart]]<br/>4,674<br/>36.10%
|
|Paul Norris<br/>4,205<br/>32.48%
|
|Thomas Leia<br/>1,173<br/>9.06%
|
|Dave Belland<br/>2,664<br/>20.58%
|
|Oscar A. Green (Ind.)<br/>188<br/>1.45%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Edgar Gerhart|Edgar H. Gerhart]]
|-
|[[Edmonton-Norwood]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[William Tomyn]]<br/>3,450<br/>43.01%
|
|Ronald W. Downey<br/>2,023<br/>25.22%
|
|
|
|[[Grant Notley|Grant W. Notley]]<br/>2,433<br/>30.33%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[William Tomyn]]
|-
|[[Edmonton West (provincial electoral district)|Edmonton-West]]
|
|William A. Johnson<br/>4,016<br/>32.46%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|[[Lou Hyndman]]<br/>4,753<br/>38.42%
|
|J. Bernard Feehan<br/>2,316<br/>18.72%
|
|Thomas C. Pocklington<br/>1,254<br/>10.14%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Stanley Geldart|Stanley Gordon Geldart]]
|-
|[[Edson (provincial electoral district)|Edson]]
|
|Arthur O. Jorgensen<br/>2,372<br/>34.59%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|
|[[William Switzer|William A. Switzer]]<br/>2,803<br/>40.87%
|
|[[Neil Reimer|C. Neil Reimer]]<br/>1,656<br/>24.15%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|
|[[William Switzer]]
|-
|[[Grande Prairie (provincial electoral district)|Grande Prairie]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ira McLaughlin]]<br/>4,847<br/>55.38%
|
|
|
|George M. Repka<br/>1,132<br/>12.93%
|
|Alan Bush<br/>2,748<br/>31.40%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ira McLaughlin]]
|-
|[[Grouard (electoral district)|Grouard]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Roy Ells]]<br/>3,363<br/>51.02%
|
|
|
|Gunnar Walhstrom<br/>985<br/>14.94%
|
|Stan Daniels<br/>2,207<br/>33.49%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Roy Ells]]
|-
|[[Hand Hills-Acadia]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Clinton French|Clinton Keith French]]<br/>2,675<br/>50.17%
|
|Bill Cross<br/>2,140<br/>40.14%
|
|
|
|Ralph G. Jorgenson<br/>504<br/>9.45%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Clinton French|Clinton Keith French]]
|-
|[[Lac La Biche (provincial electoral district)|Lac La Biche]]
|
|[[Harry Lobay]]<br/>1,613<br/>34.22%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|
|[[Michael Maccagno]]<br/>2,212<br/>46.93%
|
|Fred Ustina<br/>758<br/>16.08%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|
|[[Michael Maccagno]]
|-
|[[Lac Ste. Anne (electoral district)|Lac Ste. Anne]]
|
|[[William Patterson (Alberta politician)|William Patterson]]<br/>1,731<br/>30.14%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|[[Hugh Horner|Hugh F. Horner]]<br/>2,573<br/>44.80%
|
|Raymond Mills<br/>723<br/>12.59%
|
|Swen Symington<br/>674<br/>11.74%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[William Patterson (Alberta politician)|William Patterson]]
|-
|[[Lacombe (provincial electoral district)|Lacombe]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Allen Russell Patrick|Allan Russell Patrick]]<br/>2,690<br/>49.11%
|
|[[Jack Cookson|John William Cookson]]<br/>1,999<br/>36.49%
|
|
|
|Glen R. Nelson<br/>777<br/>14.18%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Allen Russell Patrick|Allan Russell Patrick]]
|-
|[[Leduc (provincial electoral district)|Leduc]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[James Douglas Henderson|James D. Henderson]]<br/>2,193<br/>45.38%
|
|Emanuel Prycz<br/>1,206<br/>24.96%
|
|Russell Olekshy<br/>383<br/>7.93%
|
|Alex A. Sklarenko<br/>1,021<br/>21.13%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[James Douglas Henderson|James D. Henderson]]
|-
|[[Lethbridge (provincial electoral district)|Lethbridge]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[John Landeryou|John C. Landeryou]]<br/>6,155<br/>44.27%
|
|Wilfred Bowns<br/>4,128<br/>29.69%
|
|John I. Boras<br/>2,237<br/>16.09%
|
|Klaas Buijert<br/>1,335<br/>9.60%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[John Landeryou|John C. Landeryou]]
|-
|[[Little Bow]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Raymond Speaker|Raymond Albert Speaker]]<br/>3,367<br/>68.25%
|
|
|
|
|
|John K. Head<br/>572<br/>11.60%
|
|Arthur W. Ulrich (Ind.)<br/>978<br/>19.83%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Raymond Speaker|Raymond Albert Speaker]]
|-
|[[Macleod (provincial electoral district)|Macleod]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Leighton Buckwell|Leighton E. Buckwell]]<br/>2,822<br/>51.68%
|
|George Whitehead<br/>1,773<br/>32.47%
|
|Melba J. Cochlan<br/>149<br/>2.73%
|
|Sid J. Cornish<br/>673<br/>12.32%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[James Hartley (Canadian politician)|James Hartley]]
|-
|[[Medicine Hat (provincial electoral district)|Medicine Hat]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Harry Leinweber|Harry C. Leinweber]]<br/>4,390<br/>39.96%
|
|[[Jim Horsman|James Horsman]]<br/>2,701<br/>24.59%
|
|Roy Weidermann<br/>2,025<br/>18.43%
|
|Ted. J. Grimm<br/>1,819<br/>16.56%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Harry Leinweber|Harry C. Leinweber]]
|-
|[[Okotoks-High River]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Edward Benoit|Edward P. Benoit]]<br/>2,289<br/>48.50%
|
|Thomas E. Hughes<br/>2,097<br/>44.43%
|
|Ron A. Baker<br/>88<br/>1.86%
|
|Georgina M. Smith<br/>212<br/>4.49%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Edward Benoit|Edward P. Benoit]]
|-
|[[Olds-Didsbury]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Robert Curtis Clark]]<br/>4,052<br/>65.02%
|
|
|
|Stan Bell<br/>1,129<br/>18.12%
|
|Eva Banta<br/>485<br/>7.78%
|
|Chas. Purvis (Ind. Con.)<br/>547<br/>8.80%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Robert Curtis Clark]]
|-
|[[Peace River (provincial electoral district)|Peace River]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Robert Wiebe|Robert H. Wiebe]]<br/>2,860<br/>53.49%
|
|
|
|
|
|Harry Reinders<br/>1,338<br/>25.02%
|
|Edward R. Whitney (Ind.)<br/>1,149<br/>21.49%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Euell Montgomery|Euell F. Montgomery]]
|-
|[[Pembina (Alberta provincial electoral district)|Pembina]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Carl A. Muller|Adam Carl Muller]]<br/>2,866<br/>47.23%
|
|Edward G. Samuel<br/>2,098<br/>34.57%
|
|Edward P. MacCallum<br/>484<br/>7.98%
|
|George A.E. Garnett<br/>576<br/>9.49%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Robin Jorgenson|Robin D. Jorgenson]]
|-
|[[Pincher Creek-Crowsnest]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Charles Drain (politician)|Charles Duncan Drain]]<br/>2,345<br/>45.78%
|
|Alexander B. Wells<br/>722<br/>14.10%
|
|F. Benton Murphy<br/>255<br/>4.98%
|
|[[Garth Turcott|Garth A. Turcott]]<br/>1,772<br/>34.60%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|
|[[Garth Turcott]]
|-
|[[Ponoka (provincial electoral district)|Ponoka]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Neville Roper|Neville S. Roper]]<br/>3,286<br/>62.04%
|
|
|
|Derek R. Broughton<br/>514<br/>9.70%
|
|Ed Nelson<br/>1,464<br/>27.64%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Glen Johnston|Glen F. Johnston]]
|-
|[[Red Deer (provincial electoral district)|Red Deer]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[William Ure|William Kenneth Ure]]<br/>6,166<br/>46.42%
|
|[[James L. Foster]]<br/>4,628<br/>34.84%
|
|Robert H. Scammell<br/>636<br/>4.79%
|
|Ethel Taylor<br/>1,799<br/>13.54%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[William Ure|William Kenneth Ure]]
|-
|[[Redwater (provincial electoral district)|Redwater]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Michael Senych]]<br/>1,588<br/>43.42%
|
|Basil Zailo<br/>1,314<br/>35.93%
|
|
|
|Norman T. Flack<br/>737<br/>20.15%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Michael Senych]]
|-
|[[Rocky Mountain House (electoral district)|Rocky Mountain House]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Alfred Hooke|Alfred J. Hooke]]<br/>2,538<br/>53.21%
|
|
|
|
|
|Gilbert H.C. Farthing<br/>792<br/>16.60%
|
|Will Sinclair (Ind.)<br/>1,406<br/>29.48%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Alfred Hooke|Alfred J. Hooke]]
|-
|[[Sedgewick-Coronation]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Jack Charles Hillman|Jack C. Hillman]]<br/>3,470<br/>59.41%
|
|Ernie Moore<br/>1,103<br/>18.88%
|
|Eugene F. Price<br/>547<br/>9.36%
|
|Arthur C. Bunney<br/>680<br/>11.64%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Jack Charles Hillman|Jack C. Hillman]]
|-
|[[Spirit River (electoral district)|Spirit River]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Adolph Fimrite|Adolph O. Fimrite]]<br/>2,627<br/>56.12%
|
|
|
|John L. Listhaeghe<br/>413<br/>8.82%
|
|Bert M. Strand<br/>1,634<br/>34.91%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|
|[[Adolph Fimrite|Adolph O. Fimrite]]
|-
|[[St. Albert (provincial electoral district)|St. Albert]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Keith Everitt]]<br/>2,824<br/>35.44%
|
|Stanley M. Walker<br/>1,469<br/>18.43%
|
|[[Bob Russell (Canadian politician)|Robert A. Russell]]<br/>2,297<br/>28.82%
|
|Norman Dolman<br/>1,339<br/>16.80%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Keith Everitt]]
|-
|[[St. Paul (provincial electoral district)|St. Paul]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Raymond Reierson]]<br/>2,275<br/>44.29%
|
|
|
|Armand Lamothe<br/>1,489<br/>28.99%
|
|Pierre M. Vallee<br/>788<br/>15.34%
|
|Leroy P. Christensen (Ind. P.C.)<br/>571<br/>11.12%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Raymond Reierson]]
|-
|[[Stettler (provincial electoral district)|Stettler]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Galen Norris|Galen C. Norris]]<br/>2,659<br/>54.88%
|
|Bob McKnight<br/>1,461<br/>30.15%
|
|
|
|Morton H. Neilson<br/>635<br/>13.11%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Galen Norris|Galen C. Norris]]
|-
|[[Stony Plain (electoral district)|Stony Plain]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ralph Jespersen|Ralph A. Jespersen]]<br/>2,316<br/>36.25%
|
|Frank Flanagan<br/>1,670<br/>26.14%
|
|
|
|Maurice R. McCullagh<br/>1,855<br/>29.03%
|
|[[Cornelia Wood|Cornelia R. Wood]] (Ind. SoCred)<br/>517<br/>8.13%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}|
|[[Cornelia Wood|Cornelia R. Wood]]
|-
|[[Strathcona Centre]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Joseph Donovan Ross]]<br/>4,052<br/>40.50%
|
|Larry Boddy<br/>2,493<br/>24.92%
|
|Ian Nicoll<br/>1,794<br/>17.93%
|
|Gordon E. Weese<br/>1,627<br/>16.26%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Joseph Donovan Ross]]
|-
|[[Strathcona East]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ernest Manning|Ernest C. Manning]]<br/>6,314<br/>49.70%
|
|C. Jack Thorpe<br/>2,976<br/>23.43%
|
|Percy Marshall<br/>1,458<br/>11.48%
|
|Ray Field<br/>1,909<br/>15.03%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ernest Manning|Ernest C. Manning]]
|-
|[[Strathcona South]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Gerrit Radstaak|Joe G. Radstaak]]<br/>3,934<br/>40.73%
|
|[[Oscar Kruger|Oscar H. Kruger]]<br/>2,594<br/>26.86%
|
|John Kloster<br/>968<br/>10.02%
|
|Bill McLean<br/>2,123<br/>21.98%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB||background}}|
|
|-
|[[Strathcona West]]
|
|[[Randolph McKinnon|Randolph H. McKinnon]]<br/>5,153<br/>36.87%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|[[Don Getty|Donald Ross Getty]]<br/>6,764<br/>48.39%
|
|Edmund H. Leger<br/>890<br/>6.37%
|
|Frank Kuzemski<br/>1,115<br/>7.98%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Randolph McKinnon|Randolph H. McKinnon]]
|-
|[[Taber-Warner]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Douglas Miller (Alberta politician)|Douglas Miller]]<br/>3,451<br/>61.24%
|
|Emil D. Gundlock<br/>1,170<br/>20.76%
|
|Theodore Rudd<br/>683<br/>12.12%
|
|Dick Verwoerd<br/>292<br/>5.18%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Leonard Halmrast|Leonard C. Halmrast]]
|-
|[[Three Hills (provincial electoral district)|Three Hills]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Raymond Ratzlaff]]<br/>2,762<br/>50.48%
|
|Gordon Leslie<br/>1,113<br/>20.34%
|
|James A. Lore<br/>1,317<br/>24.07%
|
|George E. Pieper<br/>268<br/>4.90%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Roy Davidson (politician)|Roy Davidson]]
|-
|[[Vegreville-Bruce]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Alex Gordey|Alex W. Gordey]]<br/>2,497<br/>44.41%
|
|Mike W. Kawulych<br/>1,742<br/>30.98%
|
|Wilfrid L. Horton<br/>345<br/>6.14%
|
|Albin Lukawiecki<br/>1,010<br/>17.96%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Alex Gordey|Alex W. Gordey]]
|-
|[[Vermilion (provincial electoral district)|Vermilion]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ashley Cooper (politician)|Ashley H. Cooper]]<br/>2,545<br/>57.80%
|
|Hilda Wilson<br/>1,199<br/>27.23%
|
|
|
|Harry E. Yaremchuk<br/>642<br/>14.58%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Ashley Cooper (politician)|Ashley H. Cooper]]
|-
|[[Wainwright (provincial electoral district)|Wainwright]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Henry Ruste|Henry A. Ruste]]<br/>3,807<br/>82.15%
|
|
|
|
|
|Glenn Valleau<br/>789<br/>17.03%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Henry Ruste|Henry A. Ruste]]
|-
|[[Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Albert Strohschein|Albert W. Strohschein]]<br/>2,879<br/>45.67%
|
|[[Dallas Schmidt]]<br/>2,408<br/>38.20%
|
|
|
|Robert P. Christensen<br/>1,000<br/>15.86%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Albert Strohschein|Albert W. Strohschein]]
|-
|[[Willingdon-Two Hills]]||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Nicholas Melnyk|Nicholas A. Melnyk]]<br/>2,160<br/>62.25%
|
|
|
|
|
|Louis Souter<br/>1,298<br/>37.41%
|
|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|
|[[Nicholas Melnyk|Nicholas A. Melnyk]]
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[1948 Alberta general election#Electrification plebiscite|1948 electrification plebiscite]]
*[[1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite|1957 liquor plebiscite]]
*[[1971 Alberta daylight saving time plebiscite|1971 daylight saving time plebiscite]]
*[[List of political parties in Canada#Alberta|List of Alberta political parties]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

;Works cited
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Saywell |editor1-first=John |editor1-link=John Saywell |title=Canadian Annual Review for 1967 |date=1968 |isbn=978-0-8020-1549-5 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_d3z9 |url-access=registration |chapter=Alberta |last1=Baird |first1=Richard E. |pages=180–186}}
*{{cite book |last1=Perry |first1=Sandra E. |last2=Footz |first2=Valerie L. |editor1-last=Massolin |editor1-first=Philip A. |title=A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-3-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr |access-date=August 9, 2020}}
* {{cite book |last1=Perry |first1=Sandra E. |last2=Craig |first2=Jessica J. |title=The Mantle of Leadership: Premiers of the Northwest Territories and Alberta |year=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |location=[[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]] |isbn=0-9689217-2-8 |url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries02perr }}
*{{cite book |last=Tupper |first=Allan |editor=Bradford J. Rennie |title=Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century |year=2004 |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina |location=[[Regina, Saskatchewan]] |isbn=0-88977-151-0 |chapter=Peter Lougheed |url=https://archive.org/details/albertapremierso0000unse |url-access=registration}}
*{{cite book |last1=Wood |first1=David G. |title=The Lougheed legacy |date=1985 |publisher=Key Porter Books |location=Toronto |isbn=0-919493-48-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/lougheedlegacy0000wood |url-access=registration |oclc=910363674}}

;Primary Sources
* {{cite book |author1=Alberta. Legislative Assembly |title=Alberta Gazette 1967, Part 2 |date=1967 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Edmonton |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll9/id/243949}}
* {{cite book |author1=Alberta. Legislative Assembly |title=Alberta Journals, 1968, 16th Leg., 1st Sess. |date=1968 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Edmonton |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll9/id/224717 |volume=LXXIV}}

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