15th Alberta Legislature

15th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
13 February 1964 – 14 April 1967
Parliament leaders
Premier	Ernest Charles Manning May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968
Cabinet	Manning cabinet
Leader of the Opposition	Michael Maccagno February 13, 1964 – April 11, 1967
Party caucuses
Government	Social Credit Party
Opposition	Alberta Liberal Party
Unrecognized	Coalition
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Arthur J. Dixon March 26, 1963 – March 1, 1972
Members	63 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – present
Lieutenant Governor	Hon. John Percy Page December 19, 1959 – January 6, 1966
	Hon. Grant MacEwan January 26, 1966 – July 2, 1974
Sessions
1st session February 13, 1964 – April 15, 1964
2nd session February 18, 1965 – April 12, 195
3rd session February 17, 1966 – April 18, 1966
4th session November 16, 1966 – November 17, 1966
5th session February 9, 1967 – April 11, 1967
← 14th → 16th

The 15th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 13, 1964, to April 14, 1967, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1963 Alberta general election held on June 17, 1963. The Legislature officially resumed on February 13, 1964, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on April 11, 1967, and dissolved on April 14, 1967, prior to the 1967 Alberta general election.

Alberta's fifteenth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the eighth 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 Michael Maccagno of the Alberta Liberal Party who were elected to two seats in the Legislature. The Speaker was Arthur J. Dixon, who would remain the speaker until the fall of the Social Credit government after the 1971 Alberta general election. The Liberals held opposition status with just two seats, and the Coalition party held third place in the Legislature.

Standings changes since the 15th general election

Number of members per party by date		1963		1964	1965		1966		1967
		Jun 17	Nov 22	Jan 20	Feb 2	Mar 29	Aug 4	Oct 6	Apr 24	Social Credit	60	59	60	59		58		57
	Liberal	2				3
	Coalition	1								NDP	0						1		Independent Social Credit	0							1
	Total members	63	62	63	62	63	62	63
	Vacant	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	Government Majority	57	56	57	56	55	54	53	51

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Membership changes in the 15th Assembly
	Date	Member Name	District	Party	Reason	November 22, 1963	Petrie Meston	Three Hills	Social Credit	Died	January 20, 1964	Roy Davidson	Three Hills	Social Credit	Elected in a by-election.	February 2, 1965	Norman Willmore	Edson	Social Credit	Died in a traffic accident
	March 29, 1965	William Switzer	Edson	Liberal	Elected in a by-election.	August 4, 1966	William Kovach	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	Social Credit	Died from a heart seizure.	October 6, 1966	Garth Turcott	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	NDP	Elected in a by-election.
Standings changes after dissolution on April 14, 1967
April 24, 1967	Cornelia Wood	Stony Plain	Independent Social Credit	Lost nomination on February 11, Left to run as Independent.

Further reading

• Normandin, G. Pierre, ed. (1967). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. 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