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15th Alberta Legislature
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 1971 Alberta general election was the seventeenth general election held in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur J
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan '' Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker Of The Legislative Assembly Of Alberta
The Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly, is the presiding officer in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Speaker is selected by secret ballot in the first session of a new legislative assembly. List of speakers See also *Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada *Speaker of the Senate of Canada External linksAlberta Legislative Assembly List of Speakers Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Cana ...
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Stony Plain (electoral District)
Stony Plain, originally named Stonyplain, was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 2019. The district returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta throughout its history, using the first past the post method of voting for most of its existence but single transferable vote from 1926 to 1957. The district was created in 1905 when Alberta became a province. The riding in its original boundaries stretched from the west Edmonton city limits to the British Columbia border, but over time it was significantly reduced in size. The riding was named Stonyplain from 1905 to 1909 before being changed to Stony Plain. History Stony Plain was founded as Stonyplain, one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905. It was renamed Stony Plain for the 1909 Alberta general election, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Wood
Cornelia Lucinda Railey Wood (April 14, 1892 – December 26, 1985) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta twice the first time being from 1940 to 1955 and the second time being from 1959 to 1967. She sat with the governing Social Credit party and later as an Independent. She was married to Russell Wood. She was originally a teacher, then a leader at the local Women's Institute, chair of the local school board and mayor of Stony Plain. Political career Wood ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1940 Alberta general election. She defeated three other candidates in a hotly contested race on the third count to hold the Stony Plain electoral district for the Social Credit party. She ran for a second term in office in the 1944 Alberta general election and won a landslide against Co-operative Commonwealth candidate Harold Anderson in a straight fight. Wood would run for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta New Democratic Party
The Alberta New Democratic Party (french: Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Alberta), commonly shortened to Alberta's NDP, is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada. It is the provincial Alberta affiliate of the federal New Democratic Party, and the successor to the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the even earlier Alberta wing of the Canadian Labour Party and the United Farmers of Alberta. From the mid-1980s to 2004, the party abbreviated its name as the "New Democrats" (ND). The party served as Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1993. It was shut out of the legislature following the 1993 election, returning in the 1997 election with two seats. The party won no more than four seats in subsequent elections until the 2015 election, in which it won 54 of the 87 seats in the legislature and formed a majority government. Until 2015, Alberta had been the only province in western Canada — the party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garth Turcott
Garth-Alphonse Turcott (July 30, 1930 – January 11, 2018) was a lawyer and a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1966 to 1967 sitting as the first member of the New Democratic Party to be elected in Alberta and the only member of its caucus at that time. Early life Turcott went to the University of Saskatchewan and graduated in 1956. Political career Turcott ran for a seat to the Alberta legislature in a by-election held on October 6, 1966, in the electoral district of Pincher Creek-Crowsnest. The by-election was hotly contested by all four candidates. Turcott ended up winning by just over 100 voters over Social Credit candidate J.H. Hanrahan. This was the first election won by a candidate running under the Alberta NDP banner, although members of the NDP's predecessor, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation sat in the legislature continuously from 1942 to 1959. During the by-election and conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1993. History The Pincher Creek-Crowsnest electoral district was formed prior to the 1940 Alberta general election from the Pincher Creek and Rocky Mountain electoral districts. The Pincher Creek-Crowsnest electoral district was abolished in the 1993 electoral district re-distribution, and merged with portions of Macleod and Highwood electoral districts to form Pincher Creek-Macleod. Election results 1940 general election 1944 general election 1948 general election 1952 general election 1955 general election 1959 general election 1963 general election 1966 by-election 1967 general election 1971 general election 1975 general election 1979 general election 1982 general election 1986 general election 1989 general election Plebiscite results 1957 liquor plebiscite On October 30, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Kovach
William August Kovach (January 30, 1909 – August 4, 1966) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1948 until his death in 1966 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. Early life William August Kovach was born on January 30, 1909, in the community of Passburg, Alberta, which became part of the Crowsnest Pass municipality. After completing grade school in Passburg he worked on various construction crews, grading for railways and highways in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. In 1926, Kovach started working in a coal mine in Bellevue, Alberta. He left the mines to become a prospector. He supplemented his income by driving a taxi and trapping animals for fur. Kovach began working at the Hillcrest-Mowhawk Mines in Hillcrest, Alberta. He became a part time recording secretary for the United Mine Workers. Kovach continued working as a prospector, ending up with West Canadian Collieries. He left the mining business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Switzer
William "Bill" Alexander Switzer (September 21, 1920 – June 30, 1969) was a Canadian politician from Alberta. He served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War and upon returning to Canada was elected Mayor of Hinton, Alberta, and later a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1965 to 1969 as a member of the opposition in the Liberal caucus. Two years after his death the Government of Alberta named William A. Switzer Provincial Park in his honour. Early life William Alexander Switzer was born on September 21, 1920, in Edson, Alberta to Harvey Alexander Switzer and Edith Amelia Lawrence, from respective Scottish and English descents. He attended Edson High School and later the University of Alberta, where he received a degree in pharmacy. Switzer married Vivian Gertrude McLeod on July 22, 1946. They parented twin daughters, Joan and Janice. Second World War Switzer's attendance at university was interrupted during his second year by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edson (provincial Electoral District)
Edson was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1986. History The electoral district was created during the 1913 Alberta general election from all of Lac Ste. Anne and the western portions of the Innsifail, Olds, Stony Plain and Red Deer provincial electoral districts. Despite numerous boundary revisions in the province, Edson kept most of its original area. The riding was abolished into the new West Yellowhead riding in 1986. Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) Election results 1913 Alberta general election 1917 Alberta general election 1921 Alberta general election 1926 Alberta general election , - , colspan="6" align ="center", First count , - , colspan="6" align ="center", Ballot transfer results 1930 Alberta general election 1935 Alberta general election , - , colspan="6" align ="ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Willmore
Norman Alfred Willmore (February 13, 1909 – February 2, 1965) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1944 until his death in 1965 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Ernest Manning from 1953 until his death. Personal life Born in Fessenden, North Dakota, Willmore moved to Canada in 1915 with his parents and was raised in Edmonton, Alberta. He was married to Dorothy and had one son. Political career Willmore first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1944 general election. He stood as the Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Edson and won a solid majority over two other candidates to pick up the seat for Social Credit. In the 1948 general election Willmore defeated former MLA Christopher Pattinson, and In the 1952 election Willmore defeated Liberal candidate William Switzer by 400 votes. On November 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Davidson (politician)
Roy Lyle Davidson (February 15, 1906 – April 25, 1999) was a farmer and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1964 to 1967 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus. Political career Davidson ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in a by-election held on January 20, 1964. Davidson won his party nomination in a convention held in Acme on December 24, 1963. He had been involved with the party as a volunteer for 20 years prior to seeking the nomination. In the election Davidson won a hotly contested four-way race over Liberal leader David Hunter David Hunter (July 21, 1802 – February 2, 1886) was an American military officer. He served as a Union general during the American Civil War. He achieved notability for his unauthorized 1862 order (immediately rescinded) emancipating slaves ... and two other candidates to hold the seat for his party. Davidson did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
