The 1967 Alberta general election was held on May 23, 1967, to elect members of the

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to the 16th Alberta Legislature. The election was called after the 15th Alberta Legislature was

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on April 11, 1967, and dissolved on April 14, 1967. Ernest C. Manning led the 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. The once-moribund Progressive Conservatives, led by young lawyer

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, emerged as the main opposition to Social Credit. They won over a quarter of the popular vote and six seats, mostly in Calgary and

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. 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 election, the Liberals managed to increase their number of seats from two to three as a result of the decline in the Social Credit vote. Voters also decided upon the adoption of

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, 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.

Background

Social Credit campaign

The

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government had prepared well for the election in advance, with the party maintaining a significant war chest. 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. 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. Furthermore the Social Credit government argued they spent the most per capita on social issues despite having the lowest tax rate. An internal controversy occurred when Albert Bourcier, a Social Credit MLA from 1935–1952 filed papers to contest the Edmonton-Jasper Place constituency against incumbent Social Credit MLA 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. Horan was re-elected with 36.3 per cent of the vote, while Bourcier received 1.5 per cent of the vote.

New Democratic Party campaign

The 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.

Progressive Conservative campaign

New leader

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, 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. 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. 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". 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. 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. 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

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's improbable victory over Social Credit Education Minister

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in Strathcona West. Other media began to take notice with ''

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'' stating the only politician capable of having "an outside chance of challenging Manning" was Lougheed. During the campaign, the Progressive Conservatives called for the sale of Alberta Government Telephones. 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, and subsequently Lougheed became Leader of the Opposition. The group of elected Conservatives known as the "original six" included Calgary MLAs

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, David Russell; Edmonton area MLAs

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and

, and the party's only rural candidate and former federal Member of Parliament

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. The ''Edmonton Journal'' positively remarked on Lougheed's success following the 1967 election, stating Albertans had a responsible and credible alternative as opposition.

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

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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. Indigenous Albertans were eligible to vote for the first time in a provincial general election.

Results

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election

Daylight saving time plebiscite

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(summer time). The proposal was rejected by a very slim margin. The question was asked again in the

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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'', which mandated the entire province observe

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, and prevented any municipality from observing daylight savings time or any other time zone. The bill came after Calgary ( 1946 and 1947), and Edmonton ( 1946) held municipal plebiscites which approved the move to daylight savings 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 savings time and pressured the provincial government to hold a plebiscite or provide the authority for municipalities to locally observe daylight savings time. A joint motion of

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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

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, without success. A further effort in March 1964 by Liberal MLA and Calgary Alderman Bill Dickie to allow the mater to be settled by a municipal plebiscite also failed in the Legislature. Inhe debate, Social Credit MLA William Patterson described daylight savings time as "that fandangled thing", and Minister

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stated municipal daylight savings time would be difficult for tourists to understand. A motion introduced by Bill Dickie was approved by the Legislature in February 1966 to hold a plebiscite on daylight savings time. And on March 29, 1966, Minister

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introduced ''An Act to amend The Daylight Savings Time Act'' (Bill 75), to permit the government to hold a plebiscite on the issue. On April 17, 1967 the Government of Alberta approved Order-in-Council 607/67 which provided the instructions for the plebiscite on daylight savings time. The prescribed question was "Do you favour Province-wide Daylight Savings Time?" with the two available responses as "Yes" and "No". Across Canada, by 1967, each province besides Alberta and Saskatchewan had adopted daylight savings time. Many Alberta businesses provided for modified summer hours, including the

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which started at 7 a.m. to align with exchanges in Toronto and Montreal.

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released a statement expressing the difficulty of distributing flight schedules with flights in Alberta.

Arguments for and against

Arguments for daylight savings time were put forward by the construction industry including the Alberta Construction Association and Edmonton Home Builders Association. The '' Calgary Herald''

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published a number of editorials in advance of the plebiscite advocating for the province to observe daylight savings time, and further advocated for all of Canada to move to daylight savings time. Calgary residents and businessmen Bill Creighton and David Matthews led a campaign for daylight savings times, arguing the benefits of an additional hour of late sunlight for sports. Creighton was able to garner endorsements from the Alberta Amateur Athletics Union and other local golf, baseball, football and tennis associations. The Calgary Tourist and Convention Association endorsed daylight savings, noting that tourists perceived the province as "backwards" for not adopting the time shift.

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leader Michael Maccagno personally supported observing daylight savings time. Arguments against daylight savings time were made by the group Alberta Council for Standard Time founded by Calgary lawyer and drive-in movie operator R.H. Barron. 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.

Aftermath

The plebiscite resulted in a narrow victory for retaining Mountain Standard Time, with 51.25 per cent of the population voting against daylight savings time. 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. The new Progressive Conservative caucus continued to pressure the Social Credit government to provide individual municipalities the power to institute Daylight Savings Time. A February 1968 motion by Edmonton MLA

and Bill Dickie for municipal authority to institute daylight savings time was rejected by the Legislature. 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 savings. The editorial board for the ''Calgary Herald'' decried the failure of the plebiscite, but predicted that the province would eventually adopt daylight savings time.

Results

Results by riding

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2,880
57.85% , , Kenneth E. Oates
940
18.88% , , Charles F. Swan
304
6.11% , , Lester A. Lindgren
835
16.77% , , , , , , Anders O. Aalborg , - ,

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1,733
45.08% , , , ,

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939
24.43% , , George Opryshko
1,170
30.44% , , , , , ,

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, , Roy Wilson
2,066
42.17% , , , , , , Jack Fraser
374
7.63%, , , , Clarence Copithorne (Ind.)
2,428
49.56%, , , , Francis Leo Gainer , - ,

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, , , , Romeo B. Lamothe
2,339
54.12% , , , , , , Kenneth Joseph Kerr
316
7.31% , , , , , , Romeo B. Lamothe , - ,

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, , , , Fred T. Mandeville
2,525
49.16% , , , , , , Calvin Steinley
549
10.69% , , Ben M. MacLeod (Coal.)
2,018
39.63% , , ,

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, , Charles E. Johnston
6,461
37.63%, , , , Len F. Werry
6,828
39.77% , , John Donachie
1,876
10.93% , , Evelyn Moore
1,905
11.09% , , , , , , Charles E. Johnston , - ,

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, , , , Frederick C. Colborne
3,873
40.47% , , Charles Henry Cook
3,359
35.10% , , John Starchuk
1,275
13.32% , , Mrs. Margaret Hanley
973
10.17% , , , , , , Frederick C. Colborne , - , Calgary-East, , , , Albert W. Ludwig
5,563
50.43% , , Jim Crawford
2,613
23.69% , , Sandy Skoryko
803
7.28% , , Kurt Gebauer
1,955
17.72% , , , , , , Albert W. Ludwig , - ,

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, , Len Pearson
3,840
27.43% , , Ronald M. Helmer
3,406
24.33%, , , , William Daniel Dickie
5,743
41.02% , , Max Wolfe
950
6.79% , , , , , , William Daniel Dickie , - , Calgary-North, , , , Robert A. Simpson
4,308
42.74% , , Henry M. Beaumont
3,915
38.84% , , Charles W. Loughridge
638
6.33% , , Walter H. Siewert
1,157
11.48% , , , , , , Robert A. Simpson , - , Calgary Queens Park, , , , Lea Leavitt
4,943
42.13% , , Eric Charles Musgreave
3,820
32.56% , , Darryl Raymaker
1,702
14.51% , , Lisa Baldwin
1,220
10.40% , , , , , , , - , Calgary-South, , , , Arthur J. Dixon
5,401
41.76% , ,

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4,940
38.19% , , Willis E. O'Leary
1,146
8.86% , , Jack D. Peters
1,388
10.73% , , , , , , Arthur J. Dixon , - ,

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, , Art Davis
3,956
35.49%, , , ,

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4,796
43.03% , , Reginald J. Gibbs
1,088
9.76% , , Ted Takacs
1,229
11.03% , , , , , , , - , Calgary-West , , Donald S. Fleming
4,028
28.95%, , , ,

8,548
61.43% , , Natalie Chapman
402
2.89% , , Allan M. Early
868
6.24% , , , , , , Donald S. Fleming , - , Camrose, , , , Chester I. Sayers
3,083
44.25% , , Emmett G. Mohler
1,736
24.91% , , G. Rod Knaut
699
10.03% , , Rudy P. Swanson
1,412
20.26% , , , , , , Chester I. Sayers , - ,

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, , , , Alvin F. Bullock
2,120
47.11% , , Larry L. Lang
1,692
37.60% , , , , Leslie N. Howard
104
2.31% , , Robert D. Burt (Ind.)
573
12.73%, , , , Edgar W. Hinman , - , Clover Bar, , , , Walt A. Buck
4,101
51.35% , , Daniel F. Hollands
2,215
27.73% , , Kazmer D. Curry
468
5.86% , , Alfred O. Arnston
1,175
14.71% , , , , , , Floyd M. Baker , - , Cypress, , , , Harry E. Strom
2,577
76.65% , , , , , , William George McFall
769
22.87% , , , , , , Harry E. Strom , - , Drumheller-Gleichen, , , , Gordon Edward Taylor
4,018
67.46% , , Tom Hanson
1,579
26.51% , , , , Garry B. Law
345
5.79% , , , , , , Gordon Edward Taylor , - ,

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, , , , Ernest L. Lee
1,280
41.52% , , , , , , Phil Thompson
1,080
35.03% , , John A. Hammond (Coal.)
547
18.82% , , , Ernest L. Lee , - ,

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4,698
38.21% , , Tony Thibaudeau
3,461
28.15% , , L. John Corbiere
1,303
10.60% , , Gordon S.B. Wright
2,763
22.47% , , , , , , , - ,

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3,146
39.12% , , Harold W. Veale
2,558
31.81% , , Joseph A. Tannous
747
9.29% , , Henry Tomaschuk
1,313
16.33% , , Pat G.A. O'Hara (Ind.)
194
2.41%, , , ,

, - , Edmonton-Jasper Place, , , , John William Horan
4,206
36.34% , , Gerard Joseph Amerongen
3,000
25.92% , , Barry Vogel
1,851
15.99% , , Tom Hennessey
2,210
19.09% , , Albert V. Bourcier (Ind. SoCred)
176 , , , John William Horan , - , Edmonton-North East, , , , Lou W. Heard
5,052
35.02% , , Alan T. Cooke
3,616
25.06% , , Peter Achtem
1,418
9.83% , , Ivor G. Dent
4,276
29.64% , , , , , , Lou W. Heard , - ,

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, , , , Edgar H. Gerhart
4,674
36.10% , , Paul Norris
4,205
32.48% , , Thomas Leia
1,173
9.06% , , Dave Belland
2,664
20.58% , , Oscar A. Green (Ind.)
188
1.45%, , , , Edgar H. Gerhart , - , Edmonton-Norwood, , , , William Tomyn
3,450
43.01% , , Ronald W. Downey
2,023
25.22% , , , , Grant W. Notley
2,433
30.33% , , , , , , William Tomyn , - , Edmonton-West , , William A. Johnson
4,016
32.46%, , , ,

4,753
38.42% , , J. Bernard Feehan
2,316
18.72% , , Thomas C. Pocklington
1,254
10.14% , , , , , , Stanley Gordon Geldart , - , Edson , , Arthur O. Jorgensen
2,372
34.59% , , , , , , William A. Switzer
2,803
40.87% , , C. Neil Reimer
1,656
24.15% , , , , , ,

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, , , , Ira McLaughlin
4,847
55.38% , , , , George M. Repka
1,132
12.93% , , Alan Bush
2,748
31.40% , , , , , , Ira McLaughlin , - ,

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, , , , Roy Ells
3,363
51.02% , , , , Gunnar Walhstrom
985
14.94% , , Stan Daniels
2,207
33.49% , , , , , , Roy Ells , - ,

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, , , , Clinton Keith French
2,675
50.17% , , Bill Cross
2,140
40.14% , , , , Ralph G. Jorgenson
504
9.45% , , , , , , Clinton Keith French , - , Lac La Biche , , Harry Lobay
1,613
34.22% , , , , , , Michael Maccagno
2,212
46.93% , , Fred Ustina
758
16.08% , , , , , , Michael Maccagno , - , Lac Ste. Anne , , William Patterson
1,731
30.14%, , , , Hugh F. Horner
2,573
44.80% , , Raymond Mills
723
12.59% , , Swen Symington
674
11.74% , , , , , , William Patterson , - ,

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, , , , Allan Russell Patrick
2,690
49.11% , , John William Cookson
1,999
36.49% , , , , Glen R. Nelson
777
14.18% , , , , , , Allan Russell Patrick , - , Leduc, , , , James D. Henderson
2,193
45.38% , , Emanuel Prycz
1,206
24.96% , , Russell Olekshy
383
7.93% , , Alex A. Sklarenko
1,021
21.13% , , , , , , James D. Henderson , - , Lethbridge, , , , John C. Landeryou
6,155
44.27% , , Wilfred Bowns
4,128
29.69% , , John I. Boras
2,237
16.09% , , Klaas Buijert
1,335
9.60% , , , , , , John C. Landeryou , - ,

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, , , , Raymond Albert Speaker
3,367
68.25% , , , , , , John K. Head
572
11.60% , , Arthur W. Ulrich (Ind.)
978
19.83%, , , , Raymond Albert Speaker , - ,

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2,822
51.68% , , George Whitehead
1,773
32.47% , , Melba J. Cochlan
149
2.73% , , Sid J. Cornish
673
12.32% , , , , , , James Hartley , - ,

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, , , , Harry C. Leinweber
4,390
39.96% , , James Horsman
2,701
24.59% , , Roy Weidermann
2,025
18.43% , , Ted. J. Grimm
1,819
16.56% , , , , , , Harry C. Leinweber , - ,

Okotoks-High River Okotoks-High River was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1971. History The Okotoks—High River electoral district was formed prior to the ...

, , , , Edward P. Benoit
2,289
48.50% , , Thomas E. Hughes
2,097
44.43% , , Ron A. Baker
88
1.86% , , Georgina M. Smith
212
4.49% , , , , , , Edward P. Benoit , - ,

Olds-Didsbury Olds-Didsbury was a provincial electoral district in central Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1963 to 1997. It is noteworthy as the l ...

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Robert Curtis Clark Robert Curtis "Bob" Clark (July 2, 1937 – July 10, 2020) was a teacher, civil servant and politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1960 to 1981 including time as a Cabinet Minister in Premier Ernest Manning's government ...

4,052
65.02% , , , , Stan Bell
1,129
18.12% , , Eva Banta
485
7.78% , , Chas. Purvis (Ind. Con.)
547
8.80% , , ,

, - ,

Peace River The Peace River (french: links=no, rivière de la Paix) is a river in Canada that originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta. The Peace River joins the Athabasca River in th ...

, , , , Robert H. Wiebe
2,860
53.49% , , , , , , Harry Reinders
1,338
25.02% , , Edward R. Whitney (Ind.)
1,149
21.49%, , , , Euell F. Montgomery , - , Pembina, , , , Adam Carl Muller
2,866
47.23% , , Edward G. Samuel
2,098
34.57% , , Edward P. MacCallum
484
7.98% , , George A.E. Garnett
576
9.49% , , , , , , Robin D. Jorgenson , - , Pincher Creek-Crowsnest, , , , Charles Duncan Drain
2,345
45.78% , , Alexander B. Wells
722
14.10% , , F. Benton Murphy
255
4.98% , , Garth A. Turcott
1,772
34.60% , , , , , , Garth Turcott , - , Ponoka, , , , Neville S. Roper
3,286
62.04% , , , , Derek R. Broughton
514
9.70% , , Ed Nelson
1,464
27.64% , , , , , , Glen F. Johnston , - ,

Red Deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of we ...

, , , , William Kenneth Ure
6,166
46.42% , , James L. Foster
4,628
34.84% , , Robert H. Scammell
636
4.79% , , Ethel Taylor
1,799
13.54% , , , , , , William Kenneth Ure , - , Redwater, , , ,

Michael Senych Michael Senych (September 24, 1926 - March 27, 2002) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party. Early life Michael Senych was born in Corbin ...

1,588
43.42% , , Basil Zailo
1,314
35.93% , , , , Norman T. Flack
737
20.15% , , , , , ,

, - ,

Rocky Mountain House Rocky Mountain House is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately west of Red Deer at the confluence of the Clearwater and North Saskatchewan Rivers, and at the crossroads of Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail) and Highway 11 (David T ...

, , , , Alfred J. Hooke
2,538
53.21% , , , , , , Gilbert H.C. Farthing
792
16.60% , , Will Sinclair (Ind.)
1,406
29.48%, , , , Alfred J. Hooke , - ,

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, , , , Jack C. Hillman
3,470
59.41% , , Ernie Moore
1,103
18.88% , , Eugene F. Price
547
9.36% , , Arthur C. Bunney
680
11.64% , , , , , , Jack C. Hillman , - , Spirit River, , , , Adolph O. Fimrite
2,627
56.12% , , , , John L. Listhaeghe
413
8.82% , , Bert M. Strand
1,634
34.91% , , , , , , Adolph O. Fimrite , - , St. Albert, , , , Keith Everitt
2,824
35.44% , , Stanley M. Walker
1,469
18.43% , , Robert A. Russell
2,297
28.82% , , Norman Dolman
1,339
16.80% , , , , , , Keith Everitt , - ,

St. Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

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Raymond Reierson Raymond Reierson (October 7, 1919 – January 30, 2020) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. Reierson held numerous portf ...

2,275
44.29% , , , , Armand Lamothe
1,489
28.99% , , Pierre M. Vallee
788
15.34% , , Leroy P. Christensen (Ind. P.C.)
571
11.12%, , , ,

, - , Stettler, , , , Galen C. Norris
2,659
54.88% , , Bob McKnight
1,461
30.15% , , , , Morton H. Neilson
635
13.11% , , , , , , Galen C. Norris , - , Stony Plain, , , , Ralph A. Jespersen
2,316
36.25% , , Frank Flanagan
1,670
26.14% , , , , Maurice R. McCullagh
1,855
29.03% , , Cornelia R. Wood (Ind. SoCred)
517
8.13% , , , Cornelia R. Wood , - , Strathcona Centre, , , ,

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4,052
40.50% , , Larry Boddy
2,493
24.92% , , Ian Nicoll
1,794
17.93% , , Gordon E. Weese
1,627
16.26% , , , , , ,

, - , Strathcona East, , , , Ernest C. Manning
6,314
49.70% , , C. Jack Thorpe
2,976
23.43% , , Percy Marshall
1,458
11.48% , , Ray Field
1,909
15.03% , , , , , , Ernest C. Manning , - , Strathcona South, , , , Joe G. Radstaak
3,934
40.73% , , Oscar H. Kruger
2,594
26.86% , , John Kloster
968
10.02% , , Bill McLean
2,123
21.98% , , , , , , , - , Strathcona West , , Randolph H. McKinnon
5,153
36.87%, , , , Donald Ross Getty
6,764
48.39% , , Edmund H. Leger
890
6.37% , , Frank Kuzemski
1,115
7.98% , , , , , , Randolph H. McKinnon , - , Taber-Warner, , , , Douglas Miller
3,451
61.24% , , Emil D. Gundlock
1,170
20.76% , , Theodore Rudd
683
12.12% , , Dick Verwoerd
292
5.18% , , , , , , Leonard C. Halmrast , - ,

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Raymond Ratzlaff Raymond Samuel Ratzlaff (April 10, 1931 – February 1, 2019) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. He served in the cabin ...

2,762
50.48% , , Gordon Leslie
1,113
20.34% , , James A. Lore
1,317
24.07% , , George E. Pieper
268
4.90% , , , , , , Roy Davidson , - , Vegreville-Bruce, , , , Alex W. Gordey
2,497
44.41% , , Mike W. Kawulych
1,742
30.98% , , Wilfrid L. Horton
345
6.14% , , Albin Lukawiecki
1,010
17.96% , , , , , , Alex W. Gordey , - ,

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, , , , Ashley H. Cooper
2,545
57.80% , , Hilda Wilson
1,199
27.23% , , , , Harry E. Yaremchuk
642
14.58% , , , , , , Ashley H. Cooper , - , Wainwright, , , , Henry A. Ruste
3,807
82.15% , , , , , , Glenn Valleau
789
17.03% , , , , , , Henry A. Ruste , - ,

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, , , , Albert W. Strohschein
2,879
45.67% , ,

Dallas Schmidt Dallas Wilbur Schmidt, DFC and bar, (August 9, 1922 – November 22, 2007) was a Canadian fighter pilot and flying ace with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He later served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 19 ...

2,408
38.20% , , , , Robert P. Christensen
1,000
15.86% , , , , , , Albert W. Strohschein , - , Willingdon-Two Hills, , , , Nicholas A. Melnyk
2,160
62.25% , , , , , , Louis Souter
1,298
37.41% , , , , , , Nicholas A. Melnyk , -

References

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1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

General election May 1967 events in Canada

Background

Social Credit campaign

New Democratic Party campaign

Progressive Conservative campaign

Eligibility to vote

Results

Daylight saving time plebiscite

Background

Arguments for and against

Aftermath

Results

Results by riding

See also

References