The 9th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 20, 1941, to July 7, 1944, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the
1940 Alberta general election
The 1940 Alberta general election was held on March 21, 1940, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Despite its failure to implement its key policy, providing prosperity certificates to all Albertans, the Social Credit Party ...
held on March 21, 1940. The Legislature officially resumed on February 20, 1941, and continued until the fourth session was
prorogued
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on March 24, 1944 and dissolved on July 7, 1944, prior to the
1944 Alberta general election
The 1944 Alberta general election was held on August 8, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Overview
The election was the first contested by leader Ernest C. Manning. Previously Provincial Secretary, he became leader ...
.
Alberta's 9th government was controlled by the
majority
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Premier
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William Aberhart
William Aberhart (December 30, 1878 – May 23, 1943), also known as "Bible Bill" for his outspoken Baptist views, was a Canadian politician and the seventh premier of Alberta from 1935 to his death in 1943. He was the founder and first leader o ...
until his death on May 23, 1943; he was succeeded by
Ernest Manning
Ernest Charles Manning, (September 20, 1908 – February 19, 1996), a Canadian politician, was the eighth Premier of Alberta between 1943 and 1968 for the Social Credit Party of Alberta. He served longer than any other premier in Alberta's histor ...
, who would go on to be the longest serving Premier in Alberta history. Manning would abandon the monetary policies of Aberhart during his term for more traditional conservatism. The
Official Opposition
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Independent Citizen's Association
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, from February 22, 1941 to April 8, 1941, and again from February 10, 1944 to March 24, 1944. In between
Alfred Speakman
Alfred Speakman (August 24, 1880 – November 4, 1943) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.
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would serve as Opposition Leader from January 29, 1942 to March 19, 1942, and
James Mahaffy
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from February 18, 1943 to March 30, 1943. The
Speaker
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was Peter Dawson, who would serve until his death during the 15th legislature on March 24, 1963.
The Independent Citizen's Association, started by the Conservatives and including most Liberals and some former United Farmer supporters, won 19 seats. The remaining
Liberal Party
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that did not endorse the independent movement won one seat, and a labour candidate won one seat. Two independents later re-joined the Liberal Party, and the Co-operative Commonwealth entered the Legislature in its first
by-election
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.
Bills
During the second session the government would introduce ''An Act to prohibit the Sale of Lands to any Enemy Aliens and Hutterites for the Duration of the War'' (Bill 60) which prohibited the purchase or registration of lands by an
enemy alien
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or
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. It is the intention to prevent these people from buying land or from becoming registered as the owners of land at least until after the
Second World War
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ended. The government would later introduce ''An Act to amend The Land Sales Prohibition Act'' (Bill 48) in the third session, which amended ''The Land Sales Prohibition Act'' for the purpose of extending this prohibition to leases and agreements for leases. The federal government under
Prime Minister
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Cabinet
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would disallow the legislation on the recommendation of the Federal Minister of Justice Louis St. Laurent. This was the last use of the federal disallowance authority in Canadian history (not to be confused is reservation authority which was last used in Saskatchewan in 1961). The King government's rationale for the disallowance was the federal government had regulated all matters related to enemy aliens and the statute would conflict with federal policy.