16th Alberta Legislative Assembly - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The members of the 16th Alberta Legislative Assembly were elected in the general election

Alberta general election, 1967

The Alberta general election of 1967 was the sixteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 23, 1967 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

held on May 23, 1967.

On August 30, 1971, the 19th Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1971

The Alberta general election of 1971 was the seventeenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 30, 1971 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

was held to elect the next legislature.

Party standings after the 16th General Election

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Standings changes in the 16th Assembly

Number of members per party by date		1967	1968			1969				1971
Number of members per party by date		May 23	May 27	Aug 20	Dec 11	Feb 10	Jun 30	Oct 28	Nov 23	Apr 15	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Alberta The Alberta Social Credit Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values....	55	56	55	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	6	7	8	9	10	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	3	2	1	0	Independent	1	0
	Total members	65	64	65	64	65	64	65
	Vacant	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	Government Majority	45	46	47	46	45	46	45

Membership changes in the 16th Assembly
	Date	Member Name	District	Party	Reason	May 27, 1968	Michael Maccagno Michael Maccagno Michael "Mike" Maccagno was an provincial level politician from Alberta Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 until he resigned in 1968...	Lac La Biche Lac La Biche (provincial electoral district) Lac La Biche was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Resigned to run in the 1968 federal election Canadian federal election, 1968 The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament of Canada...	August 20, 1968	Damase Bouvier Damase Bouvier Damase "Dan" David Bouvier was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1968 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in bother government and opposition and also briefly as an Independent.-External links:*...	Lac La Biche	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Alberta The Alberta Social Credit Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values....	Elected in a by-election	December 11, 1968	Ernest Manning Ernest Manning Ernest Charles Manning, , 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 premier in the province's history, and was the second longest serving provincial premier in Canadian history...	Strathcona East Strathcona East Strathcona East was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The riding was created in 1959, out of the Edmonton district when it broke up into nine ridings.In 1971 the riding was split between Edmonton-Gold Bar and Edmonton Ottewell...	Social Credit	Resigned	February 10, 1969	William Yurko William Yurko William Yurko, MLA, MP, was a Canadian politician, and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Canadian House of Commons....	Strathcona East	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	Elected in a by-election	June 30, 1969	William Switzer William Switzer William Alexander Switzer was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1965 to 1969 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.-Political career:...	Edson Edson (provincial electoral district) Edson was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Alberta represented in 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 St...	Liberal	Died	October 28, 1969	Robert Dowling Robert Wagner Dowling Robert Wagner Dowling was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1969 to 1979 sitting as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus...	Edson	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election	November 23, 1969	Bill Dickie Bill Dickie (politician) William "Bill" Danielle Dickie is a former corporate lawyer as well as a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as an Alderman in Calgary from 1961 to 1964 and also served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1975...	Calgary Glenmore Calgary-Glenmore Calgary Glenmore is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.The electoral riding of Calgary Glenmore is one of two original Calgary ridings of the seven that still survives from the 1959 redistribution of the Calgary riding...	Progressive Conservative	Crossed the floor from Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives	April 15, 1971	Clarence Copithorne Clarence Copithorne Clarence Copithorne was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1975 sitting as an Independent and later with the Progressive Conservative caucus in both opposition and government...	Banff-Cochrane Banff-Cochrane Banff-Cochrane is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. This riding is home to the popular tourist destination Banff National Park, environmental issues tend to dominate here....	Progressive Conservative	Joined the Progressive Conservative caucus

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