17th Alberta Legislature

Canadian Legislative Assembly December 2010 AB 17th Majority inactive March 2, 1972 February 14, 1975 Gerard Amerongen March 2, 1972 – June 11, 1986 Peter Lougheed September 10, 1971 – November 1, 1985 Harry Strom December 10, 1971 – November 22, 1972 James Douglas Henderson February 15, 1973 – August 21, 1973 Robert Curtis Clark September 15, 1973 – November 28, 1980 Gordon E. Taylor March 2, 1972 – February 14, 1973 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Social Credit Party New Democratic Party March 2, 1972 November 22, 1972 February 15, 1972 December 14, 1973 March 7, 1974 November 6, 1974 January 23, 1975 February 14, 1975 Lougheed cabinet Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022 Hon. Grant MacEwan January 26, 1966 – July 2, 1974 Hon. Ralph Garvin Steinhauer July 2, 1974 – October 18, 1979 75 16th 18th The 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from March 2, 1972, to February 14, 1975, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1971 Alberta general election held on August 30, 1971. The Legislature officially resumed on March 2, 1972, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued and dissolved on February 14, 1975, prior to the 1975 Alberta general election.Perry, Sandra E. Footz, Valerie L. Massolin Philip A. A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies 2006 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Edmonton, AB 0-9689217-3-6 499 https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr August 9, 2020 Alberta's seventeenth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta for the first time, led by Premier Peter Lougheed. The Official Opposition was led by former Premier Harry Strom of the Social Credit Party, and subsequently James Douglas Henderson and Robert Curtis Clark. The Speaker was Gerard Amerongen who would serve in the role until he was defeated in the 1986 Alberta general election. Fourth session Energy policy came to the forefront near the end of the fourth session of the Legislature when on January 16 a joint press conference was held by the owners of Syncrude Canada Ltd., a joint venture company created to extract oil from the Athabasca oil sands seeking $1-billion in investment following the withdrawal of Atlantic Richfield or risk the failure of the venture.Elton David David Elton Saywell John John Saywell Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs. 1975 1976 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9780802022455 219–220 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_q3c1/page/219 December 22, 2020 registration Debate over the proposed investment Alberta's news with proponents noting the high costs of development, necessity for domestic oil supplies during the recent 1973 oil crisis, and the risk of stalling future development in the oil sands, while opponents felt the ultimatum was tantamount to blackmail. All provincial governments were provided the opportunity to invest in the agreement, and on February 3 the Governments of Ontario, Canada and Alberta met with Shell Oil and the original partners in the consortium. The Winnipeg Agreement was announced the next day, where the Government of Canada would invest $300-million for 15 per cent of Syncrude Canada Ltd., and the Government of Ontario would invest $100-million for 5 per cent equity, and Alberta would invest $200-million for convertible debenture and finance a $200-million power plant for the site. Representatives from Shell Oil stormed out of the meeting after an hour after the concession for a government-guaranteed base price for oil sands production was not provided.The Winnipeg Agreement http://www.history.alberta.ca/EnergyHeritage/sands/mega-projects/experimentation-and-commercial-development/the-winnipeg-agreement.aspx history.alberta.ca Alberta Culture and Tourism December 22, 2020 Liberal leader Nick Taylor and NDP leader Grant Notley were very critical of the agreement. Party standings after the 17th General Election **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** Affiliation Members AB PC row-name 49 AB Social Credit row-name 25 AB NDP row-name 1  Total 75 A party requires four seats to have official party status in the legislature. Parties with fewer than four seats are not entitled to party funding although their members will usually be permitted to sit together in the chamber. Members elected For complete electoral history, see individual districts. 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly DistrictMemberPartyFirst elected/ previously electedNo.# of term(s) AB PC rowAthabascaFrank ApplebyProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowBanff-CochraneClarence CopithorneProgressive Conservative1967First elected as Independent2nd term AB PC rowBarrheadHugh HornerProgressive Conservative19672nd term AB PC rowBonnyvilleDonald HansenProgressive Conservative19711st term AB Social Credit rowBow ValleyFred MandevilleSocial Credit19672nd term AB Social Credit rowCalgary-BowRoy WilsonSocial Credit19711st term AB PC rowCalgary-BuffaloRon GhitterProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowCalgary-CurrieFred PeacockProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowCalgary-ElbowDavid RussellProgressive Conservative19672nd term AB PC rowCalgary-EgmontMerv LeitchProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowCalgary-FoothillsLen WerryProgressive Conservative19672nd term AB PC rowStewart McCrae (1973)Progressive Conservative19731st term AB PC rowCalgary-GlenmoreBill DickieProgressive Conservative1963First elected as Liberal3rd term AB Social Credit rowCalgary-McCallGeorge Ho LemSocial Credit19711st term AB PC rowCalgary-McKnightCalvin LeeProgressive Conservative19711st term AB Social Credit rowCalgary-MillicanArthur J. DixonSocial Credit19526th term AB Social Credit rowCalgary-Mountain ViewAlbert LudwigSocial Credit19594th term AB PC rowCalgary-North HillRoy FarranProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowCalgary-WestPeter LougheedProgressive Conservative19672nd term AB PC rowCamroseGordon StrombergProgressive Conservative19711st term AB Social Credit rowCardstonEdgar HinmanSocial Credit1952, 19715th term* AB Social Credit rowClover BarWalt BuckSocial Credit19672nd term AB Social Credit rowCypressHarry StromSocial Credit19555th term AB PC rowDrayton ValleyRudolph ZanderProgressive Conservative19711st term AB Social Credit rowDrumhellerGordon TaylorSocial Credit19409th term AB Independent rowIndependent Social Credit AB PC rowEdmonton-AvonmoreHorst SchmidProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-BelmontBert HoholProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-BeverlyBill DiachukProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-CalderTom ChambersProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-CentreGordon MinielyProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-GlenoraLou HyndmanProgressive Conservative19672nd term AB PC rowEdmonton-Gold BarWilliam YurkoProgressive Conservative19692nd term AB PC rowEdmonton-HighlandsDavid Thomas KingProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-Jasper PlaceLeslie YoungProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-KingswayKenneth PaproskiProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-MeadowlarkGerard AmerongenProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-NorwoodCatherine ChichakProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-OttewellJohn AshtonProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-ParkallenNeil CrawfordProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-StrathconaJulian KoziakProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowEdmonton-WhitemudDon GettyProgressive Conservative19672nd term AB PC rowEdsonRobert DowlingProgressive Conservative19692nd term AB PC rowGrande PrairieWinston BackusProgressive Conservative19711st term AB Social Credit rowHanna-OyenClinton FrenchSocial Credit19594th term AB Social Credit rowHighwoodEdward BenoitSocial Credit19633rd term AB PC rowInnisfailClifford DoanProgressive Conservative19711st term AB Social Credit rowLac La Biche-McMurrayDamase BouvierSocial Credit19682nd term AB Independent rowIndependent AB Social Credit rowSocial Credit AB PC rowLacombeJack CooksonProgressive Conservative19711st term AB Social Credit rowLesser Slave LakeDennis BartonSocial Credit19711st term AB Social Credit rowLethbridge-EastJohn AndersonSocial Credit19711st term AB Social Credit rowLethbridge-WestRichard GruenwaldSocial Credit19711st term AB Social Credit rowLittle BowRaymond SpeakerSocial Credit19633rd term AB PC rowLloydminsterBud MillerProgressive Conservative19711st term AB Social Credit rowMacleodLeighton BuckwellSocial Credit19672nd term AB Social Credit rowMedicine Hat-RedcliffWilliam WyseSocial Credit19711st term AB Social Credit rowOlds-DidsburyRobert Curtis ClarkSocial Credit19604th term AB PC rowPeace RiverAl AdairProgressive Conservative19711st term AB Social Credit rowPincher Creek-CrowsnestCharles DrainSocial Credit19672nd term AB PC rowPonokaDon McCrimmonProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowRed DeerJames FosterProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowRedwater-AndrewGeorge TopolniskyProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowRocky Mountain HouseHelen HunleyProgressive Conservative19711st term AB Social Credit rowSedgewick-CoronationRalph SorensonSocial Credit19711st term AB PC rowSmoky RiverMarvin MooreProgressive Conservative19711st term AB NDP rowSpirit River-FairviewGrant NotleyNDP19711st term AB PC rowSt. AlbertErnie JamisonProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowSt. PaulMick FlukerProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowStettlerJack RobertsonProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowGraham Harle (1972)Progressive Conservative19721st term AB PC rowStony PlainWilliam PurdyProgressive Conservative19711st term AB Social Credit rowTaber-WarnerDouglas MillerSocial Credit19672nd term AB PC rowThree HillsAllan WarrackProgressive Conservative19711st term AB PC rowVegrevilleJohn BatiukProgressive Conservative19711st term AB Social Credit rowVermilion-VikingAshley CooperSocial Credit19594th term AB Social Credit rowWainwrightHenry RusteSocial Credit19555th term AB Social Credit rowWetaskiwin-LeducJames HendersonSocial Credit19633rd term AB Independent rowIndependent AB PC rowWhitecourtPeter TrynchyProgressive Conservative19711st term Notes References Further reading Normandin G. Pierre The Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1975 Mortimer Company Ltd. Ottawa https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1975unse August 9, 2020 0315-6168 893686591 Office of the Chief Electoral Officer Legislative Assembly Office Legislative Assembly of Alberta Elections Alberta A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 2006 Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Centennial Series Edmonton, AB 0-9689217-8-7 https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up May 25, 2020 Perry, Sandra E. Footz, Valerie L. Massolin Philip A. A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies 2006 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Edmonton, AB 0-9689217-3-6 https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr August 9, 2020 External links Alberta Legislative Assembly Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Book By-elections 1905 to present 17