{{Short description|Canadian Legislative Assembly}} {{Infobox Canadian Parliament | jurisdiction = AB | # = 15th | type = Majority

<!-- Session status --> | status = inactive | term-begin = <!-- Date of first sitting, election of speaker--> February 13, 1964 | term-end = April 14, 1967

<!-- House of Commons --> <!-- Speaker of the House of Commons --> | sc = Arthur J. Dixon | scterm = March 26, 1963 &ndash; March 1, 1972 | sc2 = | scterm2 =

<!-- Prime Minister --> | pm = Ernest Charles Manning | pmterm = May 31, 1943 &ndash; December 12, 1968 | pm2 = | pmterm2 =

<!-- Leader of the Official Opposition --> | lo = Michael Maccagno | loterm = February 13, 1964 &ndash; April 11, 1967 | lo2 = | loterm2 = | lo3 = | loterm3 = | lo4 = | loterm4 = <!-- Seating Chart: XX-->

<!-- Government House Leader --> | ghl = | ghlterm =

<!-- Official Opposition House Leader --> | ohl = | ohlterm = | ohl2 = | ohlterm2 = <!-- Political Parties ranked in order by number of seats in the House of Commons --> | party = Social Credit Party | party2 = Alberta Liberal Party | unrecparty1 = Coalition | party4 =

<!-- Sessions of Parliament --> | sessionbegin = February 13, 1964 | sessionend = April 15, 1964 | sessionbegin2 = February 18, 1965 | sessionend2 = April 12, 195 | sessionbegin3 = February 17, 1966 | sessionend3 = April 18, 1966 | sessionbegin4 = November 16, 1966 | sessionend4 = November 17, 1966 | sessionbegin5 = February 9, 1967 | sessionend5 = April 11, 1967 | sessionbegin6 = | sessionend6 = | sessionbegin7 = | sessionend7 = | sessionbegin8 = | sessionend8 = | sessionbegin9 = | sessionend9 =

<!-- Canadian Ministry/Cabinet --> | ministry = Manning cabinet | ministry2 =

<!-- Sovereign --> | monarch = Elizabeth II | monarchterm = February 6, 1952 &ndash; September 8, 2022 | viceroy = Hon. John Percy Page | viceroyterm = December 19, 1959 &ndash; January 6, 1966 | viceroy2 = Hon. Grant MacEwan | viceroyterm2 = January 26, 1966 &ndash; July 2, 1974 | viceroy3 = | viceroyterm3 =

<!-- Parliamentarians --> | members = 63

<!-- Previous and Future Parliaments --> | lastparl = 14th | nextparl = 16th |senators=}} 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.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Perry, Sandra E. |author2=Footz, Valerie L. |editor1-last=Massolin |editor1-first=Philip A. |title=A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-3-6 |page=498 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr |accessdate=August 9, 2020}}</ref>

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 Liberals held opposition status with just two seats, and the Coalition party held third place in the Legislature.

==Standings changes since the 15th general election== {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2 rowspan=2|Number of members<br>per party by date !colspan=2|1963 !1964 !colspan=2|1965 !colspan=2|1966 !1967 |- !Jun 17 !Nov 22 !Jan 20 !Feb 2 !Mar 29 !Aug 4 !Oct 6 !Apr 24 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |60 |59 |60 |colspan=2|59 |colspan=2|58 |57 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row-name}} |colspan=4|2 |colspan=4|3 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Coalition|row-name}} |colspan=8|1 {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row-name}} |colspan=6|0 |colspan=2|1 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent Social Credit |colspan=7|0 |1 |- |rowspan=3| |Total members |63 |62 |63 |62 |63 |62 |colspan=2|63 |- |Vacant |0 |1 |0 |1 |0 |1 |colspan=2|0 |- |Government Majority |57 |56 |57 |56 |55 |54 |53 |51 |}

{| class="wikitable" !colspan=6|Membership changes in the 15th Assembly |- ! !Date !Member Name !District !Party !Reason {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |November 22, 1963 |Petrie Meston |Three Hills |Social Credit |Died {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |January 20, 1964 |Roy Davidson |Three Hills |Social Credit |Elected in a by-election. {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |February 2, 1965 |Norman Willmore |Edson |Social Credit |Died in a traffic accident {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |March 29, 1965 |William Switzer |Edson |Liberal |Elected in a by-election. {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |August 4, 1966 |William Kovach |Pincher Creek-Crowsnest |Social Credit |Died from a heart seizure.<ref name="kovach dead">{{cite news|title=Alberta MLA Dies While On Fishing Trip|publisher=Lethbridge Daily Herald|date=August 5, 1966|work=Vol LIX No. 199|page=1}}</ref> {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}} |October 6, 1966 |Garth Turcott |Pincher Creek-Crowsnest |NDP |Elected in a by-election. |- !colspan=6|Standings changes after dissolution on April 14, 1967 |- {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |April 24, 1967 |Cornelia Wood |Stony Plain |Independent Social Credit |Lost nomination on February 11, Left to run as Independent. |}

==Members elected== '''For complete electoral history, see individual districts.''' {| class="wikitable sortable" !colspan=6|15th Alberta Legislative Assembly |- !|&nbsp; !|District !|Member !|Party !|First elected/ previously elected !|No.# of term(s) {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Alexandra |Anders Aalborg |Social Credit |1948 |5th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Athabasca |Antonio Aloisio |Social Credit |1952, 1959 |3rd term* {{Canadian party colour|AB|Coalition|row}} |Banff-Cochrane |Frank Gainer |Coalition |1955 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Bonnyville |Romeo Lamothe |Social Credit |1961 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Bow Valley-Empress |William Delday |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Calgary Bowness |Charles Johnston |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Calgary Centre |Frederick C. Colborne |Social Credit |1945 |5th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Calgary East |Albert Ludwig |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Calgary Glenmore |Bill Dickie |Liberal |1963 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Calgary North |Robert Simpson |Social Credit |1963 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Calgary Queens Park |Lee Leavitt |Social Credit |1952,{{efn|Banff-Cochrane}} 1963 |2nd term* {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Calgary South |Arthur J. Dixon |Social Credit |1952 |4th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Calgary West |Donald S. Fleming |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Camrose |Chester Sayers |Social Credit |1941 |7th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Cardston |Edgar Hinman |Social Credit |1952 |4th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Clover Bar |Floyd Baker |Social Credit |1935 |8th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Cypress |Harry Strom |Social Credit |1955 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Drumheller-Gleichen |Gordon Taylor |Social Credit |1940 |7th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Dunvegan |Ernest Lee |Social Credit |1963 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Edmonton Centre |Ambrose Holowach |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Edmonton Jasper Place |John Horan |Social Credit |1963 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Edmonton North |Ethel Wilson |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Edmonton North East |Lou Heard |Social Credit |1948, 1959 |3rd term* {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Edmonton North West |Edgar Gerhart |Social Credit |1952 |4th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Edmonton Norwood |William Tomyn |Social Credit |1935,{{efn|Willingdon}} 1959 |6th term* {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Edmonton West |Stanley Geldart |Social Credit |1963 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |rowspan=2|Edson |Norman Willmore |Social Credit |1944 |6th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |William Switzer (1965) |Liberal |1965 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Grande Prairie |Ira McLaughlin |Social Credit |1944 |6th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Grouard |Roy Ells |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Hand Hills-Acadia |Clinton French |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Lac La Biche |Michael Maccagno |Liberal |1955 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Lac Ste. Anne |William Patterson |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Lacombe |Allen Patrick |Social Credit |1952 |4th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Leduc |James Henderson |Social Credit |1963 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Lethbridge |John Landeryou |Social Credit |1944 |6th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Little Bow |Raymond Speaker |Social Credit |1963 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Macleod |James Hartley |Social Credit |1935 |8th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Medicine Hat |Harry Leinweber |Social Credit |1961 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Okotoks-High River |Edward Benoit |Social Credit |1963 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Olds-Didsbury |Robert Curtis Clark |Social Credit |1960 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Peace River |Euell Montgomery |Social Credit |1961 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Pembina |Robin Jorgenson |Social Credit |1944 |6th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |rowspan=2|Pincher Creek-Crowsnest |William Kovach |Social Credit |1948 |5th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}} |Garth Turcott (1966) |NDP |1966 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Ponoka |Glen Johnston |Social Credit |1952 |4th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Red Deer |William Ure |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Redwater |Michael Senych |Social Credit |1963 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Rocky Mountain House |Alfred Hooke |Social Credit |1935 |8th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Sedgewick-Coronation |Jack Hillman |Social Credit |1952 |4th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Spirit River |Adolph Fimrite |Social Credit |1952 |4th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |St. Albert |Keith Everitt |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |St. Paul |Raymond Reierson |Social Credit |1952 |4th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Stettler |Galen Norris |Social Credit |1956 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |rowspan=2|Stony Plain |rowspan=2|Cornelia Wood |Social Credit |rowspan=2|1940, 1959 |rowspan=2|6th term* {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent Social Credit {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Strathcona Centre |Joseph Donovan Ross |Social Credit |1952 |4th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Strathcona East |Ernest Manning |Social Credit |1935 |8th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Strathcona West |Randolph McKinnon |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Taber-Warner |Leonard Halmrast |Social Credit |1945 |6th term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |rowspan=2|Three Hills |Petrie Meston |Social Credit |1963 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Roy Davidson (1964) |Social Credit |1964 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Vegreville-Bruce |Alex Gordey |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Vermilion |Ashley Cooper |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Wainwright |Henry Ruste |Social Credit |1955 |3rd term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Wetaskiwin |Albert Strohschein |Social Credit |1963 |1st term {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Willingdon-Two Hills |Nicholas Melnyk |Social Credit |1959 |2nd term |}

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==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *{{cite journal |editor1-last=Normandin |editor1-first=G. Pierre |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide |journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien |date=1967 |publisher=Pierre G. Normandin |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1967unse |accessdate=August 9, 2020 |issn=0315-6168 |oclc=893686591}} *{{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |authorlink1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |accessdate=May 25, 2020}} *{{cite book |author1=Perry, Sandra E. |author2=Footz, Valerie L. |editor1-last=Massolin |editor1-first=Philip A. |title=A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-3-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr |accessdate=August 9, 2020}}

==External links== *[https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ Alberta Legislative Assembly] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Book] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070704044849/http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/pastbyelection.html By-elections 1905 to present]

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