10th Alberta Legislature

The 10th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 22, 1945, to July 16, 1948, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1944 Alberta general election held on August 8, 1944. The Legislature officially resumed on February 22, 1945, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on March 31, 1948 and dissolved on July 16, 1948, prior to the 1948 Alberta general election.^[1]

10th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
February 22, 1945 – July 16, 1948
Parliament leaders
Premier	Ernest Charles Manning May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968
Cabinet	Manning cabinet
Leader of the Opposition	John Percy Page February 22, 1945 – August 17, 1948
Party caucuses
Government	Social Credit Party
Opposition	Independent Citizen's Association
Crossbench	Canadian Armed Forces
	Cooperative Commonwealth
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Peter Dawson February 25, 1937 – March 24, 1963
Members	60 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	George VI December 11, 1936 – February 6, 1952
Lieutenant Governor	Hon. John Campbell Bowen March 23, 1937 – February 1, 1950
Sessions
1st session February 22, 1945 – April 6, 1945
2nd session July 24, 1945 – July 26, 1945
3rd session February 14, 1946 – March 27, 1946
4th session February 20, 1947 – March 31, 1947
5th session February 19, 1948 – March 31, 1948
← 9th → 11th

Alberta's tenth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the third 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 John Percy Page a member of the Independent Citizen's Association. The Speaker was Peter Dawson who would serve until his death during the 15th legislature on March 24, 1963.

Premier Ernest Manning called a snap election in 1944 to gain a new mandate. He won a big majority, wiping out most of the Independents. Three members of Canadian Armed Forces entered the Legislature in a delayed vote held in 1945, filling seats especially reserved for overseas military personnel.

Membership in the 10th Alberta Legislature

	District	Member	Party	First elected/ previously elected
	Acadia-Coronation	Clarence Gerhart	Social Credit	1940
	Alexandra	Selmer Berg	Social Credit	1935
	Athabasca	Gordon Lee	Social Credit	1940
	Banff-Cochrane	Arthur Wray	Social Credit	1944
			Independent Social Credit
	Beaver River	Lucien Maynard	Social Credit	1935
	Bow Valley-Empress	Wilson Cain	Social Credit	1935
	Bruce	James L. McPherson	Social Credit	1935
	Calgary	Fred Anderson	Social Credit	1935
		Andrew Davison	Independent	1940
		Howard MacDonald	Independent	1944
		Rose Wilkinson	Social Credit	1944
		Aylmer Liesemer	CCF	1944
	Camrose	Chester Sayers	Social Credit	1941
	Cardston	Nathan Eldon Tanner	Social Credit	1935
	Clover Bar	Floyd Baker	Social Credit	1935
	Cypress	Edith Thurston	Social Credit	1944
	Didsbury	Howard Hammell	Social Credit	1944
	Drumheller	Gordon Taylor	Social Credit	1940
	Edmonton	Ernest Manning	Social Credit	1935
		John P. Page	Independent	1940
		Elmer Roper	CCF	1942
		Norman James	Social Credit	1935
		William J. Williams	Veteran's & Active Force	1944
	Edson	Norman Willmore	Social Credit	1944
	Gleichen	George E. Bell	Social Credit	1944
	Grande Prairie	Ira McLaughlin	Social Credit	1944
	Grouard	William Fallow	Social Credit	1935
	Hand Hills	Wallace Cross	Social Credit	1935
	Lac Ste. Anne	Albert Bourcier	Social Credit	1935
	Lacombe	Duncan MacMillan	Social Credit	1935
	Leduc	Ronald Ansley	Social Credit	1935
	Lethbridge	John Landeryou	Social Credit	1944
	Little Bow	Peter Dawson	Social Credit	1935
	Macleod	James Hartley	Social Credit	1935
	Medicine Hat	John Lyle Robinson	Social Credit	1935
	Okotoks-High River	Ivan Casey	Social Credit	1944
	Olds	Norman E. Cook	Social Credit	1940
	Peace River	William Gilliland	Social Credit	1944
	Pembina	Robin Jorgenson	Social Credit	1944
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	Ernest Duke	Social Credit	1935
	Ponoka	Ora B. Moore	Social Credit	1944
	Red Deer	David A. Ure	Social Credit	1943
	Redwater	James Popil	Social Credit	1935
	Rocky Mountain House	Alfred Hooke	Social Credit	1935
	Sedgewick	Albert Fee	Social Credit	1935
	Spirit River	Henry DeBolt	Social Credit	1940
	St. Albert	Charles Holder	Social Credit	1935, 1944
	St. Paul	Joseph Beaudry	Social Credit	1935
	Stettler	William S. Mackie	Social Credit	1944
	Stony Plain	Cornelia Wood	Social Credit	1940
	Taber	Roy S. Lee	Social Credit	1940
	Vegreville	Michael Ponich	Social Credit	1944
	Vermilion	William R. Cornish	Social Credit	1944
	Wainwright	William Masson	Social Credit	1935
	Warner	Solon Low	Social Credit	1935, 1940
		Leonard Halmrast (1945)	Social Credit	1945
	Wetaskiwin	John Wingblade	Social Credit	1935
	Willingdon	William Tomyn	Social Credit	1935
Active Service Voters
	Province at Large/Armed Forces	James Harper Prowse	Independent	1945
			Liberal
	Province at Large/Royal Canadian Air Force	Frederick C. Colborne	Independent	1945
	Province at Large/Royal Canadian Navy	Loftus Dudley Ward	Independent	1945

Notes:

Standings changes in the 10th Assembly

Number of members per party by date		1944	1945			1947
		Jul 8	Feb 5	?	Aug 6	Feb ?	Apr 10
	Social Credit	51		50	51	50
	Independent	3
	Canadian Forces	0	3				2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	2
	Veteran's & Active Force	1
	Independent Social Credit	0				1
	Liberal	0					1
	Total members	57	60	59	60
	Vacant	0		1	0
	Government Majority	45	42	41	42	40

Membership changes in the 10th Assembly
	Date	Member Name	District	Party	Reason
	1945	Solon Earl Low	Warner	Social Credit	Resigned to run in the 1945 Canadian federal election
	August 6, 1945	Leonard Halmrast	Warner	Social Credit	Elected in a by-election
	February 1947	Arthur Wray	Banff-Cochrane	Independent Social Credit	Forced to sit as an Independent after a motion was passed by the Assembly
	April 10, 1947	James Prowse	Province at Large/Armed Forces	Liberal	Joined the Liberal Caucus