9th Alberta Legislature


The 9th Alberta Legislature was in session from February 20, 1941, to July 7, 1944, with the membership of the Legislative Assembly determined by the results of the 1940 Alberta general election held on March 21, 1940. The Legislature officially resumed on February 20, 1941, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on March 24, 1944, and dissolved on July 7, prior to the 1944 Alberta general election.
Alberta's government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the second time, led by Premier William Aberhart until his death on May 23, 1943; he was succeeded by Ernest Manning, who went on to be the longest-serving premier in Alberta history. Manning abandoned the monetary policies of Aberhart during his term for more traditional conservatism. The Official Opposition was led by James H. Walker, a member of the Independent Citizen's Association, from February 22 to April 8, 1941, and again from February 10 to March 24, 1944. In between, the Opposition Leader was Alfred Speakman from January 29 to March 19, 1942, and James Mahaffy from February 18 to March 30, 1943. The Speaker was Peter Dawson, who served 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 [Alberta Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal Party|Liberal Party] 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.

Bills

During the second session the government introduced An Act to prohibit the Sale of Lands to any Enemy Aliens and Hutterites for the Duration of the War, which prohibited the purchase or registration of lands by an enemy alien or Hutterite. It was 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 ended. The government later introduced An Act to amend The Land Sales Prohibition Act 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 William Lyon Mackenzie King's Cabinet disallowed the legislation on the recommendation of the Federal Minister of Justice Louis St. Laurent. This was the last use of the federal disallowance authority. The King government's rationale for the disallowance was that the federal government had regulated all matters related to enemy aliens and the statute conflicted with federal policy.

Party standings after 9th General Elections

DistrictMemberPartyFirst elected/ previously electedNo.# of term
Acadia-CoronationClarence GerhartSocial Credit19401st term
AlexandraSelmer BergSocial Credit19352nd term
AthabascaGordon LeeSocial Credit19401st term
Banff-CochraneFrank LautIndependent19401st term
Beaver RiverLucien MaynardSocial Credit19352nd term
Bow Valley-EmpressWilson CainSocial Credit19352nd term
BruceJames L. McPhersonSocial Credit19352nd term
CalgaryJames MahaffyIndependent19401st term
Fred AndersonSocial Credit19352nd term
Andrew DavisonIndependent19401st term
William AberhartSocial Credit19352nd term
John J. BowlenIndependent19303rd term
CamroseDavid B. MullenSocial Credit19352nd term
Chester Sayers Social Credit19411st term
CardstonNathan Eldon TannerSocial Credit19352nd term
Clover BarFloyd BakerSocial Credit19352nd term
CypressFay JacksonIndependent19401st term
DidsburyErnest M. BrownIndependent19401st term
DrumhellerGordon TaylorSocial Credit19401st term
EdmontonErnest ManningSocial Credit19352nd term
John P. PageIndependent19401st term
Norman JamesSocial Credit19352nd term
David Milwyn DugganIndependent19264th term
Hugh John MacdonaldIndependent19401st term
Elmer Roper CCF19421st term
EdsonAngus James MorrisonLabour19401st term
GleichenDonald McKinnonIndependent19401st term
Grande PrairieLewis O'BrienIndependent19401st term
GrouardJoseph TremblayLiberal19362nd term
Hand HillsWallace CrossSocial Credit19352nd term
Lac Ste. AnneAlbert BourcierSocial Credit19352nd term
LacombeDuncan MacMillanSocial Credit19352nd term
LeducRonald AnsleySocial Credit19352nd term
LethbridgePeter M. CampbellIndependent19372nd term
Little BowPeter DawsonSocial Credit19352nd term
MacleodJames HartleySocial Credit19352nd term
Medicine HatJohn Lyle RobinsonSocial Credit19352nd term
Okotoks-High RiverJohn BroomfieldIndependent19401st term
OldsNorman E. CookSocial Credit19401st term
Peace RiverEld J. MartinIndependent19401st term
PembinaGeorge MacLachlanIndependent1921, 19404th term*
Pincher Creek-CrowsnestErnest DukeSocial Credit19352nd term
PonokaPercy McKelveyIndependent19401st term
Red DeerAlfred SpeakmanIndependent19401st term
David A. Ure Social Credit19431st term
RedwaterJames PopilSocial Credit19352nd term
Rocky Mountain HouseAlfred HookeSocial Credit19352nd term
SedgewickAlbert FeeSocial Credit19352nd term
Spirit RiverHenry DeBoltSocial Credit19401st term
St. AlbertLionel TellierIndependent19401st term
St. PaulJoseph BeaudrySocial Credit19352nd term
StettlerChester ReynoldsSocial Credit19401st term
Stony PlainCornelia WoodSocial Credit19401st term
TaberRoy S. LeeSocial Credit19401st term
VegrevilleGeorge WoytkiwSocial Credit19401st term
Solon Low Social Credit1935, 19402nd term*
VermilionWilliam FallowSocial Credit19352nd term
WainwrightWilliam MassonSocial Credit19352nd term
WarnerJames H. WalkerIndependent19401st term
WetaskiwinJohn WingbladeSocial Credit19352nd term
WillingdonWilliam TomynSocial Credit19352nd term
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