Alberta general election, 1967














Alberta general election, 1967

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May 23, 1967 (1967-05-23)
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65 seats in Legislative Assembly of Alberta
33 seats were needed for a majority
















































































 
Majority party
Minority party
Third party
 

Ernest Manning.jpg
PC
LIB
Leader

Ernest Manning

Peter Lougheed

Michael Maccagno
Party

Social Credit

Progressive Conservative

Liberal
Leader since
May 31, 1943
1965

January 28, 1967
Leader's seat

Strathcona East

Calgary-West

Lac La Biche
Last election
60 seats, 54.8%
0 seats, 12.7%
2 seats, 19.8%
Seats before
57
0
3
Seats won
55
6
3
Seat change

Decrease2

Increase6
±0
Popular vote
222,270
129,544
53,847
Percentage
44.6%
26.0%
10.8%
Swing

Decrease10.2%

Increase13.3%

Decrease9.0%








Premier before election

Ernest Manning
Social Credit



Premier-designate

Ernest Manning
Social Credit




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.


Ernest C. Manning led the Social Credit Party to its ninth consecutive majority government, winning 55 of the 65 seats in the legislature, despite getting less than 45% of the popular vote. This proved to be an ominous sign for the party; it had not won less than half the popular vote since 1955.


The once-moribund Progressive Conservatives, led by young lawyer Peter Lougheed, emerged as the main opposition to Social Credit. They won over a quarter of the popular vote and six seats, mostly in Calgary and Edmonton. Social Credit was slow to adapt to the changes in Alberta as its two largest cities gained increasing influence.


Despite losing close to half of the share of the popular vote they had won in the 1963 election, the Liberals managed to increase their number of seats from two to three as a result of the decline in the Social Credit vote.


Voters also decided upon the adoption of daylight saving time, in a province-wide plebiscite. It was defeated by a very slim margin with 51.25% voting against.


This was the first Alberta election in which Treaty Indians had the right to vote.




Contents






  • 1 Results


  • 2 Daylight saving time plebiscite


  • 3 Members elected


  • 4 See also





Results
















































































































































Party
Party leader
# of
candidates
Seats
Popular vote
1963

Dissolution

Elected
% Change
#
%
% Change
 

Social Credit

Ernest C. Manning
65
60
57

55
-8.3%
222,270
44.60%
-10.21%


Progressive Conservative

Peter Lougheed
47
-
-

6
 
129,544
26.00%
+13.29%


Liberal

Michael Maccagno
45
2
3

3
+50.0%
53,847
10.81%
-8.95%
 
Independent
7
-
-

1
 
6,916
1.38%
+0.40%
 

NDP

Neil Reimer
65
-
1
-
-
79,610
15.98%
+6.53%


Coalition

Frank Gainer
2
1
1
-
-100%
3,654
0.73%
+0.19%
 
Independent Progressive Conservative
2
*
-
-
*
1,118
0.22%
*

Liberal/Progressive Conservative

Ross Ellis
1
-
-
-
-
699
0.14%
-0.14%

Independent Social Credit
2
-
1
-
-
693
0.14%
-0.65%

Total
236
63
63
65
+3.2%
498,351
100%

Source: Elections Alberta

Note:


* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election



Daylight saving time plebiscite


The Province of Alberta voted on its fifth provincial plebiscite. Voters were asked to endorse a proposal to adopt daylight saving time (summer time). The proposal was rejected by a very slim margin. The question was asked again in the next election, and passed at that time.












Do you favour province-wide daylight saving time?

For

Against
236,555     48.75%
248,680     51.25%

For break down of results see individual districts



Members elected


For complete electoral history, see individual districts.
















































































































































































































































































































































































































16th Alberta Legislative Assembly
District
Member
Party
 

Alexandra

Anders Aalborg

Social Credit
 

Athabasca

Antonio Aloisio
Social Credit
 

Banff-Cochrane

Clarence Copithorne
Independent
 

Bonnyville

Romeo Lamothe
Social Credit
 

Bow Valley-Empress

Fred Mandeville
Social Credit
 

Calgary Bowness

Len Werry

Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary Centre

Frederick Colborne
Social Credit
 

Calgary East

Albert Ludwig
Social Credit
 

Calgary Glenmore

Bill Dickie

Liberal
 

Calgary North

Robert A. Simpson
Social Credit
 

Calgary Queens Park

Lee Leavitt
Social Credit
 

Calgary South

Arthur Dixon
Social Credit
 

Calgary West

Peter Lougheed
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary Victoria Park

David Russell
Progressive Conservative
 

Camrose

Chester Sayers
Social Credit
 

Cardston

Alvin Bullock
Social Credit
 

Clover Bar

Walt Buck
Social Credit
 

Cypress

Harry Strom
Social Credit
 

Drumheller-Gliechen

Gordon Taylor
Social Credit
 

Dunvegan

Ernest Lee
Social Credit
 

Edmonton Centre

Ambrose Holowach
Social Credit
 

Edmonton Jasper Place

John Horan
Social Credit
 

Edmonton North

Ethel Wilson
Social Credit
 

Edmonton North East

Lou Heard
Social Credit
 

Edmonton North West

Edgar Gerhart
Social Credit
 

Edmonton Norwood

William Tomyn
Social Credit
 

Edmonton West

Lou Hyndman
Progressive Conservative
 

Edson

William Switzer
Liberal
 

Grande Prairie

Ira McLaughlin
Social Credit
 

Grouard

Roy Ells
Social Credit
 

Hand Hills-Acadia

Clinton French
Social Credit
 

Lac La Biche

Michael Maccagno
Liberal
 

Lac Ste. Anne

Hugh Horner
Progressive Conservative
 

Lacombe

Allen Patrick
Social Credit
 

Leduc

James Henderson
Social Credit
 

Lethbridge

John Landeryou
Social Credit
 

Little Bow

Raymond Speaker
Social Credit
 

Macleod

Leighton Buckwell
Social Credit
 

Medicine Hat

Harry Leinweber
Social Credit
 

Okotoks-High River

Edward Benoit
Social Credit
 

Olds-Didsbury

Robert Clark
Social Credit
 

Peace River

Robert Wiebe
Social Credit
 

Pembina

Carl Muller
Social Credit
 

Pincher Creek-Crowsnest

Charles Drain
Social Credit
 

Ponoka

Neville Roper
Social Credit
 

Red Deer

William Ure
Social Credit
 

Redwater

Michael Senych
Social Credit
 

Rocky Mountain House

Alfred Hooke
Social Credit
 

Sedgewick-Coronation

Jack Hillman
Social Credit
 

Spirit River

Adolph Fimrite
Social Credit
 

St. Albert

Keith Everitt
Social Credit
 

St. Paul

Raymond Reierson
Social Credit
 

Stettler

Galen Norris
Social Credit
 

Stony Plain

Ralph Jespersen
Social Credit
 

Strathcona Centre

Joseph Donovan Ross
Social Credit
 

Strathcona East

Ernest Manning
Social Credit
 

Strathcona South

Gerrit Radstaak
Social Credit
 

Strathcona West

Don Getty
Progressive Conservative
 

Taber-Warner

Douglas Miller
Social Credit
 

Three Hills

Raymond Ratzlaff
Social Credit
 

Vegreville-Bruce

Alex Gordey
Social Credit
 

Vermilion

Ashley Cooper
Social Credit
 

Wainwright

Henry Ruste
Social Credit
 

Wetaskiwin

Albert Strohschein
Social Credit
 

Willingdon-Two Hills

Nicholas Melnyk
Social Credit


See also



  • 1948 Electrification Plebiscite

  • 1957 Liquor Plebiscite

  • 1971 Daylight Saving Plebiscite

  • List of Alberta political parties









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