17th Alberta Legislature

17th Alberta Legislature
17th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
2 March 1972 – 14 February 1975
Parliament leaders
Premier	Peter Lougheed; September 10, 1971 – November 1, 1985
Cabinet	Lougheed cabinet
Leader of the; Opposition	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
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Opposition	Social Credit Party
Unrecognized	New Democratic Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the; Assembly	Gerard Amerongen; March 2, 1972 – June 11, 1986
Opposition; House Leader	Gordon E. Taylor; March 2, 1972 – February 14, 1973
Members	75 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant; Governor	Hon. Grant MacEwan; January 26, 1966 – July 2, 1974
	Hon. Ralph Garvin Steinhauer; July 2, 1974 – October 18, 1979
Sessions
	1st session; March 2, 1972 – November 22, 1972
	2nd session; February 15, 1972 – December 14, 1973
	3rd session; March 7, 1974 – November 6, 1974
	4th session; January 23, 1975 – February 14, 1975
← 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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] Liberal leader Nick Taylor and NDP leader Grant Notley were very critical of the agreement.^[2]

Party standings after the 17th General Election

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Affiliation		Members
	Progressive Conservative	49
	Social Credit	25
	New Democratic	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.

	District	Member	Party
17th Alberta Legislative Assembly
	Athabasca	Frank Appleby	Progressive Conservative
	Banff-Cochrane	Clarence Copithorne	Progressive Conservative
	Barrhead	Hugh Horner	Progressive Conservative
	Bonnyville	Donald Hansen	Progressive Conservative
	Bow Valley	Fred Mandeville	Social Credit
	Calgary-Bow	Roy Wilson	Social Credit
	Calgary-Buffalo	Ron Ghitter	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Currie	Fred Peacock	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Elbow	David Russell	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Egmont	Merv Leitch	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Foothills	Len Werry	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Glenmore	Bill Dickie	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-McCall	George Ho Lem	Social Credit
	Calgary-McKnight	Calvin Lee	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Millican	Arthur J. Dixon	Social Credit
	Calgary-Mountain View	Albert Ludwig	Social Credit
	Calgary-North Hill	Roy Farran	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-West	Peter Lougheed	Progressive Conservative
	Camrose	Gordon Stromberg	Progressive Conservative
	Cardston	Edgar Hinman	Social Credit
	Clover Bar	Walt Buck	Social Credit
	Cypress	Harry Strom	Social Credit
	Drayton Valley	Rudolph Zander	Progressive Conservative
	Drumheller	Gordon Taylor	Social Credit
	Edmonton-Avonmore	Horst Schmid	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Belmont	Bert Hohol	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Beverly	Bill Diachuk	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Calder	Tom Chambers	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Centre	Gordon Miniely	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Glenora	Lou Hyndman	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Gold Bar	William Yurko	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Highlands	David Thomas King	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Jasper Place	Leslie Young	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Kingsway	Kenneth Paproski	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Gerard Amerongen	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Norwood	Catherine Chichak	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Ottewell	John Ashton	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Parkallen	Neil Crawford	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Strathcona	Julian Koziak	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Whitemud	Don Getty	Progressive Conservative
	Edson	Robert Dowling	Progressive Conservative
	Grande Prairie	Winston Backus	Progressive Conservative
	Hanna-Oyen	Clinton French	Social Credit
	Highwood	Edward Benoit	Social Credit
	Innisfail	Clifford Doan	Progressive Conservative
	Lac La Biche-McMurray	Damase Bouvier	Social Credit
	Lacombe	Jack Cookson	Progressive Conservative
	Lesser Slave Lake	Dennis Barton	Social Credit
	Lethbridge-East	John Anderson	Social Credit
	Lethbridge-West	Richard Gruenwald	Social Credit
	Little Bow	Raymond Speaker	Social Credit
	Lloydminster	Bud Miller	Progressive Conservative
	Macleod	Leighton Buckwell	Social Credit
	Medicine Hat-Redcliff	William Wyse	Social Credit
	Olds-Didsbury	Robert Curtis Clark	Social Credit
	Peace River	Al Adair	Progressive Conservative
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	Charles Drain	Social Credit
	Ponoka	Don McCrimmon	Progressive Conservative
	Red Deer	James Foster	Progressive Conservative
	Redwater-Andrew	George Topolnisky	Progressive Conservative
	Rocky Mountain House	Helen Hunley	Progressive Conservative
	Sedgewick-Coronation	Ralph Sorenson	Social Credit
	Smoky River	Marvin Moore	Progressive Conservative
	Spirit River-Fairview	Grant Notley	NDP
	St. Albert	Ernie Jamison	Progressive Conservative
	St. Paul	Mick Fluker	Progressive Conservative
	Stettler	Jack Robertson	Progressive Conservative
	Stony Plain	William Purdy	Progressive Conservative
	Taber-Warner	Douglas Miller	Social Credit
	Three Hills	Allan Warrack	Progressive Conservative
	Vegreville	John Batiuk	Progressive Conservative
	Vermilion-Viking	Ashley Cooper	Social Credit
	Wainwright	Henry Ruste	Social Credit
	Wetaskiwin-Leduc	James Henderson	Social Credit
	Whitecourt	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative

References

^ Perry, Sandra E.; Footz, Valerie L. (2006). Massolin, Philip A. (ed.). A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 499. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Elton, David (1976). Saywell, John (ed.). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs. 1975. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 219–220. ISBN 9780802022455. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
^ "The Winnipeg Agreement". history.alberta.ca. Alberta Culture and Tourism. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

External links

[1] Perry, Sandra E.; Footz, Valerie L. (2006). Massolin, Philip A. (ed.). A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 499. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6. Retrieved August 9, 2020.

[1975ParliReview219-2] Elton, David (1976). Saywell, John (ed.). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs. 1975. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 219–220. ISBN 9780802022455. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

[3] "The Winnipeg Agreement". history.alberta.ca. Alberta Culture and Tourism. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

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