13th Alberta Legislature

The 13th Alberta Legislative Assembly lasted from 1955 to 1959. The Social Credit government led by Premier Ernest Manning won a 6th term in office with a reduced majority. The Liberals formed the strongest opposition in a decade and the rest of the opposition was divided between the Conservatives, Co-operative Commonwealth and Independents.

Standings changes since the 13th general election

Affiliation		Members
	Social Credit	37
	Liberal	15
	Progressive Conservative	3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	2
	Liberal + Progressive Conservative^1	1
	Coalition	1
	Independent Social Credit	1
Total		61

1. The candidate in Okotoks-High River was jointly nominated by the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties.

Membership changes in the 13th Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	June 29, 1955	See List of Members			Election day of the 13th Alberta general election
	June 3, 1956	John Clark	Stettler	Social Credit	Committed suicide after murdering seven people[1]
	November 15, 1956	Galen Norris	Stettler	Social Credit	Elected in a by-election
	1957	Arthur Smith	Calgary	Progressive Conservative	Vacated his seat to run in the 1957 federal election.
	October 2, 1957	Ernest Watkins	Calgary	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election
	December 19, 1958	Frederick Niddrie	Olds	Social Credit	Died
	February 9, 1959	Roderick Macleod	Olds	Social Credit	Elected in a by-election

References

1. Colin MacDonald (June 5, 1956). "Body Alberta MLA Found Lying In Slough". Vol XLIX No 148 (The Lethbridge Herald). p. 1.

External links

• Alberta Legislative Assembly