Alberta general election, 1952

Alberta general election, 1952

August 5, 1952

60 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 31 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Ernest Manning James H. Prowse Party Social Credit Liberal Leader since May 31, 1943 June 25, 1947 Leader's seat Edmonton Edmonton Last election 51 seats, 55.6% 2 seats, 17.9% Seats before 49 2 Seats won 53 3 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 167,789 66,738 Percentage 56.2% 22.4% Swing 0.6% 4.5%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Elmer E. Roper None Party Co-operative Commonwealth Conservative Leader since 1942 Leader's seat Edmonton Last election 2 seats, 19.1% did not contest Seats before 2 0 Seats won 2 2 Seat change ±0 2 Popular vote 41,929 10,971 Percentage 14.1% 3.7% Swing 4.7% —

Premier before election Ernest Manning Social Credit Premier-designate Ernest Manning Social Credit

The Alberta general election of 1952 was the twelfth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 5, 1952 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Ernest C. Manning in his third election as leader of the Social Credit Party, and its first election since the Social Credit Party paid off Alberta's first debt in 1949, led it to its fifth consecutive election victory, increasing its share of the popular vote, and winning fifty two of the sixty one seats in the legislature.

The Liberal Party formed the official opposition with only four seats. The Conservative Party returned to Alberta politics again, nominating candidates both under the "Conservative" banner, and under the "Progressive Conservative" banner recently adopted by its federal counterpart. The party won two seats, one under each banner. The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation won two seats, one that of leader Elmer Roper. The remaining seat was won by an Independent.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1948	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Social Credit	Ernest C. Manning	61	51	53	+3.9%	167,789	56.24%	+0.61%
	Liberal	James Harper Prowse	55	2	3	+50.0%	66,738	22.37%	+4.51%
	Cooperative Commonwealth	Elmer Roper	41	2	2	0.0%	41,929	14.05%	−5.08%
	Conservative		5	*	1	*	6,271	2.10%	*
	Progressive Conservative		7	*	1	*	4,700	1.57%	*
	Independent Social Credit		6	1	1	0%	4,203	1.41%	+0.41%
	Independent Labour		1	*	-	*	2,927	0.98%	*
	Labor–Progressive		2	-	-	-	1,132	0.38%	−0.09%
	Independent		1	1	-	−100%	705	0.24%	−2.81%
	Farmer's candidate		1	*	-	*	655	0.22%	*
	Labour		1	-	-	-	527	0.18%	-1.03%
	Non-Partisan Farmer		1	*	-	*	463	0.16%	*
	People's candidate		1	*	-	*	296	0.10%	*
Total			183	57	60	+5.3%	298,335^1	100%
Source: Elections Alberta

Notes:

¹ Taken from first count votes.

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

12th Alberta Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party
	Acadia-Coronation	Clarence Gerhart	Social Credit
	Alexandra	Anders Aalborg	Social Credit
	Athabasca	Antonio Aloisio	Social Credit
	Banff-Cochrane	Lee Leavitt	Social Credit
	Bonnyville	Laudas Joly	Social Credit
	Bow Valley-Empress	Wilson Cain	Social Credit
	Bruce	Earl Hardy	Social Credit
	Calgary	Paul Brecken	Progressive Conservative
		Rose Wilkinson	Social Credit
		Frederick C. Colborne	Social Credit
		Howard MacDonald	Social Credit
		Arthur Dixon	Social Credit
		Hugh John MacDonald	Liberal
	Camrose	Chester Sayers	Social Credit
	Cardston	Edgar Hinman	Social Credit
	Clover Bar	Floyd Baker	Social Credit
	Cypress	James Underdahl	Social Credit
	Didsbury	Howard Hammell	Social Credit
	Drumheller	Gordon Taylor	Social Credit
	Edmonton	Ernest Manning	Social Credit
		James Harper Prowse	Liberal
		Elmer Roper	Co-operative Commonwealth
		Joseph Donovan Ross	Social Credit
		Edgar Gerhart	Social Credit
		John Page	Conservative
		Harold Tanner	Liberal
	Edson	Norman Willmore	Social Credit
	Gleichen	George E. Bell	Social Credit
	Grand Prairie	Ira McLaughlin	Social Credit
	Grouard	Joseph Desfosses	Liberal
	Hand Hills	Wallace Warren Cross	Social Credit
	Lac La Biche	Harry Lobay	Social Credit
	Lac Ste. Anne	Angelo Montemurro	Social Credit
	Lacombe	Allen Patrick	Social Credit
	Leduc	Ronald Ansley	Independent Social Credit
	Lethbridge	John Landeryou	Social Credit
	Little Bow	Peter Dawson	Social Credit
	Macleod	James Hartley	Social Credit
	Medicine Hat	John Lyle Robinson	Social Credit
	Okotoks-High River	Ivan Casey	Social Credit
	Olds	Frederick Niddrie	Social Credit
	Peace River	William Gilliland	Social Credit
	Pembina	Robin Jorgenson	Social Credit
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	William Kovach	Social Credit
	Ponoka	Glen Johnston	Social Credit
	Red Deer	David A. Ure	Social Credit
	Redwater	Peter Chaba	Social Credit
	Rocky Mountain House	Alfred Hooke	Social Credit
	Sedgewick	Jack Hillman	Social Credit
	Spirit River	Adolph Fimrite	Social Credit
	St. Albert	Lucien Maynard	Social Credit
	St. Paul	Raymond Reierson	Social Credit
	Stettler	John Clark	Social Credit
	Stony Plain	Cornelia Wood	Social Credit
	Taber	Roy S. Lee	Social Credit
	Vegreville	Michael Ponich	Social Credit
	Vermilion	William Cornish	Social Credit
	Wainwright	William Masson	Social Credit
	Warner	Leonard Halmrast	Social Credit
	Wetaskiwin	John Wingblade	Social Credit
	Willingdon	Nick Dushenski	Co-operative Commonwealth

See also

• List of Alberta political parties