# Manning ministry

The Manning Ministry was the combined Cabinet (called Executive Council of Alberta), chaired by Premier Ernest Manning, and Ministers that governed Alberta from the part way through the 9th Alberta Legislature from May 31, 1943, to mid-point of the 16th Alberta Legislature on December 12, 1968.
The Executive Council (commonly known as the cabinet) was made up of members of the Alberta Social Credit Party which held a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The cabinet was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta on the advice of the Premier.

## List of ministers

| Name | | Date Appointed | Date Departed |
| Ernest Manning | President of the Executive Council (Premier) | May 31, 1943 | December 12, 1968 |
| Solon Earl Low | Provincial Treasurer | June 1, 1943 | September 11, 1944 |
| Ernest Manning | Provincial Treasurer | September 12, 1944 | December 22, 1954 |
| Clarence Gerhart | Provincial Treasurer | December 23, 1954 | August 1, 1955 |
| Ted Hinman | Provincial Treasurer | August 2, 1955 | July 28, 1964 |
| Anders Aalborg | Provincial Treasurer | July 29, 1964 | September 9, 1971 |
| Alfred Hooke | Provincial Secretary | June 1, 1943 | May 7, 1948 |
| Clarence Gerhart | Provincial Secretary | May 8, 1948 | August 1, 1955 |
| Alfred Hooke | Provincial Secretary | August 2, 1955 | August 31, 1959 |
| Allen Russell Patrick | Provincial Secretary | September 1, 1959 | October 14, 1962 |
| Ambrose Holowach | Provincial Secretary | October 15, 1962 | September 9, 1971 |
| Solon Earl Low | Minister of Education | June 1, 1943 | September 11, 1944 |
| Ronald Ansley | Minister of Education | September 12, 1944 | February 21, 1948 |
| Ivan Casey | Minister of Education | February 23, 1948 | September 8, 1952 |
| Anders Aalborg | Minister of Education | September 9, 1952 | July 30, 1964 |
| Randolph McKinnon | Minister of Education | July 31, 1964 | June 28, 1967 |
| Raymond Reierson | Minister of Education | June 29, 1967 | December 11, 1968 |
| Nathan Eldon Tanner | Minister of Mines and Minerals | April 1, 1949 | September 15, 1952 |
| Ernest Manning | Minister of Mines and Minerals | September 16, 1952 | October 14, 1962 |
| Allen Russell Patrick | Minister of Mines and Minerals | October 15, 1962 | September 9, 1971 |
| Joseph Donovan Ross | Minister of Health | April 11, 1967 | May 19, 1969 |
| Wallace Warren Cross | Minister of Public Health | June 1, 1943 | September 17, 1957 |
| Joseph Donovan Ross | Minister of Public Health | September 18, 1957 | April 10, 1967 |
| Clarence Gerhart | Minister of Municipal Affairs | June 1, 1943 | December 22, 1954 |
| Ted Hinman | Minister of Municipal Affairs | December 23, 1954 | August 1, 1955 |
| Alfred Hooke | Minister of Municipal Affairs | August 2, 1955 | June 28, 1967 |
| Edgar Gerhart | Minister of Municipal Affairs | June 29, 1967 | July 15, 1968 |
| Harry Strom | Minister of Municipal Affairs | July 16, 1968 | December 11, 1968 |
| Lucien Maynard | Attorney General | June 1, 1943 | August 1, 1955 |
| Ernest Manning | Attorney General | August 2, 1955 | May 12, 1968 |
| Edgar Gerhart | Attorney General | May 13, 1968 | September 9, 1971 |
| Duncan MacMillan | Minister of Agriculture | June 1, 1943 | May 7, 1948 |
| David A. Ure | Minister of Agriculture | May 8, 1948 | December 23, 1953 |
| Leonard Halmrast | Minister of Agriculture | January 5, 1954 | October 14, 1962 |
| Harry Strom | Minister of Agriculture | October 15, 1962 | July 15, 1968 |
| Henry Ruste | Minister of Agriculture | July 16, 1968 | September 9, 1971 |
| Alfred Hooke | Minister of Economic Affairs | April 20, 1945 | August 1, 1955 |
| Allen Russell Patrick | Minister of Economic Affairs | August 2, 1955 | August 31, 1959 |
| Gordon Taylor | Minister of Highways | May 1, 1951 | September 9, 1971 |
| John Lyle Robinson | Minister of Industries and Labour | May 8, 1948 | October 29, 1953 |
| Norman Willmore | Minister of Industries and Labour | November 10, 1953 | August 1, 1955 |
| Raymond Reierson | Minister of Industries and Labour | August 2, 1955 | August 31, 1959 |
| Allen Russell Patrick | Minister of Industry and Development | September 1, 1959 | May 1, 1968 |
| Allen Russell Patrick | Minister of Industry and Tourism | May 2, 1968 | May 26, 1969 |
| Raymond Reierson | Minister of Labour | September 1, 1959 | September 9, 1971 |
| Nathan Eldon Tanner | Minister of Lands and Forests | April 1, 1949 | September 8, 1952 |
| Ivan Casey | Minister of Lands and Forests | September 9, 1952 | August 1, 1955 |
| Norman Willmore | Minister of Lands and Forests | August 2, 1955 | February 3, 1965 |
| Henry Ruste | Minister of Lands and Forests | February 16, 1965 | July 15, 1968 |
| Alfred Hooke | Minister of Lands and Forests | July 16, 1968 | December 11, 1968 |
| Nathan Eldon Tanner | Minister of Lands and Forests | June 1, 1943 | March 31, 1949 |
| Wallace Warren Cross | Minister of Public Welfare | March 30, 1944 | January 2, 1953 |
| Leonard Halmrast | Minister of Public Welfare | January 3, 1953 | January 4, 1954 |
| Robin Jorgenson | Minister of Public Welfare | January 5, 1954 | October 14, 1962 |
| Leonard Halmrast | Minister of Public Welfare | October 15, 1962 | June 28, 1967 |
| Alfred Hooke | Minister of Public Welfare | June 29, 1967 | July 15, 1968 |
| Raymond Speaker | Minister of Public Welfare | July 16, 1968 | June 30, 1969 |
| William Fallow | Minister of Public Works | June 1, 1943 | May 3, 1948 |
| Duncan MacMillan | Minister of Public Works | May 8, 1948 | September 8, 1952 |
| Alfred Hooke | Minister of Public Works | September 9, 1952 | August 1, 1955 |
| James Hartley | Minister of Public Works | August 2, 1955 | November 29, 1962 |
| Frederick C. Colborne | Minister of Public Works | November 30, 1962 | May 26, 1969 |
| William Fallow | Minister of Railways and Telephones | June 1, 1943 | May 3, 1948 |
| Duncan MacMillan | Minister of Railways and Telephones | May 8, 1948 | December 26, 1950 |
| Gordon Taylor | Minister of Railways and Telephones | December 27, 1950 | September 21, 1959 |
| Raymond Reierson | Minister of Telephones | September 22, 1959 | July 12, 1967 |
| Anders Aalborg | Minister of Telephones | July 13, 1967 | December 11, 1968 |
| Ernest Manning | Minister of Trade and Industry | June 1, 1943 | September 11, 1944 |
| Clarence Gerhart | Minister of Trade and Industry | September 12, 1944 | May 7, 1948 |
| Robert Curtis Clark | Minister of Youth | July 4, 1966 | May 18, 1970 |
| Solon Earl Low | Minister Without Portfolio | September 12, 1944 | June 30, 1945 |
| Frederick C. Colborne | Minister Without Portfolio | August 2, 1955 | November 29, 1962 |
| Ira McLaughlin | Minister Without Portfolio | November 30, 1962 | July 3, 1966 |
| Ethel Sylvia Wilson | Minister Without Portfolio | November 30, 1962 | September 9, 1971 |
| Adolph Fimrite | Minister Without Portfolio | July 4, 1966 | September 9, 1971 |
| Raymond Speaker | Minister Without Portfolio | June 29, 1967 | July 15, 1968 |