# 18th Alberta Legislature

The 18th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from May 15, 1975, to February 14, 1979, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1975 Alberta general election held on March 26, 1975. The Legislature officially resumed on May 15, 1975, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on November 3, 1978 and dissolved on February 14, 1979, prior to the 1979 Alberta general election on March 14, 1979.
Alberta's eighteenth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta for the second time, led by Premier Peter Lougheed. The Official Opposition was led by Robert Curtis Clark of the Social Credit Party. The Speaker was Gerard Amerongen who would serve in the role until he was defeated in the 1986 Alberta general election.

## Second session

During the second session the government introduced The Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act (Bill 35) creating a sovereign wealth fund to invest oil and gas revenue to ensure the exploitation of non-renewable resources would be of long-term benefit for Alberta. The Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund had been announced by Premier Peter Lougheed a year earlier with the intent of diverting funds from the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission on the sale of crude oil from April 1, 1974 to diversify and strengthen the economy, improve the life of Albertans, stimulate the economy, and continue to grow with interest.

## Party standings after the 18th General Election

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Progressive Conservative | 69 |
| | Social Credit | 4 |
| | New Democratic | 1 |
| | Independents | 1 |
| Total | 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.
18th Alberta Legislative Assembly :
| District | Member | Party | First elected/ previously elected |
| Athabasca | Frank Appleby | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Banff | Frederick Kidd | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Barrhead | Hugh Horner | Progressive Conservative | 1967 |
| Bonnyville | Donald Hansen | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Bow Valley | Fred Mandeville | Social Credit | 1967 |
| Calgary-Bow | Neil Webber | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Calgary-Buffalo | Ron Ghitter | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Calgary-Currie | Fred Peacock | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Calgary-Egmont | Merv Leitch | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Calgary-Elbow | David John Russell | Progressive Conservative | 1967 |
| Calgary-Foothills | Stewart McCrae | Progressive Conservative | 1973 |
| Calgary-Glenmore | Hugh Planche | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Calgary-McCall | Andrew Little | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Calgary-McKnight | Eric Musgreave | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Calgary-Millican | Thomas Donnelly | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Calgary-Mountain View | John Kushner | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Calgary-North Hill | Roy Farran | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Calgary-West | Peter Lougheed | Progressive Conservative | 1967 |
| Camrose | Gordon Stromberg | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Cardston | John Thompson | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Clover Bar | Walt Buck | Social Credit | 1967 |
| Cypress | Alan Hyland | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Drayton Valley | Rudolph Zander | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Drumheller | Gordon Taylor | Independent Social Credit | 1940 |
| Edmonton-Avonmore | Horst Schmid | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton-Belmont | Bert Hohol | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton-Beverly | Bill Diachuk | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton-Calder | Tom Chambers | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton-Centre | Gordon Miniely | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton-Glenora | Lou Hyndman | Progressive Conservative | 1967 |
| Edmonton-Gold Bar | William Yurko | Progressive Conservative | 1969 |
| Edmonton-Highlands | David Thomas King | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton Jasper Place | Leslie Young | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton-Kingsway | Kenneth Paproski | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton-Meadowlark | Gerard Amerongen | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton-Norwood | Catherine Chichak | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton-Ottewell | John Ashton | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton-Parkallen | Neil Stanley Crawford | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton-Strathcona | Julian Koziak | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Edmonton-Whitemud | Don Getty | Progressive Conservative | 1967 |
| Edson | Robert Dowling | Progressive Conservative | 1969 |
| Grand Prairie | Winston Backus | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Hanna-Oyen | John Butler | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Highwood | George Wolstenholme | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Innisfail | Clifford Doan | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Lac La Biche-McMurray | Ron Tesolin | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Lacombe | Jack Cookson | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Lesser Slave Lake | Larry Shaben | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Lethbridge-East | Archibald D. Johnston | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Lethbridge-West | John Gogo | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Little Bow | Raymond Speaker | Social Credit | 1963 |
| Lloydminster | Bud Miller | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Macleod | Thomas Walker | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Medicine Hat-Redcliff | Jim Horsman | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Olds-Didsbury | Robert Curtis Clark | Social Credit | 1960 |
| Peace River | Al Adair | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | Frederick Bradley | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Ponoka | Don McCrimmon | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Red Deer | James Foster | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Redwater-Andrew | George Topolnisky | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Rocky Mountain House | Helen Hunley | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Sedgewick-Coronation | Henry Kroeger | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Smoky River | Marvin Moore | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Spirit River-Fairview | Grant Notley | NDP | 1971 |
| St. Albert | Ernie Jamison | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| St. Paul | Mick Fluker | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Stettler | Graham Harle | Progressive Conservative | 1972 |
| Stony Plain | William Purdy | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Taber-Warner | Robert Bogle | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Three Hills | Allan Warrack | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Vegreville | John Batiuk | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
| Vermilion-Viking | Tom Lysons | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Wainwright | Charles Stewart | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Wetaskiwin-Leduc | Dallas Schmidt | Progressive Conservative | 1975 |
| Whitecourt | Peter Trynchy | Progressive Conservative | 1971 |
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