# 12th Alberta Legislature

The 12th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 19, 1953, to May 12, 1955, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1952 Alberta general election held on August 5, 1952. The Legislature officially resumed on February 19, 1953, and continued until the third session was prorogued and dissolved on May 12, 1955, prior to the 1955 Alberta general election.
Alberta's twelfth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the fifth time, led by Premier Ernest Manning who would go on to be the longest serving Premier in Alberta history. The Official Opposition was led by James Harper Prowse a member of the Alberta Liberal Party. The Speaker was Peter Dawson who would serve until his death during the 15th legislature on March 24, 1963.

## Membership in the 12th Alberta Legislature

| District | Member | Party | First elected/ previously elected |
| Acadia-Coronation | Clarence Gerhart | Social Credit | 1940 |
| Alexandra | Anders Aalborg | Social Credit | 1948 |
| Athabasca | Antonio Aloisio | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Banff-Cochrane | Lee Leavitt | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Bonnyville | Laudas Joly | Social Credit | 1921, 1952 |
| Bow Valley-Empress | Wilson Cain | Social Credit | 1935 |
| Bruce | Earl Hardy | Social Credit | 1948 |
| Calgary | Paul Brecken | Progressive Conservative | 1952 |
| Calgary | Rose Wilkinson | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Calgary | Frederick C. Colborne | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Calgary | Howard MacDonald | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Calgary | Arthur Dixon | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Calgary | Hugh John MacDonald | Liberal | 1948 |
| Camrose | Chester Sayers | Social Credit | 1941 |
| Cardston | Edgar Hinman | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Clover Bar | Floyd Baker | Social Credit | 1935 |
| Cypress | James Underdahl | Social Credit | 1948 |
| Didsbury | Howard Hammell | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Drumheller | Gordon Taylor | Social Credit | 1940 |
| Edmonton | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | 1935 |
| Edmonton | James Harper Prowse | Liberal | 1944 |
| Edmonton | Elmer Roper | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1942 |
| Edmonton | Joseph Donovan Ross | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Edmonton | Edgar Gerhart | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Edmonton | John Page | Conservative | 1940, 1952 |
| Edmonton | Harold Tanner | Liberal | 1952 |
| Edson | Norman Willmore | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Gleichen | George E. Bell | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Grand Prairie | Ira McLaughlin | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Grouard | Joseph Desfosses | Liberal | 1951 |
| Hand Hills | Wallace Warren Cross | Social Credit | 1935 |
| Lac La Biche | Harry Lobay | Social Credit | 1948 |
| Lac Ste. Anne | Angelo Montemurro | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Lacombe | Allen Patrick | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Leduc | Ronald Ansley | Independent Social Credit | 1935 |
| Lethbridge | John Landeryou | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Little Bow | Peter Dawson | Social Credit | 1935 |
| Macleod | James Hartley | Social Credit | 1935 |
| Medicine Hat | John Lyle Robinson | Social Credit | 1935 |
| Medicine Hat | Elizabeth G. Robinson (1953) | Social Credit | 1953 |
| Okotoks-High River | Ivan Casey | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Olds | Frederick Niddrie | Social Credit | 1950 |
| Peace River | William Gilliland | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Pembina | Robin Jorgenson | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | William Kovach | Social Credit | 1948 |
| Ponoka | Glen Johnston | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Red Deer | David A. Ure | Social Credit | 1943 |
| Red Deer | Cam Kirby (1954) | Progressive Conservative | 1954 |
| Redwater | Peter Chaba | Social Credit | 1948 |
| Rocky Mountain House | Alfred Hooke | Social Credit | 1935 |
| Sedgewick | Jack Hillman | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Spirit River | Adolph Fimrite | Social Credit | 1952 |
| St. Albert | Lucien Maynard | Social Credit | 1935 |
| St. Paul | Raymond Reierson | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Stettler | John Clark | Social Credit | 1952 |
| Stony Plain | Cornelia Wood | Social Credit | 1940 |
| Taber | Roy S. Lee | Social Credit | 1940 |
| Vegreville | Michael Ponich | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Vermilion | William Cornish | Social Credit | 1944 |
| Wainwright | William Masson | Social Credit | 1935 |
| Warner | Leonard Halmrast | Social Credit | 1945 |
| Wetaskiwin | John Wingblade | Social Credit | 1935 |
| Willingdon | Nick Dushenski | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1952 |
Notes:

## Composition at election

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Social Credit | 53 |
| | Liberal | 3 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1 |
| | Progressive Conservative | 1 |
| | Conservative | 1 |
| | Independent Social Credit | 1 |
| Total | Total | 60 |