14th Alberta Legislature

14th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
11 February 1960 – 9 May 1963
Parliament leaders
Premier	Ernest Charles Manning May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968
Cabinet	Manning cabinet
Party caucuses
Government	Social Credit Party
Crossbench	Alberta Liberal Party
	Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
	Coalition
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Peter Dawson February 25, 1937 – March 24, 1963
	Arthur J. Dixon March 26, 1963 – March 1, 1972
Members	65 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant Governor	Hon. John Percy Page December 19, 1959 – January 6, 1966
Sessions
1st session February 11, 1960 – April 11, 1960
2nd session February 16, 1961 – April 12, 1961
3rd session November 28, 1961 – November 29, 1961
4th session February 15, 1962 – April 5, 1962
5th session February 14, 1963 – March 29, 1963
← 13th → 15th

The 14th Alberta Legislature was in session from February 11, 1960, to May 9, 1963, with the membership of the Legislative Assembly determined by the results of the 1959 Alberta general election held on June 18, 1959. The Legislature officially resumed on February 11, 1960, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on March 29, 1963, and dissolved on May 9, prior to the 1963 Alberta general election.^[1]

Alberta's government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the seventh time, led by Premier Ernest Manning who went on to be the longest-serving premier in Alberta history. There was no Official Opposition, as three parities and one independent made up the four non-government house seats at one seat apiece. The Speaker was Peter Dawson, who served until his death on March 24, 1963. Dawson was replaced as Speaker by Arthur J. Dixon, who remained the speaker until the fall of the Social Credit government after the 1971 Alberta general election. This was the first assembly elected after the Government of Alberta changed from single transferable vote to first past the post.