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| 16th Alberta Legislature | |||
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| Majority parliament | |||
| 15 February 1968 – 22 July 1971 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Premier | Ernest Charles Manning May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968 | ||
| Harry Strom December 12, 1968 – September 10, 1971 | |||
| Cabinets | Manning cabinet Strom cabinet | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Peter Lougheed February 15, 1968 – April 27, 1971 | ||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Social Credit Party | ||
| Opposition | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta | ||
| Recognized | Alberta Liberal Party | ||
| Legislative Assembly | |||
| Speaker of the Assembly | Arthur J. Dixon March 26, 1963 – March 1, 1972 | ||
| Government House Leader | Frederick C. Colborne December 18, 1968 – February 10, 1971 | ||
| Edgar Gerhart February 11, 1971 – April 27, 1971 | |||
| Members | 65 MLA seats | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022 | ||
| Lieutenant Governor | Hon. Grant MacEwan January 26, 1966 – July 2, 1974 | ||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session February 15, 1968 – May 2, 1968 | |||
| 2nd session February 13, 1969 – May 7, 1969 | |||
| 3rd session January 29, 1970 – April 15, 1970 | |||
| 4th session February 11, 1971 – April 27, 1971 | |||
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The 16th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 15, 1968, to April 27, 1971, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1967 Alberta general election held on May 23, 1967. The Legislature officially resumed on February 15, 1968, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on April 27, 1971, and dissolved on July 22, 1971, prior to the 1971 Alberta general election.[1]
Alberta's sixteenth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the ninth time, led by Premier Ernest Manning, Alberta's longest serving Premier who would retire part way through the session, and be replaced by Harry Strom. The Official Opposition was led by Peter Lougheed of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, who would go on to win the 1971 election and become the 9th Premier of Alberta. The Speaker was Arthur J. Dixon.
- ^ Perry, Sandra E.; Footz, Valerie L. (2006). Massolin, Philip A. (ed.). A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 499. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6. Retrieved August 9, 2020.