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| 17th Alberta Legislature | |||
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| Majority parliament | |||
| 2 March 1972 – 14 February 1975 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Premier | Peter Lougheed September 10, 1971 – November 1, 1985 | ||
| Cabinet | Lougheed cabinet | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Harry Strom December 10, 1971 – November 22, 1972 | ||
| James Douglas Henderson February 15, 1973 – August 21, 1973 | |||
| Robert Curtis Clark September 15, 1973 – November 28, 1980 | |||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta | ||
| Opposition | Social Credit Party | ||
| Unrecognized | New Democratic Party | ||
| Legislative Assembly | |||
| Speaker of the Assembly | Gerard Amerongen March 2, 1972 – June 11, 1986 | ||
| Opposition House Leader | Gordon E. Taylor March 2, 1972 – February 14, 1973 | ||
| Members | 75 MLA seats | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022 | ||
| Lieutenant Governor | Hon. Grant MacEwan January 26, 1966 – July 2, 1974 | ||
| Hon. Ralph Garvin Steinhauer July 2, 1974 – October 18, 1979 | |||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session March 2, 1972 – November 22, 1972 | |||
| 2nd session February 15, 1972 – December 14, 1973 | |||
| 3rd session March 7, 1974 – November 6, 1974 | |||
| 4th session January 23, 1975 – February 14, 1975 | |||
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The 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from March 2, 1972, to February 14, 1975, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1971 Alberta general election held on August 30, 1971. The Legislature officially resumed on March 2, 1972, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued and dissolved on February 14, 1975, prior to the 1975 Alberta general election.[1]
Alberta's seventeenth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta for the first time, led by Premier Peter Lougheed. The Official Opposition was led by former Premier Harry Strom of the Social Credit Party, and subsequently James Douglas Henderson and Robert Curtis Clark. The Speaker was Gerard Amerongen who would serve in the role until he was defeated in the 1986 Alberta general election.
- ^ 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.