Ernest Manning

Ernest Manning
Ernest Charles Manning, 1943
8th Premier of Alberta
In office
May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968
MonarchsGeorge VI
Elizabeth II
Lieutenant GovernorJohn C. Bowen
John J. Bowlen
John Percy Page
Grant MacEwan
Preceded byWilliam Aberhart
Succeeded byHarry E. Strom
Senator for Edmonton West
In office
October 7, 1970 – September 20, 1983
Appointed byPierre Trudeau
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
June 18, 1959 – December 11, 1968
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byWilliam Yurko
ConstituencyStrathcona East
In office
March 21, 1940 – June 18, 1959
Preceded byWilliam Howson
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyEdmonton
In office
November 4, 1935 – March 21, 1940
Preceded byWilliam Ross
Hugh Farthing
Norman Hindsley
Succeeded byAndrew Davison
William Aberhart
James Mahaffey
ConstituencyCalgary
Personal details
Born
Ernest Charles Manning

(1908-09-20)September 20, 1908
Carnduff, Saskatchewan, Canada
DiedFebruary 19, 1996(1996-02-19) (aged 87)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Political partySocial Credit Party of Canada (federal)
Social Credit Party of Alberta (provincial)
Spouse
Muriel Aileen Preston
(m. 1936)
Children2, including Preston
Signature
Military service
AllegianceCanada
Branch/serviceCanadian Militia
Years of service1939–1943
RankCaptain
UnitEdmonton Regiment
Battles/warsWorld War II

Ernest Charles Manning PC CC AOE (September 20, 1908 – February 19, 1996) was a Canadian politician and the eighth premier of Alberta between 1943 and 1968 for the Social Credit Party of Alberta. He served longer than any other premier in the province's history and was the second longest-serving provincial premier in Canadian history (after George Henry Murray of Nova Scotia).

Manning's 25 consecutive years as premier were defined by strong social conservatism and fiscal conservatism. He was also the only member of the Social Credit Party of Canada to sit in the Senate and, with the party shut out of the House of Commons in 1980, was its last representative in Parliament when he retired from the Senate in 1983.

Manning's son, Preston Manning, was the founder and leader of the Reform Party of Canada who served as the federal leader of the Official Opposition from 1997 to 2000.[1]

  1. ^ "Preston Manning: Canadian politician". Encyclopaedia Britannica.