The 9th Alberta Legislature was in session from February 20, 1941, to July 7, 1944, with the membership of the Legislative Assembly determined by the results of the 1940 Alberta general election held on March 21, 1940. The Legislature officially resumed on February 20, 1941, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on March 24, 1944, and dissolved on July 7, prior to the 1944 Alberta general election.
Alberta's government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the second time, led by Premier William Aberhart until his death on May 23, 1943; he was succeeded by Ernest Manning, who went on to be the longest-serving premier in Alberta history. Manning abandoned the monetary policies of Aberhart during his term for more traditional conservatism. The Official Opposition was led by James H. Walker, a member of the Independent Citizen's Association, from February 22 to April 8, 1941, and again from February 10 to March 24, 1944. In between, the Opposition Leader was Alfred Speakman from January 29 to March 19, 1942, and James Mahaffy from February 18 to March 30, 1943. The Speaker was Peter Dawson, who served until his death during the 15th legislature on March 24, 1963.
The Independent Citizen's Association, started by the Conservatives and including most Liberals and some former United Farmer supporters, won 19 seats. The remaining Liberal Party that did not endorse the independent movement won one seat, and a labour candidate won one seat. Two independents later re-joined the Liberal Party, and the Co-operative Commonwealth entered the Legislature in its first by-election.
Bills During the second session the government introduced An Act to prohibit the Sale of Lands to any Enemy Aliens and Hutterites for the Duration of the War (Bill 60), which prohibited the purchase or registration of lands by an enemy alien or Hutterite. It was the intention to prevent these people from buying land or from becoming registered as the owners of land at least until after the Second World War ended. The government later introduced An Act to amend The Land Sales Prohibition Act (Bill 48) in the third session, which amended The Land Sales Prohibition Act for the purpose of extending this prohibition to leases and agreements for leases. The federal government under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Cabinet disallowed the legislation on the recommendation of the Federal Minister of Justice Louis St. Laurent. This was the last use of the federal disallowance authority (not to be confused with reservation authority, which was last used in Saskatchewan in 1961). The King government's rationale for the disallowance was that the federal government had regulated all matters related to enemy aliens and the statute conflicted with federal policy.
Party standings after 9th General Elections Affiliation MembersSocial Credit36Independent191Labor1 Total 57
DistrictMemberPartyFirst elected/ previously electedNo.# of term(s)Acadia-CoronationClarence GerhartSocial Credit19401st termAlexandraSelmer BergSocial Credit19352nd termAthabascaGordon LeeSocial Credit19401st termBanff-CochraneFrank LautIndependent19401st termBeaver RiverLucien MaynardSocial Credit19352nd termBow Valley-EmpressWilson CainSocial Credit19352nd termBruceJames L. McPhersonSocial Credit19352nd termCalgaryJames MahaffyIndependent19401st termFred AndersonSocial Credit19352nd termAndrew DavisonIndependent19401st termWilliam AberhartSocial Credit19352nd termJohn J. BowlenIndependent19303rd termCamroseDavid B. MullenSocial Credit19352nd termChester Sayers (1941)Social Credit19411st termCardstonNathan Eldon TannerSocial Credit19352nd termClover BarFloyd BakerSocial Credit19352nd termCypressFay JacksonIndependent19401st termDidsburyErnest M. BrownIndependent19401st termDrumhellerGordon TaylorSocial Credit19401st termEdmontonErnest ManningSocial Credit19352nd termJohn P. PageIndependent19401st termNorman JamesSocial Credit19352nd termDavid Milwyn DugganIndependent19264th termHugh John MacdonaldIndependent19401st termElmer Roper (1942)CCF19421st termEdsonAngus James MorrisonLabour19401st termGleichenDonald McKinnonIndependent19401st termGrande PrairieLewis O'BrienIndependent19401st termGrouardJoseph TremblayLiberal19362nd termHand HillsWallace CrossSocial Credit19352nd termLac Ste. AnneAlbert BourcierSocial Credit19352nd termLacombeDuncan MacMillanSocial Credit19352nd termLeducRonald AnsleySocial Credit19352nd termLethbridgePeter M. CampbellIndependent19372nd termLittle BowPeter DawsonSocial Credit19352nd termMacleodJames HartleySocial Credit19352nd termMedicine HatJohn Lyle RobinsonSocial Credit19352nd termOkotoks-High RiverJohn BroomfieldIndependent19401st termOldsNorman E. CookSocial Credit19401st termPeace RiverEld J. MartinIndependent19401st termPembinaGeorge MacLachlanIndependent1921, 19404th term*Pincher Creek-CrowsnestErnest DukeSocial Credit19352nd termPonokaPercy McKelveyIndependent19401st termRed DeerAlfred SpeakmanIndependent19401st termDavid A. Ure (1943)Social Credit19431st termRedwaterJames PopilSocial Credit19352nd termRocky Mountain HouseAlfred HookeSocial Credit19352nd termSedgewickAlbert FeeSocial Credit19352nd termSpirit RiverHenry DeBoltSocial Credit19401st termSt. AlbertLionel TellierIndependent19401st termSt. PaulJoseph BeaudrySocial Credit19352nd termStettlerChester ReynoldsSocial Credit19401st termStony PlainCornelia WoodSocial Credit19401st termTaberRoy S. LeeSocial Credit19401st termVegrevilleGeorge WoytkiwSocial Credit19401st termSolon Low (1940)Social Credit1935, 19402nd term*VermilionWilliam FallowSocial Credit19352nd termWainwrightWilliam MassonSocial Credit19352nd termWarnerJames H. WalkerIndependent19401st termWetaskiwinJohn WingbladeSocial Credit19352nd termWillingdonWilliam TomynSocial Credit19352nd term
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External links Alberta Legislative Assembly Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Book By-elections 1905 to present