The Alberta general election of 1967 was the sixteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 23, 1967 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Ernest C. Manning led the Social Credit Party to its ninth consecutive majority government, winning 55 of the 65 seats in the legislature, despite getting less than 45% of the popular vote. This proved to be an ominous sign for the party; it had not won less than half the popular vote since 1955.

The once-moribund Progressive Conservatives, led by young lawyer Peter Lougheed, emerged as the main opposition to Social Credit. They won over a quarter of the popular vote and six seats, mostly in Calgary and Edmonton. Social Credit was slow to adapt to the changes in Alberta as its two largest cities gained increasing influence.

Despite losing close to half of the share of the popular vote they had won in the 1963 election, the Liberals managed to increase their number of seats from two to three as a result of the decline in the Social Credit vote.

Voters also decided upon the adoption of daylight saving time, in the province's third plebiscite. It was defeated by a very slim margin with 51.25% voting against.

This was also the first Alberta election in which Aboriginals had the right to vote.

Contents 1 Results 2 Daylight saving time plebiscite 3 Members elected 4 See also

[edit] Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1963	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Social Credit	Ernest C. Manning	65	60	55	-8.3%	222,270	44.60%	-10.21%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	47	-	6		129,544	26.00%	+13.29%
	Liberal	Michael Maccagno	45	2	3	+50.0%	53,847	10.81%	-8.95%
	Independent		7	-	1		6,916	1.38%	+0.40%
	New Democrats	Neil Reimer	65	-	-	-	79,610	15.98%	+6.53%
	Coalition		2	1	-	-100%	3,654	0.73%	+0.19%
	Independent Progressive Conservative		2	*	-	*	1,118	0.22%	*
	Liberal/Progressive Conservative		1	-	-	-	699	0.14%	-0.14%
	Independent Social Credit		2	-	-	-	693	0.14%	-0.65%
Total			236	63	65	+3.2%	498,351	100%
Source: Elections Alberta

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election

[edit] Daylight saving time plebiscite

The province of Alberta voted on its third provincial plebiscite. Voters were asked to endorse a proposal to adopt daylight saving time (summer time). The proposal was rejected by a very slim of margin. The question was asked again in the next election, and passed at that time.

Do you favour province-wide daylight saving time?
For	Against
236,555     48.75%	248,680     51.25%

For break down of results see individual districts

[edit] Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

16th Alberta Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party
	Alexandria	Anders Aalborg	Social Credit
	Athabasca	Antonio Aloisio	Social Credit
	Banff-Cochrane	Clarence Copithorne	Independent
	Bonnyville	Romeo Lamothe	Social Credit
	Bow Valley-Empress	Fred Mandeville	Social Credit
	Calgary Bowness	Len Werry	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary Centre	Frederick Colborne	Social Credit
	Calgary East	Albert Ludwig	Social Credit
	Calgary Glenmore	Bill Dickie	Liberal
	Calgary North	Robert A. Simpson	Social Credit
	Calgary Queens Park	Lee Leavitt	Social Credit
	Calgary South	Arthur Dixon	Social Credit
	Calgary West	Peter Lougheed	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary Victoria Park	David Russell	Progressive Conservative
	Camrose	Chester Sayers	Social Credit
	Cardston	Alvin Bullock	Social Credit
	Clover Bar	Walt Buck	Social Credit
	Cypress	Harry Strom	Social Credit
	Drumheller-Gliechen	Gordon Taylor	Social Credit
	Dunvegan	Ernest Lee	Social Credit
	Edmonton Centre	Ambrose Holowach	Social Credit
	Edmonton Jasper Place	John Horan	Social Credit
	Edmonton North	Ethel Wilson	Social Credit
	Edmonton North East	Lou Heard	Social Credit
	Edmonton North West	Edgar Gerhart	Social Credit
	Edmonton Norwood	William Tomyn	Social Credit
	Edmonton West	Lou Hyndman	Progressive Conservative
	Edson	William Switzer	Liberal
	Grande Prairie	Ira McLaughlin	Social Credit
	Grouard	Roy Ells	Social Credit
	Hand Hills-Acadia	Clinton French	Social Credit
	Lac La Biche	Michael Maccagno	Liberal
	Lac St. Anne	Hugh Horner	Progressive Conservative
	Lacombe	Allen Patrick	Social Credit
	Leduc	James Henderson	Social Credit
	Lethbridge	John Landeryou	Social Credit
	Little Bow	Raymond Speaker	Social Credit
	Macleod	Leighton Buckwell	Social Credit
	Medicine Hat	Harry Leinweber	Social Credit
	Okotoks-High River	Edward Benoit	Social Credit
	Olds-Didsbury	Robert Clark	Social Credit
	Peace River	Robert Wiebe	Social Credit
	Pembina	Carl Muller	Social Credit
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	Charles Drain	Social Credit
	Ponoka	Neville Roper	Social Credit
	Red Deer	William Ure	Social Credit
	Redwater	Michael Senych	Social Credit
	Rocky Mountain House	Alfred Hooke	Social Credit
	Sedgewick-Coronation	Jack Hillman	Social Credit
	Spirit River	Adolf Fimrite	Social Credit
	St. Albert	Keith Everitt	Social Credit
	St. Paul	Raymond Reierson	Social Credit
	Stettler	Galen Norris	Social Credit
	Stony Plain	Ralph Jesperson	Social Credit
	Strathcona Centre	Joseph Donovan Ross	Social Credit
	Strathcona East	Ernest Manning	Social Credit
	Strathcona South	Gerrit Radstaak	Social Credit
	Strathcona West	Don Getty	Progressive Conservative
	Taber-Warner	Douglas Miller	Social Credit
	Three Hills	Raymond Ratzlaff	Social Credit
	Vegreville-Bruce	Alex Gordey	Social Credit
	Vermilion	Ashley Cooper	Social Credit
	Wainwright	Henry Ruste	Social Credit
	Wetaskiwin	Albert Strohschein	Social Credit
	Willingdon-Two Hills	Nicholas Melnyk	Social Credit

[edit] See also

• 1948 Electrification Plebiscite
• 1957 Liquor Plebiscite
• 1971 Daylight Saving Plebiscite
• List of Alberta political parties

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