1967 Alberta general election

1967 Alberta general election

May 23, 1967 (1967-05-23)
65 seats in Legislative Assembly of Alberta 33 seats were needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ernest Manning Peter Lougheed Party Social Credit Progressive Conservative Leader since May 31, 1943 1965 Leader's seat Strathcona East Calgary-West Last election 60 seats, 54.8% 0 seats, 12.7% Seats before 57 0 Seats won 55 6 Seat change 2 6 Popular vote 222,270 129,544 Percentage 44.6% 26.0% Swing 10.2% 13.3%   Third party Fourth party   LIB NDP Leader Michael Maccagno Neil Reimer Party Liberal New Democratic Leader since January 28, 1967 January 27, 1963 Leader's seat Lac La Biche ran in Edson (lost) Last election 2 seats, 19.8% 0 seats, 9.5% Seats before 3 1 Seats won 3 0 Seat change ±0 1 Popular vote 53,847 79,610 Percentage 10.8% 16.0% Swing 9.0% 6.5%
Premier before election Ernest Manning Social Credit Premier after election Ernest Manning Social Credit

The 1967 Alberta general election was held on May 23, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 16th Alberta Legislature. The election was called after the 15th Alberta Legislature was prorogued on April 11, 1967, and dissolved on April 14, 1967.

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 per cent of the popular vote. Although it was not apparent at the time, this proved to be an ominous sign for the party. The 1967 election was the first time the Social Credit government had 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.

New Democrat Party candidates received 16 percent of the vote but no seats.

Voters also decided upon the adoption of daylight saving time, in a province-wide plebiscite. It was defeated by a very slim margin with 51.25 per cent voting against.

Amendments to the Election Act in 1965 provided voting rights for Treaty Indians in provincial elections, making the 1967 election the first opportunity for Indigenous Albertans to vote in a provincial election.

Background

Social Credit campaign

The Social Credit government had prepared well for the election in advance, with the party maintaining a significant war chest. The Social Credit government came under criticism for low non-renewable resource royalty rates compared to other developed nations, which it counted by saying the royalties were the highest in Canada. Social Credit focused on their governance record rather than make significant policy commitments, although the Social Credit government did commit to study rising car insurance rates. Furthermore the Social Credit government argued they spent the most per capita on social issues despite having the lowest tax rate.

An internal controversy occurred when Albert Bourcier, a Social Credit MLA from 1935 to 1952 filed papers to contest the Edmonton-Jasper Place constituency against incumbent Social Credit MLA John Horan. Bourcier was still an active member of the Social Credit Party, but was ejected from the party prior to the election. It was the second time Bourcier was ejected from the party, the first being in 1949 as a sitting MLA. Horan was re-elected with 36.3 per cent of the vote, while Bourcier received 1.5 per cent of the vote.

New Democratic Party campaign

The New Democratic Party (NDP) built a campaign on the foundation of higher oil royalties, greater participation by small businesses in oil and gas resources, transition electricity utilities to provincial ownership, provide for provincial car insurance, and development of rural natural gas infrastructure.

Progressive Conservative campaign

New leader Peter Lougheed and his supporters worked tirelessly to convince candidates to run in all 65 constituencies, however the Progressive Conservatives were only able to nominate 47 candidates, two more than the Liberal Party, but less than a full slate put forward by the Social Credit Party and the New Democratic Party. Lougheed sought candidates who were already public figures, often meeting with editors of local weekly newspapers, mayors and presidents of boards of trade to inquire who the community's leaders were. As the writ came closer Lougheed and the Progressive Conservative realized they could not form government and instead focused on a strategy of capturing Lougheed's seat in Calgary-West and forming opposition. The campaign created red, white and blue promotional materials with the slogan "Alberta Needs an Alternative", while Lougheed's own material added his personal slogan "Let's Start It in Calgary West".

Lougheed sought a public debate amongst the four party leaders, however as a long time incumbent Manning was not willing to risk a debate which could not benefit him. Manning's position on the debate changed when a group of Edmonton church leaders decided to host a leaders debate, Manning a devout Christian and host of "Back to the Bible Hour" radio broadcasts accepted the debate. Lougheed's performance in the debate was lauded by the Edmonton Journal and was credited by biographer George Wood with the growth in the Conservative movement in the Edmonton area, including Don Getty's improbable victory over Social Credit Education Minister Randolph McKinnon in Strathcona West. Other media began to take notice with Maclean's stating the only politician capable of having "an outside chance of challenging Manning" was Lougheed.

During the campaign, the Progressive Conservatives called for the sale of Alberta Government Telephones.

Lougheed was subsequently elected to the legislature in Calgary-West capturing 62 per cent of the vote, and the Progressive Conservatives captured 26 per cent of the vote province-wide with five other successful candidates, and subsequently Lougheed became Leader of the Opposition. The group of elected Conservatives known as the "original six" included Calgary MLAs Len Werry, David Russell; Edmonton area MLAs Lou Hyndman and Don Getty, and the party's only rural candidate and former federal Member of Parliament Hugh Horner. The Edmonton Journal positively remarked on Lougheed's success following the 1967 election, stating Albertans had a responsible and credible alternative as opposition.

Eligibility to vote

The 1967 Alberta general election had four sets of criteria for a person to be eligible to vote. A eligible voter must be a Canadian citizen or British subject prior to April 14, 1967; 19 years of age or older on voting day; a resident of Alberta for 12 months preceding April 14, 1967; and a resident of the constituency on April 14, 1967. Indigenous Albertans were eligible to vote for the first time in a provincial general election.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1963	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Social Credit	Ernest C. Manning	65	60	57	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	3	+50.0%	53,847	10.81%	-8.95%
	Independent		7	-	-	1		6,916	1.38%	+0.40%
	NDP	Neil Reimer	65	-	1	-	-	79,610	15.98%	+6.53%
	Coalition	Frank Gainer	2	1	1	-	-100%	3,654	0.73%	+0.19%
	Independent Progressive Conservative		2	*	-	-	*	1,118	0.22%	*
	Liberal/Progressive Conservative	Ross Ellis	1	-	-	-	-	699	0.14%	-0.14%
	Independent Social Credit		2	-	1	-	-	693	0.14%	-0.65%
Total			236	63	63	65	+3.2%	498,351	100%
Source: Elections Alberta

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election

Popular vote Social Credit   44.60% PC   26.00% New Democratic   15.98% Liberal   10.81% Others   2.61%

Seats summary Social Credit   84.62% PC   9.23% Liberal   4.62% Independent   1.54%

Daylight saving time plebiscite

Daylight saving time plebiscite

May 23, 1967 (1967-05-23)
Do you favour province-wide daylight saving time?
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 236,555 48.75% No 248,680 51.25% Total votes 485,235 100.00%

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

Background

In 1948, the Government of Alberta formally set the province's time zone with the passage of The Daylight Saving Time Act, which mandated the entire province observe Mountain Standard Time, and prevented any municipality from observing daylight saving time or any other time zone. The bill came after Calgary (1946 and 1947), and Edmonton (1946) held municipal plebiscites which approved the move to daylight saving time. Edmonton under Mayor Harry Ainlay actually began to use DLT, which was forbidden under the new law.

Alberta's urban municipalities were in favour of daylight saving time and pressured the provincial government to hold a plebiscite or provide the authority for municipalities to locally observe daylight saving time. A joint motion of Calgary City Council and Edmonton City Council for a plebiscite was put to the Legislature in July 1963, with the support of Social Credit Minister and Edmonton Alderman Ethel Sylvia Wilson, without success.

A further effort in March 1964 by Liberal MLA and Calgary Alderman Bill Dickie to allow the matter to be settled by a municipal plebiscite also failed in the Legislature. In the debate, Social Credit MLA William Patterson described Daylight Saving Time as "that fandangled thing", and Minister Allen Russell Patrick stated municipal Daylight Savings Time would be difficult for tourists to understand.

A motion introduced by Bill Dickie was approved by the Legislature in February 1966 to hold a plebiscite on Daylight Saving Time. And on March 29, 1966, Minister Alfred Hooke introduced An Act to amend The Daylight Saving Time Act (Bill 75), to permit the government to hold a plebiscite on the issue.

On April 17, 1967, the Government of Alberta approved Order-in-Council 607/67 which provided the instructions for the plebiscite on Daylight Saving Time.

The prescribed question was "Do you favour Province-wide Daylight Saving Time?" with the two available responses as "Yes" and "No".

Across Canada, by 1967, each province besides Alberta and Saskatchewan had adopted Daylight Saving Time. Many Alberta businesses provided for modified summer hours, including the Alberta Stock Exchange which started at 7 a.m. to align with exchanges in Toronto and Montreal. Air Canada released a statement expressing the difficulty of distributing flight schedules with flights in Alberta.

Arguments for and against

Arguments for daylight saving time were put forward by the construction industry including the Alberta Construction Association and Edmonton Home Builders Association. The Calgary Herald editorial board published a number of editorials in advance of the plebiscite advocating for the province to observe daylight saving time, and further advocated for all of Canada to move to daylight saving time. Calgary residents and businessmen Bill Creighton and David Matthews led a campaign for daylight saving times, arguing the benefits of an additional hour of late sunlight for sports. Creighton was able to garner endorsements from the Alberta Amateur Athletics Union and other local golf, baseball, football and tennis associations. The Calgary Tourist and Convention Association endorsed daylight saving, noting that tourists perceived the province as "backwards" for not adopting the time shift. Liberal leader Michael Maccagno personally supported observing daylight saving time.

Arguments against daylight saving time were made by the group Alberta Council for Standard Time founded by Calgary lawyer and drive-in movie operator R.H. Barron. The Council ran a number of advertisements in local papers advocating for standard time, those arguments included the danger for children walking to school in the dark or twilight, and possible reductions to academic performance.

Aftermath

The plebiscite resulted in a narrow victory for retaining Mountain Standard Time, with 51.25 per cent of the population voting against daylight saving time. Alberta's large urban communities of Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat voted in favour, while the rural parts of the province voted against the proposal.

The new Progressive Conservative caucus continued to pressure the Social Credit government to provide individual municipalities the power to institute Daylight Saving Time. A February 1968 motion by Edmonton MLA Don Getty and Bill Dickie for municipal authority to institute daylight saving time was rejected by the Legislature.

In the aftermath of the plebiscite, the Calgary Herald blamed the defeat on "rural cousins" and the well organized Council for Standard Time, noting Calgarians voted two-to-one in favour of adopting daylight saving. The editorial board for the Calgary Herald decried the failure of the plebiscite, but predicted that the province would eventually adopt daylight saving time.

Results

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

Results by riding

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Social Credit		PC		Liberal		NDP		Other
Alexandra		Anders O. Aalborg 2,880 57.85%		Kenneth E. Oates 940 18.88%		Charles F. Swan 304 6.11%		Lester A. Lindgren 835 16.77%				Anders O. Aalborg
Athabasca		Antonio Aloisio 1,733 45.08%				Dave Hunter 939 24.43%		George Opryshko 1,170 30.44%				Antonio Aloisio
Banff-Cochrane		Roy Wilson 2,066 42.17%						Jack Fraser 374 7.63%		Clarence Copithorne (Ind.) 2,428 49.56%		Francis Leo Gainer
Bonnyville		Romeo B. Lamothe 2,339 54.12%						Kenneth Joseph Kerr 316 7.31%				Romeo B. Lamothe
Bow Valley-Empress		Fred T. Mandeville 2,525 49.16%						Calvin Steinley 549 10.69%		Ben M. MacLeod (Coal.) 2,018 39.63%		William Delday
Calgary Bowness		Charles E. Johnston 6,461 37.63%		Len F. Werry 6,828 39.77%		John Donachie 1,876 10.93%		Evelyn Moore 1,905 11.09%				Charles E. Johnston
Calgary Centre		Frederick C. Colborne 3,873 40.47%		Charles Henry Cook 3,359 35.10%		John Starchuk 1,275 13.32%		Mrs. Margaret Hanley 973 10.17%				Frederick C. Colborne
Calgary-East		Albert W. Ludwig 5,563 50.43%		Jim Crawford 2,613 23.69%		Sandy Skoryko 803 7.28%		Kurt Gebauer 1,955 17.72%				Albert W. Ludwig
Calgary-Glenmore		Len Pearson 3,840 27.43%		Ronald M. Helmer 3,406 24.33%		William Daniel Dickie 5,743 41.02%		Max Wolfe 950 6.79%				William Daniel Dickie
Calgary-North		Robert A. Simpson 4,308 42.74%		Henry M. Beaumont 3,915 38.84%		Charles W. Loughridge 638 6.33%		Walter H. Siewert 1,157 11.48%				Robert A. Simpson
Calgary Queens Park		Lea Leavitt 4,943 42.13%		Eric Charles Musgreave 3,820 32.56%		Darryl Raymaker 1,702 14.51%		Lisa Baldwin 1,220 10.40%
Calgary-South		Arthur J. Dixon 5,401 41.76%		Joe Clark 4,940 38.19%		Willis E. O'Leary 1,146 8.86%		Jack D. Peters 1,388 10.73%				Arthur J. Dixon
Calgary Victoria Park		Art Davis 3,956 35.49%		David J. Russell 4,796 43.03%		Reginald J. Gibbs 1,088 9.76%		Ted Takacs 1,229 11.03%
Calgary-West		Donald S. Fleming 4,028 28.95%		Peter Lougheed 8,548 61.43%		Natalie Chapman 402 2.89%		Allan M. Early 868 6.24%				Donald S. Fleming
Camrose		Chester I. Sayers 3,083 44.25%		Emmett G. Mohler 1,736 24.91%		G. Rod Knaut 699 10.03%		Rudy P. Swanson 1,412 20.26%				Chester I. Sayers
Cardston		Alvin F. Bullock 2,120 47.11%		Larry L. Lang 1,692 37.60%				Leslie N. Howard 104 2.31%		Robert D. Burt (Ind.) 573 12.73%		Edgar W. Hinman
Clover Bar		Walt A. Buck 4,101 51.35%		Daniel F. Hollands 2,215 27.73%		Kazmer D. Curry 468 5.86%		Alfred O. Arnston 1,175 14.71%				Floyd M. Baker
Cypress		Harry E. Strom 2,577 76.65%						William George McFall 769 22.87%				Harry E. Strom
Drumheller-Gleichen		Gordon Edward Taylor 4,018 67.46%		Tom Hanson 1,579 26.51%				Garry B. Law 345 5.79%				Gordon Edward Taylor
Dunvegan		Ernest L. Lee 1,280 41.52%						Phil Thompson 1,080 35.03%		John A. Hammond (Coal.) 547 18.82%		Ernest L. Lee
Edmonton North		Ethel Sylvia Wilson 4,698 38.21%		Tony Thibaudeau 3,461 28.15%		L. John Corbiere 1,303 10.60%		Gordon S.B. Wright 2,763 22.47%
Edmonton-Centre		Ambrose Holowach 3,146 39.12%		Harold W. Veale 2,558 31.81%		Joseph A. Tannous 747 9.29%		Henry Tomaschuk 1,313 16.33%		Pat G.A. O'Hara (Ind.) 194 2.41%		Ambrose Holowach
Edmonton-Jasper Place		John William Horan 4,206 36.34%		Gerard Joseph Amerongen 3,000 25.92%		Barry Vogel 1,851 15.99%		Tom Hennessey 2,210 19.09%		Albert V. Bourcier (Ind. SoCred) 176		John William Horan
Edmonton-North East		Lou W. Heard 5,052 35.02%		Alan T. Cooke 3,616 25.06%		Peter Achtem 1,418 9.83%		Ivor G. Dent 4,276 29.64%				Lou W. Heard
Edmonton-North West		Edgar H. Gerhart 4,674 36.10%		Paul Norris 4,205 32.48%		Thomas Leia 1,173 9.06%		Dave Belland 2,664 20.58%		Oscar A. Green (Ind.) 188 1.45%		Edgar H. Gerhart
Edmonton-Norwood		William Tomyn 3,450 43.01%		Ronald W. Downey 2,023 25.22%				Grant W. Notley 2,433 30.33%				William Tomyn
Edmonton-West		William A. Johnson 4,016 32.46%		Lou Hyndman 4,753 38.42%		J. Bernard Feehan 2,316 18.72%		Thomas C. Pocklington 1,254 10.14%				Stanley Gordon Geldart
Edson		Arthur O. Jorgensen 2,372 34.59%				William A. Switzer 2,803 40.87%		C. Neil Reimer 1,656 24.15%				William Switzer
Grande Prairie		Ira McLaughlin 4,847 55.38%				George M. Repka 1,132 12.93%		Alan Bush 2,748 31.40%				Ira McLaughlin
Grouard		Roy Ells 3,363 51.02%				Gunnar Walhstrom 985 14.94%		Stan Daniels 2,207 33.49%				Roy Ells
Hand Hills-Acadia		Clinton Keith French 2,675 50.17%		Bill Cross 2,140 40.14%				Ralph G. Jorgenson 504 9.45%				Clinton Keith French
Lac La Biche		Harry Lobay 1,613 34.22%				Michael Maccagno 2,212 46.93%		Fred Ustina 758 16.08%				Michael Maccagno
Lac Ste. Anne		William Patterson 1,731 30.14%		Hugh F. Horner 2,573 44.80%		Raymond Mills 723 12.59%		Swen Symington 674 11.74%				William Patterson
Lacombe		Allan Russell Patrick 2,690 49.11%		John William Cookson 1,999 36.49%				Glen R. Nelson 777 14.18%				Allan Russell Patrick
Leduc		James D. Henderson 2,193 45.38%		Emanuel Prycz 1,206 24.96%		Russell Olekshy 383 7.93%		Alex A. Sklarenko 1,021 21.13%				James D. Henderson
Lethbridge		John C. Landeryou 6,155 44.27%		Wilfred Bowns 4,128 29.69%		John I. Boras 2,237 16.09%		Klaas Buijert 1,335 9.60%				John C. Landeryou
Little Bow		Raymond Albert Speaker 3,367 68.25%						John K. Head 572 11.60%		Arthur W. Ulrich (Ind.) 978 19.83%		Raymond Albert Speaker
Macleod		Leighton E. Buckwell 2,822 51.68%		George Whitehead 1,773 32.47%		Melba J. Cochlan 149 2.73%		Sid J. Cornish 673 12.32%				James Hartley
Medicine Hat		Harry C. Leinweber 4,390 39.96%		James Horsman 2,701 24.59%		Roy Weidermann 2,025 18.43%		Ted. J. Grimm 1,819 16.56%				Harry C. Leinweber
Okotoks-High River		Edward P. Benoit 2,289 48.50%		Thomas E. Hughes 2,097 44.43%		Ron A. Baker 88 1.86%		Georgina M. Smith 212 4.49%				Edward P. Benoit
Olds-Didsbury		Robert Curtis Clark 4,052 65.02%				Stan Bell 1,129 18.12%		Eva Banta 485 7.78%		Chas. Purvis (Ind. Con.) 547 8.80%		Robert Curtis Clark
Peace River		Robert H. Wiebe 2,860 53.49%						Harry Reinders 1,338 25.02%		Edward R. Whitney (Ind.) 1,149 21.49%		Euell F. Montgomery
Pembina		Adam Carl Muller 2,866 47.23%		Edward G. Samuel 2,098 34.57%		Edward P. MacCallum 484 7.98%		George A.E. Garnett 576 9.49%				Robin D. Jorgenson
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest		Charles Duncan Drain 2,345 45.78%		Alexander B. Wells 722 14.10%		F. Benton Murphy 255 4.98%		Garth A. Turcott 1,772 34.60%				Garth Turcott
Ponoka		Neville S. Roper 3,286 62.04%				Derek R. Broughton 514 9.70%		Ed Nelson 1,464 27.64%				Glen F. Johnston
Red Deer		William Kenneth Ure 6,166 46.42%		James L. Foster 4,628 34.84%		Robert H. Scammell 636 4.79%		Ethel Taylor 1,799 13.54%				William Kenneth Ure
Redwater		Michael Senych 1,588 43.42%		Basil Zailo 1,314 35.93%				Norman T. Flack 737 20.15%				Michael Senych
Rocky Mountain House		Alfred J. Hooke 2,538 53.21%						Gilbert H.C. Farthing 792 16.60%		Will Sinclair (Ind.) 1,406 29.48%		Alfred J. Hooke
Sedgewick-Coronation		Jack C. Hillman 3,470 59.41%		Ernie Moore 1,103 18.88%		Eugene F. Price 547 9.36%		Arthur C. Bunney 680 11.64%				Jack C. Hillman
Spirit River		Adolph O. Fimrite 2,627 56.12%				John L. Listhaeghe 413 8.82%		Bert M. Strand 1,634 34.91%				Adolph O. Fimrite
St. Albert		Keith Everitt 2,824 35.44%		Stanley M. Walker 1,469 18.43%		Robert A. Russell 2,297 28.82%		Norman Dolman 1,339 16.80%				Keith Everitt
St. Paul		Raymond Reierson 2,275 44.29%				Armand Lamothe 1,489 28.99%		Pierre M. Vallee 788 15.34%		Leroy P. Christensen (Ind. P.C.) 571 11.12%		Raymond Reierson
Stettler		Galen C. Norris 2,659 54.88%		Bob McKnight 1,461 30.15%				Morton H. Neilson 635 13.11%				Galen C. Norris
Stony Plain		Ralph A. Jespersen 2,316 36.25%		Frank Flanagan 1,670 26.14%				Maurice R. McCullagh 1,855 29.03%		Cornelia R. Wood (Ind. SoCred) 517 8.13%		Cornelia R. Wood
Strathcona Centre		Joseph Donovan Ross 4,052 40.50%		Larry Boddy 2,493 24.92%		Ian Nicoll 1,794 17.93%		Gordon E. Weese 1,627 16.26%				Joseph Donovan Ross
Strathcona East		Ernest C. Manning 6,314 49.70%		C. Jack Thorpe 2,976 23.43%		Percy Marshall 1,458 11.48%		Ray Field 1,909 15.03%				Ernest C. Manning
Strathcona South		Joe G. Radstaak 3,934 40.73%		Oscar H. Kruger 2,594 26.86%		John Kloster 968 10.02%		Bill McLean 2,123 21.98%
Strathcona West		Randolph H. McKinnon 5,153 36.87%		Donald Ross Getty 6,764 48.39%		Edmund H. Leger 890 6.37%		Frank Kuzemski 1,115 7.98%				Randolph H. McKinnon
Taber-Warner		Douglas Miller 3,451 61.24%		Emil D. Gundlock 1,170 20.76%		Theodore Rudd 683 12.12%		Dick Verwoerd 292 5.18%				Leonard C. Halmrast
Three Hills		Raymond Ratzlaff 2,762 50.48%		Gordon Leslie 1,113 20.34%		James A. Lore 1,317 24.07%		George E. Pieper 268 4.90%				Roy Davidson
Vegreville-Bruce		Alex W. Gordey 2,497 44.41%		Mike W. Kawulych 1,742 30.98%		Wilfrid L. Horton 345 6.14%		Albin Lukawiecki 1,010 17.96%				Alex W. Gordey
Vermilion		Ashley H. Cooper 2,545 57.80%		Hilda Wilson 1,199 27.23%				Harry E. Yaremchuk 642 14.58%				Ashley H. Cooper
Wainwright		Henry A. Ruste 3,807 82.15%						Glenn Valleau 789 17.03%				Henry A. Ruste
Wetaskiwin		Albert W. Strohschein 2,879 45.67%		Dallas Schmidt 2,408 38.20%				Robert P. Christensen 1,000 15.86%				Albert W. Strohschein
Willingdon-Two Hills		Nicholas A. Melnyk 2,160 62.25%						Louis Souter 1,298 37.41%				Nicholas A. Melnyk

See also

• 1948 electrification plebiscite
• 1957 liquor plebiscite
• 1971 daylight saving time plebiscite
• List of Alberta political parties

References

Works cited

• Baird, Richard E. (1968). "Alberta". In Saywell, John (ed.). Canadian Annual Review for 1967. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 180–186. ISBN 978-0-8020-1549-5.
• 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. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
• Perry, Sandra E.; Craig, Jessica J. (2006). The Mantle of Leadership: Premiers of the Northwest Territories and Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-2-8.
• Tupper, Allan (2004). "Peter Lougheed". In Bradford J. Rennie (ed.). Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century. Regina, Saskatchewan: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina. ISBN 0-88977-151-0.
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Primary Sources

• Alberta. Legislative Assembly (1967). Alberta Gazette 1967, Part 2. Edmonton: Queen's Printer.
• Alberta. Legislative Assembly (1968). Alberta Journals, 1968, 16th Leg., 1st Sess. Vol. LXXIV. Edmonton: Queen's Printer.