9th Alberta Legislature

9th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
20 February 1941 – 7 July 1944
Parliament leaders
Premier	William Aberhart September 3, 1935 – May 23, 1943
	Ernest Charles Manning May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968
Cabinets	Aberhart cabinet Manning cabinet
Leader of the Opposition	James H. Walker February 22 – April 8, 1941
	Alfred Speakman January 29 – March 19, 1942
	James Mahaffy February 18 – March 30, 1943
	James H. Walker February 10 – March 24, 1944
Party caucuses
Government	Social Credit Party
Opposition	Independent Citizen's Association
Crossbench	Liberal Party
	Labour Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Peter Dawson February 25, 1937 – March 24, 1963
Members	57 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	George VI December 11, 1936 – February 6, 1952
Lieutenant Governor	Hon. John Campbell Bowen March 23, 1937 – February 1, 1950
Sessions
1st session February 20 – April 8, 1941
2nd session January 29 – March 19, 1942
3rd session February 18 – March 30, 1943
4th session February 10 – March 24, 1944
← 8th → 10th

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.^[1]

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.

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.^[2] 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).^[3] 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.^[4]

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• 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.

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