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Alberta Government. Arts, Culture and Status of Women Website. Retrieved March 28, 2024. (2) A Brief History of the Provincial Archives. Provincial Archives of Alberta Website. Retrieved March 28, 2024.. (3) Historical Resources Act, R.S.A.2000. Alberta Queen's Printer Website. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
Rank Name Incumbency Terms of office [a] Mandates Party 1 Ernest Manning: 25 years, 195 days May 31, 1943 December 12, 1968 7 Social Credit 2 Peter Lougheed: 14 years, 52 days
The Government of Alberta (French: gouvernement de l'Alberta) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Alberta.In modern Canadian use, the term Government of Alberta refers specifically to the executive—political ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council) who are appointed on the advice of the premier.
All Alberta elections have resulted in a majority government, a trend unseen in any other Canadian province. (But frequently the most popular party was the choice of less than half the voters.) Even with crossing the floor or by-elections, Alberta has never had a minority government. Each government has held a majority of seats in the Legislature.
This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of Alberta. It had one senator starting in 1888. Three more were added in 1905, at time of granting of province-hood.
The Executive Council of Alberta (the Cabinet) is a body of ministers of the Crown in right of Alberta, who along with the lieutenant governor, exercises the powers of the Government of Alberta. Ministers are selected by the premier and typically (but not always) sit as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
In 1984, the Alberta Department of Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), was a complex multi-divisional organization, with a permanent staff of 2, 605 and a budget of $499 million, that was responsible for the management of energy, mineral, forest and fish and wildlife resources as well as public (crown owned lands) which constituted 62% of Alberta's land base. [2]
The fourth government of Alberta was first led by Peter Lougheed, defeating the 36-year reign of Social Credit in 1971. Peter Lougheed served as premier, winning four elections, until 1985 when he retired from public office. Some of Lougheed's notable accomplishments were the limited Alberta Bill of Rights, and the Heritage Trust Fund. [10]