Strom ministry
Strom Ministry | |
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![]() 9th ministry of Alberta | |
Date formed | December 12, 1968 |
Date dissolved | September 10, 1971 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Lieutenant Governor | Grant MacEwan |
Premier | Harry Strom |
Member party | Social Credit |
Status in legislature | Majority |
History | |
Legislature term | 16th Alberta Legislature |
Predecessor | Manning Ministry |
Successor | Lougheed Ministry |
The Strom Ministry was the combined Cabinet (called Executive Council of Alberta), chaired by Premier Harry Strom, and Ministers that governed Alberta from the party way through the 16th Alberta Legislature from December 12, 1968, to end of the end of the 16th Legislature and the swearing in of Premier Peter Lougheed on September 10, 1971.
The Executive Council (commonly known as the cabinet) was made up of members of the Alberta Social Credit Party which held a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The cabinet was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta on the advice of the Premier.
List of ministers
[edit]Name | Date Appointed | Date Departed | |
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Harry Strom | President of the Executive Council (Premier) | December 12, 1968 | September 10, 1971 |
Anders Aalborg | Provincial Treasurer | July 29, 1964 | September 9, 1971 |
Ambrose Holowach | Provincial Secretary | October 15, 1962 | September 9, 1971 |
Ambrose Holowach | Minister of Culture, Youth, and Recreation | April 1, 1971 | September 9, 1971 |
Robert Curtis Clark | Minister of Education | December 12, 1968 | September 9, 1971 |
Allen Russell Patrick | Minister of Mines and Minerals | October 15, 1962 | September 9, 1971 |
Raymond Speaker | Minister of Health and Social Development | April 28, 1971 | September 9, 1971 |
Joseph Donovan Ross | Minister of Health | April 11, 1967 | May 19, 1969 |
James Douglas Henderson | May 20, 1969 | April 27, 1971 | |
Edgar Gerhart | Minister of Municipal Affairs | December 12, 1968 | May 26, 1969 |
Frederick C. Colborne | May 27, 1969 | September 9, 1971 | |
Edgar Gerhart | Attorney General | May 13, 1968 | September 9, 1971 |
Henry Ruste | Minister of Agriculture | July 16, 1968 | September 9, 1971 |
Allen Russell Patrick | Minister of Industry and Tourism | May 2, 1968 | May 26, 1969 |
Raymond Ratzlaff | May 27, 1969 | September 9, 1971 | |
Raymond Reierson | Minister of Labour | September 1, 1959 | September 9, 1971 |
Henry Ruste | Minister of Lands and Forests | December 12, 1968 | May 19, 1969 |
Joseph Donovan Ross | May 20, 1969 | September 9, 1971 | |
Raymond Speaker | Minister of Public Welfare | July 16, 1968 | June 30, 1969 |
Frederick C. Colborne | Minister of Public Works | November 30, 1962 | May 26, 1969 |
Albert Ludwig | May 27, 1969 | September 9, 1971 | |
Raymond Speaker | Minister of Social Development | July 1, 1969 | April 27, 1971 |
Raymond Reierson | Minister of Telephones | December 12, 1968 | September 9, 1971 |
James Douglas Henderson | Minister of the Environment | April 1, 1971 | September 9, 1971 |
Robert Curtis Clark | Minister of Youth | July 4, 1966 | May 18, 1970 |
Gordon Taylor | May 19, 1970 | March 31, 1971 | |
Ethel Sylvia Wilson | Minister Without Portfolio | November 30, 1962 | September 9, 1971 |
Adolph Fimrite | July 4, 1966 | September 9, 1971 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Alberta. (2006). An administrative history of the Government of Alberta, 1905-2005 (1st ed.). Edmonton: Provincial Archives of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-7785-4714-3.