Alberta general election, 1944

The Alberta general election of 1944 was the tenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 8, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Related Topics:
Alberta - Canada - Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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After the death of Social Credit Party founder and premier William Aberhart in 1943, Ernest C. Manning became leader. Manning steered the party down a more moderate path, largely dispensing with the party's social credit policies of monetary reform that it had been unable to implement.

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Social Credit Party - William Aberhart - Ernest C. Manning - Social credit

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Manning led Social Credit to a third term in government with a resounding victory in the 1944 election, winning over 50% of the popular vote. The Liberal and Conservative parties continued their strategy of running joint candidates as independents, but were even less successful that in the 1940 election: independents' share of the popular vote declined by 25 percentage points. This brought the "Independents Movement" or "Unity Movement" to an end.

Related Topics:
Liberal - Conservative - 1940 election

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The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation won almost a quarter of the popular vote, but only two seats in the legislature.

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Service men and Veterans from World War II who were in Alberta and voted in the election, got slightly different ballots that helped identify and track the "Service vote", Service men abroad voted in a sub-election a number of weeks after to select three non-partisan at large members.

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