| Jurisdiction: | AB |
| #: | 16th |
| Type: | Majority |
| Status: | inactive |
| Term-Begin: | February 15, 1968 |
| Term-End: | July 22, 1971 |
| Sc: | Arthur J. Dixon |
| Scterm: | March 26, 1963 - March 1, 1972 |
| Pm: | Ernest Charles Manning |
| Pmterm: | May 31, 1943 - December 12, 1968 |
| Pm2: | Harry Strom |
| Pmterm2: | December 12, 1968 - September 10, 1971 |
| Lo: | Peter Lougheed |
| Loterm: | February 15, 1968 - April 27, 1971 |
| Ghl: | Frederick C. Colborne |
| Ghlterm: | December 18, 1968 - February 10, 1971 |
| Ghl2: | Edgar Gerhart |
| Ghlterm2: | February 11, 1971 - April 27, 1971 |
| Party: | Social Credit Party |
| Party2: | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta |
| Party3: | Alberta Liberal Party |
| Sessionbegin: | February 15, 1968 |
| Sessionend: | May 2, 1968 |
| Sessionbegin2: | February 13, 1969 |
| Sessionend2: | May 7, 1969 |
| Sessionbegin3: | January 29, 1970 |
| Sessionend3: | April 15, 1970 |
| Sessionbegin4: | February 11, 1971 |
| Sessionend4: | April 27, 1971 |
| Ministry: | Manning cabinet |
| Ministry2: | Strom cabinet |
| Monarchterm: | February 6, 1952 - September 8, 2022 |
| Viceroy: | Hon. Grant MacEwan |
| Viceroyterm: | January 26, 1966 - July 2, 1974 |
| Members: | 65 |
| Lastparl: | 15th |
| Nextparl: | 17th |
The 16th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 15, 1968, to April 27, 1971, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1967 Alberta general election held on May 23, 1967. The Legislature officially resumed on February 15, 1968, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on April 27, 1971, and dissolved on July 22, 1971, prior to the 1971 Alberta general election.[1]
Alberta's sixteenth government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the ninth time, led by Premier Ernest Manning, Alberta's longest serving Premier who would retire part way through the session, and be replaced by Harry Strom. The Official Opposition was led by Peter Lougheed of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, who would go on to win the 1971 election and become the 9th Premier of Alberta. The Speaker was Arthur J. Dixon.
| Number of members per party by date | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23 | May 27 | Aug 20 | Dec 11 | Feb 10 | Jun 30 | Oct 28 | Nov 23 | Apr 15 | Social Credit | 55 | 56 | 55 | Progressive Conservative | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Independent | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total members | 65 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Government Majority | 45 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For complete electoral history, see individual districts.