Ernest Manning

The Honourable Ernest Manning PC CC AOE
Ernest Charles Manning, 1943
8th Premier of Alberta
In office May 31, 1943 – December 12, 1968
Monarchs	George VI Elizabeth II
Lieutenant Governor	John C. Bowen John J. Bowlen John Percy Page Grant MacEwan
Preceded by	William Aberhart
Succeeded by	Harry E. Strom
Senator for Edmonton West
In office October 7, 1970 – September 20, 1983
Appointed by	Pierre Trudeau
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office June 18, 1959 – December 11, 1968
Preceded by	New district
Succeeded by	William Yurko
Constituency	Strathcona East
In office March 21, 1940 – June 18, 1959
Preceded by	William Howson
Succeeded by	District abolished
Constituency	Edmonton
In office November 4, 1935 – March 21, 1940
Preceded by	William Ross Hugh Farthing Norman Hindsley
Succeeded by	Andrew Davison William Aberhart James Mahaffey
Constituency	Calgary
Personal details
Born	Ernest Charles Manning (1908-09-20)September 20, 1908 Carnduff, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died	February 19, 1996(1996-02-19) (aged 87) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Political party	Social Credit Party of Canada (federal) Social Credit Party of Alberta (provincial)
Spouse	Muriel Aileen Preston ​ ​ (m. 1936)​
Children	2, including Preston
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Military service
Allegiance	Canada
Branch/service	Canadian Militia
Years of service	1939–1943
Rank	Captain
Unit	Edmonton Regiment
Battles/wars	World War II

Ernest Charles Manning PC CC AOE (September 20, 1908 – February 19, 1996) was a Canadian politician and the eighth premier of Alberta between 1943 and 1968 for the Social Credit Party of Alberta. He served longer than any other premier in the province's history and was the second longest-serving provincial premier in Canadian history (after George Henry Murray of Nova Scotia).

Manning's 25 consecutive years as premier were defined by strong social conservatism and fiscal conservatism. He was also the only member of the Social Credit Party of Canada to sit in the Senate and, with the party shut out of the House of Commons in 1980, was its last representative in Parliament when he retired from the Senate in 1983.

Manning's son, Preston Manning, was the founder and leader of the Reform Party of Canada who served as the federal leader of the Official Opposition from 1997 to 2000.^[1]