| HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Dates of Founding and/or Dissolution:
The Assessment Appeal Board Act established the Assessment Appeal Board on March 29, 1956 (S.A. 1957, c. 2). The Municipal Government Act dissolved the board on January 1, 1995 (S.A. 1994, c. M-26.1).
Functional Responsibility:
The Alberta Assessment Appeal Board was a quasijudicial tribunal that heard appeals and rendered decisions with respect to property valuations made to establish equitable bases for the provincial taxing authorities. The board heard and adjudicated appeals on municipal assessments by cities, counties, improvement districts, municipal districts, school districts, irrigation districts, towns, and villages. The board also heard appeals concerning equalization assessments and electric power and pipeline assessments.
Predecessor and Successor Bodies:
The Assessment Commission preceded the Alberta Assessment Appeal Board. The Assessment Commission was established in 1929 to hear appeals on assessments from decisions of local municipal courts. The Assessment Commission was responsible to the Minister of Municipal Affairs.
With the proclamation of the Municipal Government Act, the Alberta Assessment Appeal Board, Alberta Planning Board, and Local Authorities Board were combined to become the Municipal Government Board. The Municipal Government Board is responsible for the resolution of assessment and housing disputes and annexation issues arising in Alberta.
Administrative Relationships:
The Minister of Municipal Affairs was charged with administration of the Alberta Assessment Appeal Board.
Administrative Structure:
At the time of proclamation of the enabling legislation, the board was composed of three members inclusive of the chair. Under the legislation, the board was permitted to operate as a board or as divisions of the board with two members forming a quorum of a division. The Lieutenant Governor in Council appointed the Alberta Assessment Appeal Board and designated the chair of the board.
Names of Chief Officers:
Chairs of the Assessment Commission
William D. Spence 1929-1935
Arthur A. Carpenter 1935-1939
Gilbert McNeill Blackstock 1939-1946
James M. Forbes 1946-1954
Ernest Frederick Breach (Acting) 1954
Ernest Frederick Breach 1954-1957
Chairs of the Alberta Assessment Appeal Board
Ernest Frederick Breach 1957-1965
Kenneth Albert Luke 1965-1978
Gudmunder Albert Arnason 1978-1980
Peter Klompas 1980-1987
Wallace Daley 1987-1993
John Charles Davis 1993-1994
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