3rd Alberta Legislature

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3rd Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
16 September 1913  5 April 1917
Coat of arms of Alberta.svg
Parliament leaders
Premier Arthur Sifton
May 26, 1910 October 30, 1917
Cabinet Sifton cabinet
Leader of the
Opposition
Edward Michener
November 10, 1910 April 5, 1917
Party caucuses
Government Liberal Party
Opposition Conservative Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly
Charles W. Fisher
March 15, 1906 May 15, 1919
Members56 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch George V
May 6, 1910 January 20, 1936
Lieutenant
Governor
Hon. George Hedley Vicars Bulyea
September 1, 1905 October 20, 1915
Hon. Robert George Brett
October 20, 1915 October 29, 1925
Sessions
1st session
September 16, 1913 – October 25, 1913
2nd session
October 7, 1914 – October 22, 1914
3rd session
February 25, 1915 – April 17, 1915
4th session
February 24, 1916 – April 19, 1916
5th session
February 6, 1917 – April 5, 1917
  2nd   4th

The 3rd Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from September 16, 1913, to April 5, 1917, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1913 Alberta general election held on April 17, 1913. The Legislature officially resumed on September 16, 1913, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on April 17, 1917 and dissolved on May 14, 1917, prior to the 1917 Alberta general election. [1]

Contents

Alberta's second government was controlled by the majority Liberal Party led by Premier Arthur Sifton. The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party led by Edward Michener. The Speaker was Charles W. Fisher who continued in the role from the 1st and 2nd assembly, and would serve in the role until his death from the 1918 flu pandemic in 1919.

The total number of seats in the assembly was increased from 41 contested in the 1913 election to 56.

The standings changed little during the 3rd legislature only 4 by-elections 3 of which resulted in the return of new members and no floor crossings occurred.

Bills

During the fifth sitting of the 3rd Legislature, the Assembly would pass An Act amending The Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service (Bill 58) which acclaimed members of the assembly in the 1917 election who were serving in armed forces during the First World War. The Act listed eleven members of the assembly and provided those members were deemed nominated and elected as a member of the 4th Alberta Legislature. The bill was assented to on April 5, 1917. [2]

Sitting dates

Members election in the 1913 general election

Cabinet

 DistrictMemberPartyFirst electedPortfolioNotes
  Vermilion Arthur Lewis Sifton Liberal 1910Premier of Alberta
Provincial Treasurer
  Bow Valley Charles R. Mitchell Liberal 1913Minister of Public Works
Provincial Treasurer
Elected in a by-election June 12, 1913
Appointed Provincial Treasurer November 28, 1913
  Olds Duncan Marshall Liberal 1909Minister of Agriculture
  Sedgewick Charles Stewart Liberal 1909Minister of Municipal Affairs
Minister of Public Works
Appointed Minister of Public Works November 28, 1913
  Beaver River Wilfrid Gariépy Liberal 1913Minister of Municipal AffairsElected in a by-election December 15, 1913
Appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs November 28, 1913
Edmonton Charles Wilson Cross Liberal 1905Attorney General
Edson
  Sturgeon John R. Boyle Liberal 1905Minister of Education
  Taber Archibald J. McLean Liberal 1909Provincial Secretary

Private members

 DistrictMemberPartyFirst elected
  Acadia John McColl Liberal 1913
  Athabasca Alexander Grant MacKay Liberal1913
  Bow Valley George Lane Liberal1913
  Camrose George P. Smith Liberal1909
  Cardston Martin Woolf Liberal1912
  Claresholm William Moffat Liberal1913
  Clearwater Henry William McKenney Liberal1913
  Cochrane Charles W. Fisher Liberal1905
  Coronation Frank H. Whiteside Liberal1913
  Didsbury Joseph Stauffer Liberal1909
  Gleichen John Peter McArthur Liberal1913
  Grouard Jean Côté Liberal1909
  Hand Hills Robert Eaton Liberal1913
  Lac Ste. Anne Peter Gunn Liberal1909
  Lacombe William Puffer Liberal1905
  Leduc Stanley Tobin Liberal1913
  Little Bow James McNaughton Liberal1913
  Nanton John M. Glendenning Liberal1909
  Pembina Gordon MacDonald Liberal1913
  Ponoka William A. Campbell Liberal1909
  Redcliff Charles Pingle Liberal1913
  Ribstone James Gray Turgeon Liberal1913
  St. Albert Lucien Boudreau Liberal1909
  Stettler Robert L. Shaw Liberal1909
  St. Paul Prosper-Edmond Lessard Liberal1913
  Vegreville Joseph S. McCallum Liberal1913
  Victoria Francis A. Walker Liberal1905
  Warner Frank Leffingwell Liberal1913
  Wetaskiwin Charles H. Olin Liberal1909
  Hugh John Montgomery Liberal1914
  Whitford Andrew Shandro Liberal1913
 DistrictMemberPartyFirst elected
  Alexandra James R. Lowery Conservative 1913
  North Calgary Samuel Bacon Hillocks Conservative1913
  South Calgary Thomas Blow Conservative1913
  Centre Calgary Thomas Tweedie Conservative1911
  Edmonton Albert Ewing Conservative1913
  Edmonton South Herbert Crawford Conservative1913
  High River George Douglas Stanley Conservative1913
  Innisfail Fred W. Archer Conservative1913
  Lethbridge City John Smith Stewart Conservative1911
  Macleod Robert Patterson Conservative1913
  Medicine Hat Nelson Spencer Conservative1913
  Okotoks George Hoadley Conservative1909
  Peace River Alphaeus Patterson Conservative1913
  Pincher Creek John Kemmis Conservative1911
  Red Deer Edward Michener Conservative1909
  Rocky Mountain Robert Campbell Conservative1913
  Stony Plain Conrad Weidenhammer Conservative1913
  Wainwright George LeRoy Hudson Conservative1913

By-elections

 DistrictMemberPartyReason for By-Election
  Bow Valley Charles R. Mitchell Liberal June 12, 1913—Resignation of George Lane
  Beaver River Wilfrid Gariépy LiberalDecember 15, 1913— Wilfrid Gariepy appointed to cabinet.
  Wetaskiwin Hugh John Montgomery LiberalNovember 17, 1914— Death of Charles H. Olin.
  Whitford Andrew Shandro LiberalMarch 15, 1915— Election of Andrew Shandro declared void

Other membership changes

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References

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  2. An Act amending The Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service. , SA 1917, c. 38
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