3rd Alberta Legislature

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3rd Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
Sep. 16, 1913 – Apr. 5, 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

Members

 DistrictMemberPartyFirst elected / previously electedNo.# of term(s)PortfolioNotes
  Acadia John McColl Liberal 19131st term
  Alexandra James R. Lowery Conservative 19131st term
  Athabasca Alexander Grant MacKay Liberal 19131st term
  Beaver River Wilfrid Gariépy Liberal 19131st termMinister of Municipal AffairsElected in a by-election December 15, 1913
Appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs November 28, 1913
  Bow Valley George Lane Liberal 19131st term
  Charles R. Mitchell Liberal 1910, [a] 19132nd term*Minister of Public Works
Provincial Treasurer		Elected in a by-election June 12, 1913
Appointed Provincial Treasurer November 28, 1913
  Camrose George P. Smith Liberal 19092nd term
  Cardston Martin Woolf Liberal 19122nd term
  Centre Calgary Thomas Tweedie Conservative 19112nd term
  Claresholm William Moffat Liberal 19131st term
  Clearwater Henry William McKenney Liberal 19131st term
  Cochrane Charles W. Fisher Liberal 19053rd term
  Coronation Frank H. Whiteside Liberal 19131st term
  Didsbury Joseph Stauffer Liberal 19092nd term
  Edmonton Albert Ewing Conservative 19131st term
  Edmonton Charles Wilson Cross Liberal 19053rd termAttorney General
  Edmonton South Herbert Crawford Conservative 19131st term
  Gleichen John Peter McArthur Liberal 19131st term
  Edson Charles Wilson Cross Liberal 19053rd termAttorney General
  Grouard Jean Côté Liberal 19092nd term
  Hand Hills Robert Eaton Liberal 19131st term
  High River George Douglas Stanley Conservative 19131st term
  Innisfail Fred W. Archer Conservative 19131st term
  Lac Ste. Anne Peter Gunn Liberal 19092nd term
  Lacombe William Puffer Liberal 19053rd term
  Leduc Stanley Tobin Liberal 19131st term
  Lethbridge City John Smith Stewart Conservative 19112nd term
  Little Bow James McNaughton Liberal 19131st term
  Macleod Robert Patterson Conservative 1910 [b] 2nd term
  Medicine Hat Nelson Spencer Conservative 19131st term
  Nanton John M. Glendenning Liberal 19092nd term
  North Calgary Samuel Bacon Hillocks Conservative 19131st term
  Okotoks George Hoadley Conservative 19092nd term
  Olds Duncan Marshall Liberal 19092nd termMinister of Agriculture
  Peace River Alphaeus Patterson Conservative 19131st term
  Pembina Gordon MacDonald Liberal 19131st term
  Pincher Creek John Kemmis Conservative 19112nd term
  Ponoka William A. Campbell Liberal 19092nd term
  Red Deer Edward Michener Conservative 19092nd term
  Redcliff Charles Pingle Liberal 19131st term
  Ribstone James Gray Turgeon Liberal 19131st term
  Rocky Mountain Robert Campbell Conservative 19131st term
  Sedgewick Charles Stewart Liberal 19092nd termMinister of Municipal Affairs
Minister of Public Works		Appointed Minister of Public Works November 28, 1913
  South Calgary Thomas Blow Conservative 19131st term
  St. Albert Lucien Boudreau Liberal 19092nd term
  Stettler Robert L. Shaw Liberal 19092nd term
  St. Paul Prosper-Edmond Lessard Liberal 19131st term
  Stony Plain Conrad Weidenhammer Conservative 19131st term
  Sturgeon John R. Boyle Liberal 19053rd termMinister of Education
  Taber Archibald J. McLean Liberal 19092nd termProvincial Secretary
  Vegreville Joseph S. McCallum Liberal 19131st term
  Vermilion Arthur Lewis Sifton Liberal 19102nd termPremier of Alberta
Provincial Treasurer
  Victoria Francis A. Walker Liberal 19053rd term
  Wainwright George LeRoy Hudson Conservative 19131st term
  Warner Frank Leffingwell Liberal 19131st term
  Wetaskiwin Charles H. Olin Liberal 19092nd term
  Hugh John Montgomery (1914) Liberal 19141st term
  Whitford Andrew Shandro Liberal 19131st term

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Medicine Hat
  2. ↑ First elected as a Farmer

References

  1. ↑ Perry, Sandra E.; Footz, Valerie L. (2006). Massolin, Philip A. (ed.). A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 494. ISBN   0-9689217-3-6 . Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ↑ An Act amending The Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service. , SA 1917, c. 38
  3. ↑ Bradley, Jim (Autumn 2010). "Frank Whiteside: journalist, politician, murder victim". Alberta History. 58 (4): 18–24. ISSN   0316-1552. Gale   A242015597.
  4. ↑ Alberta. Legislative Assembly (February 6, 1916). Fifth Session - Third Legislature. Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 9.
  5. ↑ "Alberta Gazette Announces Many More Appointments". Red Deer News. July 12, 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

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