5th Alberta Legislature

5th Alberta Legislature
5th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
2 February 1922 – 25 May 1926
Parliament leaders
Premier	Herbert Greenfield ; August 13, 1921 – November 23, 1925
	John Edward Brownlee ; November 23, 1925 – July 10, 1934
Cabinets	Greenfield cabinet ; Brownlee cabinet
Leader of the; Opposition	John Robert Boyle ; February 2, 1922 – April 12, 1924
	Charles Richmond Mitchell ; February 19, 1925 – March 12, 1926
	John C. Bowen ; March 15, 1926 – June 28, 1926
Party caucuses
Government	United Farmers of Alberta
Opposition	Liberal Party
Crossbench	Dominion Labor Party
	Conservative Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the; Assembly	Oran McPherson ; February 2, 1922 – May 25, 1926
Members	61 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	George V ; May 6, 1910 – January 20, 1936
Lieutenant; Governor	Hon. Robert George Brett ; October 20, 1915 – October 29, 1925
	Hon. William Egbert ; October 29, 1925 – May 5, 1931
Sessions
	1st session; February 2, 1922 – March 28, 1922
	2nd session; July 25, 1922 – July 31, 1922
	3rd session; January 23, 1923 – April 21, 1923
	4th session; January 28, 1924 – April 12, 1924
	5th session; February 19, 1925 – August 6, 1925
	6th session; February 11, 1926 – May 22, 1926
← 4th	→ 6th

Last updated May 14, 2023

The 5th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 2, 1922, to May 25, 1926, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1921 Alberta general election held on July 18, 1921. The Legislature officially resumed on February 2, 1922, and continued until the sixth session was prorogued on May 22, 1926 and dissolved on May 25, 1926, prior to the 1926 Alberta general election.^[1]

Alberta's fifth government was controlled by the majority United Farmers of Alberta led by Premier Herbert Greenfield, who would resign following a push from the party on November 23, 1925, and was replaced by John Edward Brownlee. The Official Opposition was the Alberta Liberal Party led by John Robert Boyle, and later Charles Richmond Mitchell, and eventually future Lieutenant Governor of Alberta John C. Bowen. The Speaker was Oran McPherson.

Speaker

Premier Herbert Greenfield nominated the government's preferred candidate for speaker, Oran McPherson, only to have one of his UFA backbenchers, Alex Moore, nominate Independent Conservative John Smith Stewart; Stewart spared the government embarrassment by declining the nomination.^[2]

Bills

Wheat Board

The Legislature would pass An Act to Confer Certain Powers upon the Canadian Wheat Board (Bill 1) during the short second session in August 1922. The bill conferred powers to the create the Alberta Wheat Pool.^[3]

Debt Adjustment Act

The Debt Adjustment Act (Bill 49) of 1923 was designed to adjust farmers' debts to a level that they could actually pay, thus allowing them to carry on while still ensuring that creditors received as much as was feasible.^[4] In the words of University of Calgary professor David C. Jones, the bill offered "solace, but no real satisfaction".^[5] According to Jones, Greenfield's attempts to rescue southern Alberta from agricultural calamity were probably doomed to failure.^[6] Even so, Greenfield had called the situation his top priority, and his failure to bring it to a successful resolution cost him politically.^[7]

Government Liquor Control Act of Alberta

The Government Liquor Control Act of Alberta (Bill 14) passed in the fourth session in 1924. The bill repealed prohibition which had been instituted following a 1916 referendum. The Government held a referendum on the matter in autumn 1923 which saw Albertans vote decisively for the repeal of prohibition. Bill 14 would be subject to a free vote in the legislature, and while the legislation passed, the new measures were divisive, pitting community leaders who wanted their towns to remain "dry" against those who wanted to apply for liquor licences, and different would-be saloon-keepers against one another in competing for the government-issued licences.^[8]

Membership in the 5th Alberta Legislature

	District	Member	Party
Following 1921 Alberta general election
	Acadia	Lorne Proudfoot	United Farmers
	Alexandra	Peter Enzenauer	United Farmers
	Athabasca	George Mills	Liberal
	Beaver River	Joseph Dechene	Liberal
	Bow Valley	Charles Mitchell	Liberal
	Calgary	Alex Ross	Dominion Labor
		Robert Edwards	Independent
		Fred White	Dominion Labor
		Robert Marshall	Liberal
		Robert Pearson	Independent
	Camrose	Vernor Smith	United Farmers
	Cardston	George Stringam	United Farmers
	Claresholm	Thomas Milnes	Independent Farmer
	Clearwater	Joseph State	Liberal
	Cochrane	Alexander Moore	United Farmers
	Coronation	George Johnston	United Farmers
	Didsbury	Austin Claypool	United Farmers
	Edmonton	Andrew McLennan	Liberal
		John C. Bowen	Liberal
		Nellie McClung	Liberal
		John Boyle	Liberal
		Jeremiah Heffernan	Liberal
	Edson	Charles Cross	Liberal
	Gleichen	John Buckley	United Farmers
	Grouard	Jean Côté	Liberal
	Hand Hills	Gordon Forster	United Farmers
	High River	Samuel Brown	United Farmers
	Innisfail	Donald Cameron	United Farmers
	Lac Ste. Anne	Charles McKeen	United Farmers
	Lacombe	Irene Parlby	United Farmers
	Leduc	Stanley Tobin	Liberal
	Lethbridge	John Stewart	Conservative
	Little Bow	Oran McPherson	United Farmers
	Macleod	William Shield	United Farmers
	Medicine Hat	Perren Baker	United Farmers
	Medicine Hat	William Johnston	Dominion Labor
	Nanton	Daniel Galbraith	United Farmers
	Okotoks	George Hoadley	United Farmers
	Olds	Nelson Smith	United Farmers
	Peace River	Donald Kennedy	United Farmers
	Pembina	George MacLachlan	United Farmers
	Pincher Creek	Earle Cook	United Farmers
	Ponoka	Percival Baker	United Farmers
	Red Deer	George Smith	United Farmers
	Redcliff	William Smith	United Farmers
	Ribstone	Charles Wright	United Farmers
	Rocky Mountain	Philip Christophers	Dominion Labor
	Sedgewick	Charles Stewart	Liberal
	St. Albert	Télesphore St. Arnaud	United Farmers
	Stettler	Albert Sanders	United Farmers
	St. Paul	Laudas Joly	United Farmers
	Stony Plain	Willard Washburn	United Farmers
	Sturgeon	Samuel Carson	United Farmers
	Taber	Lawrence Peterson	United Farmers
	Vegreville	Archie Matheson	United Farmers
	Vermilion	Richard Reid	United Farmers
	Victoria	William Fedun	United Farmers
	Wainwright	John Love	United Farmers
	Warner	Maurice Conner	United Farmers
	Wetaskiwin	Evert Sparks	United Farmers
	Whitford	Andrew Shandro	Liberal

Standings changes since the 5th general election

Changes to party standings during the 5th Alberta Legislature

July 11, 1921, to November 14, 1922
Number of members per party by date		1921								1922
Number of members per party by date		Jul 11	Jul 18	Jul 20	Aug 1	Nov 16	Dec 2	Dec 4	Dec 29	Mar 28	Jul 3	Jul 10	Nov 14
	United Farmers	0	38	37	36	33	38			37	38	40
	Liberal	2	15					14	13
	Dominion Labor	0	4			3	4
	Independent	0	2										1
	Conservative	0	1
	Independent Farmer	0	1
	Total members	2	61	60	59	55	61	60	59	58	59	61	60
	Vacant	59	0	1	2	6	0	1	2	3	2	0	1
	Government Majority	N/A	15	14	13	11	17¹	18¹	19¹	18¹	19¹	21¹	22¹

January 15, 1923, to March 18, 1926
Number of members per party by date		1923			1924				1925				1926
Number of members per party by date		Jan 15	Aug 10	Nov 10	Apr 12	Jul 11	Aug 27	Oct 27	Jun 6	Sep 29	Oct 15	Oct 17	Mar 18
	United Farmers	40
	Liberal	13	12	11		12	11	12		13	10		9
	Dominion Labor	4							3
	Independent	2										1
	Conservative	1									0
	Independent Farmer	1									0
	Total members	61	60	59		60	59	60	59	60	55	54	53
	Vacant	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	5	6	7
	Government Majority	21¹	22¹	23¹		22¹	23¹	22¹	23¹	22¹	27¹	28¹	29¹

Majority includes 1 Dominion Labor MLA appointed to the cabinet.


Date	Member Name	District	Party	Reason
July 11, 1921	Charles Stewart	Sedgewick	Liberal	Acclaimed in the 1921 general election
July 11, 1921	Andrew Shandro	Whitford	Liberal	Acclaimed in the 1921 general election
July 18, 1921	See List of Members			Election day of the fifth Alberta general election
July 20, 1921	Percival Baker	Ponoka	United Farmers	Died before taking office
August 1, 1921	Donald Kennedy	Peace River	United Farmers	Resigned to run in the 1921 federal election.
November 16, 1921	Alex Ross	Calgary	Dominion Labor	Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election
November 16, 1921	Vernor Smith	Camrose	United Farmers	Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election
November 16, 1921	Perren Baker	Medicine Hat	United Farmers	Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election
November 16, 1921	George Hoadley	Okotoks	United Farmers	Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election
December 2, 1921	Alex Ross	Calgary	Dominion Labor	Acclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-election
December 2, 1921	Vernor Smith	Camrose	United Farmers	Acclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-election
December 2, 1921	Perren Baker	Medicine Hat	United Farmers	Acclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-election
December 2, 1921	George Hoadley	Okotoks	United Farmers	Acclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-election
December 2, 1921	Herbert Greenfield	Peace River	United Farmers	Acclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-election
December 2, 1921	John Brownlee	Ponoka	United Farmers	Acclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-election
December 4, 1921	Andrew Shandro	Whitford	Liberal	Removed from office by court order 1921 election voided
December 29, 1921	Charles Stewart	Sedgewick	Liberal	Appointed to the federal cabinet.
March 28, 1922	Charles Wright	Ribstone	United Farmers	Died from pneumonia
July 3, 1922	Albert Andrews	Sedgewick	United Farmers	Acclaimed for July 10, 1922, by-election
July 10, 1922	William Farquharson	Ribstone	United Farmers	Elected in a by-election
July 10, 1922	Mike Chornohus	Whitford	United Farmers	Elected in a by-election
November 14, 1922	Robert Edwards	Calgary	Independent	Died
January 15, 1923	William Davidson	Calgary	Independent	Elected in a by-election
August 10, 1923	Joseph State	Clearwater	Liberal	Died
November 10, 1923	Jean Côté	Grouard	Liberal	Appointed to the Senate of Canada
April 12, 1924	Vacant	Clearwater	Vacant	District abolished by the United Farmers government.
July 11, 1924	Leonidas Giroux	Grouard	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
August 27, 1924	John Boyle	Edmonton	Liberal	Appointed to the bench
October 27, 1924	William Henry	Edmonton	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
June 6, 1925	William Johnston	Medicine Hat	Dominion Labor	Died
September 29, 1925	Charles Pingle	Medicine Hat	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
October 15, 1925¹	Charles Cross	Edson	Liberal	Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election
October 15, 1925¹	Thomas Milnes	Claresholm	Independent Farmer	Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election
October 15, 1925¹	Andrew McLennan	Edmonton	Liberal	Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election
October 15, 1925¹	Stanley Tobin	Leduc	Liberal	Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election
October 15, 1925¹	John Stewart	Lethbridge	Conservative	Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election
October 17, 1925	William Davidson	Calgary	Independent	Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election
March 18, 1926	Charles Mitchell	Bow Valley	Liberal	Resigned to accept judicial appointment.
May 1926	George Mills	Athabasca	Independent Liberal	Left the Liberal caucus to run as an Independent Liberal

Exact date the Speaker received resignation unknown, nomination deadline date for the 1925 federal election used. All were received by Speaker Oran McPherson after September 29 and before October 17.

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References

↑ 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. 495. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6 . Retrieved 9 August 2020.
↑ Foster 2004, p. 75.
↑ Foster 2004, p. 82.
↑ Foster 1981, pp. 63–64.
↑ Jones 2004, p. 64.
↑ Jones 2004, p. 65.
↑ Jones 2004, p. 63.
↑ Foster 1981, p. 107.

Works cited

Foster, Franklin L. (1981). John E. Brownlee: A Biography. Lloydminster, Alberta: Foster Learning Inc. ISBN 978-1-55220-004-9.
Foster, Franklin L. (2004). "John E. Brownlee". In Bradford J. Rennie (ed.). Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century. Regina, Saskatchewan: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina. ISBN 0-88977-151-0.
Jones, David C. (2004). "Herbert W. Greenfield". In Bradford J. Rennie (ed.). Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century. Regina, Saskatchewan: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina. ISBN 0-88977-151-0.

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[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. 495. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6 . Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[FOOTNOTEFoster200475-2] Foster 2004, p. 75.

[FOOTNOTEFoster200482-3] Foster 2004, p. 82.

[FOOTNOTEFoster198163–64-4] Foster 1981, pp. 63–64.

[FOOTNOTEJones200464-5] Jones 2004, p. 64.

[FOOTNOTEJones200465-6] Jones 2004, p. 65.

[FOOTNOTEJones200463-7] Jones 2004, p. 63.

[FOOTNOTEFoster1981107-8] Foster 1981, p. 107.

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