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The Edmonton Legislatures were the first professional baseball team in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Legislatures existed from 1884 to 1907 before becoming known as the Edmonton Grays.


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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Legislative Assembly of Alberta</span> Single house of Legislature of Alberta

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">25th Alberta Legislature</span>

The 25th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from April 9, 2001, to October 25, 2004, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 2001 Alberta general election held on March 12, 2001. The Legislature officially resumed on April 9, 2001, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued and dissolved on October 25, 2004, prior to the 2004 Alberta general election on November 22, 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1967 Alberta general election</span>

The 1967 Alberta general election was held on May 23, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 16th Alberta Legislature. The election was called after the 15th Alberta Legislature was prorogued on April 11, 1967, and dissolved on April 14, 1967.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1971 Alberta general election</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberta Legislature Building</span> Building in Alberta, Canada

The Alberta Legislature Building is located in Edmonton and is the meeting place of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Executive Council of Alberta. It is often shortened to "the Ledge".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ed Gibbons</span> Canadian politician

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Didsbury was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1963.

The Calgary and Edmonton Railway (C&E) was an early pioneer railway in what was then the Northwest Territories, now Alberta, Canada. It connected the towns of Calgary and Strathcona. Construction started in April 1890 and it opened August 1891. The line was the first major transportation connection for the isolated Edmonton settlement, and the development of the line was responsible for the creation of many railway towns along the line such as Red Deer and Wetaskiwin. It supplanted the Calgary and Edmonton Trail as the busiest transportation route along the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">McLeod Building</span> Residential, Commercial in Alberta, Canada

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">15th Alberta Legislature</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">10th Alberta Legislature</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">11th Alberta Legislature</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">12th Alberta Legislature</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">13th Alberta Legislature</span>

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109 Street is an arterial road in central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It takes travelers out of Downtown to the south to Old Strathcona, and to the north to the Kingsway area. It passes several Edmonton landmarks including the Garneau Theatre, Alberta Legislature Building, MacEwan University, RCMP "K" Division Headquarters, and Kingsway Mall. It is a one-way street, southbound, from 97 Avenue to Saskatchewan Drive, to cross the North Saskatchewan River on the narrow High Level Bridge. Before Edmonton's amalgamation with Strathcona in 1912, the Edmonton portion was known as 9th Street while the Strathcona portion was known as 5th Street W. 109 Street between Whyte Avenue and Kingsway is part of the original alignment of Highway 2 through Edmonton, the designation was moved to Whitemud Drive in the 1980s.

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