Greenfield Ministry | |
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4th ministry of Alberta | |
Date formed | August 13, 1921 |
Date dissolved | November 23, 1925 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | |
Lieutenant Governor | |
Premier | Herbert Greenfield |
Member party | United Farmers of Alberta |
Status in legislature | Majority |
History | |
Legislature term | |
Predecessor | Stewart Ministry |
Successor | Brownlee Ministry |
The Greenfield Ministry was the combined Cabinet (called Executive Council of Alberta), chaired by Premier Herbert Greenfield, and Ministers that governed Alberta during the 5th Alberta Legislature from August 13, 1921, to November 23, 1925.
The Executive Council (commonly known as the cabinet) was made up of members of the United Farmers of Alberta which held a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The cabinet was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta on the advice of the Premier.
Name | Date Appointed | Date Departed | |
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Herbert Greenfield | President of the Executive Council (Premier) | August 13, 1921 | November 23, 1925 |
Herbert Greenfield | Provincial Treasurer | August 13, 1921 | November 2, 1923 |
Richard Gavin Reid | November 3, 1923 | July 9, 1934 | |
Herbert Greenfield | Provincial Secretary | August 13, 1921 | November 2, 1923 |
John Edward Brownlee | November 3, 1923 | November 22, 1925 | |
John Edward Brownlee | Attorney General | August 13, 1921 | June 4, 1926 |
Perren Baker | Minister of Education | August 13, 1921 | September 2, 1935 |
Richard Gavin Reid | Minister of Public Health | August 13, 1921 | November 2, 1923 |
George Hoadley | November 3, 1923 | September 2, 1935 | |
Richard Gavin Reid | Minister of Municipal Affairs | August 13, 1921 | November 2, 1923 |
Herbert Greenfield | November 3, 1923 | November 22, 1925 | |
George Hoadley | Minister of Agriculture | August 13, 1921 | June 1, 1934 |
Alex Ross | Minister of Public Works | August 13, 1921 | December 30, 1926 |
Vernor Smith | Minister of Railways and Telephones | August 13, 1921 | July 19, 1932 |
Irene Parlby | Minister Without Portfolio | August 13, 1921 | August 21, 1935 |
Herbert W. Greenfield was a Canadian politician and farmer who served as the fourth premier of Alberta from 1921 until 1925. Born in Winchester, Hampshire, in England, he immigrated to Canada in his late twenties, settling first in Ontario and then in Alberta, where he farmed. He soon became involved in the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA), a farmers' lobby organization that was in the process of becoming a political party, and was elected as the organization's vice president. Greenfield did not run in the 1921 provincial election, the first provincial general election in which the UFA fielded candidates, but when the UFA won a majority in the Legislature in that election he was chosen by the UFA caucus to serve as Premier. Like most of the UFA caucus, Greenfield had no experience in government and he struggled in the position.
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