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The 5th Alberta Legislative Assembly lasted from 1921 until 1926. The United Farmers of Alberta swept into power after contesting their first general election held in 1921

Alberta general election, 1921

The Alberta general election of 1921 was the fifth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on July 18, 1921 to elect members to the 5th Alberta Legislative Assembly....

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 United Farmers of Alberta The United Farmers of Alberta is an association of Alberta farmers that has served many different roles throughout its history as a lobby group, a political party, and as a farm-supply retail chain. Since 1934 it has primarily been an agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary...	0	38	37	36	33	38	37	38	40	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	2	15	14	13	Dominion Labor Dominion Labor Party (Alberta) The Dominion Labor Party provincial branch of the Canadian Labor Party in Alberta was a minor political party. The party was founded on March 29, 1919 as the Federated Labor Party. The party was renamed the Dominion Labor Party later that year.-Early history:...	0	4	3	4	Independent	0	2	1	Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	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 United Farmers of Alberta The United Farmers of Alberta is an association of Alberta farmers that has served many different roles throughout its history as a lobby group, a political party, and as a farm-supply retail chain. Since 1934 it has primarily been an agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary...	40	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	13	12	11	12	11	12	13	10	9	Dominion Labor Dominion Labor Party (Alberta) The Dominion Labor Party provincial branch of the Canadian Labor Party in Alberta was a minor political party. The party was founded on March 29, 1919 as the Federated Labor Party. The party was renamed the Dominion Labor Party later that year.-Early history:...	4	3	Independent	2	1	Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	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.

Membership changes in the 5th Assembly
	Date	Member Name	District	Party	Reason	July 11, 1921	Charles Stewart Charles Stewart (Canadian politician) Charles Stewart, PC was a Canadian politician who served as the third Premier of Alberta from 1917 until 1921. Born in Strabane, Ontario, in Wentworth County, Stewart was a farmer who moved west to Alberta after his farm was destroyed by a storm...	Sedgewick Sedgewick (provincial electoral district) Sedgewick was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada from 1909 until 1963-MLAs:The district elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta:-Results:-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Acclaimed in the 1921 general election	July 11, 1921	Andrew Shandro Andrew Shandro Andrew Shandro is a professional mountain biker. Shandro has starred in many films and featured in mountain bike magazines worldwide. The majority of Shandro's pictures are taken by his close friend Sterling Lawrence. Andrew was born and raised on the North Shore, British Columbia...	Whitford Whitford (provincial electoral district) Whitford was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1913 out of the south west part of the Pakan district and the north part of Vegreville.In 1940 the district was split between Redwater, Willingdon and Vegreville....	Liberal	Acclaimed in the 1921 general election	July 18, 1921	See List of Members			Election day of the fifth Alberta general election Alberta general election, 1921 The Alberta general election of 1921 was the fifth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on July 18, 1921 to elect members to the 5th Alberta Legislative Assembly....	July 20, 1921	Percival Baker Percival Baker Percival Baker was a farmer, church minister and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for two days in 1921 before his death.-Early life:...	Ponoka Ponoka (provincial electoral district) Ponoka was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Alberta represented in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1986.-History:...	United Farmers United Farmers of Alberta The United Farmers of Alberta is an association of Alberta farmers that has served many different roles throughout its history as a lobby group, a political party, and as a farm-supply retail chain. Since 1934 it has primarily been an agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary...	Died before taking office	August 1, 1921	Donald Kennedy Donald MacBeth Kennedy Donald MacBeth Kennedy was a farmer as well as a provincial and federal level Canadian politician....	Peace River Peace River (provincial electoral district) Peace River is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting...	United Farmers	Resigned to run in the 1921 federal election Canadian federal election, 1921 The Canadian federal election of 1921 was held on December 6, 1921 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Canada. The Union government that had governed Canada through the First World War was defeated, and replaced by a Liberal government under the young leader... .	November 16, 1921	Alex Ross Alex Ross (politician) -Political career:Alex was first elected in the 1917 Alberta election defeating Conservative Thomas Tweedie. He was elected as the first and only member of the Labor Representation League to sit in the assembly...	Calgary Calgary (provincial electoral district) Calgary was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada that existed from 1905 to 1913 and was recreated from 1921 to 1959. The district returned from one to six members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...	Dominion Labor Dominion Labor Party (Alberta) The Dominion Labor Party provincial branch of the Canadian Labor Party in Alberta was a minor political party. The party was founded on March 29, 1919 as the Federated Labor Party. The party was renamed the Dominion Labor Party later that year.-Early history:...	Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election	November 16, 1921	Vernor Smith Vernor Smith Vernor Winfield Smith was a politician in Alberta, Canada who served as the province's Minister of Railways and Telephones from 1921 until 1932. Born in 1864 in Prince Edward Island, he moved to British Columbia in 1883 where he worked for several railway companies as an accountant. In 1915 he...	Camrose Camrose (provincial electoral district) -1944 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	United Farmers	Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election	November 16, 1921	Perren Baker Perren Baker Perren Earle Baker was a Canadian politician who served as Alberta's Minister of Education from 1921 until 1935.-Electoral record:-Notes:...	Medicine Hat Medicine Hat (provincial electoral district) Medicine Hat is an Albertan provincial electoral district, covering most of the city of Medicine Hat.Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency covers the portion of the city north of the South Saskatchewan River, the Trans-Canada Highway and Carry Drive...	United Farmers	Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election	November 16, 1921	George Hoadley	Okotoks Okotoks (provincial electoral district) Okotoks was a provincial electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada. The electoral district was created in 1909 to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and abolished in 1930...	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 Herbert Greenfield Herbert W. Greenfield was a Canadian politician 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...	Peace River	United Farmers	Acclaimed for December 9, 1921 by-election	December 2, 1921	John Brownlee John Edward Brownlee John Edward Brownlee was the fifth Premier of Alberta, Canada, serving from 1925 until 1934. Born in Port Ryerse, Ontario, he studied history and political science at the University of Toronto's Victoria College before moving west to Calgary to become a lawyer...	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 Charles O. Wright Charles O. F. Wright was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to his death in 1922 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:...	Ribstone	United Farmers	Died from pneumonia	July 3, 1922	Albert Andrews Albert Andrews Albert George Andrews was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1922 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:...	Sedgewick	United Farmers	Acclaimed for July 10, 1922 by-election	July 10, 1922	William Farquharson William Farquharson William George Farquharson was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1922 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:...	Ribstone	United Farmers	Elected in a by-election	July 10, 1922	Mike Chornohus Mike Chornohus Mike Chornohus was a farmer and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1922 to 1926 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Election and court action:...	Whitford	United Farmers	Elected in a by-election	November 14, 1922	Robert Edwards Robert Chambers Edwards Robert Chambers Edwards, , was a Canadian newsman, humorist, editorialist, entrepreneur, and provincial politician. He is best known as the writer and publisher of the Calgary Eye Opener weekly newspaper in the early 20th Century .-Early life and work :Bob Edwards was born in Edinburgh...	Calgary	Independent	Died	January 15, 1923	William Davidson William McCartney Davidson William McCartney Davidson was a Canadian journalist, politician, and author.-Early life:Born in Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario, the son of James C. Davidson, a farmer, and Sarah McCartney Davidson, Davidson was educated at the public school of his district, Picton High School, St...	Calgary	Independent	Elected in a by-election	August 10, 1923	Joseph State Joseph State Joseph E. State was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.State was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a representative for the controversial electoral district of Clearwater after the retirement of long time Alberta Liberal Party MLA Henry William McKenney...	Clearwater Clearwater (provincial electoral district) -District history:The district was controversial because it had only 74 enumerated people when it was created under the 1913 redistribution. It was the smallest district in terms of population in Alberta history. After Joseph State died in 1924, the United Farmers government was facing a possible...	Liberal	Died	November 10, 1923	Jean Côté Jean Côté Jean Léon Côté was a prominent Canadian politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 until 1923 sitting with the provincial Liberal party in both government and opposition. He vacated his provincial seat when he was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1923...	Grouard Grouard (electoral district) Grouard was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1971.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Liberal	Appointed to the Canadian Senate Canadian Senate The Senate of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons, and the monarch . The Senate consists of 105 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister...
	April 12, 1924	Vacant	Clearwater	Vacant	District abolished by the United Farmers government.	July 11, 1924	Leonidas Giroux Leonidas Giroux Leonidas Alcidas Giroux was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta sitting with the provincial Liberal caucus in opposition from 1924 until his death in 1936.-Political career:...	Grouard	Liberal	Elected in a by-election	August 27, 1924	John Boyle John R. Boyle John Robert Boyle was a Canadian politician and jurist who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, a cabinet minister in the Government of Alberta, and a judge on the Supreme Court of Alberta. Born in Ontario, he came west and eventually settled in Edmonton, where he practiced...	Edmonton Edmonton (provincial electoral district) Edmonton provincial electoral district existed in two incarnations from 1905 - 1909 and again from 1921 - 1955. The district was created when Alberta first became a province....	Liberal	Appointed to the bench	October 27, 1924	William Henry William Thomas Henry William Thomas Henry was a politician, real estate agent and businessman in Alberta, Canada. He served numerous years on Edmonton City Council as an Alderman from 1900 to 1902 and later as mayor from 1914 to 1917...	Edmonton	Liberal	Elected in a by-election	June 6, 1925	William Johnston William Johnston (Canadian politician) William George Johnston was a Canadian provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta sitting with the Domion Labor Party caucus from 1921 to his death in 1925....	Medicine Hat	Dominion Labor	Died	September 29, 1925	Charles Pingle Charles Pingle Charles Stueart "Charlie" Pingle was a druggist, politician and service man in Alberta, Canada.Pingle was born in Manitoba. After attending schools in Winnipeg, he apprenticed a druggist in Regina for two years before writing pharmaceutical exams and moving to Alberta to establish his own shop...	Medicine Hat	Liberal	Elected in a by-election	October 15, 1925¹	Charles Cross	Edson Edson (provincial electoral district) Edson was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Alberta represented in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1986.-History:The electoral district was created during the 1913 Alberta general election from all of Lac St...	Liberal	Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election Canadian federal election, 1925 The Canadian federal election of 1925 was held on October 29 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party formed a minority government. This precipitated the "King-Byng Affair".The Liberals under...	October 15, 1925¹	Thomas Milnes Thomas Milnes Thomas Charles Milnes was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1925 sitting as an Independent.-Political career:...	Claresholm	Independent Farmer	Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election Canadian federal election, 1925 The Canadian federal election of 1925 was held on October 29 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party formed a minority government. This precipitated the "King-Byng Affair".The Liberals under...	October 15, 1925¹	Andrew McLennan Andrew Robert McLennan Andrew Robert McLennan was a business man and politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of Edmonton City Council from 1918 to 1922 and also served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1925 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.-Municipal...	Edmonton	Liberal	Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election Canadian federal election, 1925 The Canadian federal election of 1925 was held on October 29 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party formed a minority government. This precipitated the "King-Byng Affair".The Liberals under...	October 15, 1925¹	Stanley Tobin Stanley Tobin Stanley Gilbert Tobin was a farmer, businessman, teacher and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and a Member of the Canadian House of Commons....	Leduc Leduc (provincial electoral district) -1905 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	Liberal	Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election Canadian federal election, 1925 The Canadian federal election of 1925 was held on October 29 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party formed a minority government. This precipitated the "King-Byng Affair".The Liberals under...	October 15, 1925¹	John Stewart John Smith Stewart John Smith Stewart, C.M.G., D.S.O., Croix de guerre, D.D.S. served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1911 to 1925 and as a Member of Parliament for the Canadian House of Commons in the Lethbridge riding from 1930 to 1935. He was a Brigadier-General for the 3rd Canadian...	Lethbridge Lethbridge (provincial electoral district) Lethbridge was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada.The riding has existed twice. The first incarnation was in 1905 when Alberta first became a province. Lethbridge covered a large patch of southern Alberta, It was broken into Lethbridge District and Lethbridge City in 1909...	Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election Canadian federal election, 1925 The Canadian federal election of 1925 was held on October 29 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party formed a minority government. This precipitated the "King-Byng Affair".The Liberals under...	October 17, 1925	William Davidson	Calgary	Independent	Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election Canadian federal election, 1925 The Canadian federal election of 1925 was held on October 29 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party formed a minority government. This precipitated the "King-Byng Affair".The Liberals under...	March 18, 1926	Charles Mitchell Charles R. Mitchell Charles Richmond Mitchell was a Canadian lawyer, judge, cabinet minister and former Leader of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	Bow Valley	Liberal	Resigned to accept judicial appointment.	May 1926	George Mills George Mills (politician) George Mills was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1920 to 1926 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government and opposition.-Political career:...	Athabasca Athabasca (provincial electoral district) Athabasca was a provincial electoral district covering north east Alberta, Canada.The riding, was created in 1905 when Alberta first became a province...	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
Oran McPherson
Oran Leo "Tony" McPherson was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Little Bow from 1921 to 1935 as a member of the United Farmers of Alberta.-Early life:...

after September 29 and before October 17.

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