Alberta general election, 1930
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The Alberta general election of 1930 was the seventh general election for the Province of Alberta
, Canada
. It was held on June 19, 1930 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
.
The United Farmers of Alberta
won election to a third term in government, and John E. Brownlee continued as premier.
Liberal candidate Henry Dakin
and Independent candidate Luc Lebel.
The first count results showed Delisle and Dakin separated by seven votes with Lebel holding the balance of 87 votes forcing a second vote count. After Lebel was eliminated the transfers showed that Delisle had won the race by 21 votes and was declared elected on June 25, 1930.
The Liberals challenged the results in provincial court. Judge Taylor concluded after a judicial recount on August 21, 1930 that the second count results showed Dakin winning by four votes. The results were overturned forcing Delisle out of office while Dakin picked up the seat.
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It was held on June 19, 1930 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...
.
The United Farmers of Alberta
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...
won election to a third term in government, and John E. Brownlee continued as premier.
Results
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1926 Alberta general election, 1926 The Alberta general election of 1926 was the sixth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 28, 1926 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The writs of election were issued on May 10, 1926 allowing for an election period of 40 days.After Herbert... |
Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change |
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... |
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47 | 43 | 39 | -9.3% | 74,187 | 39.41% | -0.27% |
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... |
John W. McDonald John Walter McDonald was a lawyer and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as Mayor of Fort Macleod, Alberta and also led the Alberta Liberal Party for a brief period from 1930 to 1932.-Early life:... |
36 | 7 | 11 | +57.1% | 46,275 | 24.59% | -1.58% |
Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta... |
David Milwyn Duggan David Milwyn Duggan was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and a leader of the Conservative Party of Alberta.-Early life:... |
18 | 4 | 6 | +20.0% | 27,954 | 14.85% | -7.25% |
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:... |
Fred J. White Frederic "Fred" James White was a provincial level politician and labour activist in Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 holding a seat in the electoral district of Calgary.... |
11 | 5 | 4 | -20.0% | 14,354 | 7.63% | -0.16% |
Communist Communist Party (Alberta) Communist Party – Alberta is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. It is a provincial branch of the Communist Party of Canada.-History:... |
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1 | Independent | 28 | 1 | 3 | 25,449 | 13.52% | +12.82% | ||||||||
Total | 141 | 60 | 63 | +3.3% | 188,219 | 100% | |
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Beaver River
The most closely contested race in the election happened in the Beaver River electoral district. The election was a three way race between incumbent United Farmers MLA John DelisleJohn Delisle
John Amos Delisle is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1930 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:...
Liberal candidate Henry Dakin
Henry H. Dakin
Henry H. Dakin was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.-Political career:...
and Independent candidate Luc Lebel.
The first count results showed Delisle and Dakin separated by seven votes with Lebel holding the balance of 87 votes forcing a second vote count. After Lebel was eliminated the transfers showed that Delisle had won the race by 21 votes and was declared elected on June 25, 1930.
The Liberals challenged the results in provincial court. Judge Taylor concluded after a judicial recount on August 21, 1930 that the second count results showed Dakin winning by four votes. The results were overturned forcing Delisle out of office while Dakin picked up the seat.
Members elected
7th Alberta Legislative Assembly 7th Alberta Legislative Assembly The 7th Alberta Legislative Assembly lasted from 1930 to 1935. The United Farmers of Alberta government had been re-elected to their third term in power under Premier John Brownlee.-Scandals:... |
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District | Member | Party |
Acadia Acadia (provincial electoral district) Acadia was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1940.- External links :*... |
Lorne Proudfoot Lorne Proudfoot Lorne Proudfoot was a farmer, teacher and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Early life:... |
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... |
Alexandra | Peter Enzenauer Peter Enzenauer Peter J. Enzenauer was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
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... |
Frank Falconer Frank Falconer Frank Robert Falconer was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.-Political career:... |
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... |
Beaver River Beaver River (provincial electoral district) -1944 general election:- External links :*... |
Judicial Recount |
Bow Valley | John Mackintosh John Mackintosh (politician) John Mackintosh was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as an independent from 1930 to 1935... |
Independent |
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... |
Hugh Farthing Hugh Farthing Hugh Cragg Farthing was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 until 1935 representing the electoral district of Calgary.... |
Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta... |
John J. Bowlen John J. Bowlen John James Bowlen was a Canadian rancher, farmer, provincial politician and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.-External links:*... |
Liberal |
John Irwin John Irwin (politician) John Irwin Sr. was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1940 sitting with the Conservative caucus in opposition.-Political career:... |
Conservative |
George Harry Webster George Harry Webster George Harry "Cowboy Mayor" Webster was a politician and transportation expert in Alberta, Canada... |
Liberal |
Fred White Fred J. White Frederic "Fred" James White was a provincial level politician and labour activist in Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 holding a seat in the electoral district of Calgary.... |
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:... |
Harold McGill Harold McGill Dr. Major Harold Wigmore McGill was a provincial level politician and medical doctor from Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Council of the Northwest Territories.-Early life:Dr... |
Conservative |
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... |
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... |
United Farmers |
Cardston Cardston (provincial electoral district) Cardston was a provincial electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada.The riding was created in when Alberta first became a province in 1905.The riding has always occupied the most southern portion of the province along the Canada / United States border... |
George Stringam George Stringam George Lewis Stringam was a provincial politician and cattle rancher from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.... |
United Farmers |
Clover Bar Clover Bar (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... |
Rudolph Hennig Rudolph Hennig Rudolph Hennig was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
Cochrane Cochrane (provincial electoral district) Cochrane was a provincial electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1926 under the First Past the Post voting system and under Single Transferable Vote from 1926 to 1940.-Boundary... |
Robert Milton McCool Robert Milton McCool Robert Milton McCool was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the electoral district of Cochrane from 1926 to 1935.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
Coronation | George Johnston | United Farmers |
Cypress Cypress (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... |
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:... |
United Farmers |
Didsbury Didsbury (provincial electoral district) Didsbury is a former provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The electoral district returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1963.- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-1944 general election:... |
Austin Claypool Austin Claypool Austin Bingley Claypool was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
Drumheller Drumheller (provincial electoral district) Drumheller was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Alberta represented in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1963 and again from 1971 to 1997.-History:... |
Fred Moyer Fred Moyer Frederick Clare Moyer was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served 5 years as an Independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.... |
Independent |
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.... |
John Lymburn John Lymburn John Farquhar Lymburn was a Canadian politician who served as Attorney-General of Alberta from 1926 until 1935. Born and educated in Scotland, he came to Canada in 1911 and practiced law in Edmonton. In 1925, John Edward Brownlee became Premier of Alberta, and sought a lawyer without partisan... |
United Farmers |
David Milwyn Duggan David Milwyn Duggan David Milwyn Duggan was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and a leader of the Conservative Party of Alberta.-Early life:... |
Conservative |
Charles Gibbs Charles Gibbs (Alberta politician) Charles Lionel Gibbs was a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as a municipal councillor in Edmonton from 1924 until his death and, concurrently, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 until his death.-Early life:Gibbs was born November 11, 1877, in Newport, Monmouthshire,... |
Dominion Labor |
William Howson William R. Howson William Robinson Howson was an politician, judge, debt collector, soldier banker and real estate agent from Alberta, Canada.. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1936 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition... |
Liberal |
Charles Weaver Charles Yardley Weaver Charles Yardley Weaver was a politician, barrister, justice of the peace and soldier from Alberta, Canada. He held office on both municipal and provincial levels of government... |
Conservative |
William Atkinson William Albert Atkinson William Albert Atkinson was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the Conservative caucus in opposition.-Political career:... |
Conservative |
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... |
Christopher Pattinson Christopher Pattinson Christopher Pattinson was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1935 sitting with the Dominion Labor caucus in opposition.-Political career:... |
Dominion Labor |
Empress | William Smith William C. Smith (politician) William Cunningham Smith was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
Gleichen | John Buckley John Buckley (politician) John Charles Buckley was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
Grande Prairie Grande Prairie (provincial electoral district) Grande Prairie was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:... |
Hugh Allen Hugh Allen (politician) Hugh Wright Allen was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers of Alberta caucus... |
United Farmers |
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:... |
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:... |
Liberal |
Hand Hills Hand Hills (electoral district) Hand Hills 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 1963.-1957 liquor plebiscite:... |
Gordon Forster Gordon Forster Gordon Alexander Forster was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
Innisfail Innisfail (provincial electoral district) Innisfail is a former Alberta provincial electoral district that existed from 1905 to 1993.-1905 general election:-External links:*... |
Donald Cameron | United Farmers |
Lac Ste. Anne | Charles McKeen Charles McKeen Charles Milton McKeen was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
Lacombe Lacombe (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... |
Irene Parlby Irene Parlby Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician.Born in London, England, Parlby came to Canada in 1896. In 1913, Parlby helped to found the first women's local of the United Farmers of Alberta. In 1921, she was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the riding of Lacombe,... |
United Farmers |
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... |
Arthur Percy Mitchell Arthur Percy Mitchell Arthur Percy Mitchell was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.-Political career:... |
Liberal |
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... |
Andrew Smeaton Andrew Smeaton Andrew Smeaton was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1935 sitting with the Dominion Labor caucus in opposition.-Political career:... |
Dominion Labor |
Little Bow | 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:... |
United Farmers |
Macleod Macleod (provincial electoral district) Macleod is a former provincial electoral district that existed from 1905 to 2004 in the province of Alberta.-1905 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:... |
William Shield William H. Shield William Hetherington Shield was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
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... |
Hector Lang Hector Lang Hector Lang was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1928 to 1935 sitting with the opposition Liberal caucus.-Political career:... |
Liberal |
Nanton-Claresholm | Gordon Beverly Walker Gordon Beverly Walker Gordon Beverly Walker was a United Farmers of Alberta member of the Legislative Assembly for the years from 1926 to 1935. At the general election in 1926 in the riding of Claresholm he defeated incumbent Thomas Milner, Independent. Again elected in 1930 representing the riding of Nanton-Claresholm... |
United Farmers |
Okotoks-High River Okotoks-High River Okotoks-High River was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1971.... |
George Hoadley | United Farmers |
Olds Olds (provincial electoral district) Olds was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1963. The district was combined with the Didsbury electoral district to form Olds-Didsbury... |
Frank Grisdale Frank Grisdale Frank Sydney Grisdale BSc. CBE was a provincial level politician from Olds, Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935. He sat with the United Farmers caucus and served briefly from 1934 to 1935 as a cabinet minister in the government of Premier... |
United Farmers |
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... |
William Bailey William Bailey (politician) William Henry Bailey was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the governing United Farmers of Alberta caucus.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
Pembina Pembina (Alberta provincial electoral district) Pembina was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1971.-1957 liquor plebiscite:... |
George MacLachlan George MacLachlan George MacLachlan was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:MacLachlan and his family would move to the area of Clyde, Alberta in 1904. The edge of his homestead would later be surveyed by the government and become part of Highway 2, when construction began in 1906... |
United Farmers |
Pincher Creek Pincher Creek (provincial electoral district) -1905 general election:The Pincher Creek electoral district was created in 1905 when Alberta became a province independent of the Northwest Territories. The district in its original boundaries occupied the southwestern region of the province when it was first created. The first general election... |
Harvey Bossenberry Harvey Bossenberry Harvey Bossenberry was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.-Political career:... |
Liberal |
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:... |
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... |
United Farmers |
Red Deer Red Deer (provincial electoral district) Red Deer was a provincial electoral district representing the city of Red Deer, Alberta in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1986... |
George Wilbert Smith George Wilbert Smith George Wilbert Smith was a teacher, businessman and politician on the municipal and provincial levels of government in Alberta, Canada... |
United Farmers |
Ribstone | 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:... |
United Farmers |
Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountain (provincial electoral district) Rocky Mountain was a historical Alberta provincial electoral district, that existed from 1909 to 1935.In 1909 Rocky Mountain was formed from the western edge of Rosebud in the north part of the riding, the entire riding of Banff, the western half of High River and Macleod... |
George Cruickshank George Edward Cruickshank George Edward Cruickshank was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting as an Independent.-Political career:... |
Independent |
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:... |
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:... |
United Farmers |
St. Albert St. Albert (provincial electoral district) St. Albert formally styled Saint Albert is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandate to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta of Alberta, Canada.... |
Omer St. Germain Omer St. Germain Omer St. Germain was a barrister, solicitor, notary, publisher and a provincial politician from Canada. He served as the first mayor of Morinville, Alberta, and became a perennial candidate in Alberta elections hold office as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935... |
United Farmers |
St. Paul St. Paul (provincial electoral district) St. Paul 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 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:... |
Joseph Miville Dechene Joseph Miville Dechene Joseph Miville Dechêne was Canadian farmer and politician who served in all three levels of government during his career. He served as a councilor of the town of Bonnyville from 1928 to 1934. He also served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1926 and again from 1930 to... |
Liberal |
Stettler Stettler (provincial electoral district) Stettler was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:... |
Albert Sanders Albert Sanders Albert Leroy Sanders was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
Stony Plain Stony Plain (electoral district) Stony Plain originally styled Stonyplain 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. From 1926 to 1957 Single Transferable Vote was used in the... |
Donald Macleod Donald Macleod Donald Macleod was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 until 1935 sitting with the governing United Farmers caucus.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
Sturgeon Sturgeon (provincial electoral district) Sturgeon is a former provincial electoral district that existed from 1905 to 1940 in Alberta, Canada.-1905 general election:-External links:*... |
Samuel Carson Samuel Allen Carson Samuel Allen Carson was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Political career:... |
United Farmers |
Taber Taber (provincial electoral district) Taber was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-1957 liquor plebiscite:... |
John MacLellan John MacLellan John James MacLellan was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government... |
United Farmers |
Vegreville Vegreville (provincial electoral district) Vegreville was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:... |
Archie Matheson Archie Matheson Archibald Malcolm Matheson was a Canadian politician who represented Vegreville in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 until 1935. He was elected in the 1921 election and re-elected in 1926 and 1930 as a member of the United Farmers of Alberta , which was the governing party of his... |
United Farmers |
Vermillion | Richard Reid Richard Gavin Reid Richard Gavin "Dick" Reid was a Canadian politician who served as the sixth Premier of Alberta from 1934 to 1935... |
United Farmers |
Victoria Victoria (Alberta provincial electoral district) Victoria was a historical Alberta Provincial Electoral District. The riding was created in 1905 when Alberta became a province, and existed central north east part of the province.... |
Peter Miskew | United Farmers |
Wainwright Wainwright (provincial electoral district) Wainwright was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-1957 liquor plebiscite:... |
John Love John Russell Love John Russell Love was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government... |
United Farmers |
Warner | Maurice Conner Maurice Conner Maurice Joy Conner was a Canadian politician who served as the member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Warner from 1921 until 1935. Before entering politics, he was a Methodist preacher in the United States. He first sought office in the 1921 Alberta provincial election as a candidate... |
United Farmers |
Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district) Wetaskiwin is a former provincial electoral district in Alberta that existed from 1905 to 1971.-1905 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:... |
Hugh John Montgomery Hugh John Montgomery Hugh John Montgomery was a merchant fox farmer and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a politician on the municipal and provincial levels of government in Alberta. On the municipal level he served on the city council of Wetaskiwin holding various posts from 1906 to 1929... |
Liberal |
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.... |
Isidore Goresky Isidore Goresky Isidore Goresky was a farm labourer, teacher and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.-Early life:Isidore Goresky was born on November 25, 1902 in Barbiwtsi,... |
United Farmers |
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