4th Alberta Legislature

The 4th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 7, 1918, to June 23, 1921, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1917 Alberta general election held on June 7, 1917. The Legislature officially resumed on February 7, 1918, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on April 19, 1921 and dissolved on June 23, 1921, prior to the 1921 Alberta general election.[1]

4th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
7 February 1918  23 June 1921
Parliament leaders
PremierCharles Stewart
October 30, 1917 August 13, 1921
CabinetStewart cabinet
Leader of the
Opposition
George Hoadley
February 7, 1918 April 17, 1919
James Ramsey
February 17, 1920 April 10, 1920
Albert Ewing
February 15, 1921 April 19, 1921
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionConservative Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly
Charles W. Fisher
March 15, 1906 May 15, 1919
Charles Pingle
February 17, 1920 July 18, 1921
Members58 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchGeorge V
May 6, 1910 January 20, 1936
Lieutenant
Governor
Hon. Robert George Brett
October 20, 1915 October 29, 1925
Sessions
1st session
February 7, 1918 – April 13, 1918
2nd session
February 4, 1919 – April 17, 1919
3rd session
February 17, 1920 – April 10, 1920
4th session
February 15, 1921 – April 19, 1921
 3rd  5th

Alberta's second government was controlled by the majority Liberal Party led by Premier Arthur Sifton, who would resign shortly after the 1917 election on October 30, 1917 to contest the 1917 Canadian general election for the Unionist Party under Prime Minister Robert Borden in support of the Borden government during the Conscription Crisis of 1917. Charles Stewart would be Sifton's choice as replacement as Premier, which was accepted by Lieutenant Governor Robert Brett. The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party led by George Hoadley for the first session, and James Ramsey for the remaining sessions. The Speaker was Charles W. Fisher who continued in the role from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd assembly, and would serve in the role until his death from the 1918 flu pandemic on May 5, 1919. Fisher was replaced as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly by Charles Pingle.

The 4th Assembly would be the final time the Alberta Liberal Party would hold government, being replaced by the United Farmers of Alberta following the 1921 general election.

Members of the 4th Legislative Assembly

Sifton Cabinet

Government

District Member Party
  Acadia John McColl Liberal
  Beaver River Wilfrid Gariépy Liberal
  Bow Valley Charles R. Mitchell Liberal
  North Calgary William McCartney Davidson Liberal
  Camrose George P. Smith Liberal
  Cardston Martin Woolf Liberal
  Clearwater Joseph State Liberal
  Cochrane Charles W. Fisher Liberal
  Didsbury Henry B. Atkins Liberal
  Edson Charles Wilson Cross Liberal
  Grouard Jean Côté Liberal
  Hand Hills Robert Eaton Liberal
  Innisfail Daniel Morkeberg Liberal
  Leduc Stanley Tobin Liberal
  Little Bow James McNaughton Liberal
  Macleod George Skelding Liberal
  Olds Duncan Marshall Liberal
  Peace River William Archibald Rae Liberal
  Pembina Gordon MacDonald Liberal
  Redcliff Charles Pingle Liberal
  Ribstone James Gray Turgeon Liberal
  Sedgewick Charles Stewart Liberal
  St. Albert Lucien Boudreau Liberal
  Stettler Edward Prudden Liberal
  St. Paul Prosper-Edmond Lessard Liberal
  Sturgeon John Boyle Liberal
  Taber Archibald J. McLean Liberal
  Vegreville Joseph McCallum Liberal
  Vermilion Arthur Lewis Sifton Liberal
  Victoria Francis A. Walker Liberal
  Warner Frank Leffingwell Liberal
  Wetaskiwin Hugh John Montgomery Liberal
  Whitford Andrew Shandro Liberal

Official Opposition

  District Member Party
  Alexandra James Lowery Conservative
  South Calgary Thomas Blow Conservative
  Coronation William Wilson Conservative
  Edmonton East James Ramsey Conservative
  Edmonton West Albert Ewing Conservative
  Edmonton South Herbert Crawford Conservative
  Gleichen Fred Davis Conservative
  High River George Douglas Stanley Conservative
  Lac Ste. Anne George Barker Conservative
  Lacombe Andrew Gilmour Conservative
  Lethbridge City John Stewart Conservative
  Medicine Hat Nelson Spencer Conservative
  Okotoks George Hoadley Conservative
  Pincher Creek John Kemmis Conservative
  Ponoka Charles Cunningham Conservative
  Red Deer Edward Michener Conservative
  Rocky Mountain Robert Campbell Conservative
  Stony Plain Frederick Lundy Conservative
  Wainwright George LeRoy Hudson Conservative

Opposition

  District Member Party
  Centre Calgary Alex Ross Labor Representation
  Claresholm Louise McKinney Non-Partisan
  Nanton James Weir Non-Partisan
  Province at Large Robert Pearson Canadian Armed Forces
  Roberta MacAdams Canadian Armed Forces
  • Members of the Alberta Non-Partisan League, became members of the United Farmers of Alberta on July 15, 1919.

Standings changes in the 4th general election

Membership changes in the 4th Assembly
Date Member Name District Party Reason
  November 9, 1917 George Smith Camrose Liberal Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election
  November 19, 1917 Arthur Ebbett Vermilion Liberal Elected in a by-election
  September 27, 1918 Alexander MacKay Athabasca Liberal Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election
  October 21, 1918 Jean Côté Grouard Liberal Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election
  October 28, 1918 John Gaetz Red Deer Liberal Elected in a by-election
  March 29, 1919 Alex Ross Centre Calgary Dominion Labor Formed the Dominion Labor caucus
  May 5, 1919 Charles Fisher Cochrane Liberal Died
  November 3, 1919 Alexander Moore Cochrane United Farmers Elected in a by-election
  November 3, 1919 George Mills Athabasca Liberal Elected in a by-election

References

  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.

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