4th Alberta Legislature

4th Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
February 7, 1918 – June 23, 1921
Parliament leaders
Premier (cabinet)	Arthur Sifton (Sifton cabinet) May 26, 1910 – October 30, 1917
	Charles Stewart (Stewart cabinet) October 30, 1917 – August 13, 1921
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
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Conservative Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Charles W. Fisher March 15, 1906 – May 15, 1919
	Charles Pingle February 17, 1920 – July 18, 1921
Members	58 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	George 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
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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]

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 served 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

Stewart Cabinet

Government

Official Opposition

Opposition

• 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

References

Further reading

• Chambers, Ernest J., ed. (1921). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company Ltd. ISSN 0315-6168. OCLC 893686591. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
• 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. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
• Charlesworth, Hector Willoughby, ed. (1919). A Cyclopædia of Canadian biography. Toronto: Hunter-Rose Company. OCLC 1042901332. Retrieved August 17, 2020.

External links

• Alberta Legislative Assembly
• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Book
• By-elections 1905 to present