3rd Alberta Legislature

Template:Short description Template:Template other The 3rd Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from September 16, 1913, to April 5, 1917, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1913 Alberta general election held on April 17, 1913. The Legislature officially resumed on September 16, 1913, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on April 17, 1917 and dissolved on May 14, 1917, prior to the 1917 Alberta general election.

Alberta's second government was controlled by the majority Liberal Party led by Premier Arthur Sifton. The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party led by Edward Michener. The Speaker was Charles W. Fisher who continued in the role from the 1st and 2nd assembly, and would serve in the role until his death from the 1918 flu pandemic in 1919.

The total number of seats in the assembly was increased from 41 contested in the 1913 election to 56.

The standings changed little during the 3rd legislature only 4 by-elections 3 of which resulted in the return of new members and no floor crossings occurred.

Bills

During the fifth sitting of the 3rd Legislature, the Assembly would pass An Act amending The Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service (Bill 58) which acclaimed members of the assembly in the 1917 election who were serving in armed forces during the First World War. The Act listed eleven members of the assembly and provided those members were deemed nominated and elected as a member of the 4th Alberta Legislature. The bill was assented to on April 5, 1917.

Sitting dates

• 1st session September 16, 1913 - October 25, 1913
• 2nd session October 7, 1914 - October 22, 1914
• 3rd session February 25, 1915 - April 17, 1915
• 4th session February 24, 1916 - April 19, 1916
• 5th session February 6, 1917 - April 5, 1917

Members election in the 1913 general election

Members

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	District	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	Portfolio	Notes	Acadia	John McColl	Liberal	1913			Alexandra	James R. Lowery	Conservative	1913			Athabasca	Alexander Grant MacKay	Liberal	1913			Beaver River	Wilfrid Gariépy	Liberal	1913	Minister of Municipal Affairs	Elected in a by-election December 15, 1913 Appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs November 28, 1913	Bow Valley	George Lane	Liberal	1913			Charles R. Mitchell	Liberal	1910Template:Efn, 1913	Minister of Public Works Provincial Treasurer	Elected in a by-election June 12, 1913 Appointed Provincial Treasurer November 28, 1913	Camrose	George P. Smith	Liberal	1909			Cardston	Martin Woolf	Liberal	1912			Centre Calgary	Thomas Tweedie	Conservative	1911			Claresholm	William Moffat	Liberal	1913			Clearwater	Henry William McKenney	Liberal	1913			Cochrane	Charles W. Fisher	Liberal	1905			Coronation	Frank H. Whiteside	Liberal	1913			Didsbury	Joseph Stauffer	Liberal	1909			Edmonton	Albert Ewing	Conservative	1913
Edmonton	Charles Wilson Cross	Liberal	1905	Attorney General
Edmonton South	Herbert Crawford	Conservative	1913			Gleichen	John Peter McArthur	Liberal	1913
Edson	Charles Wilson Cross	Liberal	1905	Attorney General		Grouard	Jean Côté	Liberal	1909			Hand Hills	Robert Eaton	Liberal	1913			High River	George Douglas Stanley	Conservative	1913			Innisfail	Fred W. Archer	Conservative	1913			Lac Ste. Anne	Peter Gunn	Liberal	1909			Lacombe	William Puffer	Liberal	1905			Leduc	Stanley Tobin	Liberal	1913			Lethbridge City	John Smith Stewart	Conservative	1911			Little Bow	James McNaughton	Liberal	1913			Macleod	Robert Patterson	Conservative	1913			Medicine Hat	Nelson Spencer	Conservative	1913			Nanton	John M. Glendenning	Liberal	1909			North Calgary	Samuel Bacon Hillocks	Conservative	1913			Okotoks	George Hoadley	Conservative	1909
Olds	Duncan Marshall	Liberal	1909	Minister of Agriculture		Peace River	Alphaeus Patterson	Conservative	1913			Pembina	Gordon MacDonald	Liberal	1913			Pincher Creek	John Kemmis	Conservative	1911			Ponoka	William A. Campbell	Liberal	1909			Red Deer	Edward Michener	Conservative	1909			Redcliff	Charles Pingle	Liberal	1913			Ribstone	James Gray Turgeon	Liberal	1913			Rocky Mountain	Robert Campbell	Conservative	1913
Sedgewick	Charles Stewart	Liberal	1909	Minister of Municipal Affairs Minister of Public Works	Appointed Minister of Public Works November 28, 1913	South Calgary	Thomas Blow	Conservative	1913			St. Albert	Lucien Boudreau	Liberal	1909			Stettler	Robert L. Shaw	Liberal	1909			St. Paul	Prosper-Edmond Lessard	Liberal	1913			Stony Plain	Conrad Weidenhammer	Conservative	1913
Sturgeon	John R. Boyle	Liberal	1905	Minister of Education
Taber	Archibald J. McLean	Liberal	1909	Provincial Secretary		Vegreville	Joseph S. McCallum	Liberal	1913			Vermilion	Arthur Lewis Sifton	Liberal	1910	Premier of Alberta Provincial Treasurer		Victoria	Francis A. Walker	Liberal	1905			Wainwright	George LeRoy Hudson	Conservative	1913			Warner	Frank Leffingwell	Liberal	1913			Wetaskiwin	Charles H. Olin	Liberal	1909
Hugh John Montgomery (1914)	Liberal	1914			Whitford	Andrew Shandro	Liberal	1913

By-elections

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	District	Member	Party	Reason for By-Election
Bow Valley	Charles R. Mitchell	Liberal	June 12, 1913—Resignation of George Lane
Beaver River	Wilfrid Gariépy	Liberal	December 15, 1913— Wilfrid Gariepy appointed to cabinet.
Wetaskiwin	Hugh John Montgomery	Liberal	November 17, 1914— Death of Charles H. Olin.
Whitford	Andrew Shandro	Liberal	March 15, 1915— Election of Andrew Shandro declared void

Other membership changes

• September 29, 1916 – The Coronation constituency was left vacant after Liberal Frank H. Whiteside was shot and killed.
• June 14, 1916 – The Lac Ste. Anne constituency was left vacant after Liberal Peter Gunn resigned from the Legislature and appointed as the sheriff of the judicial district of Athabasca.

External links

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