The Alberta general election was 1909 was the second general election for the Province of Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

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. It was held on 22 March 1909 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...

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The Liberal Party

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...

 of Premier Alexander C. Rutherford was re-elected with 36 of the 41 seats in the legislature, and over 60% of the popular vote. The Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...

 led by Albert Robertson formed the official opposition, with only two members. The remaining three seats were split between smaller parties and independents. Robertson was defeated in his own seat in High River.

The vote in the district of Athabasca was conducted on 15 July 1909 due to the remoteness of the riding.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1905	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	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...	Alexander C. Rutherford	42	22	36	+63.6%	29,634	59.26%	+1.70%	Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	Albert Robertson Albert Robertson Albert John Robertson was a politician from Alberta, Canada, and the first Leader of the Opposition in the province's history. He led the Conservatives in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1909, before being defeated in the 1909 election....	29	3	2	-33.3%	15,848	31.7%	-5.43%	Independent		6	-	1		1,695	3.39%	-1.92%	Independent Liberal		2		1		1,311	2.62%		Socialist		2		1		1,302	2.60%		Labour	Donald McNabb Donald McNabb Donald McNabb was a politician from Alberta, Canada.In 1890 helped form a committee to raise money to buy books and periodicals and furnishings for the Miner's Library in Lethbridge....	1		-		214	0.43%
Total			82	25	41	+64.0%	50,004	100%
Source: Elections Alberta

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

Members elected

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District		Elected Member	Party	Incumbent		Party	Result	Alexandra	Alwyn Bramley-Moore	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...	New District				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...	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...	Liberal		William Bredin William Bredin William Fletcher Bredin was a Canadian politician and pioneer. Born in Stormont County, Ontario, he came west to Red Deer Crossing in 1883, where he took over a claim from Esias Myers. He subsequently moved to Calgary, where he opened a store with R. Steen, engaged in freighting between Calgary...	Liberal	Defeated
	Banff Banff (provincial electoral district) Banff was a provincial electoral district, in south west Alberta, Canada.The riding has existed twice, the first incarnation was created in 1905 when Alberta formed as a province...	District Abolished			Charles W. Fisher	Liberal	Re-elected	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...	William Cushing William Henry Cushing William Henry Cushing was a Canadian politician. Born in Ontario, he migrated west as a young adult where he started a successful lumber company and later became Alberta's first Minister of Public Works and the 11th mayor of Calgary...	Liberal		William Cushing	Liberal	Re-elected
	Richard Bennett	Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	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...	George P. Smith George P. Smith George Peter Smith was a politician and former Minister of the Crown from Alberta, Canada.-Political career:Smith first ran for election to the Alberta Legislature in the 1909 Alberta general election winning the new Camrose district with a comfortable plurality.Smith was re-elected in a landslide...	Liberal	New District				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...					John William Woolf John William Woolf John William Woolf was an American-born Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Born in Utah to polygamous parents, he moved with them to Cardston, Alberta as a young man...	Liberal		John William Woolf	Liberal	Re-elected	Claresholm	Malcolm McKenzie Malcolm McKenzie Malcolm McKenzie was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and, briefly, as Alberta Provincial Treasurer.-Early life:...	Liberal	New District				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...	Charles W. Fisher Charles W. Fisher Charles Wellington Fisher was a Canadian politician who served as the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Biography:...	Liberal	New District				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:...	Joseph Stauffer Joseph Stauffer Lieutenant Joseph Emmett Stauffer was a teacher politician and soldier from Alberta, Canada.-Political career:Stauffer was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1909 Alberta legislature...	Liberal	New District				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....	Charles Wilson Cross	Liberal		Charles Wilson Cross	Liberal	Re-elected
	John McDougall John Alexander McDougall John Alexander McDougall was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a municipal councillor and mayor in Edmonton, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	Liberal	Gleichen	Ezra Riley Ezra Riley Ezra Hounsfield Riley was a politician and rancher from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Riley was born in 1866 in Yorkville, Ontario. He owned a large sum of land that he sold off to the City of Calgary in 1904...	Liberal		Ezra Riley	Liberal	Re-elected	High River High River (provincial electoral district) High River is a former provincial electoral district in Alberta that existed from 1905 to 1930.-1905 general election:-External links:*...	Louis Roberts Louis Roberts Louis Melville Roberts was a politician from Alberta, Canada.Louis was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 Alberta general election, for the Alberta Liberal Party. During his campaign he was accused of winning the High River nomination under suspect circumstances...	Liberal		Albert Robertson Albert Robertson Albert John Robertson was a politician from Alberta, Canada, and the first Leader of the Opposition in the province's history. He led the Conservatives in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1909, before being defeated in the 1909 election....	Conservative	Defeated	Innisfail Innisfail (provincial electoral district) Innisfail is a former Alberta provincial electoral district that existed from 1905 to 1993.-1905 general election:-External links:*...	John A. Simpson John A. Simpson John Adrian Simpson was a Canadian politician and businessman. Born in Peel County, Ontario, he came west in 1890 and eventually settled in Innisfail, where he opened a lumberyard...	Liberal		John A. Simpson	Liberal	Re-elected	Lac Ste. Anne Lac Ste. Anne (electoral district) Lac Ste. Anne 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:...	Peter Gunn Peter Gunn (Alberta politician) -Biography:Gunn was born in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. After moving to Canada, he ran for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 Alberta general election. With no other opposition candidates he was acclaimed to his first term in office. He ran for his second term in the 1913...	Liberal	New District				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...	William Puffer William Puffer William Franklin Puffer was a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 until 1917. Born in Ontario, he came west and settled in Lacombe, where he operated a butchery, among other interests...	Liberal		William Puffer	Liberal	Re-elected	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...	Robert Telford Robert Telford Robert Taylor Telford was a Canadian pioneer and politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 until 1913. Born in Quebec, he came to western Canada to serve with the North-West Mounted Police during the North-West Rebellion...	Liberal			Robert Telford	Liberal					Re-elected
	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...	District Abolished			Donald McNabb Donald McNabb Donald McNabb was a politician from Alberta, Canada.In 1890 helped form a committee to raise money to buy books and periodicals and furnishings for the Miner's Library in Lethbridge....	Labor	Defeated	Lethbridge City Lethbridge City Lethbridge City was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada.The riding was created after Lethbridge split into Lethbridge City and Lethbridge District in 1909.Lethbridge district was all the rural area surrounding the City of Lethbridge....	William Ashbury Buchanan William Ashbury Buchanan William Ashbury Buchanan, was a journalist, publisher and politician based in Alberta....	Liberal	New District				Lethbridge District Lethbridge District Lethbridge District was a Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada.The district was created during the 1909 Provincial election.The creation saw Lethbridge split into Lethbridge City and Lethbridge district...	Archibald J. McLean Archibald J. McLean Archibald J. McLean was a politician from Alberta, Canada.McLean was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 Alberta general election as an Independent Liberal...	Independent Liberal	New District				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:...	Colin Genge Colin Genge Colin Melville Genge was a politician, contractor and business man from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Genge was born in Kingston Ontario in the year 1859. He moved to Fort Macleod, Alberta in 1881 and married his wife Anne May Ryan in 1884. Upon moving to Fort Macleod Genge became involved in...	Liberal		Malcolm McKenzie	Liberal	Re-elected	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...	William Finlay William Finlay William Thomas Finlay was a politician and cabinet minister in Alberta and Northwest Territories, Canada-Early life:...	Liberal		William Finlay	Liberal	Re-elected	Nanton	John M. Glendenning John M. Glendenning John Murray Glendenning was a politician from Alberta, Canada.Glendenning first ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 Alberta general election in the new Nanton electoral district...	Liberal	New District				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...	George Hoadley	Conservative	New District				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...	Duncan Marshall Duncan Marshall Duncan McLean Marshall was a journalist, publisher, rancher provincial level politician and Minister of Agriculture in 2 provinces and later served in the Canadian Senate representing the province of Ontario.-Early life:Marshall made his first run at federal politics running in the Muskoka riding...	Liberal	New District				Pakan	Prosper-Edmond Lessard Prosper-Edmond Lessard Prosper-Edmond Lessard was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1921 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government. He also served in the Canadian Senate from 1925 to his death in 1931 sitting with the federal Liberal caucus.-Early life:Lessard was born on February 3, 1873...	Liberal	New District				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...	James Cornwall James Cornwall Lieutenant Colonel James Kennedy "Peace River Jim" Cornwall was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1913 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government....	Liberal		Thomas Brick Thomas Brick Thomas Allan "Allie" Brick was a politician and farmer from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Brick was a pioneer farmer who is largely credited with bringing grain farming to the northern Alberta.-Political career:...	Liberal	Retired	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:...	Henry William McKenney Henry William McKenney Henry William McKenney was a politician from Alberta, Canada.-Political career:McKenney was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1905 Alberta general election in the provincial electoral district of St. Alberta...	Liberal	New District				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...	David Warnock David Warnock Dr. David Warnock OBE was a politician and veterinarian from Alberta, Canada. He was educated at the Hamilton Academy, Lanarkshire, Scotland and at the West of Scotland Technical College , graduating MRCVS...	Liberal	New District				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:...	William A. Campbell William A. Campbell William Alexander Campbell was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1917 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government.-Political career:...	Liberal		John R. McLeod John R. McLeod John Robert McLeod was a politician from Alberta, Canada.McLeod was born in Zorra, Ontario. He was elected to a term in the Alberta Legislature in the 1905 Alberta general election with a 110 vote plurality over Conservative candidate John Jackson...	Liberal	Retired
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...	Edward Michener Edward Michener Edward Michener was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born in Tintern, Ontario.Edward was acclaimed as Mayor of Red Deer, Alberta. In the 1904 Mayoral race, he held that position for 2 terms until 1906....	Independent		John T. Moore John T. Moore John Thomas Moore was a politician from Alberta, Canada.Moore was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1905 Alberta general election defeating high profile Conservative candidate and the founder of Red Deer Leonard Gaetz....	Liberal	Defeated	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...	Charles M. O'Brien	Socialist Socialist Party of Canada There have been two different but related political parties in Canada that called themselves the Socialist Party of Canada . The current Socialist Party is an electorally inactive and unregistered federal political party in Canada...	New District
	Rosebud Rosebud (provincial electoral district) Rosebud was a historical Alberta provincial electoral district, created in 1905 when Alberta first became a province.The riding was short lived, however, as it disappeared in 1909 when it was split to form the ridings of Cochrane and Didsbury as well as the north part of Rocky Mountain.-1905...	District Abolished			Cornelius Hiebert Cornelius Hiebert Cornelius "Don" Hiebert was a politician from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Hiebert was born in Sea of Azov, Russia and lived in Russia and attended school until he was 13 years old, when his family moved to Manitoba, Canada. He worked in a little general store until he decided to move to Didsbury,...	Independent	Defeated	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:...	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...	Liberal	New District				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....	Lucien Boudreau Lucien Boudreau Lucien Boudreau was a politician, mayor of St. Albert, Alberta, and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta .-Early life:...	Liberal		Henry William McKenney	Liberal	Re-elected	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:...	Robert L. Shaw Robert L. Shaw Robert L. Shaw was a politician from Alberta, Canada.Shaw was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1909 Alberta general election. He defeated Conservative candidate J.K. Creighton in a landslide to become the first MLA for the new Stettler electoral district.Shaw would be re-elected to...	Liberal	New District				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...	John McPherson	Liberal		John McPherson	Liberal	Re-elected	Strathcona Strathcona (provincial electoral district) Strathcona is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is not to be confused with Edmonton-Strathcona, another provincial electoral district within the city of Edmonton, or with the federal electoral district Edmonton-Strathcona.The riding of Strathcona...	Alexander Cameron Rutherford Alexander Cameron Rutherford Alexander Cameron Rutherford was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the first Premier of Alberta from 1905 to 1910. Born in Ormond, Ontario, he studied and practised law in Ottawa before moving with his family to the Northwest Territories in 1895...	Liberal		Alexander Cameron Rutherford	Liberal	Re-elected	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:*...	John R. 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...	Liberal		John R. Boyle	Liberal	Re-elected	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:...	James Bismark Holden James Bismark Holden James Bismark Holden was a business man and a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1906 to 1913 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government...	Liberal	New District				Vermilion	Archibald Campbell	Liberal		James Bismark Holden	Liberal	Re-elected	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....	Francis A. Walker	Liberal		Francis A. Walker	Liberal	Re-elected	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:...	Charles H. Olin Charles H. Olin Charles Herman Olin was a politician from Alberta, Canada.Olin emigrated from his native country to the US in 1886 and moved to Alberta, Canada in 1892...	Liberal		Anthony Rosenroll Anthony Rosenroll Anthony Sigwart de Rosenroll was a politician and businessman in the Canadian province of Alberta. Born in Italy to a family of noble Swiss heritage, he spent his early adulthood in Australia and New Zealand before settling in Canada in 1895...	Liberal	Retired

See also

• List of Alberta political parties