3rd Alberta Legislature

The 3rd Legislative Assembly of Alberta lasted from 1913 to 1917 and was the first in Alberta history with a significant opposition. The government was head by Premier Arthur Sifton and the Alberta Liberal Party. This was their second term in power and their first after asking the electorate for a mandate since Sifton was asked to form government on May 26, 1910.

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.

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

Cabinet

	District	Member	Party	Portfolio	Notes
	Vermilion	Arthur Lewis Sifton	Liberal	Premier of Alberta Provincial Treasurer
	Bow Valley	Charles R. Mitchell	Liberal	Minister of Public Works Provincial Treasurer	Elected in a by-election June 12, 1913 Appointed Provincial Treasurer November 28, 1913
	Olds	Duncan Marshall	Liberal	Minister of Agriculture
	Sedgewick	Charles Stewart	Liberal	Minister of Municipal Affairs Minister of Public Works	Appointed Minister of Public Works November 28, 1913
	Beaver River	Wilfrid Gariépy	Liberal	Minister of Municipal Affairs	Elected in a by-election December 15, 1913 Appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs November 28, 1913
	Edmonton	Charles Wilson Cross	Liberal	Attorney General
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	Sturgeon	John R. Boyle	Liberal	Minister of Education
	Taber	Archibald J. McLean	Liberal	Provincial Secretary

Private members

	District	Member	Party
	Acadia	John McColl	Liberal
	Athabasca	Alexander Grant MacKay	Liberal
	Bow Valley	George Lane	Liberal
	Camrose	George P. Smith	Liberal
	Cardston	Martin Woolf	Liberal
	Claresholm	William Moffat	Liberal
	Clearwater	Henry William McKenney	Liberal
	Cochrane	Charles W. Fisher	Liberal
	Coronation	Frank H. Whiteside	Liberal
	Didsbury	Joseph Stauffer	Liberal
	Gleichen	John Peter McArthur	Liberal
	Grouard	Jean Côté	Liberal
	Hand Hills	Robert Eaton	Liberal
	Lac Ste. Anne	Peter Gunn	Liberal
	Lacombe	William Puffer	Liberal
	Leduc	Stanley Tobin	Liberal
	Little Bow	James McNaughton	Liberal
	Nanton	John M. Glendenning	Liberal
	Pembina	Gordon MacDonald	Liberal
	Ponoka	William A. Campbell	Liberal
	Redcliff	Charles Pingle	Liberal
	Ribstone	James Gray Turgeon	Liberal
	St. Albert	Lucien Boudreau	Liberal
	Stettler	Robert L. Shaw	Liberal
	St. Paul	Prosper-Edmond Lessard	Liberal
	Vegreville	Joseph S. McCallum	Liberal
	Victoria	Francis A. Walker	Liberal
	Warner	Frank Leffingwell	Liberal
	Wetaskiwin	Charles H. Olin	Liberal
	Whitford	Andrew Shandro	Liberal

	District	Member	Party
	Alexandra	James R. Lowery	Conservative
	North Calgary	Samuel Bacon Hillocks	Conservative
	South Calgary	Thomas Blow	Conservative
	Centre Calgary	Thomas Tweedie	Conservative
	Edmonton	Albert Ewing	Conservative
	Edmonton South	Herbert Crawford	Conservative
	High River	George Douglas Stanley	Conservative
	Innisfail	Fred W. Archer	Conservative
	Lethbridge City	John Smith Stewart	Conservative
	Macleod	Robert Patterson	Conservative
	Medicine Hat	Nelson Spencer	Conservative
	Okotoks	George Hoadley	Conservative
	Peace River	Alphaeus Patterson	Conservative
	Pincher Creek	John Kemmis	Conservative
	Red Deer	Edward Michener	Conservative
	Rocky Mountain	Robert Campbell	Conservative
	Stony Plain	Conrad Weidenhammer	Conservative
	Wainwright	George LeRoy Hudson	Conservative

By-elections

	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

External links

• Alberta Legislative Assembly