5th Alberta Legislature

The 5th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 2, 1922, to May 25, 1926, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1921 Alberta general election held on July 18, 1921. The Legislature officially resumed on February 2, 1922, and continued until the sixth session was prorogued on May 22, 1926 and dissolved on May 25, 1926, prior to the 1926 Alberta general election.

Alberta's fifth government was controlled by the majority United Farmers of Alberta led by Premier Herbert Greenfield, who would resign following a push from the party on November 23, 1925, and was replaced by John Edward Brownlee. The Official Opposition was the Alberta Liberal Party led by John Robert Boyle, and later Charles Richmond Mitchell, and eventually future Lieutenant Governor of Alberta John C. Bowen. The Speaker was Oran McPherson.

Speaker Premier Herbert Greenfield nominated the government's preferred candidate for speaker, Oran McPherson, only to have one of his UFA backbenchers, Alex Moore, nominate Independent Conservative John Smith Stewart; Stewart spared the government embarrassment by declining the nomination.

Bills Wheat Board The Legislature would pass An Act to Confer Certain Powers upon the Canadian Wheat Board (Bill 1) during the short second session in August 1922. The bill conferred powers to the create the Alberta Wheat Pool.

Debt Adjustment Act The Debt Adjustment Act (Bill 49) of 1923 was designed to adjust farmers' debts to a level that they could actually pay, thus allowing them to carry on while still ensuring that creditors received as much as was feasible. In the words of University of Calgary professor David C. Jones, the bill offered "solace, but no real satisfaction". According to Jones, Greenfield's attempts to rescue southern Alberta from agricultural calamity were probably doomed to failure. Even so, Greenfield had called the situation his top priority, and his failure to bring it to a successful resolution cost him politically.

Government Liquor Control Act of Alberta The Government Liquor Control Act of Alberta (Bill 14) passed in the fourth session in 1924. The bill repealed prohibition which had been instituted following a 1916 referendum. The Government held a referendum on the matter in autumn 1923 which saw Albertans vote decisively for the repeal of prohibition. Bill 14 would be subject to a free vote in the legislature, and while the legislation passed, the new measures were divisive, pitting community leaders who wanted their towns to remain "dry" against those who wanted to apply for liquor licences, and different would-be saloon-keepers against one another in competing for the government-issued licences.

Membership in the 5th Alberta Legislature 5th Alberta Legislature DistrictMemberPartyFirst elected/ previously electedNo.# of term(s)AcadiaLorne ProudfootUnited Farmers19211st termAlexandraPeter EnzenauerUnited Farmers19211st termAthabascaGeorge MillsLiberal19192nd termBeaver RiverJoseph DecheneLiberal19211st termBow ValleyCharles MitchellLiberal1910, 19134th term*CalgaryAlex RossDominion Labor19172nd termRobert EdwardsIndependent19211st termFred WhiteDominion Labor19211st termRobert MarshallLiberal19211st termRobert PearsonIndependent19172nd termWilliam M. Davidson (1923)Liberal1917, 19232nd term*CamroseVernor SmithUnited Farmers19211st termCardstonGeorge StringamUnited Farmers19211st termClaresholmThomas MilnesIndependent Farmer19211st termClearwaterJoseph StateLiberal19172nd termCochraneAlexander MooreUnited Farmers19192nd termCoronationGeorge JohnstonUnited Farmers19211st termDidsburyAustin ClaypoolUnited Farmers19211st termEdmontonAndrew McLennanLiberal19211st termJohn C. BowenLiberal19211st termNellie McClungLiberal19211st termJohn BoyleLiberal19055th termJeremiah HeffernanLiberal19211st termWilliam T. Henry (1924)Liberal19241st termEdsonCharles CrossLiberal19055th termGleichenJohn BuckleyUnited Farmers19211st termGrouardJean CôtéLiberal19094th termLeonidas Giroux (1924)United Farmers19241st termHand HillsGordon ForsterUnited Farmers19211st termHigh RiverSamuel BrownUnited Farmers19211st termInnisfailDonald CameronUnited Farmers19211st termLac Ste. AnneCharles McKeenUnited Farmers19211st termLacombeIrene ParlbyUnited Farmers19211st termLeducStanley TobinLiberal19133rd termLethbridgeJohn StewartConservative19114th termLittle BowOran McPhersonUnited Farmers19211st termMacleodWilliam ShieldUnited Farmers19211st termMedicine HatPerren BakerUnited Farmers19211st termWilliam Johnston (1921)Dominion Labor19211st termCharles Pingle (1925) Liberal1913, 19253rd term*NantonDaniel GalbraithUnited Farmers19211st termOkotoksGeorge HoadleyUnited Farmers19094th termOldsNelson SmithUnited Farmers19211st termPeace RiverDonald KennedyUnited Farmers19211st termHerbert Greenfield (1921)United Farmers19211st termPembinaGeorge MacLachlanUnited Farmers19211st termPincher CreekEarle CookUnited Farmers19211st termPonokaPercival BakerUnited Farmers19211st termJohn Brownlee (1921)United Farmers19211st termRed DeerGeorge SmithUnited Farmers19211st termRedcliffWilliam SmithUnited Farmers19211st termRibstoneCharles WrightUnited Farmers19211st term William Farquharson (1922)United Farmers19221st termRocky MountainPhilip ChristophersDominion Labor19211st termSedgewickCharles StewartLiberal19094th termAlbert Andrews (1922)United Farmers19221st termSt. AlbertTélesphore St. ArnaudUnited Farmers19211st termStettlerAlbert SandersUnited Farmers19211st termSt. PaulLaudas JolyUnited Farmers19211st termStony PlainWillard WashburnUnited Farmers19211st termSturgeonSamuel CarsonUnited Farmers19211st termTaberLawrence PetersonUnited Farmers19211st termVegrevilleArchie MathesonUnited Farmers19211st termVermilionRichard ReidUnited Farmers19211st termVictoriaWilliam FedunUnited Farmers19211st termWainwrightJohn LoveUnited Farmers19211st termWarnerMaurice ConnerUnited Farmers19211st termWetaskiwinEvert SparksUnited Farmers19211st termWhitfordAndrew ShandroLiberal19133rd termMike Chornohus (1922)United Farmers19221st term

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Standings changes since the 5th general election Changes to party standings during the 5th Alberta Legislature July 11, 1921, to November 14, 1922Number of membersper party by date19211922Jul 11Jul 18Jul 20Aug 1Nov 16Dec 2Dec 4Dec 29Mar 28Jul 3Jul 10Nov 14United Farmers038373633383738402151413Dominion Labor0434Independent021Conservative01Independent Farmer01Total members26160595561605958596160Vacant5901260123201Government MajorityN/A15141311171181191181191211221

January 15, 1923, to March 18, 1926Number of membersper party by date1923192419251926Jan 15Aug 10Nov 10Apr 12Jul 11Aug 27Oct 27Jun 6Sep 29Oct 15Oct 17Mar 18United Farmers4013121112111213109Dominion Labor43Independent21Conservative10Independent Farmer10Total members6160596059605960555453Vacant012101010567Government Majority211221231221231221231221271281291 Majority includes 1 Dominion Labor MLA appointed to the cabinet.

Membership changes in the 5th AssemblyDateMember NameDistrictPartyReasonJuly 11, 1921Charles StewartSedgewickLiberalAcclaimed in the 1921 general electionJuly 11, 1921Andrew ShandroWhitfordLiberalAcclaimed in the 1921 general electionJuly 18, 1921See List of Members Election day of the fifth Alberta general electionJuly 20, 1921Percival BakerPonokaUnited FarmersDied before taking officeAugust 1, 1921Donald KennedyPeace RiverUnited FarmersResigned to run in the 1921 federal election.November 16, 1921Alex RossCalgaryDominion LaborResigned to run in a ministerial by-electionNovember 16, 1921Vernor SmithCamroseUnited FarmersResigned to run in a ministerial by-electionNovember 16, 1921Perren BakerMedicine HatUnited FarmersResigned to run in a ministerial by-electionNovember 16, 1921George HoadleyOkotoksUnited FarmersResigned to run in a ministerial by-electionDecember 2, 1921Alex RossCalgaryDominion LaborAcclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-electionDecember 2, 1921Vernor SmithCamroseUnited FarmersAcclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-electionDecember 2, 1921Perren BakerMedicine HatUnited FarmersAcclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-electionDecember 2, 1921George HoadleyOkotoksUnited FarmersAcclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-electionDecember 2, 1921Herbert GreenfieldPeace RiverUnited FarmersAcclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-electionDecember 2, 1921John BrownleePonokaUnited FarmersAcclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-electionDecember 4, 1921Andrew ShandroWhitfordLiberalRemoved from office by court order 1921 election voidedDecember 29, 1921Charles StewartSedgewickLiberalAppointed to the federal cabinet.March 28, 1922Charles WrightRibstoneUnited FarmersDied from pneumoniaJuly 3, 1922 Albert AndrewsSedgewickUnited FarmersAcclaimed for July 10, 1922, by-electionJuly 10, 1922 William FarquharsonRibstoneUnited FarmersElected in a by-electionJuly 10, 1922 Mike ChornohusWhitfordUnited FarmersElected in a by-electionNovember 14, 1922Robert EdwardsCalgaryIndependentDiedJanuary 15, 1923 William DavidsonCalgaryIndependentElected in a by-electionAugust 10, 1923Joseph StateClearwaterLiberalDiedNovember 10, 1923Jean CôtéGrouardLiberalAppointed to the Senate of CanadaApril 12, 1924VacantClearwaterVacantDistrict abolished by the United Farmers government.July 11, 1924Leonidas GirouxGrouardLiberalElected in a by-electionAugust 27, 1924John BoyleEdmontonLiberalAppointed to the benchOctober 27, 1924 William HenryEdmontonLiberalElected in a by-electionJune 6, 1925William JohnstonMedicine HatDominion LaborDiedSeptember 29, 1925Charles PingleMedicine HatLiberalElected in a by-electionOctober 15, 19251Charles CrossEdsonLiberalResigned to run in the 1925 federal electionOctober 15, 19251Thomas MilnesClaresholmIndependent FarmerResigned to run in the 1925 federal electionOctober 15, 19251Andrew McLennanEdmontonLiberalResigned to run in the 1925 federal electionOctober 15, 19251Stanley TobinLeducLiberalResigned to run in the 1925 federal electionOctober 15, 19251John StewartLethbridgeConservativeResigned to run in the 1925 federal electionOctober 17, 1925William DavidsonCalgaryIndependentResigned to run in the 1925 federal electionMarch 18, 1926Charles MitchellBow ValleyLiberalResigned to accept judicial appointment.May 1926George MillsAthabascaIndependent LiberalLeft the Liberal caucus to run as an Independent Liberal Exact date the Speaker received resignation unknown, nomination deadline date for the 1925 federal election used. All were received by Speaker Oran McPherson after September 29 and before October 17.

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