The 1917 Alberta general election was held on 7 June 1917 to elect members of the

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. The Liberals won a fourth term in office, defeating the

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. Because of

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, eleven

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(MLAs) were re-elected by acclamation, under Section 38 of the ''Election Act'', which stipulated that any member of the 3rd Alberta Legislative Assembly, would be guaranteed re-election, with no contest held, if members joined for war time service. Eleven MLAs were automatically re-elected through this clause. (None were re-elected in the next election.) In addition, soldiers and nurses from

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serving in the

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elected two MLAs. Two extra seats were thus added just for this election. The MLAs were non-partisan officially. But both Robert Pearson and Roberta MacAdams allied themselves to Labour and Non-Partisan League MLAs by showing social consciousness in regards the conditions available for returned soldiers and working families. These two members were elected in one contest, while each other MLA was elected through

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in a single-member district. In 1917, the main issue facing the nation was

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. In Alberta, where support for conscription was high, the incumbent

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government of Arthur Sifton decided to break with federal Liberal leader

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and support Conservative Prime Minister

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's efforts to form a coalition government. The two major parties both supported conscription, but growing labour and farmer activism, and the entry of women into politics, both as voters and candidates, made the election exciting enough that 30,000 more votes were cast than in the previous election (although they were nothing like the high numbers that would be cast in the 1921 election). This was the last time Liberals won an Alberta provincial election. The 1917 election was the tightest majority ever formed in Alberta history, with the combined opposition equaling 71% of the MLAs on the government benches. Premier Sifton resigned in October 1917 in order to serve in the federal Unionist government of Prime Minister Borden and was replaced by Charles Stewart. This was the first election in Alberta that women (those who were British subjects or Canadian citizens more than 20 years of age who were not

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) had the right to vote and run. Two women were elected in the legislature that year. One of these was Roberta MacAdams, elected as one of two representatives of soldiers and nurses serving in the war. The other,

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, was elected as a candidate of the

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. Her election and the election of fellow NPL candidate James Weir were harbingers of the rise of farmer politics that would see the election of the

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government in 1921. The

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, which opposed conscription, elected one member in Calgary,

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. The vote in the Athabasca district was conducted on 27 June 1917 due to the remoteness of the riding.

Electoral system

All but two of the MLAs elected in this election were elected through

. Alberta had used multiple-member districts in Edmonton and Calgary previously, but for this election they had been split into single-member districts. The two overseas army members were elected through

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.A Report on Alberta Elections

Results

Notes

Members of the Legislative Assembly

For complete electoral history, see individual districts , - ,

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1,842
48.22% , , E. Gordon Jonah
1,229
32.17% , ,

Lorne Proudfoot Lorne Proudfoot (October 8, 1880 – January 10, 1977) was a farmer, teacher and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus ...

749
19.61% , , , John A. McColl , - ,

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''Acclaimed'' , , , , , James R. Lowery , - ,

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Alexander Grant MacKay Alexander Grant MacKay (March 7, 1860 – April 25, 1920) was a Canadian teacher, lawyer and provincial level politician. He served prominent posts in two provincial legislatures as Leader of the Opposition in Ontario and as a Cabinet Ministe ...

752
65.79% , , Alfred F. Fugl
391
34.21% , , , , ,

, - , Beaver River , , , Wilfrid Gariepy
1,134
64.07% , , Ambrose E. Gray
636
35.93% , , , , , Wilfrid Gariepy , - ,

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Charles Richmond Mitchell Charles Richmond Mitchell (November 30, 1872 – August 16, 1942) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, cabinet minister and former Leader of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Early life Mitchell was born in Newcastle, Ne ...

604
58.13% , , Edmund F. Purcell
435
41.87% , , , , , George Lane , - ,

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, , , , Thomas M.M. Tweedie
1,273
48.94% , , ,

1,328
51.06% , , , Thomas M.M. Tweedie , - ,

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2,701
54.72% , , Samuel Bacon Hillocks
2,235
45.28% , , , , , Samuel Bacon Hillocks , - , South Calgary , , , , , Thomas H. Blow
3,273
48.01% , , William Irvine (Labour-Rep.)
2,248
32.98%
John McNeill
1,296
19.01% , , , Thomas H. Blow , - , Camrose , , , George P. Smith
2,258
65.22% , , Frank P. Layton
1,204
34.78% , , , , , George P. Smith , - ,

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, , , Martin Woolf
972
56.38% , , W.G. Smith
752
43.62% , , , , , Martin Woolf , - ,

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, , William Moffat
670
44.40% , , , , ,

839
55.60% , , , William Moffat , - ,

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, , , Joseph E. State
188
64.38% , , Robert Neville Frith
104
35.62% , , , , ,

Henry William McKenney Henry William McKenney (February 24, 1848 – March 11, 1921) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. McKenney was born in Ontario, the son of a merchant and sailor. After attending schooling, he moved to Manitoba, where soon after he took part i ...

, - , Cochrane , , , Charles Wellington Fisher
630
57.32% , , H.E.G.H. Scholefield
469
42.68% , , , , , Charles Wellington Fisher , - ,

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, , Harry S. Northwood
1,575
46.92% , , , William Wallace Wilson
1,782
53.08% , , , , , Frank H. Whiteside , - , Didsbury , , , Henry B. Atkins
1,394
52.80% , , Wilbur Leslie Tolton
1,246
47.20% , , , , , Joseph E. Stauffer , - ,

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, , Fredrick Duncan
2,553
37.86% , , , James Ramsey
3,035
45.00% , , Joseph A. Clarke
811
12.03%
Sydney R. Keeling (Socialist)
345
5.12% , , ''New District from

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Edmonton-South Edmonton-South (previously styled Edmonton South) is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The first iteration was used for the 1913 and 1917 provincial elections. The district was re-created again for the 30th Alberta g ...

, , Robert Blyth Douglas
2,178
44.10% , , , Herbert Howard Crawford
2,761
55.90% , , , , , Herbert Howard Crawford , - ,

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2,884
43.30% , , , Albert Freeman Ewing
3,776
56.70% , , , , ''New District from

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1,116
62.91% , , J.R. McIntosh
455
25.65% , , John Reid (Socialist)
203
11.44% , , ,

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, , John P. McArthur
712
39.96% , , , Fred Davis
762
42.76% , ,

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308
17.28% , , , John P. McArthur , - ,

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688
70.71% , , Eugene Gravel
285
29.29% , , , , ,

, - , Hand Hills , , , Robert Berry Eaton
''Acclaimed'' , , , , , , , Robert Berry Eaton , - ,

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, , Dan F. Riley
885
48.95% , , ,

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923
51.05% , , , , ,

, - , Innisfail , , , Daniel J. Morkeberg
905
51.33% , , Frederick William Archer
766
43.45% , , James K. Wilson
92
5.22% , , , Frederick William Archer , - , Lac Ste. Anne , , Ralph E. Barker
766
48.91% , , , George R. Barker
800
51.09% , , , , ,

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, , William Franklin Puffer
1,333
48.37% , , , Andrew Gilmour
1,423
51.63% , , , , , William Franklin Puffer , - , Leduc , , , Stanley G. Tobin
1,707
73.67% , , George Currie
610
26.33% , , , , , Stanley G. Tobin , - ,

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, , , James McNaughton
808
77.39% , , , , , , , James McNaughton , - ,

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728
51.78% , ,

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678
48.22% , , , , ,

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, , , , , Nelson C. Spencer
''Acclaimed'' , , , , , Nelson C. Spencer , - , Nanton , , John M. Glendenning
415
32.88% , , J.T. Cooper
408
32.33% , , , James Weir
439
34.79% , , , John M. Glendenning , - ,

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, , Angus McIntosh
535
40.50% , , , George Hoadley
786
59.50% , , , , , George Hoadley , - ,

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, , , Duncan Marshall
1,283
56.35% , , George H. Cloakey
994
43.65% , , , , , Duncan Marshall , - ,

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1,994
62.92% , , D.H. Minchin
712
22.47% , , L. Harry Adair
463
14.61% , , ,

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, - , Pembina , , , Gordon MacDonald
''Acclaimed'' , , , , , , , Gordon MacDonald , - ,

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, , Thomas Hammond
448
32.94% , , , John H.W.S. Kemmis
496
36.47% , , J. E. Hillier (Non-partisan)
416
30.59% , , , John H.W.S. Kemmis , - , Ponoka , , William A. Campbell
857
49.11% , , ,

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888
50.89% , , , , , William A. Campbell , - ,

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, , Robert B. Welliver
1,272
44.87% , , ,

1,295
45.68% , , George Paton
268
9.45% , , ,

, - , Redcliff , , , Charles S. Pingle
''Acclaimed'' , , , , , , , Charles S. Pingle , - , Ribstone , , ,

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''Acclaimed'' , , , , , Robert E. Campbell , - , Sedgewick , , , Charles Stewart
1,657
63.05% , , John Reeve Lavell
971
36.95% , , , , , Charles Stewart , - , St. Albert , , ,

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1,095
59.61% , , Hector L. Landry
742
40.39% , , , , ,

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1,077
66.65% , , James Brady
539
33.35% , , , , ,

, - , Stettler , , , Edward H. Prudden
1,408
39.45% , , George McMorris
1,375
38.53% , , J.R. Knight
786
22.02% , , , Robert L. Shaw , - , Stony Plain (electoral district), Stony Plain , , Frank A. Smith
705
48.65% , , , Frederick Lundy, Frederick W. Lundy
744
51.35% , , , , , Conrad Weidenhammer , - , Sturgeon (provincial electoral district), Sturgeon , , , John Robert Boyle
1,546
47.19% , , James Sutherland
1,212
37.00% , , H. Mickleson
518
15.81% , , , John Robert Boyle , - , Taber (provincial electoral district), Taber , , , Archibald J. McLean
1,804
63.75% , , Thomas O. King
1,026
36.25% , , , , , Archibald J. McLean , - , Vegreville (provincial electoral district), Vegreville , , , Joseph S. McCallum
1,864
59.12% , , Malcolm R. Gordon
1,289
40.88% , , , , , Joseph S. McCallum , - , Vermilion (provincial electoral district), Vermilion , , , Arthur Sifton, Arthur L. Sifton
2,063
63.03% , , John B. Burch
1,210
36.97% , , , , , Arthur Sifton, Arthur L. Sifton , - , Victoria (Alberta provincial electoral district), Victoria , , , Francis A. Walker (politician), Francis A. Walker
''Acclaimed'' , , , , , , , Francis A. Walker (politician), Francis A. Walker , - , Wainwright (provincial electoral district), Wainwright , , , , , George LeRoy Hudson
''Acclaimed'' , , , , , George LeRoy Hudson , - , Warner (provincial electoral district), Warner , , , Frank S. Leffingwell
706
64.89% , , Hy. James Tennant
382
35.11% , , , , , Frank S. Leffingwell , - , Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district), Wetaskiwin , , , Hugh John Montgomery
1,500
68.71% , , Robert MacLachlan Angus
683
31.29% , , , , , Charles H. Olin , - , Whitford (provincial electoral district), Whitford , , , Andrew Shandro (politician), Andrew S. Shandro
''Acclaimed'' , , , , , , , Andrew Shandro (politician), Andrew S. Shandro , -

Members acclaimed under Section 38

Eleven Liberal and Conservative MLAs serving in the army were allowed to retain their seats without election.

1917 soldiers' and nurses' vote

Two extra seats were added for this election. Two MLAs were elected to represent the soldiers and nurses serving overseas. They were elected through plurality block voting, with each soldier and nurse having two votes. Roberta MacAdams, the sole woman in the race, capitalized on the two-vote system by instructing the soldiers to "give one vote to the man of your choice and the other vote to the Sister" (herself). She was successful, becoming the second woman elected in Alberta and in the whole of the British Empire. Candidates and voters were Albertans who were enlisted for overseas military, naval or nursing service. The MLAs sat on the opposition benches. They were non-partisan officially, although both Robert Pearson and Roberta MacAdams allied themselves to Labour and NPL MLAs by showing social consciousness in regards the conditions available for returned soldiers and working families. The vote was held on 18 September 1917.

Electoral system

Results

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Members acclaimed under Section 38

1917 soldiers' and nurses' vote

See also

References

Further reading