The 1921 Alberta general election was held on July 18, 1921, to elect members to the

5th Alberta Legislative Assembly 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 resume ...

. It was one of only five times that Alberta has changed governments. The

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

, which had governed the province since its creation in 1905, led by Charles Stewart at the time of the election, was defeated by a very-new

United Farmers of Alberta The United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) is an association of Alberta farmers that has served different roles in its 100-year history – as a lobby group, a successful political party, and as a farm-supply retail chain. As a political party, it forme ...

political party. The UFA was an agricultural lobby organization that was contesting its first general election. It had previously elected one MLA in a by-election. Under the Block Voting system, each voter in Edmonton and Calgary could vote for up to five candidates, while Medicine Hat voters could vote for up to two candidates. All other districts remained one voter – one vote. No party ran a full slate of candidates province-wide. The UFA ran candidates in most of the rural constituencies, and one in Edmonton. The Liberal Party ran candidates in almost all the constituencies. The Conservatives ran a bare dozen candidates, mostly in the cities. Labour mostly avoided running against UFA candidates, by running candidates in the cities and in Rocky Mountain, where it counted on coal miners' votes. The United Farmers took most of the rural seats, doing particularly well in the heavily Protestant south of the province. A majority of the votes in the constituencies where the UFA ran candidates went to the UFA. Labour took five seats, two in Calgary. One Labour MLA was named to the UFA government cabinet, in a sort of coalition government. The Liberals took all the seats in Edmonton, due to the block-voting system in use. This multiple-vote system also skewed the vote count.

The campaign

Liberals

The Liberal Party, which had governed the province since 1905, were led into the election by its third Premier and leader, Charles Stewart.

AGT scandal

The Alberta Government Telephones scandal broke before the election. It was learned that the Liberals spent AGT money to have telephone poles crated and shipped in big stacks to remote communities in which they had no intention of installing phone lines in an effort to garner support and votes.

United Farmers

The United Farmers of Alberta under the leadership of President Henry Wise Wood was contesting its first general election. The UFA's political wing, as a party, had come into being after the organization had decided to no longer be content with being a lobby group. They merged with the

Non-Partisan League of Alberta The Alberta Non-Partisan League was a minor provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. The League changed its name to the Non-Partisan Political League of Canada: Alberta Branch in 1917 as it prepared to move into federal politics. The party ch ...

, which had formed before the 1917 general election and had elected a couple members. The Non-Partisan League activists were significant within the political machinery of the United Farmers. The merged party experienced a significant amount of growth in the run up to the general election. It won its first victory with the election of candidate Alexander Moore in the electoral district of Cochrane in 1919 and achieved a coup when Conservative leader George Hoadley crossed the floor. The two Non-Partisan League MLAs, despite not changing their affiliation, caucused with the United Farmers. Wise Wood knew midway through the election campaign that his party was going to form government. In a famous speech he gave in

Medicine Hat Medicine Hat is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff to the northwest are with ...

on July 8, 1921, he was quoted as saying ''"Farmers may not be ready to take over government, but they are going to do it anyway"''. He also said in that speech that he would have preferred that only his 20 best candidates were elected, to form the opposition, but he said he expected there would be a lot more than that elected.

Split in the Labour forces

The campaign was contested by two provincial labour parties: a main party named the Dominion Labor and a splinter group in Edmonton named the Independent Labor Party. Dominion Labor ran candidates in primarily urban ridings such as Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. Its President Holmes Jowatt declining to seek office himself, instead devoting his energies help other candidates. At the beginning of the election Independent Labor offered to nominate Edmonton area candidates at a joint convention with the DLP, to prevent the splitting of the labour vote and use the co-operative good-will to eventually unite the parties. The Dominion Labor declined the offer stating that to do so would divide its own ticket. Among the ILP candidates was pioneer photographer Ernest Brown, soon after to lead meetings of the Communist Party.

Conservatives

The Conservative Party which has been the primary opposition in the province since it was created in 1905 had seen a split in the ranks under the leadership of George Hoadley. The caucus divided into two separate Conservative caucuses. Hoadley left the Conservative party sitting as an Independent and then won the United Farmers nomination in

Okotoks Okotoks (, originally ) is a town in the Calgary Region of Alberta, Canada. It is on the Sheep River, approximately south of Calgary. Okotoks has emerged as a bedroom community of Calgary. According to the 2016 Census, the town has a population ...

and crossed the floor. The party replaced Hoadley by selecting

Albert Ewing Albert Freeman Ewing (June 29, 1871 – August 26, 1946) was a provincial politician and judge from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1921 sitting with the Conservative caucus in oppositio ...

an Edmonton area Member of the Legislative Assembly as leader. The Conservatives spent the campaign criticizing the wasteful and extravagant spending of the Liberal government. They also reminded Alberta voters of the Alberta Government Telephones, telephone pole scandal. The Conservatives campaign for reforms to the provincial tax code as well as pressing for provincial resource rights and voter list reforms in the election act. Despite the split in the party the Conservative campaign attracted some high-profile support. Former Liberal Premier

Alexander Rutherford Alexander Cameron Rutherford (February 2, 1857 – June 11, 1941) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the first premier of Alberta from 1905 to 1910. Born in Ormond, Canada West, he studied and practiced law in Ottawa before h ...

a big supporter of Ewing, led the campaign for the five Conservative candidates contesting for seats in Edmonton. The Conservative party was a long time recovering from the split in the party. Supporters of Hoadley and their rural base migrated to the United Farmers. The change of amalgamating the districts in Calgary and Edmonton to a block vote did not help Conservative candidates. In Edmonton the strong Liberal block dominated and all five seats were captured by Liberal candidates. The only Conservative to return was Lethbridge MLA John Stewart. Albert Ewing went down to defeat in Edmonton.

Socialist

The

Socialist Party of Alberta The Socialist Party of Alberta was a provincial branch of the Socialist Party of Canada. The party formed out of a socialist movement that began with miners in the District of Alberta, Northwest Territories. 1908 Federal Election F.H. Sherman of ...

had been in decline since O'Brien lost his seat in the 1913 general election. Two Socialist candidates ran in this election, under the banner Labour Socialist, Frank Williams in Calgary and Marie Mellard in Edmonton. Marie Mellard would join the new Communist Party within the year.

Calgary, Edmonton and Medicine Hat voters cast multiple votes

The Liberals, in fact, won a larger share of the votes cast than the UFA (about 34%, compared to 29% for the UFA). The popular vote numbers exaggerate the actual number of Liberal party supporters however. Urban voters in Calgary and Edmonton were allowed to place five votes and Medicine Hat voters 2 votes, as Edmonton and Calgary contained 5 seats each and Medicine Hat 2 seats, while voters in the other constituencies, most of which were contested by the UFA, only had 1 vote each under the

first past the post In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...

electoral system. The United Farmers did not run in Calgary and only had a single candidate in Edmonton, thus it did not benefit from the higher weighted city vote. This over-representation of big-city voters was so significant that there were more than 120,000 more votes counted than there were voters voting—significant as no single party received more than 102,000 votes. The Liberal Party received 28,000 votes in Edmonton and 20,000 votes in Calgary, almost half of their total across the province, under this system where each big-city Liberal voter could lodge five votes for the party. If you give the Liberal Party only one-fifth of their vote tally in Edmonton and Calgary, the Liberal Party total vote count decreases to well below the UFA total. Now it could be that each voter in Edmonton gave one of his/her votes to the Liberals (but not likely), but even so the Liberal candidates in Edmonton received 8,000 more votes in Edmonton than there were voters who voted. This 8,000 is more than half the difference between the Liberal's and the UFA's tallies province-wide. As well, in Calgary 17,000 voters cast about 76,000 votes. As none of these went to UFA candidates (none ran in Calgary) this massive multiple voting going elsewhere gave the UFA a lower proportion overall. It was also noted by defenders of the government that the UFA percentage of total seats (62 percent) is identical to the percentage of votes it received in the constituencies in which it did run candidates.

Aftermath

The result of the election radically and forever altered the political landscape of the province. The United Farmers won a majority government, mostly with rural MLAs predominantly from the south of the province, while the Liberals, formerly in power, were moved to the opposition side of the Chamber with MLAs in the cities of Calgary and Edmonton and some northern strongholds. The Liberals have never won power again; the closest they have come since then was winning 39 seats and opposition status in

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

. As well starting in 1921 and lasting until 1971, the Alberta provincial government was not the same as either of the two largest parties in the House of Commons. The 38 MLAs who attended the first United Farmers caucus meeting voted unanimously for UFA President Henry Wise Wood to lead the government as Premier. Wood, who had opposed the UFA becoming a political party for fear that political in-fighting would break up the movement, declined becoming Premier because he was more interested in operating the machinery of the United Farmers movement rather than crafting government policy. He said he feared that the UFA would repeat what had happened elsewhere when farmers movements engaged in electoral politics, rose to power and quickly destroyed themselves. He wanted to remain focused on the farmers movement as a non-partisan movement and as an economic group instead of as a political party. The UFA vice-president,

Percival Baker Percival Baker (January 11, 1867 – July 19, 1921) was a farmer, church minister, and provincial politician in Alberta, Canada. He was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1921 provincial election, however died the ...

, had won his riding with a majority of votes, despite being badly injured in a tree-falling accident and was speculated to have a place in the cabinet. He however died the day after the election. The United Farmers caucus finally chose

Herbert Greenfield Herbert W. Greenfield (November 25, 1869 – August 23, 1949) was a Canadian politician and farmer who served as the fourth premier of Alberta from 1921 until 1925. Born in Winchester, Hampshire, in England, he immigrated to Canada in his late t ...

, who had not run in the election, to become Premier.

Results

Members elected

, - ,

Acadia Acadia (french: link=no, Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the The Maritimes, Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. During much of the 17t ...

, , James C. Cottrell
906
22.58% , , ,

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 ...

3,106
77.42% , , , , , , , , , John A. McColl , - , Alexandra , , Theodore H. Currie
282
11.38% , , , Peter J. Enzenauer
2,195
88.62% , , , , , , , , , James R. Lowery , - ,

Athabasca Athabasca (also Athabaska) is an anglicized version of the Cree name for Lake Athabasca in Canada, āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronounced ), meaning "grass or reeds here and there". Most places named Athabasca are found in Alberta, Canada. Athabasca may a ...

, , , George Mills
1,043
70.43% , , , , John Angelo
438
29.57% , , , , , , ,

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 ...

, - , Beaver River , , , Joseph M. Dechene
1,560
62.33% , , H. Montambault
943
37.67% , , , , , , , , , Wilfrid Gariepy , - ,

Bow Valley Bow Valley is a valley located along the upper Bow River in Alberta, Canada. The name "Bow" refers to the reeds that grew along its banks and which were used by the local First Nations people to make bows; the Blackfoot language name for th ...

, , ,

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 ...

1,694
72.30% , , George A. Love
649
27.70% , , , , , , , , ,

, - , Camrose , , George P. Smith
2,391
44.03% , , , Vernor W. Smith
3,040
55.97% , , , , , , , , , George P. Smith , - ,

Cardston Cardston is a town in Alberta, Canada. It was first settled in 1887 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who travelled from Utah, via the Macleod-Benton Trail, to present-day Alberta in one of the century' ...

, , Martin Woolf
615
31.46% , , , George Lewis Stringam
1,340
68.54% , , , , , , , , , Martin Woolf , - ,

Claresholm Claresholm is a town located within southern Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 2, approximately northwest of the City of Lethbridge and south of the City of Calgary. One of the Famous Five involved in the Persons Case, Louise McKinne ...

, , , ,

Louise McKinney Louise McKinney (; 22 September 186810 July 1931) was a Canadian politician, temperance advocate, and women's rights activist. She was the first woman elected into the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman to serve in a legislatur ...

763
48.54% , , , , , , , Thomas Charles Milnes (Ind.)
809
51.46% , , ,

, - , rowspan="2", Clearwater , , , Joseph E. State
234
41.94% , , , , , , , , Robert G. Campbell
117
20.97% , rowspan="2" , , rowspan="2", Joseph E. State , - , , O.T. Lee
147
26.34% , , , , , , , , S.W. Chambers
60
10.75% , - , Cochrane , , A.S. McDonald
541
36.02% , , , Alexander Moore
961
63.98% , , , , , , , , , Alexander Moore , - ,

Coronation A coronation is the act of placement or bestowal of a crown upon a monarch's head. The term also generally refers not only to the physical crowning but to the whole ceremony wherein the act of crowning occurs, along with the presentation of ot ...

, , Arthur M. Day
960
20.44% , , , George Norman Johnston
3,736
79.56% , , , , , , , , , William Wallace Wilson , - , Didsbury , , George H. Webber
1,734
40.69% , , , Austin Bingley Claypool
2,528
59.31% , , , , , , , , , Henry B. Atkins , - , Edson , , ,

Charles Wilson Cross Charles Wilson Cross (November 30, 1872 – June 2, 1928) was a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the House of Commons of Canada. He was also the first Attorney-General of Alberta. Born in Ontario, he s ...

1,321
57.94% , , , , John Diamond
959
42.06% , , , , , , ,

, - ,

Gleichen Gleichen is the name of two groups of castles in Germany, thus named from their resemblance to each other (german: gleich like, or resembling). Castles in Thuringia between Gotha and Erfurt The first is a group of three (hence called “die dre ...

, , Harry Scott
1,065
40.49% , , , John C. Buckley
1,565
59.51% , , , , , , , , , Fred Davis , - ,

Grouard Grouard, also known as Grouard Mission, is a hamlet in northern Alberta within Big Lakes County. It was previously an incorporated municipality between 1909 and 1944. Grouard is located north of Highway 2, approximately northeast of Grande ...

, , ,

Jean Léon Côté Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * J ...

963
57.84% , , Henry George Dimsdale
702
42.16% , , , , , , , , ,

, - , Hand Hills , , Robert Berry Eaton
1,583
27.13% , , , Gordon A. Forster
4,252
72.87% , , , , , , , , , Robert Berry Eaton , - ,

High River High River is a town within the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. It is approximately south of Calgary, at the junction of Alberta Highways 2 and 23. High River had a population of 14,324 in 2021. History The community takes ...

, , J.V. Drumheller
867
46.09% , , , Samuel Brown
1,014
53.91% , , , , , , , , ,

George Douglas Stanley George Douglas Stanley (March 19, 1876 – February 22, 1954) was a politician and physician from Alberta, Canada. He began as a pioneer medical doctor in Alberta in 1901. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1921 as a ...

, - , Innisfail , , Daniel J. Morkeberg
741
30.85% , , , Donald Cameron
1,661
69.15% , , , , , , , , , Daniel J. Morkeberg , - , Lac Ste. Anne , , C.J. Stiles
837
32.98% , , , Charles Milton McKeen
1,574
62.02% , , , , , , J.H. Mackay (Ind.)
127
5.00% , , , George R. Barker , - ,

Lacombe Lacombe may refer to: Places * Lacombe, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe, Louisiana, United States * Lacombe, Aude, France People * Albert Lacombe (1827–1916), oblate missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot * Bernard Lac ...

, , William Franklin Puffer
1,539
42.14% , , , Mary Irene Parlby
2,113
57.86% , , , , , , , , , Andrew Gilmour , - , Leduc , , , Stanley G. Tobin
1,351
50.19% , , D.S. Muir
1,341
49.81% , , , , , , , , , Stanley G. Tobin , - , Lethbridge , , , , , , , , John Marsh
1,374
37.89% , , , John S. Stewart (Ind.)
2,252
62.11% , , , - ,

Little Bow Little Bow was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 2019. Throughout its history, this district has been dominated by agricultural activities ...

, , James McNaughton
856
35.52% , , , Oran Leo McPherson
1,554
64.48% , , , , , , , , , James McNaughton , - ,

Macleod MacLeod, McLeod and Macleod ( ) which cited: are surnames in the English language. Generally, the names are considered to be Anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic ', meaning "son of '". One of the earliest occurrences of the surname is of Gi ...

, , George Skelding
620
46.03% , , ,

William H. Shield William Hetherington Shield (July 12, 1878 – April 15, 1939) was a Canadian provincial politician from Alberta. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government ...

727
53.97% , , , , , , , , , George Skelding , - ,

, , Oliver Boyd
2,278
18.9%
H. H. Foster
2,013
16.7% , , , Perren E. Baker
4,165
34.5% , , , , , William G. Johnston
3,602
29.9% , , , , , Nelson C. Spencer , - , Nanton , , John M. Glendenning
458
38.65% , , ,

Daniel Harcourt Galbraith Daniel Harcourt Galbraith (November 30, 1878 – October 30, 1968) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1930 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in governme ...

727
61.35% , , , , , , , , , James Weir , - ,

, , Ernest Austin Daggett
390
25.67% , , , George Hoadley
1,129
74.33% , , , , , , , , , George Hoadley , - ,

Olds Olds may refer to: People * The olds, a jocular and irreverent online nickname for old age, older adults * Bert Olds (1891–1953), Australian rules footballer * Carl D. Olds (1912–1979), New Zealand-born American mathematician * Chauncey N. Old ...

, , Duncan Marshall
1,238
39.50% , , , Nelson S. Smith
1,896
60.50% , , , , , , , , , Duncan Marshall , - ,

Peace River The Peace River (french: links=no, rivière de la Paix) is a river in Canada that originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta. The Peace River joins the Athabasca River in th ...

, , , , , Donald MacBeth Kennedy
3,291
62.69% , , , , , , , , , William A. Rae , - , Pembina , , J.H. Phillips
540
21.40% , , ,

George MacLachlan George MacLachlan (February 7, 1881 – November 23, 1962) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Early life MacLachlan and his family would move to the area of Clyde, Alberta in 1904. The edg ...

1,838
72.85% , , , , , , F.D. Armitage (Ind.)
145
5.75% , , , Gordon MacDonald , - ,

Pincher Creek Pincher Creek is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located immediately east of the Canadian Rockies, west of Lethbridge and south of Calgary. History For centuries before European settlers reached this area and inhabited it, Indig ...

, ,

Harvey Bossenberry Harvey Bossenberry (December 15, 1880 – June 19, 1951) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition. Early life H ...

471
34.43% , , , Earle G. Cook
572
41.81% , , , , , , A.E. Cox
192
14.01%
Donald Randolph McIvor
133
9.72% , , , John H.W.S. Kemmis , - , Ponoka , , William A. Campbell
815
36.94% , , , P. Baker
1,391
63.06% , , , , , , , , ,

Charles Orin Cunningham Charles Orin Cunningham (October 24, 1872 – January 8, 1942) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1917 to 1921, sitting with the Conservative caucus in oppositio ...

, - ,

Red Deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of we ...

, , John J. Gaetz
1,146
34.66% , , ,

George Wilbert Smith George Wilbert Smith (April 24, 1855 – August 1, 1931) was a teacher, businessman and politician in Alberta, Canada. He served on the Red Deer City Council and in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 until his death in 1931 sitting wi ...

2,160
65.34% , , , , , , , , ,

Edward Michener Edward Michener (August 18, 1869 – June 16, 1947) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and senator from Alberta. Early life Edward Michener was born on August 18, 1867, to Jac ...

, - , Redcliff , , Charles S. Pingle
1,387
41.56% , , , William C. Smith
1,950
58.44% , , , , , , , , , Charles S. Pingle , - , Ribstone , ,

James Gray Turgeon James Gray Turgeon (October 7, 1879 – February 14, 1964) was a broker, soldier, and provincial and federal level politician from Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1921 sitting with the Alberta Li ...

909
29.31% , , , Charles O.F. Wright
2,192
70.69% , , , , , , , , ,

, - ,

Rocky Mountain The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico in ...

, , Alexander M. Morrison
1,143
35.08% , , Wallace James Sharpe
811
24.89% , , , , , Philip Martin Christophers
1,304
40.02% , , , , , Robert E. Campbell , - , Sedgewick , , , Charles Stewart
''Acclaimed'' , , , , , , , , , , , Charles Stewart , - , St. Albert , ,

Lucien Boudreau Lucien Boudreau (August 6, 1874 – December 16, 1962) was a politician, mayor of St. Albert, Alberta, and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (then called the Provincial Parliament). Early life Boudreau was born in St-Gregoire de Ni ...

1,000
44.76% , , , Telesphore St. Arnaud
1,234
55.24% , , , , , , , , ,

, - ,

St. Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

, ,

Prosper-Edmond Lessard Prosper-Edmond Lessard (February 3, 1873 – April 11, 1931) was a Canadian businessman, militia officer and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1921 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government. ...

984
41.66% , , ,

Laudas Joly Laudas Joly (August 6, 1887 – April 30, 1960) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1930 as a member of the United Farmers of Alberta and from 1952 to 1955 as a member of the S ...

1,378
58.34% , , , , , , , , ,

, - , Stettler , , Edward H. Prudden
1,608
34.11% , , , Albert L. Sanders
3,106
65.89% , , , , , , , , , Edward H. Prudden , - , Stony Plain , , Jacob Miller
647
32.33% , , , Willard M. Washburn
1,001
50.02% , , Frederick W. Lundy
306
15.29% , , , , Dan Brox (Ind.)
47
2.35% , , , Frederick W. Lundy , - , Sturgeon , ,

John Robert Boyle John Robert Boyle, (February 1, 1870 or February 3, 1871 – February 15, 1936) 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 ...

7,310
153.44% , , , Samuel Allen Carson
2,815
59.09% , , , , , , , , ,

, - , Taber , ,

Archibald J. McLean Archibald James McLean (September 25, 1860 – October 13, 1933) was a cattleman and politician from Ontario, Canada. He was one of the Big Four who helped found the Calgary Stampede in 1912. Biography Archibald McLean was born September ...

1,991
46.30% , , ,

Lawrence Peterson Lawrence Peter Peterson (April 12, 1873 – September 7, 1951) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1930 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government. ...

2,309
53.70% , , , , , , , , ,

, - ,

Vegreville Vegreville ( uk, Веґревіль) is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is on Highway 16A approximately east of Edmonton, Alberta's capital city. It was incorporated as a town in 1906, and that year also saw the founding of the ''Vegre ...

, ,

Joseph S. McCallum Joseph Seeley McCallum (July 9, 1884 – July 22, 1945) was a Canadian politician from Alberta. Early life Joseph Seeley McCallum was born July 9, 1884 in Renfrew, Ontario to Angus McCallum and wife Jane Seeley. His family moved to Beaver Lake, ...

1,325
30.31% , , , Archibald Malcolm Matheson
3,047
69.69% , , , , , , , , ,

, - ,

Vermilion Vermilion (sometimes vermillion) is a color, color family, and pigment most often made, since antiquity until the 19th century, from the powdered mineral cinnabar (a form of mercury sulfide, which is toxic) and its corresponding color. It i ...

, , Arthur W. Ebbett
939
24.11% , , ,

Richard Gavin Reid Richard Gavin "Dick" Reid (17 January 1879 – 17 October 1980) was a Canadian politician who served as the sixth premier of Alberta from 1934 to 1935. He was the last member of the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) to hold the office, and that par ...

2,955
75.89% , , , , , , , , , Arthur W. Ebbett , - ,

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

, , Francis A. Walker
1,288
47.90% , , , Wasyl Fedun
1,401
52.10% , , , , , , , , , Francis A. Walker , - , Wainwright , ,

Harcus Strachan Henry Mareus "Harcus" Strachan (; 7 November 1884 – 1 May 1982) was a Scottish born Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Co ...

913
28.10% , , , John Russell Love
1,877
57.77% , , George LeRoy Hudson
459
14.13% , , , , , , , George LeRoy Hudson , - , Warner , , Frank S. Leffingwell
490
39.36% , , , Maurice Joy Conner
755
60.64% , , , , , , , , , Frank S. Leffingwell , - ,

Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. The city is located south of the provincial capital of Edmonton. The city name comes from the Cree word ''wītaskiwinihk'', meaning "the hills where peace was made". Wetaskiwin is ...

, ,

Hugh John Montgomery Hugh John Montgomery (July 31, 1876 – August 30, 1956) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a politician on the municipal and provincial levels of government in Alberta. He served on the city council of Wetaskiwin in various pos ...

1,216
44.64% , , , Evert E. Sparks
1,508
55.36% , , , , , , , , ,

, - , Whitford , , , Andrew S. Shandro
''Acclaimed'' , , , , , , , , , , , Andrew S. Shandro , - 10 by-elections were held in the months after the election. Some were held to sit several UFA MLAs and one Labour MLA in the new cabinet. Herbert Greenfield after being chosen to serve as premier ran for a seat in a by-election. John Brownlee after being chosen to serve as a cabinet minister ran for a seat in a by-election. Another was held after a Liberal MLA (Andrew Shandro) was thrown down for taking a seat under suspicious circumstances. All were successful for the UFA (and one Labour).

Calgary

Edmonton

Notes

References

External links

Elections Alberta
{{AlbertaElections Alberta general 1921 General election Alberta general election

The campaign

Liberals

AGT scandal

United Farmers

Split in the Labour forces

Conservatives

Socialist

Calgary, Edmonton and Medicine Hat voters cast multiple votes

Aftermath

Results

Members elected

Calgary

Edmonton

Notes

References

Further reading

External links