1st Alberta Legislative Assembly

1st Legislative Assembly of Alberta lasted from November 9, 1905 to Monday, March 22, 1909. The government was led by Alexander Rutherford of the Alberta Liberal Party, they held an overwhelming majority of seats during the first legislature.

[edit] Party composition

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

	District	Member	Party
1st Alberta Legislative Assembly
	Athabasca	William Bredin	Liberal
	Banff	Charles W. Fisher	Liberal
	Calgary	William Cushing	Liberal
	Cardston	John Woolf	Liberal
	Edmonton	Charles Cross	Liberal
	Gliechen	Charles Stuart	Liberal
	High River	Albert Robertson	Conservative
	Innisfail	John A. Simpson	Liberal
	Lacombe	William Puffer	Liberal
	Leduc	Robert Telford	Liberal
	Lethbridge	Leverett DeVeber	Liberal
	Macleod	Malcolm McKenzie	Liberal
	Medicine Hat	William Finlay	Liberal
	Peace River	Thomas Brick	Liberal
	Pincher Creek	John Plummer Marcellus	Liberal
	Ponoka	John R. McLeod	Liberal
	Red Deer	John Moore	Liberal
	Rosebud	Cornelius Hiebert	Conservative
	St. Albert	Henry McKenny	Liberal
	Stony Plain	John McPherson	Liberal
	Strathcona	Alexander Rutherford	Liberal
	Sturgeon	John Boyle	Liberal
	Vermillion	Matthew McCauley	Liberal
	Victoria	Francis A. Walker	Liberal
	Wetaskiwin	Anthony Rosenroll	Liberal

District	Member	Party	Reason for By-Election
Lethbridge	William Simmons	Liberal	April 12, 1906 —Appointment of Mr. Leverett DeVeber to Canadian Senate
Vermillion	James Bismark Holden	Liberal	July 16, 1906 —Appointment of Mr. Matthew McCauley as warden of Edmonton Penitentiary
Gliechen	Ezra Riley	Liberal	December 7, 1906 —Appointment of Mr. Charles Stuart to Judicial Bench
Lethbridge	Donald McNabb	Labour	January 8, 1909 —Resignation of Mr. William Simmons to run for House of Commons

Bills Report 1st Legislative Assembly
Party		# of Bills	Royal Assent	Withdrawn	Killed
First Session
	Liberal	83	76	9	0
	Conservative	0	0	0	0
Second Session
	Liberal	54	49	5	0
	Conservative	0	0	0	0
Third Session
	Liberal	45	43	0	2
	Conservative	2	0	1	1
Fourth Session
	Liberal	54	48	3	3
	Labour	3	2	0	1
	Conservative	0	0	0	0

Preceded by Government of Alberta created	Alberta Legislatures 1905–1909	Succeeded by 2nd Legislature

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