6th Alberta Legislature
The 6th Alberta Legislative Assembly lasted from 1926 to 1930. The United Farmers of Alberta government had been re-elected to their second term in power under Premier John Brownlee.
This was the first legislature that was elected under Single Transferable Vote.
Composition changes in the 6th Assembly
| Number of members per party by date |
1926 | 1928 | 1930 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28 | Jan 10 | May 1 | ? | ||
| United Farmers | 43 | 44 | |||
| Liberal | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |
| Dominion Labor | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | 4 | ||||
| Independent Labor | 1 | ||||
| Total members | 60 | 59 | 60 | ||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Government Majority | 26 | 27 | 26 | 28 | |
| Membership changes in the 6th Assembly | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Name | District | Party | Reason | |
| June 28, 1926 | See List of Members | Election day of the sixth Alberta general election | |||
| January 10, 1928 | Charles Pingle | Medicine Hat | Liberal | Died of a stroke | |
| May 1, 1928 | Hector Lang | Medicine Hat | Liberal | Elected in a by-election | |
| 1930 | John Frame | Athabasca | United Farmers | Crossed the floor from the Liberals to the United Farmers caucus | |
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