2nd Alberta Legislature

The 2nd Alberta Legislative Assembly lasted from March 23, 1909 to April 17, 1913 Alexander Rutherford led the overwhelming majority Alberta Liberal Party government in his second term.

The total number of members increased by 16, to 41.

Party composition

Affiliation		1st Assembly dissolution	Elected in 1909	Standings at dissolution
	Liberal	22	36	33
	Conservative	2	2	6
	Socialist		1	1
	Independent		1	1
	Independent Liberal		1
	Labour	1
Total		25	41	41
Government Majority		20	31	25

Members elected during the 1909 Alberta Provincial Election

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

2nd Alberta Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party
	Alexandra	Alwyn Bramley-Moore	Liberal
	Calgary	William Cushing	Liberal
		Richard Bennett	Conservative
	Camrose	George P. Smith	Liberal
	Cardston	John William Woolf	Liberal
	Claresholm	Malcolm McKenzie	Liberal
	Cochrane	Charles W. Fisher	Liberal
	Didsbury	Joseph Stauffer	Liberal
	Edmonton #1	Charles Wilson Cross	Liberal
	Edmonton #2	John McDougall	Liberal
	Gleichen	Ezra Riley	Liberal
	High River	Louis Roberts	Liberal
	Innisfail	John A. Simpson	Liberal
	Lac Ste. Anne	Peter Gunn	Liberal
	Lacombe	William Puffer	Liberal
	Leduc	Robert Telford	Liberal
	Lethbridge City	William Ashbury Buchanan	Liberal
	Lethbridge District	Archibald J. McLean	Independent Liberal
	Macleod	Colin Genge	Liberal
	Medicine Hat	William Finlay	Liberal
	Nanton	John M. Glendenning	Liberal
	Okotoks	George Hoadley	Conservative
	Olds	Duncan Marshall	Liberal
	Pakan	Prosper-Edmond Lessard	Liberal
	Peace River	James Cornwall	Liberal
	Pembina	Henry William McKenney	Liberal
	Pincher Creek	David Warnock	Liberal
	Ponoka	William A. Campbell	Liberal
	Red Deer	Edward Michener	Independent
	Rocky Mountain	Charles M. O'Brien	Socialist
	Sedgewick	Charles Stewart	Liberal
	St. Albert	Lucien Boudreau	Liberal
	Stettler	Robert L. Shaw	Liberal
	Stony Plain	John McPherson	Liberal
	Strathcona	Alexander Rutherford	Liberal
	Sturgeon	John R. Boyle	Liberal
	Vegreville	James Bismark Holden	Liberal
	Vermilion	Archibald Campbell	Liberal
	Victoria	Francis A. Walker	Liberal
	Wetaskiwin	Charles H. Olin	Liberal

July 15, 1909

	District	Member	Party
	Athabasca	Jean Côté	Liberal

Standings changes after election

By-elections

By-elections are only shown if new members were elected

	District	Member	Party	Reason for By-Election
	Medicine Hat	Charles R. Mitchell	Liberal	June 29, 1910—Resignation of William Finlay
	Vermilion	Arthur Sifton	Liberal	June 29, 1910—Resignation of Archie Campbell to provide seat for Premier Arthur Sifton
	Gleichen	Archibald J. McArthur	Liberal	October 3, 1910—Resignation of Ezra Riley in protest against Liberal Party Leadership
	Macleod	Robert Patterson	Farmers	October 3, 1910—Death of Colin Genge
	Calgary #2	Thomas Tweedie	Conservative	October 31, 1911—Resignation of Richard Bennett to run for House of Commons
	Gleichen	Harold Riley	Conservative	October 31, 1911—Death of Archibald John McArthur
	Lethbridge City	John Smith Stewart	Conservative	October 31, 1911—Resignation of Mr. William Buchanan to run for House for Commons
	Pincher Creek	John Kemmis	Conservative	October 31, 1911—Resignation of David Warnock to run for House of Commons
	Cardston	Martin Woolf	Liberal	May 27, 1912—Resignation of Mr. John Woolf

Floor crossings

• June 22, 1910—Archibald McLean crossed the floor to the Liberal Party to accept a cabinet portfolio, he was acclaimed in a by-election
• Date Unknown—James Cornwall leaves the Liberal Party and becomes an Independent

External links

• Alberta Legislative Assembly