# 4th Alberta Legislature

The 4th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 7, 1918, to June 23, 1921, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1917 Alberta general election held on June 7, 1917. The Legislature officially resumed on February 7, 1918, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on April 19, 1921 and dissolved on June 23, 1921, prior to the 1921 Alberta general election.
Alberta's second government was controlled by the majority Liberal Party led by Premier Arthur Sifton, who would resign shortly after the 1917 election on October 30, 1917 to contest the 1917 Canadian general election for the Unionist Party under Prime Minister Robert Borden in support of the Borden government during the Conscription Crisis of 1917. Charles Stewart would be Sifton's choice as replacement as Premier, which was accepted by Lieutenant Governor Robert Brett. The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party led by George Hoadley for the first session, and James Ramsey for the remaining sessions. The Speaker was Charles W. Fisher who continued in the role from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd assembly, and would serve in the role until his death from the 1918 flu pandemic on May 5, 1919. Fisher was replaced as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly by Charles Pingle.
The 4th Assembly would be the final time the Alberta Liberal Party would hold government, being replaced by the United Farmers of Alberta following the 1921 general election.

## Members of the 4th Legislative Assembly
### Government

| District | Member | Party | First elected |
| Acadia | John McColl | Liberal | 1913 |
| Athabasca | Alexander Grant MacKay | Liberal | 1913 |
| Athabasca | George Mills (1919) | Liberal | 1919 |
| Beaver River | Wilfrid Gariépy | Liberal | 1913 |
| Bow Valley | Charles R. Mitchell | Liberal | 1917 |
| North Calgary | William McCartney Davidson | Liberal | 1917 |
| Camrose | George P. Smith | Liberal | 1909 |
| Cardston | Martin Woolf | Liberal | 1912 |
| Clearwater | Joseph State | Liberal | 1917 |
| Cochrane | Charles W. Fisher | Liberal | 1905 |
| Cochrane | Alexander Moore (1919) | United Farmers | 1919 |
| Didsbury | Henry B. Atkins | Liberal | 1917 |
| Edson | Charles Wilson Cross | Liberal | 1905 |
| Grouard | Jean Côté | Liberal | 1909 |
| Hand Hills | Robert Eaton | Liberal | 1913 |
| Innisfail | Daniel Morkeberg | Liberal | 1917 |
| Leduc | Stanley Tobin | Liberal | 1913 |
| Little Bow | James McNaughton | Liberal | 1913 |
| Macleod | George Skelding | Liberal | 1917 |
| Olds | Duncan Marshall | Liberal | 1909 |
| Peace River | William Archibald Rae | Liberal | 1917 |
| Pembina | Gordon MacDonald | Liberal | 1913 |
| Redcliff | Charles Pingle | Liberal | 1913 |
| Ribstone | James Gray Turgeon | Liberal | 1913 |
| Sedgewick | Charles Stewart | Liberal | 1909 |
| St. Albert | Lucien Boudreau | Liberal | 1909 |
| Stettler | Edward Prudden | Liberal | 1917 |
| St. Paul | Prosper-Edmond Lessard | Liberal | 1913 |
| Sturgeon | John Boyle | Liberal | 1905 |
| Taber | Archibald J. McLean | Liberal | 1909 |
| Vegreville | Joseph McCallum | Liberal | 1913 |
| Vermilion | Arthur Lewis Sifton | Liberal | 1910 |
| Vermilion | Arthur Ebbett | Liberal | 1917 |
| Victoria | Francis A. Walker | Liberal | 1905 |
| Warner | Frank Leffingwell | Liberal | 1913 |
| Wetaskiwin | Hugh John Montgomery | Liberal | 1914 |
| Whitford | Andrew Shandro | Liberal | 1913 |

### Official Opposition

| District | Member | Party | First elected |
| Alexandra | James Lowery | Conservative | 1913 |
| South Calgary | Thomas Blow | Conservative | 1913 |
| Coronation | William Wilson | Conservative | 1917 |
| Edmonton East | James Ramsey | Conservative | 1917 |
| Edmonton West | Albert Ewing | Conservative | 1913 |
| Edmonton South | Herbert Crawford | Conservative | 1913 |
| Gleichen | Fred Davis | Conservative | 1917 |
| High River | George Douglas Stanley | Conservative | 1913 |
| Lac Ste. Anne | George Barker | Conservative | 1917 |
| Lacombe | Andrew Gilmour | Conservative | 1917 |
| Lethbridge City | John Stewart | Conservative | 1911 |
| Medicine Hat | Nelson Spencer | Conservative | 1913 |
| Okotoks | George Hoadley | Conservative | 1909 |
| Pincher Creek | John Kemmis | Conservative | 1911 |
| Ponoka | Charles Cunningham | Conservative | 1917 |
| Red Deer | Edward Michener | Conservative | 1909 |
| Red Deer | John Gaetz (1918) | Liberal | 1918 |
| Rocky Mountain | Robert Campbell | Conservative | 1913 |
| Stony Plain | Frederick Lundy | Conservative | 1917 |
| Wainwright | George LeRoy Hudson | Conservative | 1913 |

### Opposition

| District | Member | Party | First elected |
| Centre Calgary | Alex Ross | Labor Representation | 1917 |
| Claresholm | Louise McKinney | Non-Partisan | 1917 |
| Nanton | James Weir | Non-Partisan | 1917 |
| Province at Large | Robert Pearson | Canadian Armed Forces | 1917 |
| Province at Large | Roberta MacAdams | Canadian Armed Forces | 1917 |
* Members of the Alberta Non-Partisan League, became members of the United Farmers of Alberta on July 15, 1919.

## Standings changes in the 4th general election

Membership changes in the 4th Assembly :
| Date | Member Name | District | Party | Reason |
| November 9, 1917 | George Smith | Camrose | Liberal | Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election |
| November 19, 1917 | Arthur Ebbett | Vermilion | Liberal | Elected in a by-election |
| September 27, 1918 | Alexander MacKay | Athabasca | Liberal | Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election |
| October 21, 1918 | Jean Côté | Grouard | Liberal | Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election |
| October 28, 1918 | John Gaetz | Red Deer | Liberal | Elected in a by-election |
| March 29, 1919 | Alex Ross | Centre Calgary | Dominion Labor | Formed the Dominion Labor caucus |
| May 5, 1919 | Charles Fisher | Cochrane | Liberal | Died |
| November 3, 1919 | Alexander Moore | Cochrane | United Farmers | Elected in a by-election |
| November 3, 1919 | George Mills | Athabasca | Liberal | Elected in a by-election |