# 3rd Alberta Legislature

The 3rd Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from September 16, 1913, to April 5, 1917, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1913 Alberta general election held on April 17, 1913. The Legislature officially resumed on September 16, 1913, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on April 17, 1917 and dissolved on May 14, 1917, prior to the 1917 Alberta general election.
Alberta's second government was controlled by the majority Liberal Party led by Premier Arthur Sifton. The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party led by Edward Michener. The Speaker was Charles W. Fisher who continued in the role from the 1st and 2nd assembly, and would serve in the role until his death from the 1918 flu pandemic in 1919.
The total number of seats in the assembly was increased from 41 contested in the 1913 election to 56.
The standings changed little during the 3rd legislature only 4 by-elections 3 of which resulted in the return of new members and no floor crossings occurred.

## Bills

During the fifth sitting of the 3rd Legislature, the Assembly would pass An Act amending The Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service (Bill 58) which acclaimed members of the assembly in the 1917 election who were serving in armed forces during the First World War. The Act listed eleven members of the assembly and provided those members were deemed nominated and elected as a member of the 4th Alberta Legislature. The bill was assented to on April 5, 1917.

## Sitting dates

* 1st session September 16, 1913 - October 25, 1913
* 2nd session October 7, 1914 - October 22, 1914
* 3rd session February 25, 1915 - April 17, 1915
* 4th session February 24, 1916 - April 19, 1916
* 5th session February 6, 1917 - April 5, 1917

## Members election in the 1913 general election
### Cabinet

| District | Member | Party | First elected | Portfolio | Notes |
| Vermilion | Arthur Lewis Sifton | Liberal | 1910 | Premier of Alberta Provincial Treasurer | |
| Bow Valley | Charles R. Mitchell | Liberal | 1913 | Minister of Public Works Provincial Treasurer | Elected in a by-election June 12, 1913 Appointed Provincial Treasurer November 28, 1913 |
| Olds | Duncan Marshall | Liberal | 1909 | Minister of Agriculture | |
| Sedgewick | Charles Stewart | Liberal | 1909 | Minister of Municipal Affairs Minister of Public Works | Appointed Minister of Public Works November 28, 1913 |
| Beaver River | Wilfrid Gariépy | Liberal | 1913 | Minister of Municipal Affairs | Elected in a by-election December 15, 1913 Appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs November 28, 1913 |
| Edmonton | Charles Wilson Cross | Liberal | 1905 | Attorney General | |
| Edson | Charles Wilson Cross | Liberal | 1905 | Attorney General | |
| Sturgeon | John R. Boyle | Liberal | 1905 | Minister of Education | |
| Taber | Archibald J. McLean | Liberal | 1909 | Provincial Secretary | |

### Private members

| District | Member | Party | First elected |
| Acadia | John McColl | Liberal | 1913 |
| Athabasca | Alexander Grant MacKay | Liberal | 1913 |
| Bow Valley | George Lane | Liberal | 1913 |
| Camrose | George P. Smith | Liberal | 1909 |
| Cardston | Martin Woolf | Liberal | 1912 |
| Claresholm | William Moffat | Liberal | 1913 |
| Clearwater | Henry William McKenney | Liberal | 1913 |
| Cochrane | Charles W. Fisher | Liberal | 1905 |
| Coronation | Frank H. Whiteside | Liberal | 1913 |
| Didsbury | Joseph Stauffer | Liberal | 1909 |
| Gleichen | John Peter McArthur | Liberal | 1913 |
| Grouard | Jean Côté | Liberal | 1909 |
| Hand Hills | Robert Eaton | Liberal | 1913 |
| Lac Ste. Anne | Peter Gunn | Liberal | 1909 |
| Lacombe | William Puffer | Liberal | 1905 |
| Leduc | Stanley Tobin | Liberal | 1913 |
| Little Bow | James McNaughton | Liberal | 1913 |
| Nanton | John M. Glendenning | Liberal | 1909 |
| Pembina | Gordon MacDonald | Liberal | 1913 |
| Ponoka | William A. Campbell | Liberal | 1909 |
| Redcliff | Charles Pingle | Liberal | 1913 |
| Ribstone | James Gray Turgeon | Liberal | 1913 |
| St. Albert | Lucien Boudreau | Liberal | 1909 |
| Stettler | Robert L. Shaw | Liberal | 1909 |
| St. Paul | Prosper-Edmond Lessard | Liberal | 1913 |
| Vegreville | Joseph S. McCallum | Liberal | 1913 |
| Victoria | Francis A. Walker | Liberal | 1905 |
| Warner | Frank Leffingwell | Liberal | 1913 |
| Wetaskiwin | Charles H. Olin | Liberal | 1909 |
| Wetaskiwin | Hugh John Montgomery (1914) | Liberal | 1914 |
| Whitford | Andrew Shandro | Liberal | 1913 |
| District | Member | Party | First elected |
| Alexandra | James R. Lowery | Conservative | 1913 |
| North Calgary | Samuel Bacon Hillocks | Conservative | 1913 |
| South Calgary | Thomas Blow | Conservative | 1913 |
| Centre Calgary | Thomas Tweedie | Conservative | 1911 |
| Edmonton | Albert Ewing | Conservative | 1913 |
| Edmonton South | Herbert Crawford | Conservative | 1913 |
| High River | George Douglas Stanley | Conservative | 1913 |
| Innisfail | Fred W. Archer | Conservative | 1913 |
| Lethbridge City | John Smith Stewart | Conservative | 1911 |
| Macleod | Robert Patterson | Conservative | 1913 |
| Medicine Hat | Nelson Spencer | Conservative | 1913 |
| Okotoks | George Hoadley | Conservative | 1909 |
| Peace River | Alphaeus Patterson | Conservative | 1913 |
| Pincher Creek | John Kemmis | Conservative | 1911 |
| Red Deer | Edward Michener | Conservative | 1909 |
| Rocky Mountain | Robert Campbell | Conservative | 1913 |
| Stony Plain | Conrad Weidenhammer | Conservative | 1913 |
| Wainwright | George LeRoy Hudson | Conservative | 1913 |

### By-elections

| District | Member | Party | Reason for By-Election |
| Bow Valley | Charles R. Mitchell | Liberal | June 12, 1913—Resignation of George Lane |
| Beaver River | Wilfrid Gariépy | Liberal | December 15, 1913— Wilfrid Gariepy appointed to cabinet. |
| Wetaskiwin | Hugh John Montgomery | Liberal | November 17, 1914— Death of Charles H. Olin. |
| Whitford | Andrew Shandro | Liberal | March 15, 1915— Election of Andrew Shandro declared void |

### Other membership changes

* September 29, 1916 – The Coronation constituency was left vacant after Liberal Frank H. Whiteside was shot and killed.
* June 14, 1916 – The Lac Ste. Anne constituency was left vacant after Liberal Peter Gunn resigned from the Legislature and appointed as the sheriff of the judicial district of Athabasca.