# 6th Alberta Legislature

The 6th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 10, 1927, to May 10, 1930, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1926 Alberta general election held on June 28, 1926. The Legislature officially resumed on February 10, 1927, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on April 3, 1930, and dissolved on May 10, 1930, prior to the 1930 Alberta general election.
Alberta's sixth government was controlled by the majority United Farmers of Alberta for the second time, led by Premier John Edward Brownlee. There was no Official Opposition in Alberta between 1926 and 1941 due to the Independent Movement which saw a majority of non-UFA candidates elected as independents. The Speaker was George Norman Johnston.
The 1926 Alberta general election formed the first legislature that was elected under Single Transferable Vote.

## Bills
### Sexual Sterilization Act

The Sexual Sterilization Act was an act passed by the Alberta Legislature in 1928. The Act, ostensibly drafted to "protect the gene pool", allowed for sterilization of mentally disabled persons in order to prevent the transmission of traits to offspring deemed undesirable, the act also created the Alberta Eugenics Board.
At that time, eugenicists argued that mental illness, mental retardation, epilepsy, alcoholism, pauperism, certain criminal behaviours, and social defects, such as prostitution and sexual perversion, were genetically determined and inherited. Further, it was widely believed that persons with these disorders had a higher reproduction rate than the normal population. As a result, it was feared the gene pool in the general population was weakening.
During the time the Sexual Sterilization Act was in effect, 4,800 cases were proposed for sterilization in the province of Alberta, of which 99% received approval. Examination of sterilization records demonstrates that legislation did not apply equally to all members of society. Specifically, the Act was disproportionately applied to those in socially vulnerable positions, including females, children, unemployed persons, domestics, rural citizens, unmarried, institutionalized persons, Roman and Greek Catholics, and persons of Ukrainian, Native and Métis ethnicity.
The Act was repealed in 1972.

### Alberta Natural Resources Act

The Alberta Natural Resources Act was an act passed by the Alberta Legislature in the fifth session in 1930. The Act facilitated the transfer from the Parliament of Canada and to the province of Alberta control over crown lands and natural resources within these provinces from the federal government to the provincial governments. Alberta through the Alberta Act had not been given control over their natural resources when they entered Confederation, unlike the other Canadian provinces.
The Alberta Natural Resource Transfer Agreement restricts the inherent hunting and fishing rights for indigenous peoples. “The Natural Resource Transfer Agreements with the three Western Provinces provide that laws respecting game in the province shall apply to Indians within the boundaries of the province”.

## Membership in the 6th Alberta Legislature

| District | Member | Party | First elected/ previously elected |
| Acadia | Lorne Proudfoot | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Alexandra | Peter Enzenauer | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Athabasca | John Frame | Liberal | 1926 |
| Athabasca | John Frame | United Farmers | 1926 |
| Beaver River | John Delisle | United Farmers | 1926 |
| Bow Valley | Joseph Shaw | Liberal | 1926 |
| Calgary | Alexander McGillivray | Conservative | 1926 |
| Calgary | George Harry Webster | Liberal | 1926 |
| Calgary | John Irwin | Conservative | 1926 |
| Calgary | Fred J. White | Dominion Labor | 1921 |
| Calgary | Robert Parkyn | Independent Labor | 1926 |
| Camrose | Vernor Smith | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Cardston | George Stringam | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Claresholm | Gordon Walker | United Farmers | 1926 |
| Cochrane | Robert McCool | United Farmers | 1926 |
| Coronation | George Johnston | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Cypress | Perren Baker | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Didsbury | Austin Claypool | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Edmonton | John Lymburn | United Farmers | 1926 |
| Edmonton | Charles Weaver | Conservative | 1926 |
| Edmonton | Charles Gibbs | Dominion Labor | 1926 |
| Edmonton | Warren Prevey | Liberal | 1926 |
| Edmonton | David Milwyn Duggan | Conservative | 1926 |
| Edson | Christopher Pattinson | Dominion Labor | 1926 |
| Empress | William Smith | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Gleichen | John Buckley | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Grouard | Leonidas Giroux | Liberal | 1924 |
| Hand Hills | Gordon Forster | United Farmers | 1921 |
| High River | Samuel Brown | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Innisfail | Donald Cameron | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Lac Ste. Anne | Charles McKeen | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Lacombe | Irene Parlby | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Leduc | Douglas Breton | United Farmers | 1926 |
| Lethbridge | Andrew Smeaton | Dominion Labor | 1926 |
| Little Bow | Oran McPherson | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Macleod | William Shield | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Medicine Hat | Charles Pingle | Liberal | 1913, 1925 |
| Medicine Hat | Hector Lang (1928) | United Farmers | 1928 |
| Nanton | Daniel Harcourt Galbraith | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Okotoks | George Hoadley | United Farmers | 1909 |
| Olds | Nelson Smith | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Peace River | Hugh Allen | United Farmers | 1926 |
| Pembina | George MacLachlan | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Pincher Creek | Earle Cook | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Ponoka | John Brownlee | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Red Deer | George Wilbert Smith | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Ribstone | William Farquharson | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Rocky Mountain | Philip Christophers | Dominion Labor | 1921 |
| Sedgewick | Albert Andrews | United Farmers | 1922 |
| St. Albert | Lucien Boudreau | Liberal | 1913, 1926 |
| St. Paul | Laudas Joly | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Stettler | Albert Sanders | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Stony Plain | Willard Washburn | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Sturgeon | Samuel Carson | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Taber | Lawrence Peterson | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Vegreville | Archie Matheson | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Vermilion | Richard Reid | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Victoria | Rudolph Hennig | United Farmers | 1926 |
| Wainwright | John Russell Love | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Warner | Maurice Conner | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Wetaskiwin | Evert Sparks | United Farmers | 1921 |
| Whitford | George Mihalcheon | United Farmers | 1922 |
Notes:

### Composition changes during the 6th Assembly

| Number of members per party by date | Number of members per party by date | 1926 | 1928 | 1928 | 1930 |
| Number of members per party by date | Number of members per party by date | Jun 28 | Jan 10 | May 1 | ? |
| | United Farmers | 43 | 43 | 43 | 44 |
| | Liberal | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| | Dominion Labor | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| | Conservative | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| | Independent Labor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Total members | 60 | 59 | 60 | 60 |
| | Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | Government Majority | 26 | 27 | 26 | 28 |
Membership changes during the 6th Assembly :
| Date | Name | District | Party | Reason |
| June 28, 1926 | See List of Members | See List of Members | 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 |