thumb|right|Formal opening of the Legislative Assembly, March 15, 1906.
The 1st Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from November 9, 1905, to Monday, March 22, 1909, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1905 Alberta general election which was held on November 9, 1905. The Legislature officially began on November 9, 1905, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on February 25, 1909, and dissolved the next day on February 26, 1909, prior to the 1909 Alberta general election.
Alberta's first government was controlled by the majority Liberal Party led by Premier Alexander Rutherford. The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party led by Albert John Robertson. The Speaker was Charles W. Fisher who served in the role until his death from the 1918 flu pandemic in 1919 partway through the 4th Alberta Legislature.
History of the First Legislature
thumb|left|Members of the 1st Alberta Legislature on March 16, 1906
The 1st Alberta Legislative Assembly came about after Alberta entered Confederation with the Alberta Act. The assembly met for the first time in 1906 under a strong Alberta Liberal Party majority. Construction of the Alberta Legislature Building would not begin until 1907, so the assembly would meet in the newly completed McKay Avenue School for the first two sessions of the First Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1906 and 1907. Important bills passed in those sessions include confirming Edmonton as the provincial capital, the founding of the University of Alberta, establishment of provincial courts, and the provision of charters for several railway companies.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse"
|- bgcolor="darkgray"
!|
!|District
!|Member
!|Party
!|First elected
!|No.# of term(s)
|Athabasca
|William Bredin
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Banff
|Charles W. Fisher
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Calgary
|William Cushing
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Cardston
|John William Woolf
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Edmonton
|Charles Wilson Cross
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|rowspan=2|Gleichen
|Charles Stuart
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|-
|Ezra Riley (1906)
| Liberal
|1906
|1st term
|High River
|Albert Robertson
| Conservative
|1905
|1st term
|Innisfail
|John A. Simpson
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Lacombe
|William Puffer
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Leduc
|Robert Telford
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|rowspan=3|Lethbridge
|Leverett DeVeber
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|-
|William Simmons (1906)
| Liberal
|1906
|1st term
|-
|Donald McNabb (1909)
| Labour
|1909
|1st term
|Macleod
|Malcolm McKenzie
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Medicine Hat
|William Finlay
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Pincher Creek
|John Plummer Marcellus
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Ponoka
|John R. McLeod
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Red Deer
|John T. Moore
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Rosebud
|Cornelius Hiebert
|Conservative
|1905
|1st term
|St. Albert
|Henry William McKenney
|Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Stony Plain
|John McPherson
|Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Strathcona
|Alexander Cameron Rutherford
|Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Sturgeon
|John R. Boyle
|Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|rowspan=2|Vermilion
|Matthew McCauley
|Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|-
|James Bismark Holden (1906)
|Liberal
|1906
|1st term
|Victoria
|Francis A. Walker
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|Wetaskiwin
|Anthony Rosenroll
| Liberal
|1905
|1st term
|}
Member changes after the election
{| class="wikitable"
!|
!|District
!|Member
!|Party
!|Reason for By-Election
|Lethbridge
|William Simmons
| Liberal
|April 12, 1906 —Appointment of Mr. Leverett DeVeber to Canadian Senate
|Vermilion
|James Bismark Holden
|Liberal
|July 16, 1906 —Appointment of Mr. Matthew McCauley as warden of Edmonton Penitentiary
|Gleichen
|Ezra Riley
|Liberal
|December 7, 1906 —Appointment of Mr. Charles Stuart to Judicial Bench
|Lethbridge
|Donald McNabb
|Labour
|January 8, 1909 —Resignation of Mr. William Simmons to run for House of Commons
|}
References
;Works cited
Further reading
External links
- Alberta Legislative Assembly
- Journals of the 1st Alberta Legislative Assembly
- Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Book
- By-elections 1905 to present