5th Alberta Legislature

{{Short description|Canadian Legislative Assembly}}

{{Infobox Canadian Parliament

| jurisdiction = AB

| # = 5th

| type = Majority

| status = inactive

| term-begin = February 2, 1922

| term-end = May 25, 1926

| sc = Oran McPherson

| scterm = February 2, 1922 – May 25, 1926

| sc2 =

| scterm2 =

| pm = Herbert Greenfield

| pmterm = August 13, 1921 – November 23, 1925

| pm2 = John Edward Brownlee

| pmterm2 = November 23, 1925 – July 10, 1934

| lo = John Robert Boyle

| loterm = February 2, 1922 – April 12, 1924

| lo2 = Charles Richmond Mitchell

| loterm2 = February 19, 1925 – March 12, 1926

| lo3 = John C. Bowen

| loterm3 = March 15, 1926 – June 28, 1926

| lo4 =

| loterm4 =

| ghl =

| ghlterm =

| ohl =

| ohlterm =

| ohl2 =

| ohlterm2 =

| party = United Farmers of Alberta

| party2 = Liberal Party

| party3 = Dominion Labor Party

| party4 = Conservative Party

| sessionbegin = February 2, 1922

| sessionend = March 28, 1922

| sessionbegin2 = July 25, 1922

| sessionend2 = July 31, 1922

| sessionbegin3 = January 23, 1923

| sessionend3 = April 21, 1923

| sessionbegin4 = January 28, 1924

| sessionend4 = April 12, 1924

| sessionbegin5 = February 19, 1925

| sessionend5 = August 6, 1925

| sessionbegin6 = February 11, 1926

| sessionend6 = May 22, 1926

| ministry = Greenfield cabinet

| ministry2 = Brownlee cabinet

| monarch = George V

| monarchterm = May 6, 1910 – January 20, 1936

| viceroy = Hon. Robert George Brett

| viceroyterm = October 20, 1915 – October 29, 1925

| viceroy2 = Hon. William Egbert

| viceroyterm2 = October 29, 1925 – May 5, 1931

| members = 61

| lastparl = 4th

| nextparl = 6th

|senators=}}

The 5th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 2, 1922, to May 25, 1926, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1921 Alberta general election held on July 18, 1921. The Legislature officially resumed on February 2, 1922, and continued until the sixth session was prorogued on May 22, 1926 and dissolved on May 25, 1926, prior to the 1926 Alberta general election.{{cite book |author1=Perry, Sandra E. |author2=Footz, Valerie L. |editor1-last=Massolin |editor1-first=Philip A. |title=A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-3-6 |page=495 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr |access-date=9 August 2020}}

Alberta's fifth government was controlled by the majority United Farmers of Alberta led by Premier Herbert Greenfield, who would resign following a push from the party on November 23, 1925, and was replaced by John Edward Brownlee. The Official Opposition was the Alberta Liberal Party led by John Robert Boyle, and later Charles Richmond Mitchell, and eventually future Lieutenant Governor of Alberta John C. Bowen. The Speaker was Oran McPherson.

Speaker

Premier Herbert Greenfield nominated the government's preferred candidate for speaker, Oran McPherson, only to have one of his UFA backbenchers, Alex Moore, nominate Independent Conservative John Smith Stewart; Stewart spared the government embarrassment by declining the nomination.{{sfn|Foster|2004|p=75}}

Bills

=Wheat Board=

The Legislature would pass An Act to Confer Certain Powers upon the Canadian Wheat Board (Bill 1) during the short second session in August 1922. The bill conferred powers to the create the Alberta Wheat Pool.{{sfn|Foster|2004|p=82}}

=''Debt Adjustment Act''=

The Debt Adjustment Act (Bill 49) of 1923 was designed to adjust farmers' debts to a level that they could actually pay, thus allowing them to carry on while still ensuring that creditors received as much as was feasible.{{sfn|Foster|1981|pp=63-64}} In the words of University of Calgary professor David C. Jones, the bill offered "solace, but no real satisfaction".{{sfn|Jones|2004|p=64}} According to Jones, Greenfield's attempts to rescue southern Alberta from agricultural calamity were probably doomed to failure.{{sfn|Jones|2004|p=65}} Even so, Greenfield had called the situation his top priority, and his failure to bring it to a successful resolution cost him politically.{{sfn|Jones|2004|p=63}}

=''Government Liquor Control Act of Alberta''=

The Government Liquor Control Act of Alberta (Bill 14) passed in the fourth session in 1924. The bill repealed prohibition which had been instituted following a 1916 referendum. The Government held a referendum on the matter in autumn 1923 which saw Albertans vote decisively for the repeal of prohibition. Bill 14 would be subject to a free vote in the legislature, and while the legislation passed, the new measures were divisive, pitting community leaders who wanted their towns to remain "dry" against those who wanted to apply for liquor licences, and different would-be saloon-keepers against one another in competing for the government-issued licences.{{sfn|Foster|1981|p=107}}

Membership in the 5th Alberta Legislature

class="wikitable sortable"

!colspan="5"|Following 1921 Alberta general election

!|District

!|Member

!|Party

!|First elected/ previously elected

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Acadia

|Lorne Proudfoot

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Alexandra

|Peter Enzenauer

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|Athabasca

|George Mills

|Liberal

|1919

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|Beaver River

|Joseph Dechene

|Liberal

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|Bow Valley

|Charles Mitchell

|Liberal

|1917

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Labour|row}}

|rowspan=6|Calgary

|Alex Ross

|Dominion Labor

|1917

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}

|Robert Edwards

|Independent

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Labour|row}}

|Fred White

|Dominion Labor

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|Robert Marshall

|Liberal

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}

|Robert Pearson

|Independent

|1917

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|William M. Davidson (1923)

|Liberal

|1917,North Calgary 1923

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Camrose

|Vernor Smith

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Cardston

|George Stringam

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}

|Claresholm

|Thomas Milnes

|Independent Farmer

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|Clearwater

|Joseph State

|Liberal

|1917

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Cochrane

|Alexander Moore

|United Farmers

|1919

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Coronation

|George Johnston

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Didsbury

|Austin Claypool

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|rowspan=6|Edmonton

|Andrew McLennan

|Liberal

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|John C. Bowen

|Liberal

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|Nellie McClung

|Liberal

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|John Boyle

|Liberal

|1905

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|Jeremiah Heffernan

|Liberal

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|William T. Henry (1924)

|Liberal

|1924

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|Edson

|Charles Cross

|Liberal

|1905

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Gleichen

|John Buckley

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|rowspan=2|Grouard

|Jean Côté

|Liberal

|1909

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Leonidas Giroux (1924)

|United Farmers

|1924

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Hand Hills

|Gordon Forster

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|High River

|Samuel Brown

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Innisfail

|Donald Cameron

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Lac Ste. Anne

|Charles McKeen

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Lacombe

|Irene Parlby

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|Leduc

|Stanley Tobin

|Liberal

|1913

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Conservative|row}}

|Lethbridge

|John Stewart

|Conservative

|1911

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Little Bow

|Oran McPherson

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Macleod

|William Shield

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|rowspan=3|Medicine Hat

|Perren Baker

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Labour|row}}

|William Johnston (1921)

|Dominion Labor

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|Charles Pingle (1925)

|Liberal

|1913 {{efn|Redcliff}}, 1925

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Nanton

|Daniel Galbraith

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Okotoks

|George Hoadley

|United Farmers

|1909{{efn|First elected as Conservative}}

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Olds

|Nelson Smith

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|rowspan=2|Peace River

|Donald Kennedy

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Herbert Greenfield (1921)

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Pembina

|George MacLachlan

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Pincher Creek

|Earle Cook

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|rowspan=2|Ponoka

|Percival Baker

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|John Brownlee (1921)

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Red Deer

|George Smith

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Redcliff

|William Smith

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|rowspan=2|Ribstone

|Charles Wright

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

| William Farquharson (1922)

|United Farmers

|1922

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Labour|row}}

|Rocky Mountain

|Philip Christophers

|Dominion Labor

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|rowspan=2|Sedgewick

|Charles Stewart

|Liberal

|1909

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Albert Andrews (1922)

|United Farmers

|1922

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|St. Albert

|Télesphore St. Arnaud

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Stettler

|Albert Sanders

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|St. Paul

|Laudas Joly

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Stony Plain

|Willard Washburn

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Sturgeon

|Samuel Carson

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Taber

|Lawrence Peterson

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Vegreville

|Archie Matheson

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Vermilion

|Richard Reid

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Victoria

|William Fedun

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Wainwright

|John Love

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Warner

|Maurice Conner

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Wetaskiwin

|Evert Sparks

|United Farmers

|1921

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|rowspan=2|Whitford

|Andrew Shandro

|Liberal

|1913

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|Mike Chornohus (1922)

|United Farmers

|1922

Notes:

=Standings changes since the 5th general election=

class="wikitable"

|align=center|Changes to party standings during the 5th Alberta Legislature

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=14|July 11, 1921, to November 14, 1922

colspan=2 rowspan=2|Number of members
per party by date

!colspan=8|1921

!colspan=4|1922

Jul 11

!Jul 18

!Jul 20

!Aug 1

!Nov 16

!Dec 2

!Dec 4

!Dec 29

!Mar 28

!Jul 3

!Jul 10

!Nov 14

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|United Farmers

|0

|38

|37

|36

|33

|colspan=3|38

|37

|38

|colspan=2|40

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row-name}}

|2

|colspan=5|15

|14

|colspan=5|13

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Labour|row}}

|Dominion Labor

|0

|colspan=3|4

|3

|colspan=7|4

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}

|Independent

|0

|colspan=10|2

|1

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Conservative|row}}

|Conservative

|0

|colspan=11|1

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}

|Independent Farmer

|0

|colspan=11|1

rowspan=3|

|Total members

|2

|61

|60

|59

|55

|61

|60

|59

|58

|59

|61

|60

Vacant

|59

|0

|1

|2

|6

|0

|1

|2

|3

|2

|0

|1

Government Majority

|N/A

|15

|14

|13

|11

|171

|181

|191

|181

|191

|211

|221

class="wikitable collapsible innercollapse"

!colspan=14|January 15, 1923, to March 18, 1926

colspan=2 rowspan=2|Number of members
per party by date

!colspan=3|1923

!colspan=4|1924

!colspan=4|1925

!1926

Jan 15

!Aug 10

!Nov 10

!Apr 12

!Jul 11

!Aug 27

!Oct 27

!Jun 6

!Sep 29

!Oct 15

!Oct 17

!Mar 18

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|United Farmers

|colspan=12|40

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row-name}}

|13

|12

|colspan=2|11

|12

|11

|colspan=2|12

|13

|colspan=2|10

|9

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Labour|row}}

|Dominion Labor

|colspan=7|4

|colspan=5|3

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}

|Independent

|colspan=10|2

|colspan=2|1

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Conservative|row}}

|Conservative

|colspan=9|1

|colspan=3|0

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}

|Independent Farmer

|colspan=9|1

|colspan=3|0

rowspan=3|

|Total members

|61

|60

|colspan=2|59

|60

|59

|60

|59

|60

|55

|54

|53

Vacant

|0

|1

|2

|1

|0

|1

|0

|1

|0

|5

|6

|7

Government Majority

|211

|221

|colspan=2|231

|221

|231

|221

|231

|221

|271

|281

|291

  1. Majority includes 1 Dominion Labor MLA appointed to the cabinet.

|}

class="wikitable"

!colspan=6|Membership changes in the 5th Assembly

!Date

!Member Name

!District

!Party

!Reason

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|July 11, 1921

|Charles Stewart

|Sedgewick

|Liberal

|Acclaimed in the 1921 general election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|July 11, 1921

|Andrew Shandro

|Whitford

|Liberal

|Acclaimed in the 1921 general election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Other|row}}

|July 18, 1921

|colspan=3|See List of Members

| Election day of the fifth Alberta general election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|July 20, 1921

|Percival Baker

|Ponoka

|United Farmers

|Died before taking office

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|August 1, 1921

|Donald Kennedy

|Peace River

|United Farmers

|Resigned to run in the 1921 federal election.

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Labour|row}}

|November 16, 1921

|Alex Ross

|Calgary

|Dominion Labor

|Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|November 16, 1921

|Vernor Smith

|Camrose

|United Farmers

|Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|November 16, 1921

|Perren Baker

|Medicine Hat

|United Farmers

|Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|November 16, 1921

|George Hoadley

|Okotoks

|United Farmers

|Resigned to run in a ministerial by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Labour|row}}

|December 2, 1921

|Alex Ross

|Calgary

|Dominion Labor

|Acclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|December 2, 1921

|Vernor Smith

|Camrose

|United Farmers

|Acclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|December 2, 1921

|Perren Baker

|Medicine Hat

|United Farmers

|Acclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|December 2, 1921

|George Hoadley

|Okotoks

|United Farmers

|Acclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|December 2, 1921

|Herbert Greenfield

|Peace River

|United Farmers

|Acclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|December 2, 1921

|John Brownlee

|Ponoka

|United Farmers

|Acclaimed for December 9, 1921, by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|December 4, 1921

|Andrew Shandro

|Whitford

|Liberal

|Removed from office by court order 1921 election voided

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|December 29, 1921

|Charles Stewart

|Sedgewick

|Liberal

|Appointed to the federal cabinet.

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|March 28, 1922

|Charles Wright

|Ribstone

|United Farmers

|Died from pneumonia

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|July 3, 1922

|Albert Andrews

|Sedgewick

|United Farmers

|Acclaimed for July 10, 1922, by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|July 10, 1922

|William Farquharson

|Ribstone

|United Farmers

|Elected in a by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|United Farmers|row}}

|July 10, 1922

|Mike Chornohus

|Whitford

|United Farmers

|Elected in a by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}

|November 14, 1922

|Robert Edwards

|Calgary

|Independent

|Died

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}

|January 15, 1923

|William Davidson

|Calgary

|Independent

|Elected in a by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|August 10, 1923

|Joseph State

|Clearwater

|Liberal

|Died

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|November 10, 1923

|Jean Côté

|Grouard

|Liberal

|Appointed to the Senate of Canada

|April 12, 1924

|Vacant

|Clearwater

|Vacant

|District abolished by the United Farmers government.

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|July 11, 1924

|Leonidas Giroux

|Grouard

|Liberal

|Elected in a by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|August 27, 1924

|John Boyle

|Edmonton

|Liberal

|Appointed to the bench

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|October 27, 1924

|William Henry

|Edmonton

|Liberal

|Elected in a by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Labour|row}}

|June 6, 1925

|William Johnston

|Medicine Hat

|Dominion Labor

|Died

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|September 29, 1925

|Charles Pingle

|Medicine Hat

|Liberal

|Elected in a by-election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|October 15, 19251

|Charles Cross

|Edson

|Liberal

|Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}

|October 15, 19251

|Thomas Milnes

|Claresholm

|Independent Farmer

|Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|October 15, 19251

|Andrew McLennan

|Edmonton

|Liberal

|Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|October 15, 19251

|Stanley Tobin

|Leduc

|Liberal

|Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Conservative|row}}

|October 15, 19251

|John Stewart

|Lethbridge

|Conservative

|Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}

|October 17, 1925

|William Davidson

|Calgary

|Independent

|Resigned to run in the 1925 federal election

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}

|March 18, 1926

|Charles Mitchell

|Bow Valley

|Liberal

|Resigned to accept judicial appointment.

{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}

|May 1926

|George Mills

|Athabasca

|Independent Liberal

|Left the Liberal caucus to run as an Independent Liberal

  1. Exact date the Speaker received resignation unknown, nomination deadline date for the 1925 federal election used. All were received by Speaker Oran McPherson after September 29 and before October 17.

Notes

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References

{{Reflist}}

Works cited

  • {{cite book |last=Foster |first=Franklin L. |title=John E. Brownlee: A Biography |year=1981 |publisher=Foster Learning Inc |location=Lloydminster, Alberta |isbn=978-1-55220-004-9}}
  • {{cite book |last=Foster |first=Franklin L. |editor=Bradford J. Rennie |title=Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century |year=2004 |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina |location=Regina, Saskatchewan |isbn=0-88977-151-0 |chapter=John E. Brownlee }}
  • {{cite book |last=Jones |first=David C. |editor=Bradford J. Rennie |title=Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century |year=2004 |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina |location=Regina, Saskatchewan |isbn=0-88977-151-0 |chapter=Herbert W. Greenfield }}

Further reading

  • {{cite book |editor1-last=Normandin |editor1-first=A. L. |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide |date=1926 |publisher=Mortimer Company Ltd. |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1926unse |access-date=August 9, 2020 |ISSN=0315-6168 |OCLC=893686591}}
  • {{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=May 25, 2020}}
  • {{cite book |author1=Perry, Sandra E. |author2=Footz, Valerie L. |editor1-last=Massolin |editor1-first=Philip A. |title=A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-3-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr |access-date=August 9, 2020}}