Civic Government Association

{{Short description|Municipal political party in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada}}

The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s.{{cite web |url=http://www.epl.ca/edmontonacitycalledhome/EPLEdmontonCityCalledInterpretationsSingle.cfm?id=25 |title=EPL.ca: An Interpretation |accessdate=2007-10-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20070625084328/http://www.epl.ca/edmontonacitycalledhome/EPLEdmontonCityCalledInterpretationsSingle.cfm?id=25 |archivedate=2007-06-25 }} The party focused on the economic growth and government efficiency aspects of the Progressive Era, as it was envisioned by the 1920s.{{cite book |last=Lightbody |first=James |title= City Politics, Canada |year=2006 |publisher= Broadview Press |location= Peterborough, Ontario |pages=251–252}} It first contested the 1919 election, and continued until the 1963 election. Its supporters ran under a variety of names: Civic Government Association, Citizens' Progressive League, Citizens' League or Citizens' Committee.{{cite book |last1=Masson |first1=Jack K. |last2=LeSage |first2=Edward C. |title=Alberta's Local Governments: Politics and Democracy |url=https://archive.org/details/albertaslocalgov0000mass |url-access=registration |year=1994 |publisher=The University of Alberta Press |location=Edmonton, Alta. |page=[https://archive.org/details/albertaslocalgov0000mass/page/463 463]}}