We have seen watershed elections in Alberta. There was the 1921 election that ended the reign of the Liberals and brought in the United Farmers of Alberta. There was the 1935 election, that ended the time of the United Farmers and brought in Social...
1935 So far, Alberta has had two watershed elections in its history. The first was in 1921 when the United Farmers of Alberta swept to victory and ended the Liberal Party’s time in power, pretty much forever, in Alberta. The next came in 1935. The...
1921 Alberta, possibly more than any other province, goes through watershed elections that alter the landscape of the political map for years, even decades. The election of 1921 is one such election. Since 1905, the Liberal Party had led the...
1905 On Sept. 1, 1905, Alberta was officially declared to be the newest province in Canada, along with Saskatchewan. Carved out of the Northwest Territories, this new province needed to have an election. Alexander Rutherford, the leader of the...
From 1873 to 1905, the map of Canada changed little. Beyond some provincial border changes, the provinces mostly stayed the same. There were no new provinces, none left, and everything remained somewhat static. Then, on Sept. 1, 1905, two new...
There was a time in Alberta’s history, when government interference in newspapers nearly resulted in the loss of the freedom of the press to print a story. It was in the 1930s and the man at the heart of it was Bible Bill Aberhart. This is the story...