Alberta general election, 1905

Alberta general election, 1905

1902 ← 9 November 1905 (1905-11-09) → 1909

outgoing members ← → members

25 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 13 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Alexander Rutherford R. B. Bennett Party Liberal Conservative Leader since 3 August 1905 1905 Leader's seat Strathcona Calgary Last election 1 9 Seats won 22 3 Popular vote 14,485 9,316 Percentage 57.6% 37.1%

Premier before election Alexander C. Rutherford Liberal Premier-designate Alexander C. Rutherford Liberal

Alexander C. Rutherford
Liberal

Alexander C. Rutherford
Liberal

The Alberta general election of 1905 was the first general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on 9 November 1905, to elect members of the Alberta legislature to the 1st Alberta Legislative Assembly, shortly after the province was created out of the Northwest Territories on 1 September 1905.

The Alberta Liberal Party of Alexander C. Rutherford won twenty three of the twenty five seats in the new legislature, defeating the Conservative Party, which was led by a young lawyer, Richard Bennett, who later served as Prime Minister of Canada.

Prior to the 1905 election the two political parties saw numerous changes and defections, In Alberta a host of former Liberal-Conservative MLA's jumped ship to the Liberals, when Sir Wilfrid Laurier appointed the Liberal provisional government prior to the election. The Conservatives had no strong leader to rally around at the time as Frederick Haultain, had moved to Saskatchewan.

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