Alberta general election, 1926

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June 28, 1926 (1926-06-28)

1930 →

60 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
31 seats were needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	John E. Brownlee	Joseph Tweed Shaw
Party	United Farmers	Liberal
Leader since	November 23, 1925	April 21, 1926
Leader's seat	Ponoka	Bow Valley
Last election	38 seats, 28.9%	15 seats, 34.1%
Seats before	40	9
Seats won	43	7
Seat change	3	2
Popular vote	71,967	47,450
Percentage	39.7%	26.2%
Swing	10.8%	7.9%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Fred J. White	Alexander McGillivray
Party	Dominion Labor	Conservative
Leader since	between 1921 & 1926	1925
Leader's seat	Calgary	Calgary
Last election	4 seats, 11.4%	0 seats, 11.0%
Seats before	3	0
Seats won	5	4
Seat change	2	4
Popular vote	14,123	40,091
Percentage	7.8%	22.1%
Swing	3.6%	11.1%

Premier before election

John E. Brownlee
United Farmers

Premier-designate

John E. Brownlee
United Farmers

The Alberta general election of 1926 was the sixth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 28, 1926 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The writs of election were issued on May 10, 1926 allowing for an election period of 40 days.

After Herbert Greenfield had resigned as United Farmers leader and premier, John E. Brownlee accepted the position and led the UFA to a second election victory, significantly increasing the UFA's share of the popular vote.

1926 would mark the first election, that Single Transferable Vote would be used in Alberta, Calgary and Edmonton continued to be multi member districts, previously electing members in a plurality Block Vote. The rural areas continued being single member districts, with an optional counting system. This system of election would last until 1959.

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

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