History of The First Legislature
| Bills Report 1st Legislative Assembly | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | No. of Bills | Royal Assent | Withdrawn | Killed | |
| First Session | |||||
| Liberal | 83 | 76 | 9 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Second Session | |||||
| Liberal | 54 | 49 | 5 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Third Session | |||||
| Liberal | 45 | 43 | 0 | 2 | |
| Conservative | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fourth Session | |||||
| Liberal | 54 | 48 | 3 | 3 | |
| Labour | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
The 1st Alberta Legislative Assembly came about after the creation of Alberta. The assembly met for the first time in 1906 under a strong Alberta Liberal Party majority. The Alberta Legislature Building was not built yet, and the assembly met in a school gymnasium in Edmonton.
Edmonton was designated as the temporary capital city for Alberta during its creation. One of the major debates that occurred in this assembly was the capital city debate. A number of alternative capital cities were chosen and voted on. In the end partly due to the strong representation around Edmonton and strong Liberal majority, Edmonton was chosen as the permanent capital city in Alberta.
Labor MLA Donald McNabb's by-election victory made him the first third party candidate elected to the legislature and helped raise the strength of the labour movement in the Lethbridge area that would have an effect in Alberta politics for quite some time to come.
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