1909 Election
The party came together with various Labor groups in the province of Alberta and ran two candidates for the first time under the Socialist banner in the 1909 Alberta general election. Despite the two candidates being up against a popular Liberal government under Alexander Rutherford the party was able to make a breakthrough by returning leader Charles M. O'Brien to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the electoral district of Rocky Mountain.
O'Brien won a tight race based on the strength of voter turnout in the mining camps.
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