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Arthur Sifton
Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton
Premier of Alberta (1858-1921).
Wikipedia | Arthur Sifton
Statements about
Arthur Sifton
Sex or Gender
Male
Occupation
Politician
Judge
Lawyer
Country of Citizenship
Canada
Place of Burial
Beechwood Cemetery
Place of Birth
Middlesex Centre
Place of Death
Ottawa
Date of Death
1/21/1921
Date of Birth
10/26/1858
Position Held
Premier of Alberta
(5/26/1910 - 10/30/1917)
Replaces
:
Alexander Cameron Rutherford
Replaced By
:
Charles Stewart
Series Ordinal
:
2
Start Time
:
5/26/1910
End Time
:
10/30/1917
Member of the House of Commons of Canada
(12/17/1917 - 1/21/1921)
Replaces
:
William Ashbury Buchanan
Replaced By
:
Robert Gardiner
Parliamentary Term
:
13th Canadian Parliament
Elected In
:
1917 Canadian Federal Election
Parliamentary Group
:
Unionist Party
End Cause
:
Death of Subject
Start Time
:
12/17/1917
End Time
:
1/21/1921
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
(January 1920 - 1/21/1921)
Start Time
:
January 1920
End Time
:
1/21/1921
Member of Alberta Legislative Assembly
(6/29/1910 - 4/16/1913)
Replaces
:
Archibald Campbell
Parliamentary Term
:
2nd Alberta Legislature
Elected In
:
By-Election
Parliamentary Group
:
Alberta Liberal Party
End Cause
:
Dissolution of Parliament
Electoral District
:
Vermilion
Start Time
:
6/29/1910
End Time
:
4/16/1913
Member of Alberta Legislative Assembly
(4/17/1913 - 6/6/1917)
Parliamentary Term
:
3rd Alberta Legislature
Elected In
:
1913 Alberta General Election
Parliamentary Group
:
Alberta Liberal Party
End Cause
:
Dissolution of Parliament
Electoral District
:
Vermilion
Start Time
:
4/17/1913
End Time
:
6/6/1917
Member of Alberta Legislative Assembly
(6/7/1917 - 10/12/1917)
Parliamentary Term
:
4th Alberta Legislature
Elected In
:
1917 Alberta General Election
Parliamentary Group
:
Alberta Liberal Party
End Cause
:
Resignation
Electoral District
:
Vermilion
Start Time
:
6/7/1917
End Time
:
10/12/1917
Chief Justice of Alberta
(1907 - 1910)
Start Time
:
1907
End Time
:
1910
Secretary of State for Canada
(12/31/1919 - 10/21/1921)
End Cause
:
Death of Subject
Start Time
:
12/31/1919
End Time
:
10/21/1921
Minister of Public Works
(9/3/1919 - 12/30/1919)
Start Time
:
9/3/1919
End Time
:
12/30/1919
Member of Political Party
Alberta Liberal Party
Unionist Party
Educated At
Victoria University
Wesley College
Instance Of
Human
Image
Given Name
Arthur
Series Ordinal
:
1
Lewis
Series Ordinal
:
2
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Work Location
Ottawa
Family Name
Sifton
Father
John Wright Sifton
Sibling
Clifford Sifton
Candidacy in Election
1898 Northwest Territories General Election
1902 Northwest Territories General Election
1913 Alberta General Election
1917 Alberta General Election
1917 Canadian Federal Election
Electoral District
:
Medicine Hat
Member of Political Party
:
Unionist Party
Results
:
Elected
Votes Received
:
6,869
Ranking
:
1
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