The 3rd Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from September 16, 1913, to April 5, 1917, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1913 Alberta general election held on April 17, 1913. The Legislature officially resumed on September 16, 1913, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on April 17, 1917 and dissolved on May 14, 1917, prior to the 1917 Alberta general election.[1]
The total number of seats in the assembly was increased from 41 contested in the 1913 election to 56.
The standings changed little during the 3rd legislature only 4 by-elections 3 of which resulted in the return of new members and no floor crossings occurred.
Bills
During the fifth sitting of the 3rd Legislature, the Assembly would pass An Act amending The Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service (Bill 58) which acclaimed members of the assembly in the 1917 election who were serving in armed forces during the First World War. The Act listed eleven members of the assembly and provided those members were deemed nominated and elected as a member of the 4th Alberta Legislature. The bill was assented to on April 5, 1917.[2]
June 14, 1916 – The Lac Ste. Anne constituency was left vacant after Liberal Peter Gunn resigned from the Legislature and appointed as the sheriff of the judicial district of Athabasca.[4][5]
^Bradley, Jim (Autumn 2010). "Frank Whiteside: journalist, politician, murder victim". Alberta History. 58 (4): 18–24. ISSN0316-1552. GaleA242015597.
^Alberta. Legislative Assembly (February 6, 1916). Fifth Session - Third Legislature. Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 9.