Alberta Family Histories Society

Alberta's Premiers

Note: The AFHS welcomes contributions of photos or website addresses that flesh out this expression of the lives of Alberta's Premiers.

Premier	Party	Date of Office
Frederick W.A.G. Haultain, Premier of North West Territories Profile by Legislative Assembly of Alberta	Non-partisan	1897
Alexander Rutherford Profile by Legislative Assembly of Alberta Plaque honours Rutherford Rutherford story appears in Osgoode Township Historical Society & Museum newsletter, 1999 - (1 of 3), (2 of 3), (3 of 3)	Liberal	Sept. 2, 1905
Arthur L. Sifton Profile by Legislative Assembly of Alberta	Liberal	May 26, 1910
Charles (Chas.) Stewart Profile by Legislative Assembly of Alberta	Liberal	Oct. 30, 1917
Herbert Greenfield Profile by Legislative Assembly of Alberta	United Farmers	Aug. 13, 1921
John Edward Brownlee Profile by Legislative Assembly of Alberta	United Farmers	Nov 23, 1925
Richard Gavin Reid Profile by Legislative Assembly of Alberta	United Farmers	July 10, 1934
William Aberhart Family History Profile by Legislative Assembly of Alberta	Social Credit	Sept. 3, 1935
Ernest C. Manning Profile By Legislative Assembly of Alberta	Social Credit	May 31, 1943
Harry E. Strom Profile By Legislative Assembly of Alberta	Social Credit	Dec. 12, 1968
Peter Lougheed Profile By Legislative Assembly of Alberta	Progressive Conservative	Sept. 10, 1971
Don Getty Profile By Legislative Assembly of Alberta	Progressive Conservative	Nov. 1, 1985
Ralph Klein Profile by Legislative Assembly of Alberta	Progressive Conservative	Dec. 14, 1992
Edward Stelmach Profile by Legislative Aseembly of Alberta	Progressive Conservative	Dec. 14, 2006

Doug Hughes, President of the (Box 74, 7814 Rideau Street, Vernon, Ontario K0A 3J0 613-821-4062 and leave a message) has written the AFHS as follows:

Greetings from Osgoode Township, Ontario.

I just thought you might like to know that we have a Historical Site plaque in front of our museum in Vernon, Ontario honouring Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first Premier of Alberta.

The plaque reads:

"Alexander Cameron Rutherford 1857 - 1941

"The first premier of Alberta. Rutherford was born in Osgoode Township of Scottish parents and educated at McGill University. In 1895, after practicing law in Ottawa and Kemptville, he moved to Strathcona, near Edmonton. Elected to the territorial assembly seven years later. Rutherford achieved prominence as deputy speaker of the legislature. When the Province of Alberta was created in 1905, he became premier, provincial treasurer and minister of education in the first government. Rutherford skillfully established the province's administrative, judicial and educational frameworks but prolonged debate regarding a controversial railway policy precipitated his resignation as premier in 1910. Although retired from politics after 1913 he retained an active interest in education matters serving as chancellor of the University of Alberta from 1927 until his death."

This was erected some years ago by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Citizenship an Culture.

If anyone is interested in visiting our little museum if they are in the Ottawa area we are about 25 miles (40 km) south of Ottawa right beside highway 31 which is the continuation of Bank Street.

Our summer hours are from noon to 4:00pm:

April - May: Thur, Fri
June: Wed, Thur, Fri
July - Thanksgiving: Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri
Thanksgiving - October: Wed, Thur, Fri
November: Thur, Fri
December - March: closed

We will be celebrating Pioneer Day on Saturday, July 24, noon to 4:00 pm with special outdoor displays and a Strawberry Social.