The Alberta Labor Representation League was a minor provincial political party in

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, Canada.

History

The Calgary Labour Representation League was formed and led by prominent Labor activist William Irvine before the 1917 provincial general election. The party was based at the Labor temple in

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. The Labor Representation League was small, the party fielded two candidates in the

1917 Alberta general election The 1917 Alberta general election was held on 7 June 1917 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Liberals won a fourth term in office, defeating the Conservative Party of Edward Michener. Because of World War I, eleven Me ...

. Irvine was not successful in defeating Conservative

Thomas Blow Thomas Henry Blow (January 22, 1862 – December 27, 1932) was a Canadian provincial level politician and physician from Alberta. Early life Thomas Henry Blow was born January 22, 1862, in North Mountain, Canada West (currently within North Du ...

in the South Calgary electoral district.

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, the other LRL candidate in the election, ran in the electoral district of

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. The League struck a deal with the Liberals not to run a candidate against Ross, in turn the League would not run a candidate in the North Calgary electoral district against Liberal candidate William McCartney Davidson. Both Davidson and Ross were elected to the legislature. The League disbanded and became part of the Dominion Labor Party in 1919. Edmonton labour activists and reformers organized their Labour Representation League and it too disbanded with the creation of the DLP.

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