Donald McNabb (February 1870 – June 18, 1934) was a politician from

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, Canada. In 1890 he helped form a committee to raise money to buy books, periodicals and furnishings for the Miner's Library in

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. McNabb was the first member of a third party to be elected to the

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serving as a

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member. He was elected by acclamation in January 1909 by-election for

. During his time in the Legislative Assembly he accomplished another first in Alberta. Bill 8 ''An Act to amend the Lethbridge Charter'' was the first introduced from the opposition and a third party to receive Royal Assent in the legislature. He also introduced a second bill in the same legislative sitting to get assent, Bill 10 ''An Act respecting the Galt Hospital''. In the 1909 general election, McNabb ran as a Labour candidate in the new

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riding, but was unsuccessful.A Report on Alberta elections, 1905-1982 In 1912, he chaired the meeting that formed the Alberta Federation of Labour.

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Miners Library Lethbridge1905 1st Legislature 4th Session List of Bills
1870 births 1934 deaths Dominion Labor Party (Alberta) MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub