alberta general election, 1917

The 4th general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, was held on June 7, 1917 to elect members of the Alberta legislature. The Liberal Party, under its new leader, Charles Stewart, won a fourth term in office, defeating the Conservative Party of Edward Michener.

owspan="2"\|Party	rowspan="2"\|Party Leader	rowspan="2"\|# of candidates	colspan="3"\|Seats	colspan="3"\|Popular Vote
lign="center"\|Previous	align="center"\|After	align="center"\|% Change	align="center"\|#	align="center"\|%	align="center"\|Change
Liberal	Charles Stewart	align="right"\| 49	align="right"\| 39	align="right"\| 34	align="right"\| -12.8%	align="right"\| 54,212	align="right"\| 48.14%	align="right"\| -1.09%
Conservative	Edward Michener	align="right"\|48	align="right"\| 17	align="right"\| 19	align="right"\| +11.8%	align="right"\| 47,055	align="right"\| 41.79%	align="right"\| -3.31%
Independent		align="right"\| 11	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| 2	align="right"\|	align="right"\| 6,569	align="right"\| 5.83%	align="right"\| +2.08%
Labour		align="right"\| 2	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 1	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 3,576	align="right"\| 3.17%	align="right"\|n.a.
Socialist		align="right"\|3	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| -	align="right"\|	align="right"\| 784	align="right"\| 0.70%	align="right"\| -1.17%
Non-Partisan		align="right"\|1	align="right"\|	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 416	align="right"\| 0.37%	align="right"\| n.a
Total		114	56	56	-	96,985	100.00%
olspan="2"\| Soldiers' vote (Province at large)	align="right"\|21	align="right"\|	align="right"\|2	align="right"\|	align="right"\| 13,286	align="right"\| 21.00%	align="right"\|
Total		135	56	58	+3.6%	125,898	100.00%
align="center" colspan="9"\|Source: Elections Alberta

Notes: "Previous" refers to to standings at previous election, not to standings in the Legislature at dissolution. n.a. = not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election

Alberta General Election, 1917

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