alberta general election, 1909

The 2nd general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, was held on March 22, 1909 to elect members of the Alberta legislature. The Liberal Party of Premier Alexander C. Rutherford was re-elected with 36 of the 41 seats in the legislature, and over 60% of the popular vote. The Conservative Party of A.G. Robertson formed the official opposition, with only two members. The remaining three seats were split between smaller parties and independents.

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	Alexander C. Rutherford	align="right"\| 42	align="right"\| 22	align="right"\| 36	align="right"\| +63.6%	align="right"\| 29,634	align="right"\| 59.26%	align="right"\| +1.70%
Conservative	A.G. Robertson	align="right"\|29	align="right"\| 3	align="right"\| 2	align="right"\| -33.3%	align="right"\| 15,848	align="right"\| 31.7%	align="right"\| -5.43%
Independent		align="right"\| 6	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| 1	align="right"\|	align="right"\| 1,695	align="right"\| 3.39%	align="right"\| -1.92%
Independent Liberal		align="right"\|2	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 1	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 1,311	align="right"\| 2.62%	align="right"\| n.a.
Socialist		align="right"\|2	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 1	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 1,302	align="right"\| 2.60%	align="right"\| n.a.
Labour		align="right"\| 1	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| -	align="right"\| n.a.	align="right"\| 214	align="right"\| 0.43%	align="right"\|n.a.
Total		82	25	41	+64.0%	50,004	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, 1909

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