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Alexander Rutherford was born in 1857, on a farm in Carleton County, Ontario. In 1881 he graduated from McGill University with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law degrees. In 1885 he was called to the Ontario Bar, practising at the law firm of Hodgkins, Kidd, and Rutherford. In 1895 he moved to the District of Alberta in western Canada where he continued to practise law.
In 1902 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories for Strathcona. With the creation of the province of Alberta on September 2, 1905, he was appointed the first premier. His Liberal government promoted railway and road expansion and the creation of a public telephone system. He was forced to resign as premier on May 26, 1910, over allegations of conflict of interest in the government's proposals to insure bonds issued by a railway company. Although cleared of wrongdoing he lost his seat in the legislature in the 1913 election and later joined the ConservativesThe name Conservative Party of Canada has been used twice in Canadian history. For the current party founded 2003 please see the article Conservative Party of Canada. The Conservative Party has been gone under a variety of names over the years. Initially, campaigning for them in the 1921 election.
On December 19December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days remaining. Events 1732 Benjamin Franklin publishes Poor Richard's Almanack 1777 George Washington's army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge,, 18881888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors. Events January 3 91cm telescope first used at Lick Observatory January 12 ? Blizzards in Dakota and Montana, Minnesota, Nebr, he married Mattie Birkett, with whom he had three children: Cecil Alexander, Hazel Elizabeth and Marjorie Cameron.
| Preceded by: Sir Frederick W. A. G. HaultainSir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain ( 1857 1942) was the first premier of Canada's North-West Territories ( 1897 1905) and the last premier prior to the creation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan from the original territory. Haultain wa (Premier of North West Territories) | List of Alberta Premiers | Succeeded by: Arthur L. SiftonArthur Lewis Sifton ( October 26, 1858 January 21, 1921), Canadian politician, was Premier of Alberta between 1910 and 1917. Sifton was first elected to the North-West Territories legislature in 1885. In 1903 he became territorial Chief Justice and in 190 |