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Sifton was first elected to the North-West Territories legislature in 1885. In 1903 he became territorial Chief Justice and in 1907 became Alberta's chief justice. In 1910 he was recruited by the Alberta Liberal Party to succeed Alexander C. Rutherford as Premier. The party had been seriously divided over allegations of wrongdoing regarding railway construction. Sifton held the party together. In 1916 his government gave women the right to vote as well as passing temperance legislation that severely limited the sale of alcohol in the province.

The Conscription crisis of 1917 resulted in federal Prime Minister Robert Borden creating a UnionistThe name Unionist Party could refer to In Canada Unionist Party of 1917-1920. In Guatemala: Unionist Party In the United Kingdom (where the name indicates support for the 1800 Act of Union between Ireland (and more recently Northern Ireland) and Great Bri government. Borden invited prominent Liberals such as Sifton to join his CabinetAlternate meanings in cabinet (disambiguation A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers . In some countries, particularly those and Sifton accepted, resigning as Premier to become Borden's Minister of Customs and later Minister of Public Works and a delegate to the Paris Peace ConferenceThe Paris Peace Conference, 1919, negotiated the treaties ending World War I. The Paris Peace Conference, 1946, negotiated the Paris Peace Treaties, 1947, with Germany's World War II allies and co-belligerents in Europe.. In 1920 he was appointed a member of the Privy Council of the United KingdomThis article concerns the British Sovereign's Privy Council. See also Privy Council (disambiguation). Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Formerly, the Council was a powerful institution, but is now.

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• Alberta legislative assembly biography