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6th Alberta Legislature

Canadian Legislative Assembly

Field	Value
jurisdiction	AB
#	6th
type	Majority
status	inactive
term-begin	February 10, 1927
term-end	May 10, 1930
sc	George Norman Johnston
scterm	February 10, 1927 – July 22, 1935
pm	John Edward Brownlee
pmterm	November 23, 1925 – July 10, 1934
party	United Farmers of Alberta
party2	Liberal Party
party3	Dominion Labor Party
party4	Conservative Party
sessionbegin	February 10, 1927
sessionend	April 2, 1927
sessionbegin2	February 2, 1928
sessionend2	March 21, 1928
sessionbegin3	January 31, 1929
sessionend3	March 20, 1929
sessionbegin4	January 30, 1930
sessionend4	April 3, 1930
ministry	Brownlee cabinet
monarch	George V
monarchterm	May 6, 1910 – January 20, 1936
viceroy	Hon. William Egbert
viceroyterm	October 29, 1925 – May 5, 1931
members	60
lastparl	5th
nextparl	7th

| # = 6th

| term-begin = February 10, 1927 | term-end = May 10, 1930

The 6th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 10, 1927, to May 10, 1930, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1926 Alberta general election held on June 28, 1926. The Legislature officially resumed on February 10, 1927, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on April 3, 1930, and dissolved on May 10, 1930, prior to the 1930 Alberta general election.

Alberta's sixth government was controlled by the majority United Farmers of Alberta for the second time, led by Premier John Edward Brownlee. There was no Official Opposition in Alberta between 1926 and 1941 due to the Independent Movement which saw a majority of non-UFA candidates elected as independents. The Speaker was George Norman Johnston.

The 1926 Alberta general election formed the first legislature that was elected under Single Transferable Vote.

Bills

''Sexual Sterilization Act''

Main article: Sexual Sterilization Act

The Sexual Sterilization Act was an act passed by the Alberta Legislature in 1928. The Act, ostensibly drafted to "protect the gene pool", allowed for sterilization of mentally disabled persons in order to prevent the transmission of traits to offspring deemed undesirable, the act also created the Alberta Eugenics Board.

At that time, eugenicists argued that mental illness, mental retardation, epilepsy, alcoholism, pauperism, certain criminal behaviours, and social defects, such as prostitution and sexual perversion, were genetically determined and inherited. Further, it was widely believed that persons with these disorders had a higher reproduction rate than the normal population. As a result, it was feared the gene pool in the general population was weakening.

During the time the Sexual Sterilization Act was in effect, 4,800 cases were proposed for sterilization in the province of Alberta, of which 99% received approval. Examination of sterilization records demonstrates that legislation did not apply equally to all members of society. Specifically, the Act was disproportionately applied to those in socially vulnerable positions, including females, children, unemployed persons, domestics, rural citizens, unmarried, institutionalized persons, Roman and Greek Catholics, and persons of Ukrainian, Native and Métis ethnicity.

The Act was repealed in 1972.

''Alberta Natural Resources Act''

Main article: Natural Resources Acts

The Alberta Natural Resources Act was an act passed by the Alberta Legislature in the fifth session in 1930. The Act facilitated the transfer from the Parliament of Canada and to the province of Alberta control over crown lands and natural resources within these provinces from the federal government to the provincial governments. Alberta through the Alberta Act had not been given control over their natural resources when they entered Confederation, unlike the other Canadian provinces.

The Alberta Natural Resource Transfer Agreement restricts the inherent hunting and fishing rights for indigenous peoples. “The Natural Resource Transfer Agreements with the three Western Provinces provide that laws respecting game in the province shall apply to Indians within the boundaries of the province”.

Membership in the 6th Alberta Legislature

	District		Member		Party		First elected/ previously elected		No.# of term(s)
Acadia	Lorne Proudfoot	United Farmers	1921	2nd term

Notes:

Composition changes during the 6th Assembly

Number of members
per party by date	1926	1928	1930	Jun 28	Jan 10	May 1	?
43	44	7	6	7	6	Dominion Labor	5
	Total members	60	59	60
Vacant	0	1	0
Government Majority	26	27	26	28

Membership changes during the 6th Assembly	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
June 28, 1926	See List of Members	Election day of the [sixth Alberta general election](1926-alberta-general-election)	January 10, 1928	Charles Pingle	Medicine Hat

Notes

References

(2006). "A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies". Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Grekul, Jana Marie. The Social Construction of the Feebleminded Threat: Implementation of the Sexual Sterilization Act in Alberta 1929 – 1972. University of Alberta, Ph.D. Thesis, 2002.
''[http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/Const/page-6.html#s_102 Constitution Act, 1867]'', 30 & 31 Victoria, c. 3. (U.K.), R.S.C. 1985, App. II, No. 11, s. 109.
''Alberta Natural Resources Act'', S.C. 1930, c. 3
Hawley, Donna. "The Indian Act Annotated (2nd ed)". Carswell.

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