John Edward Brownlee was the fifth premier of Alberta, serving from 1925 until 1934. Born in Port Ryerse, Ontario, he studied history and political science at the University of Toronto's Victoria Coll
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Victoria College as it appeared in the 1930s
As an articling clerk, Brownlee became close to future Canadian Prime Minister R. B. Bennett.
Herbert W. Greenfield was a Canadian politician and farmer who served as the fourth premier of Alberta from 1921 until 1925. Born in Winchester, Hampshire, in England, he immigrated to Canada in his l
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…lobby group, he was involved in founding the United Grain Growers (UGG). After the UFA entered electoral politics and won the 1921 election, new premier Herbert Greenfield asked Brownlee to serve as his attorney-general. Brownlee agreed and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in a by-election in the riding…
The United Farmers of Alberta Board of Directors in 1919, Greenfield is second from the right in the middle row
The caucus meeting that selected Greenfield as Premier, summer 1921
Portrait of Herbert Greenfield, c. 1918