first lieutenant-governor of the province of Saskatchewan. Mr. Walter Scott of Regina, for several years one of the representatives from the Territories in the House of Com- mons, was called upon to form a government A division into two political parties appeared at once. Mr. Haultain became the leader of the Conservative opposition. An elec- tion was held in December, 1905, when the terms of the new constitution as granted by the Dominion government were the chief issues. Mr. Scott's governmert received a ma- jority of eight. Three subsequent elections were held, the last in 1917, the Liberal government on each occasion being sustained. In 1916 Mr. Scott, owing to continuous ill-health, was compelled to resign the premiership. He was followed by Mr. W. M. Martin, formerly the representative of the city of Regina in the Dominion Parliament. The efforts of the Saskatchewan government, in the main, have been directed to meet the needs of a rapidly growing province. Municipalities have been organized and law courts reconstructed. A sound educational system, with its centre in a provincial university at Saskatoon, has been established. Long distance telephones, grain elevators, roads and bridges, and branch railways, have added to the prosperity of the province. Of special significance, as showing the advanced position taken by the province in social reform, was the abolition, during the European War, of all hotel and club licenses for the sale of liquor. On July 1st, 1915, these licenses terminated, and in their place was substituted a reduced number of shops operated under the control of the government. Legislation was later passed prohibiting entirely the open sale of liquor. A still further advance was made in progressive legislation, when the electoral franchise was granted to women on the same terms as to men. Alberta, 1905-1920.-The first lieutenant-governor of Alberta was Mr. G. H. V. Bulyea, who had been for some time a member of the Territorial Executive. Mr. A. C. Rutherford, formerly a member of the House of Commons from the Territories, was called upon to form a government Party lines were now introduced, Mr. R. B. Bennett, of Calgary, becoming the leader of the Conservative opposition. The election was bitterly contested, but resulted in an overwhelming victory for the government. In 1910 a difference of opinion arose among the supporters of the government in the Legislature over the question of the railway policy of the premier. Mr. Rutherford resigned and was succeeded by Mr. Arthur L. Sifton, the chief-justice of the province. Mr. Sifton continued in office until 1917, when he withdrew to enter the Union government at Ottawa. Mr. Charles Stewart, the minister of public works, was called by the lieutenant-governor to the premiership. As in the case of Saskatchewan, the problems of the government of Alberta have been mainly those arising out of the needs of a new province and its rapidly increasing settlement. Legislation has dealt mainly with the organization of municipalities, the constitution of courts of law, the establishment of a satisfactory system of education, the founding of the provincial university at Edmonton, the building and operation of a telephone system, the con- struction of roads and bridges in the rural districts, and arrangements for the extension of railways within the province. Further, the province has abolished the open sale of liquor and has granted the franchise to women. |
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