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    Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton PC PC (Can) KC (October 26, 1858 – January 21, 1921) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician who served as the second...
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    the general election being a very short period of 23 days. Premier Arthur Sifton led the Alberta Liberal Party into his first election as leader, after...
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  • Sifton may refer to: Places: Rural Municipality of Sifton,a rural municipality in the Virden region of Manitoba, Canada Sifton, Manitoba, an unincorporated...
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    Sir Clifford Sifton, KCMG, PC, KC (March 10, 1861 – April 17, 1929), was a Canadian lawyer and a long-time Liberal politician, best known for being Minister...
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    inspection. Perhaps most significantly, it set up a court system, with Arthur Lewis Sifton as the province's first Chief Justice. Though the founding of the...
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    person to hold the latter position in Alberta—in the government of Arthur Sifton. When Sifton left provincial politics in 1917 to join the federal cabinet,...
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    John Wright Sifton (August 10, 1833 – September 19, 1912) was a Canadian politician who was the 4th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and...
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  • Great Waterways Railway scandal. Arthur Sifton replaced Rutherford as premier. Shortly before the 1913 election Sifton's Liberals jammed through a controversial...
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    The Sifton Ministry was the combined Cabinet (called Executive Council of Alberta), chaired by Premier Arthur Sifton, and Ministers that governed Alberta...
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    Waterways Railway scandal, Rutherford was subsequently replaced by Arthur Sifton. The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party led by Richard Bennett...
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