Timeline of progressive history of Alberta

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1909 In 1909, SPC member [[Charles M. O'Brien|Charlie O'Brien]] was elected to the Alberta legislature.<ref>McKay, ''Reasoning Otherwise,'' pp. 167-68.</ref> A speech on socialism he gave in the Legislature was transcribed and published as ''The Proletarian in Politics'' (1910).<ref>O'Brien, C.M. (Charles Macnamara) (1910). The Proletarian in Politics. Vancouver: Socialist Party of Canada. OCLC 1083877116</ref>

1913

In the [[1913 Alberta general election|1913 election]], incumbent SPC MLA Charlie O'Brien and SPC members Alf Budden (author of "The Slave of the Farm"), Joe Knight, H.R. Burge, and Thomas Smith ran as candidates, all unsuccessfully.(''A Century of Democracy, Alberta Centennial series'', p. 55-61)

1917

In the 1917 Alberta general election, Joe Knight, J. Reid, G. Paton, S.R. Keeling and H. Thomas ran as SPC candidates. None of them were elected.(Milne, History of the Socialist Party of Canada. https://www.worldsocialism.org/canada/historym.pdf)