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| LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Sous-fonds |
| No.: | PR0363.015SF |
| TITLE: | United Farmers of Alberta Political Association sous-fonds |
| CREATOR: | United Farmers of Alberta. United Farmers of Alberta Political Association |
| DATE RANGE: | 1919-1943 |
| EXTENT: | 0.16 m of textual records. – 1 poster |
| ADMINISTRATIVE |
| HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | A resolution was passed at the 1919 United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) Annual Convention urging locals in the various federal districts to hold conventions to discuss the ways and means of taking independent political action and selecting an independent candidate. The United Farmers of Alberta Political Association was incorporated under an Ordinance respecting Benevolent and other Societies on February 12, 1921. The primary purposes of the Association was to promote, foster and encourage independent political thought, effort and action, especially among farmers and agriculturalists in Alberta, and to hold conventions in the constituencies for discussing political questions and issues, and nominating candidates for the Federal Parliament or the Provincial Assembly. The first trustees of the Association included Henry Wise Wood, Percival Baker, Herbert Greenfield, Rice Sheppard, Snow S. Sear and Marion L. Sears. Constituency Associations were formed from locals within a particular constituency, for both the federal and provincial levels. In January 1939, UFA delegates voted to cease all political activity. The Association was to be struck from the register two months from October 30, 1943. |
| SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The sous-fonds consists of the records of various Constituency Associations, and includes the following sous-sous-fonds: Alexandra U.F.A. and U.F.W.A. Political Association sous-sous-fonds, Bow River District U.F.A. and U.F.W.A. Political Association sous-sous-fonds, Peace River U.F.A. and U.F.W.A. Federal Constituency Association sous-sous-fonds, U.F.A. and U.F.W.A. Independent Political Association of the Strathcona Federal Constituency sous-sous-fonds, U.F.A. Coronation Constituency Co-operative Association sous-sous-fonds, and Wetaskiwin U.F.A. and U.F.W.A. Provincial Constituency Association sous-sous-fonds. |
| GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the administrative history is from the Alberta Gazette, and the digitized incorporation documents of the United Farmers of Alberta Political Association available on Archives Society of Alberta’s In Word, RELATED FONDS: | PR0363 (United Farmers of Alberta fonds)
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| RELATED SOUS-SOUS-FONDS: | PR0363.015SF.001SSF (Alexandra U.F.A. and U.F.W.A. Political Association sous-sous-fonds)
PR0363.015SF.003SSF (Peace River U.F.A. and U.F.W.A. Federal Constituency Association sous-sous-fonds)
PR0363.015SF.004SSF (U.F.A. and U.F.W.A. Independent Political Association of the Strathcona Federal Constituency sous-sous-fonds)
PR0363.015SF.005SSF (U.F.A. Coronation Constituency Co-operative Association sous-sous-fonds)
PR0363.015SF.006SSF (Wetaskiwin U.F.A. and U.F.W.A. Provincial Constituency Association sous-sous-fonds)
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