Herbert Greenfield

Herbert W. Greenfield was a Canadian politician who served as the fourth Premier of Alberta from 1921 until 1925. Born in Winchester, Hampshire, in England, he immigrated to Canada in his late twenties, settling first in Ontario and then in Alberta, where he farmed. He soon became involved in the United Farmers of Alberta , a farmers lobby organization that was in the process of becoming a political party, and was elected as the organizations vice president. Greenfield did not run in the 1921 provincial election, the first provincial general election in which the UFA fielded candidates, but when the UFA won a majority in the Legislature in that election he was chosen by the UFA caucus to serve as Premier.

Herbert W. Greenfield was born November 25, 1869, in Winchester, Hampshire, England, the son of John Greenfield and Mary Leake . He attended Wesleyan School in Dalston, but dropped out as a result of his fathers bankruptcy. He worked aboard a cattle boat in 1892 before emigrating to Canada in 1896.

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