The Calgary Labour Representation League was formed and led by prominent Labor activist William Irvine before the 1917 provincial general election.
The Labor Representation League was small, the party fielded two candidates in the 1917 Alberta general election.
Irvine was not successful in defeating Conservative Thomas Blow in the South Calgary electoral district.
[1] Alex Ross, the other LRL candidate in the election, ran in the electoral district of Centre Calgary.
[3] The League disbanded and became part of the Dominion Labor Party in 1919.