[1] Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor of Alberta, as the viceregal representative of the King of Canada.

The first session of the first Legislature of Alberta opened on March 15, 1906, in the Thistle Rink, Edmonton, north of Jasper Avenue.

In September 1912 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada, declared the building officially open.

The United Conservative Party, led by incumbent Premier Danielle Smith, formed the government with a reduced majority.

The New Democrats, led by former Premier Rachel Notley, won the second most seats and formed the official opposition.