West Elected. X Incumbent. 1930 Federal Ministerial By-Election: Calgary West Elected. X Incumbent. At this time, newly appointed Cabinet ministers had to stand for re-election, but it was customary for the other political party not to oppose the election. 1935 Federal Election: Calgary West Elected. X Incumbent. 1 Rounding error. constituency elections, 1898 to 1902 Bennett was elected three times to the Legislative Assembly of the , in the general elections of 1898 and 1902, as well as a by-election in 1901. 1898 Election: West Calgary Elected. 1901 By-election: West Calgary Elected. X Incumbent. Bennett resigned his seat in the territorial assembly to stand in the 1900 federal election, unsuccessfully. He then contested his former territorial seat in the by-election. 1902 Election: West Calgary Elected. X Incumbent. Alberta general election, 1905 The 1905 general election was the first election after Alberta was established as a province. Bennett led the Alberta Conservative Party in the general election but was roundly defeated by Alexander Rutherford and the Alberta Liberal Party. Bennett was not elected to his own seat, and the Conservatives only elected two members to the Legislative Assembly. 1 Premier when election was called; Premier after election. 2 Did not win his own seat, so did not become Leader of the Opposition after the election. 3 Rounding error. Alberta constituency elections, 1905 and 1909 Bennett stood for election in two general elections in Alberta, in 1905 and 1909. He did not win his own seat in 1905 and did not become Leader of the Opposition. He stood again in the 1909 election and won his seat. He again became leader of the party and Leader of the Opposition. He resigned in 1910 to enter federal politics. 1905 Alberta Election: Calgary Elected. 1909 Alberta Election: Calgary Note: the constituency returned two members at this time. Elected. X Incumbent. 1 Rounding error. Municipal politics, New Brunswick Bennett began his political career in 1896 at the age of 26, when he was persuaded by a young Max Aitken, the future Lord Beaverbrook, to stand for election as an alderman. He was elected to the city council of Chatham, New Brunswick by a margin of 19 votes out of 691. He also served on the county government of Northumberland County, New Brunswick (1896-1897). Conservative Party leadership convention, 1927 Bennett was elected leader of the Conservative Party on the second ballot at the leadership convention of