in the brand new riding of Pembina to a second term in office. He was nominated under the Liberal banner in that election. He won his third term in office again in a new riding in the controversial Clearwater district. The district was controversial because it was created with only 74 enumerated residents. His election victory was not an easy one and he won the election by a single vote, and won only 39% of the popular vote cast. He retired before the 1917 Alberta general election. During his time in office, he was well-regarded as a man of strong personality. Personal life McKenney was the nephew of prominent Manitoba merchant Henry McKenney. He was also later the nephew of Manitoba Lieutenant Governor John Christian Schultz, whose father, William Ludwig Schultz had married into the family twice; he married McKenney's widowed grandmother Elizabeth, having with her John Christian Schultz. Upon her death, William Ludwig would then marry again, to Henry William McKenney's widowed mother, Matilda (Augustus McKenney died in 1873). On January 12, 1885, Henry Willam McKenney married Mary Risdale, an English immigrant from Manchester. With her he would have seven children: Maud, John Christian, Aloysia Agnes, Frederick, Alice, Frances, and Albert Edward. In St. Albert, he was involved with the First Agricultural Society, serving as its commissioner and secretary-treasurer. At Edmonton, he was a member of the Knights of Columbus, and a member of the Roman Catholic Church, where he was active in the Mutual Benefit Association, at one time serving as its president. At one point, he was the only Roman Catholic in the Alberta Legislature. In Edmonton he was also a member of the Edmonton and Canadian Clubs, as well as the Edmonton Old Timers' Association. He was an avid traveller; apart from his California trip, he also engaged on a trip to Great Britain and Ireland around 1907. He also enjoying reading, and spoke fluent French. Death and legacy McKenney died on March 11, 1921 at a hospital in Edmonton, after a long illness. He was survived by his widow and seven children (three sons and four daughters). The Edmonton Bulletin lamented his death, describing him as a "genuine scholar" and "courteous and gallant gentleman", stating that "his death removes from the rapidly disappearing group of old timers, who labored so lovingly the Edmonton ... might prosper". The 1912 publication, History of the province of Alberta