 Herbert W. Greenfield ( November 25 , 1869 – August 23 , 1949 ) 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 ( UFA ) , a farmers ' lobby organization that was in the process of becoming a political party , and was elected as the organization 's 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 . 
