 Provincially , Greenfield was originally a Liberal , but along with many other farmers , began to grow dissatisfied with the Liberal government 's treatment of farmers . He became involved with the United Farmers of Alberta , which prior to 1919 was a non @-@ partisan lobby group that eschewed direct involvement in the political process . He was elected to the organization 's executive in 1919 and chaired its mass conventions in 1920 and 1921 . He headed an extremely successful membership drive , Despite this involvement , he did not seek election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1921 election . When the UFA , which as part of its resistance to old @-@ style politics had contested the election without designating a leader , won 38 of 61 seats , it found itself needing to form a government without having decided who would head it . Greenfield meanwhile had been named interim Vice President of the organization after the death of Percival Baker . 
