Founding As Lobby Group
UFA was founded in 1909 as a government lobby group following a merger between the Alberta Farmers' Association and the Canadian Society for Equity. UFA began as a non-partisan organization whose aim was to be a lobby group promoting the interest of farmers in the province. In 1913, it successfully pressured Alberta's Liberal government to organize the Alberta Farmers' Cooperative Elevator Company, which eventually became the United Grain Growers.
The UFA was a believer in the co-operative movement and supported women's suffrage. In 1912 women founded the parallel United Farm Women of Alberta, and in 1914, women were granted full membership rights in UFA itself.
By 1920, UFA had become the most influential lobby group in Alberta with over 30,000 registered members.
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