He finished second, as Liberal leader Edward Leslie Gray retained the seat for his party, which was backed by the Conservatives under the so-called "Unity Movement".
The German Empire 1867-1914 and the Unity Movement (1919, 2 vol.)
Speakman was instrumental in helping the Unity Movement in Alberta take off to unite Alberta's opposition parties and oppose the Social Credit government.
The last Independent opposition leader John Percy Page ran for the Citizen's Association in 1948 but was defeated, ending the Unity Movement.
Before 2004 it was known as the Patriotic Unity Movement (Yurtsever Birlik Hareketi).
O'Brien ran as an Independent candidate under the Unity Movement in the 1940 Alberta general election.
On 20 July 1989 the Patriotic Unity Movement joined the UDF.
Nevertheless a Maoist group, called the Communist Unity Movement of the Netherlands split from the Party.
Gray's election marked the beginning of the Unity Movement, despite running under the Liberal banner he was elected with the popular support of Conservatives.
Primas then joined the Black People's Unity Movement when he returned to Camden.