Background
Galbraith was born in 1878 in Guelph, Ontario.
Galbraith was born in 1878 in Guelph, Ontario.
They settled in the Vulcan, Alberta area in 1904. They had three sons Doug, Curly & Robert (Bob) Galbraith. lieutenant was a four way race in the electoral district of Bow River.
He finished third losing to Howard Halladay.
Galbraith ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1921 Alberta general election defeating former Liberal Modern Language Association John Glendenning in a hotly contested two way race to hold the seat for his party. In 1926, Galbraith ran for a second term in office.
In 1917, Galbraith ran for a seat to the Canadian House of Commons as a Non-partisan League candidate.
He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1930 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.
