 If a leader of a party does not have a seat, he or she must sit in the legislature gallery.While sitting in the gallery a premier cannot exercise any legislative powers.Prior to 1905, Alberta was part of the North-West Territories and as part of this jurisdiction was governed by the Legislative Council of the North-West Territories, composed of elected and appointed officials, led by Lieutenant-Governors of the North-West Territories until 1897, and the Premier of the North-West Territories from 1897 to 1905.