Joseph State

Joseph Ephraim State (June 15, 1867 – August 10, 1923) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.

State was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a representative for the controversial electoral district of Clearwater after the retirement of long time Alberta Liberal Party MLA Henry William McKenney. He was elected to his 1st term in office in the 1917 Alberta general election and was re-elected in the 1921 Alberta general election. In that election he survived the United Farmers sweep that defeated the Liberal government from power in 1921, however no member of the United Farmers of Alberta ran in his district.