1894 North-West Territories general election
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The 1894 North-West Territories general election was held on 31 October 1894. This was the third general election in the history of the North-West Territories, Canada. It was held to elect 29 members of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories, the writs were dropped on 3 October 1894. Frederick Haultain continued to lead the government.
This was the first general election a secret ballot was held, with voters marking an X on a blank piece of paper in the colour that corresponds to their candidate.
Election results
[edit]The turnout cannot be established, as no voters lists were in use.
Members were elected on non-partisan basis but decisions were decided by majority vote in the chamber.
Election summary | # of candidates | Popular vote | ||
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Incumbent | New | # | % | |
Acclaimed candidates | 4 | 2 | - | - |
Elected candidates | 15 | 8 | 6,856 | 44.73% |
Defeated candidates | 5 | 24 | 5,672 | 45.27% |
Total | 53 | 12,528 | 100% |
Results by riding
[edit]Members elected to the 3rd North-West Legislative Assembly. For complete electoral history, see individual districts
Electoral District | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Incumbent | ||||||
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Banff | Robert Brett 238 64.15% |
T.F. English 133 35.85% |
Robert Brett | |||||||||
Batoche | Charles Eugene Boucher 101 57.06% |
David Venne 76 42.94% |
Charles Eugene Boucher | |||||||||
Battleford | James Clinkskill 173 52.74% |
Benjamin Prince 155 47.26% |
James Clinkskill | |||||||||
Cannington | Samuel Page 237 60.00% |
N. McConnachie 158 40.00% |
Samuel Page | |||||||||
East Calgary | Joseph Bannerman 209 33.55% |
Simon John Clarke 190 30.50% |
Neville James Lindsay 117 18.78% |
Paddy Nolan 57 9.15% |
James Reilly 50 8.03% |
New District from Calgary | ||||||
Edmonton | Frank Oliver Acclamation |
Frank Oliver | ||||||||||
High River | John Lineham 328 76.81% |
Frederick James Boswell 99 23.19% |
New District from Calgary | |||||||||
Kinistino | William Frederick Meyers 60 51.28% |
James Tennant 57 48.72% |
William Frederick Meyers | |||||||||
Lethbridge | Charles Alexander Magrath Acclamation |
Charles Alexander Magrath | ||||||||||
Macleod | Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Acclamation |
Frederick W. A. G. Haultain | ||||||||||
Medicine Hat | Edward Fearon 398 56.29% |
Thomas Tweed 309 43.71% |
Thomas Tweed | |||||||||
Mitchell | Hilliard Mitchell Acclamation |
Hilliard Mitchell | ||||||||||
Moose Jaw | James Hamilton Ross 413 55.59% |
Jonathan Edward Annable 330 44.41% |
James Hamilton Ross | |||||||||
Moosomin | John Ryerson Neff 561 57.78% |
Neil G. McCallum 410 42.22% |
John Ryerson Neff | |||||||||
North Qu’Appelle | William Sutherland 312 55.12% |
George Forbes Guernsey 183 32.33% |
William Richard Motherwell 71 12.54% |
William Sutherland | ||||||||
North Regina | George W. Brown 454 64.03% |
David Jelly 255 35.97% |
David Jelly | |||||||||
Prince Albert East | John Felton Betts 282 57.32% |
James Taylor 210 42.68% |
New District | |||||||||
Prince Albert West | John Lestock Reid 238 56.40% |
Alexander Campbell 184 43.60% |
New District | |||||||||
Red Deer | John A. Simpson 282 37.55% |
Leonard Gaetz 257 34.22% |
Francis Wilkins 212 28.23% |
Francis Wilkins | ||||||||
St. Albert | Daniel Maloney 368 53.10% |
Antonio Prince 325 46.90% |
Antonio Prince | |||||||||
Saltcoats | William Eakin 280 58.95% |
Thomas Carleton 195 41.05% |
New District | |||||||||
Souris | George Knowling Acclamation |
George Knowling | ||||||||||
South Qu’Appelle | George H. V. Bulyea 355 51.90% |
George Davidson 329 48.10% |
George Davidson | |||||||||
South Regina | Daniel Mowat 315 56.25% |
Jacob W. Smith 245 43.75% |
Daniel Mowat | |||||||||
Victoria | Frank Fraser Tims Acclamation |
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West Calgary | Oswald Critchley 236 35.33% |
Alexander Lucas 228 34.13% |
Arthur Sifton 204 30.54% |
New District from Calgary | ||||||||
Whitewood | Archibald Beaton Gillis 300 51.64% |
Walter Claude Thorburn 281 48.36% |
Daniel Campbell | |||||||||
Wolseley | James Dill 511 67.33% |
T. Fleming 248 32.67% |
James Dill | |||||||||
Yorkton | Fredrik Robert Insinger 205 66.34% |
J.S. Crerar 104 33.66% |
New District |
Further reading
[edit]- Lingard, Charles Cecil (1946). Territorial government in Canada: the autonomy question in the old North-West Territories. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. OCLC 577721800.
- Thomas, Lewis H. (1978). The struggle for responsible government in the North-West Territories, 1870–97 (2nd ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-2287-5.
- "Territories" (PDF). Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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