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1894 North-West Territories general election
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.
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29 seats in the North-West Legislative Assembly | |||
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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 | |||||||||||
| 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.
- (PDF). Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
External links edit
- Personnel of the Northwest Territories Assembly 1888–1905