Alberta (Provisional District)
 Northwest Territories electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1886 |
| District abolished | 1907 |
| First contested | 1887 |
| Last contested | 1904 |
Alberta (Provisional District) was a federal electoral district in the Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1908.
History[]
The Alberta Provisional District was created in 1886 when the Northwest Territories gained representation in the House of Commons. It had the same boundaries of the District of Alberta, a subdivision of the Northwest Territories. In 1905, Alberta became a province of Canada, and the electoral district continued as an Alberta federal electoral district covering the southern part of the province until 1907, when the district was redistributed into Macleod and Medicine Hat.
Members of Parliament[]
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Alberta (Provisional District) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created | ||||
| 6th | 1887–1891 | Donald Watson Davis | Conservative | |
| 7th | 1891–1896 | |||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | Frank Oliver | Liberal | |
| 9th | 1900–1904 | |||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | John Herron | Liberal–Conservative | |
| Riding dissolved into Macleod and Medicine Hat | ||||
Election results[]
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Donald Watson Davis | 1,037 | 50.46 | |||||
| Independent Conservative | Richard Hardisty | 783 | 38.10 | |||||
| Liberal | James Delamere Lafferty | 235 | 11.44 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,055 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Donald Watson Davis | 2,742 | 74.57 | |||||
| Conservative | James A. Reilly | 935 | 25.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,677 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Frank Oliver | 3,647 | 55.42 | |||||
| Conservative | 2,863 | 43.50 | ||||||
| Independent | 71 | 1.08 | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 6,581 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Frank Oliver | 5,203 | 56.36 | |||||
| Conservative | Richard Bennett | 4,029 | 43.64 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 9,232 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | John Herron | 1,755 | 51.14 | |||||
| Liberal | Malcolm McKenzie | 1,677 | 48.86 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,432 | 100.00 | ||||||
See also[]
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links[]
Categories:
- Defunct Northwest Territories federal electoral districts
- Defunct Alberta federal electoral districts