Victoria (N.W.T. electoral district)

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Victoria
Northwest Territories electoral district
Defunct territorial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
District created1894
District abolished1905
First contested1894
Last contested1902

Victoria was a former territorial electoral district that was mandated to return a single member to the North-West Legislative Assembly from 1894 until Alberta became a province in 1905.

Geography[]

The electoral district was named for Fort Victoria on the North Saskatchewan River. It covered the section of the District of Alberta north and east of Edmonton, including the village of Fort Saskatchewan.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Victoria
Assembly Years Member|[1] Party
See Edmonton 1883-1894
3rd 1894–1898 Independent
4th 1898–1902 Jack Shera
5th 1902–1905
See Victoria (Alberta) and Sturgeon 1905–1940

Victoria elected as its representative in the 1894 election, who was then defeated by Jack Shera in 1898. Both were independents, as there were no political parties in these elections, and the territory was governed by consensus. When the Dominion parties were introduced in 1902, Shera remained an independent and was elected to a second term.

He sought re-election in the modified Victoria district after Alberta was created in 1905 as a Conservative, but was soundly defeated.

Election results[]

1894 Northwest Territories general election
Party Candidate Votes
Independent Acclaimed
Total valid votes 0
Source(s)
"North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
1898 Northwest Territories general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent John William Shera 242 52.27
Independent 221 47.73
Total valid votes 463 100.00
Source(s)
"North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
1902 Northwest Territories general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John William Shera 424 66.15 +13.88
Independent Gus Doze 217 33.85
Total valid votes 641 100.00
Source(s)
"North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30.

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