Alberta (Provisional District)

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.

Alberta (Provisional District)
Northwest Territories electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1886
District abolished1907
First contested1887
Last contested1904

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 1904, Edmonton and Calgary got their own MPs and the Alberta riding continued under the same name but only covering the southern part of Alberta district outside Calgary. [1]

In 1907, the Alberta riding 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%
ConservativeDonald Watson Davis1,03750.46
Independent ConservativeRichard Hardisty78338.10
LiberalJames Delamere Lafferty23511.44
Total valid votes 2,055100.00
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
ConservativeDonald Watson Davis2,74274.57
ConservativeJames A. Reilly93525.43
Total valid votes 3,677100.00
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalFrank Oliver3,64755.42
ConservativeThomas Cochrane2,86343.50
IndependentSimon Clark711.08
Total valid votes 6,581100.00
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalFrank Oliver5,20356.36
ConservativeRichard Bennett4,02943.64
Total valid votes 9,232100.00
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Liberal–ConservativeJohn Herron1,75551.14
LiberalMalcolm McKenzie1,67748.86
Total valid votes 3,432100.00

See also

References

  1. Mardon and Mardon, Alberta Election Results

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