Qu'Appelle (territorial electoral district)

Qu'Appelle was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada.

The riding was created as a single member electoral district by royal proclamation in 1883. In 1885 the riding was mandated to return two members to the Assembly. In 1888 the riding was split into North Qu'Appelle and South Qu'Appelle. The redistribution was caused by the North-West Representation Act 1880 passing through the Parliament of Canada.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
[1] Name Elected Left Office
  Thomas Wesley Jackson 1883 1886
  William Dell Perley 1885 1887
  Robert Crawford 1886 1888
  William Sutherland 1887 1888

Election results

1883 election
August 13, 1883 by-election
[1] Name Vote %
  Thomas Wesley Jackson 344 75.44%
  William Robert Bell 112 24.56%
Total Votes 456 100%

1885 election

in 1885, the district elected two members. Each voter could cast up to two votes.

1885 Northwest Territories election
[1] Name Vote % Elected
  Thomas Wesley Jackson 440 34.22% X
  William Dell Perley 301 23.41% X
  Angus McKay 290 22.55%
  Leslie Gordon 137 10.65%
  Charles Edmund Phipps 118 9.17%
Total Votes 1,286 100%

1886 election
October 14, 1886 by-election
[1] Name Vote %
  Robert Crawford 332 53.38%
  George Davidson 290 46.62%
Total Votes 622 100%

1887 election
May 24, 1887 by-election
[1] Name Vote %
  William Sutherland 310 63.92%
  Levi Thompson 137 28.25%
  George L. Dobbs 38 7.83%
Total Votes 485 100%

References
  1. "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives.

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