East Calgary (N.W.T. electoral district)
East Calgary was an electoral district in the Northwest Territories from 1894 - 1905, which was created when Calgary was split into East and West Calgary.[1]
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|---|---|
| Defunct territorial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories |
| District created | 1894 |
| District abolished | 1905 |
| First contested | 1894 |
| Last contested | 1902 |
The two ridings would later be merged to form the new Calgary Alberta provincial electoral district, when Alberta became a province separate from the Northwest Territories.
Election results 1894 - 1902
| 1902 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Independent | John Jackson Young | 408 | 52.04 | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Hugh McLeod | 352 | 44.90 | |||||
| Independent | James A. Reilly | 24 | 3.06 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 784 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1898 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Independent | Alfred Cross | 182 | 33.21 | |||||
| Independent | S. J. Clarke | 127 | 23.18 | |||||
| Independent | James A. Reilly | 120 | 21.89 | |||||
| Independent | Joseph Bannerman | 119 | 21.72 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 548 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1894 Northwest Territories general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Independent | Joseph Bannerman | 209 | 33.55 | |||||
| Independent | S. J. Clarke | 190 | 30.50 | |||||
| Independent | N. J. Lindsay | 117 | 18.77 | |||||
| Independent | Patrick Nolan | 57 | 9.15 | |||||
| Independent | James A. Reilly | 50 | 8.03 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 623 | 100.00 | ||||||
Note:
- Northwest Territories is non-partisan except from after the 4th General Election in 1898 to 1905.
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See also
- Calgary-East Alberta provincial electoral district
- Calgary East Federal electoral district
- East Calgary Federal electoral district
References
- "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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