1894 North-West Territories general election

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29 seats in the North-West Legislative Assembly

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| Chairman before election

Frederick Haultain

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Frederick Haultain

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The 1894 North-West Territories general election was held on 31 October 1894. This was the third general election in the history of the North-West Territories, Canada. It was held to elect 29 members of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories, the writs were dropped on 3 October 1894. Frederick Haultain continued to lead the government.

This was the first general election a secret ballot was held, with voters marking an X on a blank piece of paper in the colour that corresponds to their candidate.

## Election results

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The turnout cannot be established, as no voters lists were in use.

Members were elected on non-partisan basis but decisions were decided by majority vote in the chamber.

Election summary  | # of candidates  | Popular vote

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Incumbent  | New  | #  | %
Acclaimed candidates  | 4  | 2  | \-  | \-
Elected candidates  | 15  | 8  | 6,856  | 44.73%
Defeated candidates  | 5  | 24  | 5,672  | 45.27%
Total | 53 | 12,528 | 100%

## Results by riding

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Members elected to the 3rd North-West Legislative Assembly. For complete electoral history, see individual districts

Electoral District  | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Incumbent

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Banff |  | Robert Brett
238
64.15%  |  | T.F. English
133
35.85%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Robert Brett
Batoche |  | Charles Eugene Boucher
101
57.06%  |  | David Venne

42.94%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Charles Eugene Boucher
Battleford |  | James Clinkskill
173
52.74%  |  | Benjamin Prince
155
47.26%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | James Clinkskill
Cannington |  | Samuel Page
237
60.00%  |  | N. McConnachie
158
40.00%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Samuel Page
East Calgary |  | Joseph Bannerman
209
33.55%  |  | Simon John Clarke
190
30.50%  |  | Neville James Lindsay
117
18.78%  |  | Paddy Nolan

9.15%  |  | James Reilly

8.03%  |  | New District from Calgary
Edmonton |  | Frank Oliver
Acclamation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Frank Oliver
High River |  | John Lineham
328
76.81%  |  | Frederick James Boswell

23.19%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | New District from Calgary
Kinistino |  | William Frederick Meyers

51.28%  |  | James Tennant

48.72%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | William Frederick Meyers
Lethbridge |  | Charles Alexander Magrath
Acclamation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Charles Alexander Magrath
Macleod |  | Frederick W. A. G. Haultain
Acclamation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Frederick W. A. G. Haultain
Medicine Hat |  | Edward Fearon
398
56.29%  |  | Thomas Tweed
309
43.71%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Thomas Tweed
Mitchell |  | Hilliard Mitchell
Acclamation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Hilliard Mitchell
Moose Jaw |  | James Hamilton Ross
413
55.59%  |  | Jonathan Edward Annable
330
44.41%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | James Hamilton Ross
Moosomin |  | John Ryerson Neff
561
57.78%  |  | Neil G. McCallum
410
42.22%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | John Ryerson Neff
North Qu’Appelle |  | William Sutherland
312
55.12%  |  | George Forbes Guernsey
183
32.33%  |  | William Richard Motherwell

12.54%  |  |  |  |  |  | William Sutherland
North Regina |  | George W. Brown
454
64.03%  |  | David Jelly
255
35.97%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | David Jelly
Prince Albert East |  | John Felton Betts
282
57.32%  |  | James Taylor
210
42.68%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | New District
Prince Albert West |  | John Lestock Reid
238
56.40%  |  | Alexander Campbell
184
43.60%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | New District
Red Deer |  | John A. Simpson
282
37.55%  |  | Leonard Gaetz
257
34.22%  |  | Francis Wilkins
212
28.23%  |  |  |  |  |  | Francis Wilkins
St. Albert |  | Daniel Maloney
368
53.10%  |  | Antonio Prince
325
46.90%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Antonio Prince
Saltcoats |  | William Eakin
280
58.95%  |  | Thomas Carleton
195
41.05%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | New District
Souris |  | George Knowling
Acclamation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | George Knowling
South Qu’Appelle |  | George H. V. Bulyea
355
51.90%  |  | George Davidson
329
48.10%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | George Davidson
South Regina |  | Daniel Mowat
315
56.25%  |  | Jacob W. Smith
245
43.75%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Daniel Mowat
Victoria |  | Frank Fraser Tims
Acclamation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West Calgary |  | Oswald Critchley
236
35.33%  |  | Alexander Lucas
228
34.13%  |  | Arthur Sifton
204
30.54%  |  |  |  |  |  | New District from Calgary
Whitewood |  | Archibald Beaton Gillis
300
51.64%  |  | Walter Claude Thorburn
281
48.36%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Daniel Campbell
Wolseley |  | James Dill
511
67.33%  |  | T. Fleming
248
32.67%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | James Dill
Yorkton |  | Fredrik Robert Insinger
205
66.34%  |  | J.S. Crerar
104
33.66%  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | New District

## Further reading

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* Lingard, Charles Cecil (1946). Territorial government in Canada: the autonomy question in the old North-West Territories. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. OCLC 577721800.
* Thomas, Lewis H. (1978). The struggle for responsible government in the North-West Territories, 1870–97 (2nd ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-2287-5.
* "Territories" (PDF). Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

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