1894 North-West Territories general election

none September 2021 September 2021 1894 North-West Territories general election Northwest Territories 1870 parliamentary 1891 North-West Territories general election 1891 2nd North-West Legislative Assembly 1894 10 31 yes members 1898 North-West Territories general election 1898 4th North-West Legislative Assembly 29 seats in the North-West Legislative Assembly Chairman Frederick Haultain Chairman after election Frederick Haultain 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 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 candidatesPopular voteIncumbentNew#%Acclaimed candidates4 2--Elected candidates1586,85644.73%Defeated candidates5245,67245.27%Total53 12,528100% Results by riding Members elected to the 3rd North-West Legislative Assembly. For complete electoral history, see individual districts Electoral DistrictFirstSecondThirdFourthFifthIncumbentBanffRobert Brett23864.15%T.F. English13335.85%Robert BrettBatocheCharles Eugene Boucher10157.06%David Venne7642.94%Charles Eugene BoucherBattlefordJames Clinkskill17352.74%Benjamin Prince15547.26%James ClinkskillCanningtonSamuel Page23760.00%N. McConnachie15840.00%Samuel PageEast CalgaryJoseph Bannerman20933.55%Simon John Clarke19030.50%Neville James Lindsay11718.78%Paddy Nolan579.15%James Reilly508.03%New District from CalgaryEdmontonFrank OliverAcclamationFrank OliverHigh RiverJohn Lineham32876.81%Frederick James Boswell9923.19%New District from CalgaryKinistinoWilliam Frederick Meyers6051.28%James Tennant5748.72%William Frederick MeyersLethbridgeCharles Alexander MagrathAcclamationCharles Alexander MagrathMacleodFrederick W. A. G. HaultainAcclamationFrederick W. A. G. HaultainMedicine HatEdward Fearon39856.29%Thomas Tweed30943.71%Thomas TweedMitchellHilliard MitchellAcclamationHilliard MitchellMoose JawJames Hamilton Ross41355.59%Jonathan Edward Annable33044.41%James Hamilton RossMoosominJohn Ryerson Neff56157.78%Neil G. McCallum41042.22%John Ryerson NeffNorth Qu’AppelleWilliam Sutherland31255.12%George Forbes Guernsey18332.33%William Richard Motherwell7112.54%William SutherlandNorth ReginaGeorge W. Brown45464.03%David Jelly25535.97%David JellyPrince Albert EastJohn Felton Betts28257.32%James Taylor21042.68%New DistrictPrince Albert WestJohn Lestock Reid23856.40%Alexander Campbell18443.60%New DistrictRed DeerJohn A. Simpson28237.55%Leonard Gaetz25734.22%Francis Wilkins21228.23%Francis WilkinsSt. AlbertDaniel Maloney36853.10%Antonio Prince32546.90%Antonio PrinceSaltcoatsWilliam Eakin28058.95%Thomas Carleton19541.05%New DistrictSourisGeorge KnowlingAcclamationGeorge KnowlingSouth Qu’AppelleGeorge H. V. Bulyea35551.90%George Davidson32948.10%George DavidsonSouth ReginaDaniel Mowat31556.25%Jacob W. Smith24543.75%Daniel MowatVictoriaFrank Fraser TimsAcclamationWest CalgaryOswald Critchley23635.33%Alexander Lucas22834.13%Arthur Sifton20430.54%New District from CalgaryWhitewoodArchibald Beaton Gillis30051.64%Walter Claude Thorburn28148.36%Daniel CampbellWolseleyJames Dill51167.33%T. Fleming24832.67%James DillYorktonFredrik Robert Insinger20566.34%J.S. Crerar10433.66%New District Further reading Lingard Charles Cecil Territorial government in Canada: the autonomy question in the old North-West Territories 1946 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/territorialgover0000ling_s6l7 registration 577721800 Thomas Lewis H. The struggle for responsible government in the North-West Territories, 1870–97 1978 University of Toronto Press Toronto 978-0-8020-2287-5 2nd https://archive.org/details/struggleforrespo0000thom registration Territories https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/NWT-Council.pdf Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan 2009 28 June 2022 28 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070928101028/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/1-00.pdf dead External links Personnel of the Northwest Territories Assembly 1888–1905 Category:Elections in the Northwest Territories Category:1894 elections in Canada Category:1894 in the Northwest Territories Category:October 1894 in Canada