1902 North-West Territories general election

none November 2024 December 2024 December 2024 1902 North-West Territories general election Northwest Territories 1870 legislative no no 1898 North-West Territories general election 1898 4th North-West Legislative Assembly 1902 05 21 yes members 1905 Alberta general election 1905 (AB)→ 1905 Saskatchewan general election1905 (SK) 35 seats in the North-West Legislative Assembly 18 seats were needed for a majority 150x150px NT Liberal-Conservative nohash Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Liberal-Conservative 1897 Macleod 7 21 8,319 47.8% LIB NT Liberal nohash Donald H. McDonald Liberal 1902 North Qu'Appelle 2 7 5,067 29.1% Premier Premier after election Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Liberal-Conservative Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Liberal-Conservative The 1902 North-West Territories general election, occurred on 21 May 1902 and was the fifth general election in the history of the North-West Territories, Canada. It was held to elect 35 Members of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories. The Liberal-Conservatives led by incumbent North-West Territories Premier Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, received 8,319 votes, taking 21 of 35 seats. The North-West Territories Liberal Party under the leadership of Donald H. McDonaldr received 5,067 votes, and received 7 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The main issue of the 1902 election was provincial autonomy for the North-West Territories.Hall David Alberta Formed Alberta Transformed University of Alberta Press, University of Calgary Press 2005 1-55238-194-3 Payne Michael 1 342–343 1904-1905, Alberta Proclaimed Wetherell Donald Cavanaugh Catherine Political leaders across the North-West Territories had been pushing the federal Laurier Liberal government for provincial status for the Territories since 1896.Thomas Lewis Gwynne The Liberal Party in Alberta: A History of Politics in the Province of Alberta, 1905-1921 University of Toronto Press 1959 5 Support for provincial autonomy was largely unanimous amongst all candidates, and most ran largely on a platform focused on the issue.Thome Charles Michael How the West Was Lost: Frederik Haultain and the Foundation of Saskatchewan University of Saskatchewan (MA Thesis) 2005 26 Candidates in this election were not nominated by the party in a contested nomination as with modern elections, but rather proclaimed their support for the governing party or opposition party, or Independent. During the election race some candidates shifted their alignment. The result was a confusing mess, and the bulk of candidates proclaimed support for the already governing Liberal-Conservative party, leaving the Liberals without candidates in many districts. Lethbridge ended up being contested by two government supporting candidates. Three years after the 1902 election, the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out of North-West Territories in 1905, and they took most of the voting population with them. The 1902 election was the last election held in the NWT until 1951, and it elected the last assembly in the Northwest Territories (NWT) to use political parties. After 1905, the NWT government reverted to an appointed consensus model of government. Since 1951, the government of NWT has been of the elected consensus model of government. 1902 would also see the largest number of MLAs elected to the North-West Territories Legislature in the territories' history. Election summary PartyParty Leader# ofcandidatesElectedPopular Vote#% NT Liberal-Conservative row Liberal-Conservative Frederick Haultain32 21 8,31947.70% NT Liberal row Liberal Donald H. McDonald21 75,06729.06% NT Independent rowIndependent11 6 3,38119.39% NT Independent rowIndependent Liberal11 3622.07% NT Independent rowIndependent Liberal-Conservative1-3101.78%Total66 3517,439100% Note: Sources are conflicted about the affiliation of some candidates, vote counts and total number of candidates are accurate, standings and votes by party may change upon further research. Members of the Legislative Assembly elected For complete electoral history, see individual districts +5th North-West Legislative AssemblyTerritories - Membership of the Legislatures 14 saskarchives.com 20 June 2007 http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/1-00.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20070928101028/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/1-00.pdf 28 September 2007 dead 1 December 2024 DistrictMemberParty NT Liberal-Conservative rowBanffArthur SiftonLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal rowBatocheCharles FisherLiberal NT Liberal-Conservative rowBattlefordJoseph Benjamin PrinceLiberal-Conservative NT Independent rowCanningtonEwan McDiarmidIndependent Liberal NT Liberal rowCardstonJohn William WoolfLiberal NT Independent rowEast CalgaryJohn Jackson YoungIndependent NT Independent rowEdmontonRichard SecordIndependent NT Liberal-Conservative rowGrenfellRichard Stuart LakeLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal-Conservative rowHigh RiverRichard Alfred WallaceLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal-Conservative rowInnisfailJohn A. SimpsonLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal rowKinistinoWilliam Frederick MeyersLiberal NT Liberal-Conservative rowLacombePeter TalbotLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal-Conservative rowLethbridgeLeverett DeVeberLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal-Conservative rowMacleodFrederick HaultainLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal-Conservative rowMaple CreekHorace GreeleyLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal-Conservative rowMedicine HatWilliam FinlayLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal-Conservative rowMitchellAlexander McIntyreLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal rowMoose JawGeorge AnnableLiberal NT Liberal-Conservative rowMoosominAlexander S. SmithLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal rowNorth Qu'AppelleDonald H. McDonaldLiberal NT Liberal-Conservative rowNorth ReginaGeorge W. BrownLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal rowPrince AlbertThomas McKayLiberal NT Liberal-Conservative rowSaltcoatsThomas MacNuttLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal-Conservative rowSaskatoonWilliam Henry SinclairLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal-Conservative rowSourisJohn ConnellLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal-Conservative rowSouth Qu'AppelleGeorge BulyeaLiberal-Conservative NT Independent rowSouth ReginaJames HawkesIndependent NT Liberal-Conservative rowStrathconaAlexander RutherfordLiberal-Conservative NT Independent rowSt. AlbertDaniel MaloneyIndependent NT Independent rowVictoriaJack SheraIndependent NT Independent rowWest CalgaryRichard Bennett*Independent NT Liberal-Conservative rowWetaskiwinAnthony RosenrollLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal-Conservative rowWhitewoodArchibald GillisLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal-Conservative rowWolseleyWilliam ElliottLiberal-Conservative NT Liberal rowYorktonThomas Alfred PatrickLiberal Note: * Sources are conflicted on Richard Bennett as to whether he was a Liberal or Independent See also 1905 Alberta general election 1905 Saskatchewan general election List of Northwest Territories general elections 2nd Council of the Northwest Territories References Further reading Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1902 1903 The Annual Review Publishing Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_w2s1 Category:1902 elections in Canada Category:1902 in the Northwest Territories Category:Elections in the Northwest Territories Category:May 1902 in Canada