1903 Yukon general election

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1903 Yukon general election
  1900 January 13, 1903 1905  

All 5 elected seats of the Yukon Territorial Council. Two members of unknown political affiliation were elected in District No. 2. Results in District 1 and Whitehorse:
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Government Opposition Labor
Seats won210
Popular vote2,4601,407367
Percentage32.19%18.70%6.28%


The 1903 Yukon general election was held on January 13, 1903. [1] The council was expanded to elect five of the ten members to the Yukon Territorial Council. The election was fought along party lines even though the council was limited in its powers and played an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

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Distribution

The Yukon was divided up into three electoral districts by the Yukon Territorial Council. The two rural districts were named Districts No. 1 and No 2. and each elected two members while Whitehorse became its own electoral district, electing just one.

After the election the validity of the election was called into question because the Yukon council might have overstepped its authority dividing up the Yukon into electoral districts.

Results

Summary of the 1903 Yukon Territorial Council election results
AffiliationCandidatesElected membersPopular vote
1900 1903Change#%Change (pp)
Government 402n/a1,88032.19%n/a
Opposition 2n/a1n/a1,09218.70%n/a
Labor 1n/a0n/a3676.28%n/a
Unknown9n/a2n/a2,50142.83%n/a
Total162555,840100%

Members elected

DistrictMember electedAffiliation
District No. 1 Joseph Clarke Opposition
Alfred Thompson Government
District No. 2 John Pringle Unknown
Maxime Landreville Unknown
Whitehorse Robert Lowe Government

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References

  1. Steven Smyth, The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897-1999). Clairedge Press, 1999.