Alberta (Provisional District)

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Alberta (Provisional District)
Flag of the Northwest Territories.svg Northwest Territories electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1886
District abolished1907
First contested 1887
Last contested 1904

The Alberta riding was a federal electoral district in the Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1908.

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The Alberta Provisional District, created in 1882, was first used as a federal riding when the North-West Territories gained representation in the House of Commons. Thus the Alberta riding had the same boundaries as the District of Alberta, a subdivision of the North-West Territories. In 1904, Edmonton, Calgary and Strathcona got their own MPs, and the Alberta riding continued under the same name but only covering the southern part of Alberta district outside Calgary. [1]

In 1907, the Alberta riding was redistributed into Macleod and Medicine Hat ridings.

Members of Parliament

The Alberta riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Alberta (Provisional District)
ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created
6th  1887–1891   Donald Watson Davis Conservative
7th  1891–1896
8th  1896–1900   Frank Oliver Liberal
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908   John Herron Liberal–Conservative
Riding dissolved into Macleod and Medicine Hat

Election results

1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Donald Watson Davis 1,03750.46
Independent Conservative Richard Hardisty 78338.10
Liberal James Delamere Lafferty 23511.44
Total valid votes2,055100.00
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Donald Watson Davis 2,74274.57
Conservative James A. Reilly 93525.43
Total valid votes3,677100.00
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Frank Oliver 3,64755.42
Conservative Thomas Cochrane 2,86343.50
Independent Simon Clark 711.08
Total valid votes6,581100.00
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Frank Oliver 5,20356.36
Conservative Richard Bennett 4,02943.64
Total valid votes9,232100.00
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Conservative John Herron 1,75551.14
Liberal Malcolm McKenzie 1,67748.86
Total valid votes3,432100.00

(only covering the southern part of Alberta district outside Calgary)

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References

  1. Mardon and Mardon, Alberta Election Results