 Northwest Territories electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1886 |
| District abolished | 1907 |
| First contested | 1887 |
| Last contested | 1904 |
The Alberta riding was a federal electoral district in the North-West 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, with the north boundary being the north edge of the seventeenth township (now designated Township Road 180). [1] [2]
In 1907, the Alberta riding was redistributed into Macleod and Medicine Hat ridings.
